Britain expands sea power in renewed warship drive
An Associated Press review shows Britain replacing losses with 500+ ships in 30 months and 23 yards reopening to deliver merchant and fighting vessels. Canada plans to grow its navy to 550 ships with 45,000 personnel as Britain’s losses in 1940 peak in tonnage and several famed warships are lost.
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Jerry Yale
New York
Britain
Associated Press
England
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Europe
Mercantile Marine
Tain Upyards
Canada
Christmas shopper guide for gifts to servicemen
The Richmond Times Dispatch urges early October gift sending with November 1 deadline for overseas parcels. For U S recipients allow extra time and keep packages small such as shoe box size. Desired items include radios, pocket books, cigarettes, tobacco, socks, cards, pens, watches, and razors.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
United States
New Lexington Carrier Launched Ahead of Schedule
A huge U S S Lexington aircraft carrier was launched in Quincy Mass with a ceremony. Rear Admiral Sherman praised the old Lexington's records including 56 000 aircraft landings and rapid construction, noting the new ship stays on the same legendary trajectory and will be ready well ahead of the planned date.
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Quincy
Mass
Lexington
Sherman
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
United States Navy
Bethlehem
Crop Decrease Foreseen in Frederick and Clarke Counties
Frederick and Clarke counties face a potential 15 to 25 percent drop in 1943 acreage as labor shifts to defense plants and military service. A U S Department of Agriculture survey in Frederick is due by next Tuesday, with Clarke also predicting a 25 percent decrease based on current labor and cost conditions.
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Frederick
Clarke
Frederick County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stine
United States
C. C. Punkhouser
Nippons Forced To Quit Some Mountain Bases
Allied patrols in rain and with artillery pushed the Japanese from several advance positions in the Owen Stanley mountains north of Port Moresby. MacArthur’s headquarters said this is the first retreat by the Japanese in the New Guinea theater since July.
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MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Gona Mission
New Guinea
Ioribaiwa
Salamaua
Mubo
Navy Department
Washington
United States Army
Solomon Islands
Shortland Island
Solomons
Gizo Island
New Georgia
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Guadalcanal
Giza
Toribaiwa
District Nurses To Sponsor Seal Sale Here Again
The District Nurse Association announced it will again conduct the Christmas Seals sale to support the tuberculosis drive. Mrs H D Fuller president said stamps will be distributed the week after Thanksgiving.
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District Nurse Association
H. D. Fuller
Nurse Association
Lt H W Ebert Jr Wins Army Cross In Near East Action
Lt H W Ebert Jr a Pap acting navigator flew with a bomber squadron protecting a Malta convoy in the Mediterranean on June 15 He is among 41 fliers in the Near East sector awarded the Army Air Corps Silver Star Cross The Cairo announced awards were made by Maj Gen Lewis H Brer ton He is the son of Mr and Mrs H W Ebert of South Stewart Street and was commissioned this spring then flew from Florida to Egypt.
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Pap
United States
Malta
Mediterranean
Harry W
Ebert, Jr
Near East
Army Air Corps
Cairo
Lewis H. Brerton
Ebert
Florida
Egypt
H. W. Ebert
South Stewart Street
Bodies Identified in Dickerson Train Crash
Rockville Sept 26 Three victims in the Dickerson Maryland train wreck were positively identified Harold Gadsden 36 of Charleston S C George G Garrett 49 of Cleveland O and J M Gilhart flagman on the Cleveland express The Pullman of the Detroit Washington express was struck by a freight train and 21 passengers were in the car at dawn with sixteen believed dead
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Rockville
Dickerson
Harold Gadsden
Charleston
S. C
George G. Garrett
Cleveland, O
J. M. Gilhart
Cleve Ad Night
Pullman
Gilhart
Fire rips three boats. twelve injured in Toledo docks
Oil and gasoline fueled blaze at Hocking Valley Railroad docks injures 12 workers and causes heavy damage. Coast guards rescue seven of eighteen crew on a tanker loaded with crude oil as flames engulf the vessel. The other crew members escape through the flames to the dock. Continued on page 2. coli 6
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Toledo
Hocking Valley Railroad
Transail
Ae Dock
Winchester Youth Scrap Drive Surges With Record Tonnage
Children in Winchester mobilize for Uncle Sam across streets and countryside collecting scrap metal and rubber for steel mills and munitions. Handley reports totals rising with grades led by Miss Jackson, Mrs. Sargent, and Mrs. Pearman as locals push toward a countywide goal.
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Winchester
Uncle Sam
Handley
Miss Jackson
Crash on U.S. Route 50 injures couple near Romney
Mrs. Sadie Williamson about 55 was killed and her husband Frank Williamson about 60 was in critical condition after a wreck on U S Route 50 twelve miles east of Romney. West Virginia state police investigated the crash and said the car left the road struck a culvert then plunged 15 feet into a ravine. Evidence suggested no witnesses. The couple were en route to Seionetne Ohio when the crash occurred. Both suffered head injuries and Mrs Williamson had a fractured...
