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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1944
Page
2
The document lists regional material needs for Europe, Middle East, Asia, and other areas including coffee makers, clothing, razor blades, sun glasses, lighters, radios, athletic gear, tobacco, watches, musical instruments, and personal care items, reflecting wartime supply priorities.
The Warsaw resistance leader known as General Bor is identified as Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski, 48, who led the underground army after 1943. Komorowski helped defend Warsaw in 1939 and later organized underground forces in Krakow after Poland fell.
Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot announced the formation of a government of national concentration for liberated Belgium. The new cabinet, broadcast by Brussels radio and recorded by the AP, includes representatives from all parties including the Communist Party.
Churchill defends actions to prevent criminals finding refuge in neutral lands and discusses postwar planning at Dumbarton Oaks. He praises the Polish home army and Warsaw population for resisting German occupation and contributing to expulsion efforts.
The notice lists ration book stamps for meats fats sugar and processed foods, blue tokens set to discontinue Oct 1, gasoline coupons with regional validity, and new period coupons for the heating year. It notes stamp validity dates and quantities across multiple book types and regions.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey faced a roaring Oklahoma crowd in Tulsa and Sapulpa as he blasted Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, calling for restoring integrity to the White House and declaring the November vote will answer whether the nation can trust its leaders. He criticized demagogy and warned against the idea of one man dominating the presidency.
The Reverend Robert B. Nelson announced that tonight at 8 in the chapel of Christ Episcopal Church a public meeting will be held. Hugh Peters will show a sound movie of the church’s work and its efforts to meet world needs. Bishop F. D. Godwin and Reverend Herbert A. Donovan will speak on the same theme followed by an open forum for questions.
Eugene Wilson seven year old son of Mr and Mrs James Wilson of Front Royal Route No 1 was reported at noon today to be considerably better. He remains a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a Sunday afternoon accident when he fell from a moving car door into the path of an oncoming car. His condition is still listed as critical.
The Round Hill Wildcats finished their baseball season Sunday by beating Stephens City 14 to 6 on the fairground diamond. Round Hill had 14 runs on 8 hits while Stephens City made 6 runs on 10 hits. Boyd and Fawcett pitched for Round Hill and Carpenter was the catcher. Pence and Carbaugh pitched for Stephens City with Lemley catching.
Edward A. O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told state presidents and secretaries that postwar agricultural exports will face a weak outlook and farmers will be plagued by surpluses. Vice President Earl Smith joined in saying surpluses will be the main problem and the degree of production adjustment is uncertain.
The Middletown Minks trounced the Stephenson Polecats 5 to 2 on Sunday. Winning pitcher was James Judy with Buddy Cooley catching. Joe Duvall took the loss. The Minks had 12 hits to the Polecats 6 and plan a return game next Sunday.
Ensign Robert Michael Maus USNR, son of Mrs Jeanette Manus of Chicago, was killed when his Navy TFB torpedo bomber crashed during a forced landing near the Great Cacapon bridge Route 9, five miles west of Berkeley Springs. A civilian Cub ship piloted by Burr Porterfield Jr of Martinsburg also crashed nearby but he and his passenger emerged unhurt. Rescue teams dug out Maus from the overturned craft as spectators watched the scene.
The 14th Air Force Liberators bombed rail and warehouse facilities in Nanking Sunday and, yesterday, sank a tanker and damaged a cargo vessel west of Tienan. Stillwell's Headquarters announced today.
Allied forces describe a fluid battle west of Arnhem with British Red Devils clinging to a foothold north of the Neder Rhine. Supplies trickle in by air and amphibious craft as German SS Panzer troops press near Nijmegen and Elst in a widening fight to open a corridor to the south.
McMurray reports on the Rev Kenneth Schick being installed as pastor of the Front Royal Church and joining the Winchester Presbytery. Dr T K Currie of Richmond attends and meets with the religious education committee. Tonight at 7 30 a public historical session is set in the Old Stone Church with worship, readings, and addresses by Grim and Woodworth. Tomorrow sessions at Loudoun Street Church feature Dr R B Purdum and James Hoge Smith sermon in Old Stone Church.
The page prints the solutions to a daily quiz. It lists 10 items with topics including locations Paris and Chicago, subjects Atlas and Edith Wharton, a joke line about attic cleaning, a phrase about raising soldiers, and historical names like Jean Laffite.
The report cites Allied estimates of German casualties on the western front since D-Day approaching one million with about 1000000 killed or wounded, over 50000 captured, and remaining forces cut off on islands and last holdout ports. Allied totals show German captives by army and region, including U.S. First Army 83,827 and Ninth Army 19,312, with other Allied forces also reporting captives.
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York returns to Rome after an extensive tour of the battlefronts. The trip covered multiple fronts and highlighted U S and Allied efforts during the campaign.
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