Red Army in pursuit toward Riga across Latvia
Soviet forces drive in three directions around Riga as German retreat becomes a stampede toward the Baltic coast. Red air units destroy trucks and rail cars used by the retreating army striking deep into northern Latvia and Estonia as occupation edges closer to the Baltic Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Riga
Latvia
Baltic
East Prussia
Red
Estonia
Red Army
Hungary
Advance Weather Forecast To Oct 1 1944
Extended forecast for Sept 27 to Oct 1 notes pleasant early fall. Zone four sees temps below 70 in the north with near 80 in the south and some rain late in the week. Local frosts in higher elevations and total rainfall from half to one inch. Zone five predicts more rain Wed night to Thu and Sun, with temps generally below normal and night lows in the forties to fifties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penna
New Jersey
Moudee
Appalachians
Winchester Frederick War Finance hits half of monthly bond quota
Wendell Barney, chairman of the Winchester Frederick County War Finance Committee, announced that the Federal Reserve Bank report for the first 15 days in September shows local bond sales of 32000 dollars. This is slightly more than half of the 60000 dollar monthly quota, suggesting city and county purchasers may exceed the monthly target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Barney
Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester Chamber Secures Rail Outlet at Harpers Ferry
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce, without fanfare, secured an improved westbound and eastbound outlet through connections at Harpers Ferry with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Ma Winchester calls the achievement worthwhile and beneficial to the city, praising the chamber for progress and the town’s ongoing betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harpers Ferry
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
William C Allen Killed In France August 27 1944
Staff Sergeant William C Allen 28 son of Mr and Mrs William M Allen 312 Amherst Street was killed in action in France August 27 according to a telegram received by his mother. The War Department note confirms his death and his unit details. He trained at Camp Meade A P Hill and Camp Blanding and served with Company I 116th Infantry 29th Division. Survived by parents a brother James M Allen and three sisters Dorothy Kiefer Lucille Billmyer and Mary Elizabeth Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Allen
William M. Allen
Amherst Street
France
Sgt
Allen
War Department
Secretary of War
William C. Alien
J. A. Ulio
Adjutant General
Co. I
116Th Infantry
Camp Meade
A. P. Hill Reservation
Fredericksburg
Camp Blanding
Fla
England
Handley Schools
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
James M. Allen
Dorothy Kiefer
Lucille Billmyer
Winchester
Mary Elizabeth Allen
Polio Statistics Draw Skeptical But Cautious Hope
In Virginia officials argue polio outbreak figures are less dire than public fear suggests. They compare current risks to normal years and note other diseases, like whooping cough, cause more deaths per year. The report cites statewide child population figures and outbreak context for perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Fall Of Reich To Release Millions From Their Jobs
New York September 27 1945 Four million workers will be released from current jobs as Germany falls and the munition program is cut back by 40 percent. McNutt says government controls will end with V E Day and American management must guide civilian production. He cites needs for tens of thousands of workers in explosives shipbuilding radar and cotton duck, and notes six pilot plants to explore potential national recruitment from Barbados Costa and the Setuttanid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Paul V.mcnutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
American Management Association
Lawrence Appley
Vick Chemical Co
Army
WMC
Barbadoes
Costa
Setuttanid
Dewey Plans West Virginia Speech After Westward Campaign
Gov. Thomas E Dewey indicated a swift counterattack against anticipated Roosevelt assaults on the publicans. He announced a October 6 address in Charleston West Virginia broadcast by NBC. Dewey noted he wrote his Oklahoma City speech in 12 hours and praised the reception of that address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Thomas E Dewey
Roosevelt
West Virginia
New York
Republican National Committee
Charleston
NBC
Oklahoma City
Presbytery Marks 150th Meeting Closure In Winchester
Delegates from eight oldest churches of the Winchester Presbytery gathered for the final session of the 150th anniversary meeting in the city. The opening morning heard Dr. R. B. Purdum discuss Davis and Elkins College history and needs. The closing service featured Rev. J. Hoge Smith of Charlotte Court House delivering The Faith We Need For Today as elders from several churches shared in communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Presbytery
Loudoun Street
Old Stone Church
J. Hoge Smith
Charlotte’ Court House
Winchester
Stewart Bell
Opequon
Cedar Creek
Tuscarora
Falling Waters
Pattersons Creek
Romney
Charles Town
R. B. Purdum
Davis and Elkins College
Arnhem Foothold Lost To Allies
Allied forces face a winter campaign as weather worsens and German resistance tightens. Britain's 1st Airborne Division withdraws from Arnhem after nine days defending a Rhine crosshead. Casualties and escape numbers remain unclear, with a news blackout in effect.
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Arnhem
Britain
First Airborne
Notice for Women Voters in Winchester City
Statistics show more women are voting this year and all women in Winchester City must register in their precincts by October 7 for the national election. Ward by ward registrars and voting places are listed: 1st Ward 1st precinct W Edward Jones 122 South Loudoun Street at Friendship Ence. 1st Ward 2nd precinct Kenneth E Henry 127 South Braddock Street at Rouss Engine House. 2nd Ward 1st precinct W Benton Snider 323 North Cameron Street at City Hall. 2nd Ward 2nd precinct B F Davis 23 North Braddock Street at Sarah Zane Engine House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
W. Edward Jones
Loudoun Street
Ene the Manier
Kenneth E. Henry
South Braddock Street
Rouss
W. Benton Snider
North
Cameron Street
B. F. Davis
North Braddock Street
Sarah Zane
Wanted House Cleaner by the Hour
A help-wanted notice seeks a house cleaner by the hour at 326 Amherst Street. The ad notes availability during a narrow time frame, indicating a local hire for general cleaning tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst St
Buy Clark Farm at Bargain Auction Saturday
Auction notice lists sale of the Clark farm on Saturday September 30 at Pront Court House. Terms include bargain price as advertised. Provisions note the event date and location for interested bidders.
