Red Army advances across the Dnieper threaten Kiev
Soviet communique reports advances along the Dnieper from Kherson up to Kiev's neighborhood, with Dnepropetrovsk and Kremenchug area pushes noted. Berlin radio confirms Russian river crossings at multiple points while Germans retreat along a long front, Kiev as prime prize in the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kr Dnieper
Kuban
Smolensk
Kiev
Russia
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Kremenchug
Pereyaslavl
Berlin
Associated Press
Red Army
Governor Darden Sees War Bond Support in Winchester Berryville
Governor Darden spoke in Winchester and Berryville to promote the Third War Loan. A 2,000 strong dedication ceremony honored 585 service members on an honor roll. He praised Virginia Protective Force and urged purchase of war bonds with Winchester Frederick County credited at 143 750 dollars. He warned of ongoing fighting yet the war’s end may come suddenly and stressed a lasting peace. Senator Byrd introduced him and Charles Enders presided at Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darden
Wincester
Winchester
Berryville
Byrd
Virginia Protective Force
Pearl Harbor
Frederick County
WPF Company
America
Charles Enders
Licott Williams Post
American Legion
Taft Pushes Senate Showdown on Draft Substitute
Senator Taft demands a Senate vote this week on a substitute draft bill restricting calls to fathers under 30. The plan would begin drafting younger married men while delaying calls for older fathers, as Wheeler’s bill stalls in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Army
Navy
Wheeler
D-Mont
Military Committee
Bailey
D-Nc
House
Dee
Pastor Honeycutt resigns from Grace Lutheran Church
The Rev. Carl A. Honeycutt announced his resignation effective November 1 at Grace Lutheran Church after serving since August 1 1939. He delays action on a call to Zion Lutheran Sunbury Pa and two weeks must pass before a congregational meeting to consider the resignation. He has been active in Red Cross Rotary and community projects and is a native of Concord North Carolina with a long career in the Virginia Synod. He and his wife have one child Carolyn aged 21 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran Church
Honeycutt
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunbury Pa
United Lutheran Church
First War Fund
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Rotary Club
Marion
Concord
N. C
Virginia Synod
Southern Lutheran Theology Seminary
Columbia
Roanoke College
Tazewell
Grace Church
Sunbury
Harrisburg
United Lutheran Churh
Carolyn
Ask Adam New Fiction For Star
A local insider previews a new Star feature titled Ask Adam promising thrills love adventure and sabotage in a serialized story. The upcoming instalment arouses curiosity though details remain sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Aew
Conductor Capt. John Smith Retires After 40 Years
MA Winchester notes the retirement of Capt. John Smith of the Cumberland Valley railroad after more than four decades of service. He has long piloted the Hagerstown to Winchester daily round trip, earning praise for his affable manner and safe record with thousands of miles traveled. His friends honor his career and wish him continued good fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania
Smith
Air
Hagerstown
Winchester
Capt. Smith
Bond drive passes million dollar mark in Winchester and Frederick
Winchester and Frederick county campaign totals top the million dollar level with 1 056 483 75 in sales at noon today. Winchester Company 115 and the American Legion booth reported 170 300 and 68 525 respectively. Wendell Barney said a big week lies ahead as bonds except Series E F and G will be withdrawn after October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Company
Eee
American Legion
Virginia Protective Force
Wendell Barney
Treasury
Edward Stettinius Named Under-Secretary of State
R Gray Williams, Rector of the University of Virginia, announces the appointment of Edward Stettinius to succeed Sumner Welles as Under-Secretary of State. Williams praises Stettinius as a loyal UVA alumnus and Virginia citizen, noting his Virginia roots despite media emphasis on Chicago ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stettinius
Sumner Welles
United States
University of Virginia
Virginia
R. Gray Williams
Williams
Stettinius
Chicago
J. P. Morgan
New York
Rich
Last Cumberland Valley Run Ends for Conductor John Smith
John Smith completes his final Cumberland Valley trip after 41 years and six months aboard. Friends greet him at Hagerstown and Winchester as he retires to home on Virginia Avenue, with a birthday dinner in Winchester honoring his long railroad career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown
Winchester
Smith
Harold Meredith
Roy Black
L. A. Hawbacker
David Kirk
Capt. Smith
Kerland
Soompanys
Chambersure
Snodgrass
W. R. Snodgrass
Oetinsburg
Harrisburg
Carlisle
Pilstine
Hegerstown
Grand Jury Indicts Two Felonies in Local Court
A grand jury met at 10 o'clock in Corporation Court and returned two felony indictments. One charges Charles Evans with unlawfully taking $65.74 from Valley Fruit and Candy Company. The other accuses Fred Wright of stealing $52 in cash from John Garrett. Witnesses included Roy A. Larrick and C. G. Hook. Trial dates and court details were set or noted for forthcoming proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Charles Evans
Valley Fruit and Candy Company
Roy A. Larrick
C. G. Hook
D. O. Louderback
San Genk
Ww. Rice
Sravs
Police
Seed Wheat and Winter Seed Oats Listed by Winchester Seed Co