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Sadie Williamson
Frank Williamson
Memorial Hospital
Romney
West Virginia
East Preston Street
Baltimore
Ioetne
Ohio
H. S. Pifer
Williamson
Condition of Rivers men for packing house work
Apply Hurst Packing Co. N Kent St. Phone 5850. Have your cars inspected now. Lamp Motor Co.
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Apply
Hurst Packing Co
N. Kent St
Lamp Motor Co
Bingo Friday Night at Rouss Fire Hall
Friday at 8 30 p m bingo session offering 360 in prizes at Rouss Fire Hall. Blackout rule includes reels of nine potentially. Event runs Thursday Friday with 1 pm start for the fundraiser.
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Rouss
Heinz Winchester Notice Bans Cider Without Office Order
Official notice from H. J. Heinz Co. Winchester states cider apples will be accepted only with an order from the office. Reference 9-25-1p-21.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Winchester
Twelve Tires Stolen From Local Station in Gerrard Street Break In
Thieves took 12 new Denman Air Stream or Mercury tires size 6 00 x 16 from Edward Moore gas station at Gerrard and Millwood. Entry was gained by removing the outer lock part on the Gerrard facing door after 10 PM. Tires valued about 200 dollars. serial numbers not recorded. Investigating officers Rodgers and Plank pursue recovery.
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Edward Moore
Gerrard and
Millwood Avenue
Gerrard Street
Rodgers and Plank
Moore
the Star
Treasury Status Update Shows Debt and Receipts Rise
Treasury daily report lists receipts 76,308,440.08 and expenditures 238,868,527.40. Total debt climbs by 95,697,670.84 compared with the previous day.
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Washington
Treasury
Poweney Way
British Bombers Raid Oslo in Daylight Assault
British bombers swept over Oslo dropping bombs from low altitude hitting Gestapo buildings amid rising Axis tensions in Norway. One RAF plane was lost and Germany claimed three shot down. A second British flight near Sweden and Baltic coast sparked Swedish protest and German broadcasts.
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London
Norway
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Gestapo
Air Ministry
Quisling
Socialist
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Exchange Telegraph
Britain
Sweden
Baltic
Clarke County collects 40 tons scrap for war effort
Clarke county citizens under the state salvage committee have gathered 40 tons of scrap metal and aim for 125 tons in the current drive. J Wilmer Carpenter, county War Board chairman, leads a WPA truck from Richmond collecting small pieces now due to lack of acetylene gas. larger scrap expected next week.
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Berryville
State Salvage Committee
Clarke County
J. Wilmer Carpenter
County War Board
Richmond
Chinese Deliver Smashing Sweep Around Enemy
Chinese troops in Chekiang province bypassed Japanese positions to reach Chuki and siege Chenghsien, advancing from Chungking toward Hangchow. By-passed rail centers and targeted highway junctions, with 60 and 50 mile gains reported. Japanese holds on key centers persisted as ships reportedly looted cities.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Chuki
Chenghsien
Hangchow
Chungkiang
Tungyang
Eye
Kinhwa
Cial
Tokyo” Air Base
Sanchi
New York
Anhwei
Teachers Vote Down Retirement Plan As A Group
Frederick county teachers at a morning meeting voted unanimously not to join the state teacher retirement plan as a group. Individual decisions on enrollment were left to each teacher. The session also covered salvage campaign support and war bond purchases.
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Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Bryant Harper
Clearbrook
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Excellent wheat yields reported in Ridge section
In Ridge, farmers report yields averaging 32 bushels per acre with R P Anderson harvesting 136 bushels on four acres and H D Itacre taking similar gains on five acres. Howard Jackson Jr. was bitten by a dog on North Louden Street. no serious injuries reported. Moonlight corn cutting by Mr and Mrs David N Gruver and guests ends with a midnight supper as a Washington photographer covers the scene.
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R. P. Anderson
H. D. Itacre
Howard Jackson, Jr
Loudoun Street
Teppe
David N. Gruver
Reliance
Gruvers
Willkie Calls for Real Second Front in Europe
In Moscow on September 26 AP reports Wendell L. Willkie urging the United States and Britain to establish a real second front in Europe at the earliest moment. He says military leaders may need public prodding and warns next summer could be too late.
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Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
Willkie
Russians claim recapture of key positions around Stalingrad
Moscow reports Soviet forces regain strategic posts around Stalingrad and on the German left flank as the invasion toll rises by about 3,000. The Red Army says counterattacks fail with heavy German losses and Soviet units claim multiple enemy tanks and equipment destroyed in fierce street fighting.
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Henry Co. Cassidy
Moscow
Pos
Sta
Red Stax
Army
Stalingrad
Russia
Red Army
VP F Reports At Armory Sunday Meeting
Capt. W. A. Baker commander of Winchester Company 115 V. P. F. announced today that the unit will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the armory.
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W. A. Baker
Winchester Company 115
Aroory
Scrap campaign totals in Winchester and Frederick county
The score on the scrap campaign shows totals in pounds from Winchester and Frederick county. Weighed in 82,799 pounds collected 2,602,823 pounds with daily figures for September 23 12,372 pounds September 24 29,508 pounds September 25 24,778 pounds. Call the OCD 5431 for a truck to collect salvage.
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Winchester
Frederick County
OCD
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Chuki Gates
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