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Clark Farm
Pront Court House
Superforts Return Safely After Manchuria China Raid
War Department reported all B 29 bombers returned from a Manchuria and occupied China mission with no losses. The 20th bomber command struck Anshan Dairen Loyang and Kaifeng while cloud cover obscured some results. Japanese claims of 13 downed planes contrasted with Berlin reporting Iwo Jima raid by Superfortress forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manchuria
China
War Department
Anshan
Dairen
20Th Bomber Command
Loyang
Kaifeng
Apple Thrown At Photographer Near Dewey Appearance
A young boy threw a rotten apple that hit Acme photographer Mike Ackerman as he prepared to photograph Gov. Thomas E. Dewey at a Springfield Missouri train platform. Ackerman said he was 12 feet from Dewey when the incident occurred and three youths were taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dewey
Mike Ackerman
Acme
Thomas E. Dewey
Springfield
Ackerman
Frankie Loses His Bow Tie During Chicago Stop
Frank Sinatra, en route from Hollywood to New York, briefly stopped in Chicago and mingled with a streetcar crowd. He escaped into a restaurant by a rear door after fans chased him, and his taxi was slowed by a blocking truck as the girls tore at his bow tie and shirt.
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Chicago
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
New York
Sinatra
Allied Sea And Airborne Troops Land In Albania
Allied sea and airborne forces have landed in Albania and on Dalmatian islands off Yugoslavia to block German withdrawals. Coastal landings involve Adriatic operations with small unit sizes and include destruction of the Himara garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Albania
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Reich
Adriatic
Europe
Allied
Naval Command
Dalmatian
Comand
Himara
Berlin
DNB
Fifth Army Driven Back as German Counterattack Hits Monte La Fine
Allied reports say a strong German counterattack moved by Albert Kesselring forced American troops of the Fifth Army from part of the Monte La Fine hill mass south of Bologna. The Eighth Army widened bridgeheads near Rimini and Bellaria as Germany increased artillery use along the Gothic Line.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte la Fine
Bologna
Eighth Army
Rubicon
Po Valley
Bellaria
Rimini
Ravenna
Albert Efesselring
Apennines
Gothic Line
Monte la Fine Hill
Minimum Of 18 Months To Crush Japan Says OWI
The Office of War Information said the defeat of Germany will require an absolute minimum of 18 months to two years to crush Japan after Germany falls. OWI warns the end of the European war could boost Japanese resolve while signaling a shifted war economy for the United States.
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Japan
Washington
Germany
Office of War Information
Owi
United States
United Nations
OWI1
War and Navy Departments
Foreign Economic Administration
Tokyo
Plans For Italy Are Put In Shape
Washington reports plan to reconstruct Italy with greater home rule as Roosevelt and Churchill move to shift Italy from military to civilian administration. Brig Gen O'Dwyer, the American on the Allied commission, may return to implement the transition. Relief from hunger sickness and fear tops aims, followed by restoring power systems railways roads and communications to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
London
Roosevelt
William O'Dwyer
Allied Commission For
O’dwyer
Quebec
Churchill
Birthplace of Confederate States Hosts Grey-Clad Army Reunion
In Montgomery Alabama the birthplace of the Confederacy hosted its 54th reunion of Confederate veterans survivors from 1861 to 1865. Nine attendees arrived including J W Dixson of Jasper Alabama aged 113, and others from Muscogee Oklahoma and Va USV Commander Homer B Apkinesa was expected but not yet arrived.
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Confederate States
Montgomery
Ala
Confederate States of America
Sons of Confederate Veteans
Jefferson
J. W. Dixson
Jasper
Williams
Muscogee
Okla
Homer B. Apkinesa
Peerson
Us.v
In Peleliu Palau Invasion Marines Suffer 5500 Casualties
U S military report shows 5500 casualties in the first ten days of Peleliu invasion. First Marine Division bore heaviest losses with 580 dead 401 missing and 3639 wounded through Sept 25. 81st Army Division also among casualties amid air base push 515 miles east of the Philippines. Casualty totals refute enemy claims of low American losses.
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U.S
Palau
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Philippines
Pacific
Leathernecks
81St Army
Pelelilu
Plans For Emergency Clothes Drive At Sacred Heart
At a Monday night meeting after No vena service Sacred Heart Catholic Church outlined a two week emergency clothing collection for Europe under UNRRA. Mrs Gertrude Organ chairs supported by Miss Goldie Brown Miss Ursula O Leary and O L Jamison with Grove White J Wanner and Leonard Brown assisting. Donations may be delivered to the Church Hall Rectory or picked up by Father Julian Bullock or Father John A McGilley call 5858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Europe
Gertrude Organ
Goldie Brown
Ursula O'Leary
O. L. Jamison
Grove White
J Wanner
Leonard Brown
UNRRA
Julian Bullock
John A. McGilley
Father McGilley
West Virginia
Front Royal
Sacred Heart Church
Dorothy Hawthorne Poster Featured on Minute Man Cover
An original bond poster by Dorothy Hawthorne daughter of Dr and Mrs Allen T Hawthorne was reproduced on the back cover of the Minute Man nationwide publication The poster created last year at UNC Art Center was used in Winchester during the Fifth War Loan Drive and the original sold at auction for 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hawthorne
Allen T. Hawthorne
Minute Man
Hawthrone
Art Center
University of North Carolina
Winchester
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Paul McNutt
Bulletin
Hitler
Allied Expeditionary
North Bank
Siegfried Line
Red Devils
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Lee
Nijmegen
Rhine
Bonin
Iwo Jima
Transocean Agency
Rotten Apple
Hits
Frankie
War
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