Winchester Seed Co lists seed wheat and winter seed oats in a categorized notice with reference code 9-27-1p-31. The brief appears as a market or catalog entry for agricultural seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Seed Co
Presbytery Fall Meeting Opens in Shepherdstown
In Shepherdstown West Virginia thirty three ministers and one elder from each of Winchester Presbytery's 58 churches will begin the fall meeting at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Retiring moderator Judge Loring C. Kackley will chair the first session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Winchester
Loring C. Kackley
Berryville
Elwood D. Vaughn
John Barnard
Hancock
T. K. Currie
Richmond
Virginia Synod
C. S. Lewis
Charles Town
C. K. Poole
Romney
Panhandle
West Virginia
Branch Valley
Pendleton County
Tucker County
Shenandoah
Page
Warren
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Virginia
A. D Kenamond
Shepherd College
J. A. McMurray
F. B. Crawford
Plaza Closure Notice For Weekend Hours
Plaza will be closed during the week with open hours on Saturday and Sunday. Jack Holt oversees the notice dated September 27, 1p 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satuday
Jack Holt
Palace Theatre seeks doorman and assistant manager
Help wanted at Palace Theatre for a doorman and an assistant manager. Also Apple pickers needed at Nicodemus Orchard starting Monday September 27 at ten cents per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Nicodemus Orchard
Bingo Night at Berryville American Legion
The Berryville American Legion hosts a Tuesday bingo on September 28 at 8 p m. Doors open with a $50 door prize and additional prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Berryville
Winchester Volunteer Firemen to Meet Tonight
The Winchester Volunteer Firemen Association will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the Sarah Zane Hall. All members are requested to attend. WM. Argenbright, Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association
Sarah Zane Hall
WM. Argenbright
Emden Bombed by Flying Fortresses in Long Escort Flight
Thunderbolt fighters with long-range belly tanks escorted Flying Fortresses on an 800 mile round trip to Emden, marking the first full escort to a German target. Emden suffered its 85th bombing raid as Fortresses and Marauders pressed targets from Rheims to Beauvais-Tillé and northern France.
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London
Emden
Germany
North Sea
Thunderbolts
Kassel
Gelsenkirchen
Fortress
Jerry
Andrew Dutch
Trenton N. J
U.S
Rhineland
Air Ministry
Holland
House Committee Rejects Renegotiation Repeal
The House Ways and Means Committee voted against repealing the renegotiation law for recovering excess profits in war contracts. It also advanced work on a new general revenue act aiming for passage by January 1. The panel referred the repeal issue to a subcommittee and moved to speed tax drafting amid a request for 12 billion dollars in extra revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Indus
Doughton
D.-N.c
Tomatoes for Sale for Canning
Advertisement offering tomatoes for sale for canning. Call Dial 5077 after 7 p.m. for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial
Germans Abandon Hope Of Victory, McNary Says
Lieutenant General Joseph McNary told a War Department conference that the German high command abandoned the offensive months ago and seeks a stalemate through defense. He cited bomber production shifts, Allied air superiority, and six air offensive achievements including weaker German oil output and fewer submarines, while warning against overconfidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph T. McNarey
War Department
McNary
Germany
Europe
Russia
Mediterranean
Nippons Hemmed In As Allied Pincers Close In
Allied lines tighten on Finschhafen as Australian forces push from Lae toward the Huon Gulf and jungle troops land six miles north, threatening the Japanese garrison. MacArthur reports inland and sea borne elements closing the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen W. Clements
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Huon
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Hanisc Harbor
Allied forces sweep through Italy in major push toward Naples
Allied headquarters report rapid advances in southern Italy. American units under Gen. Mark W. Clark captured Cassano near Salerno and pushed toward Avellino and Benevento. British Eighth Army reached near Foggia on the Adriatic coast while maintaining contact with German forces north of Atella as weather hindered operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Pitt
Cassano
Naples
Broad Bay
Eighth
Sir L. Montgomery
Foggit
Cerignola
Margherita di Savoia
Ofanto
Gulf of Manfredonia
Foggia
Cairo
Reuters
Balkans
Germany
Salerno
Avel
Lino
Benevento
Avellino
Valve
Muro
Potenza
Italy
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Atella
Sarno
Vesuvius
Missing dog Butch tied to ill Miss Annpre 15
Small golden haired male dog of Pomeranian Pekinese mix named Butch is missing from Greystone Terrace area while Miss Annpre 15 lies seriously ill in Hopkins Hospital. Mrs Grant Pollack cared for the dog at Shirley street. W A Breining works in Washington and is fond of the pet.
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Butch
Ann Pre 15
Hopkins Hospital
Grant Pollack
Shirley Street
Greystone Terrace
W. A. Breining
Washington
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Cassanova
Mr. Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran
Sunbury, Pa
Potts
Legionnaires
Mr. Stettinius
Welles
Rheims
Gladwin Hill
Gen. McNarney
McNarney
Foe
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