Churchill warns war may last into 1945 in Commons speech
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that despite Allied losses nearing 1,000,000 in northwestern Europe the war might extend into 1945. He urged a three‑power meeting with Stalin and outlined Allied gains and German casualties, warning against premature peace expectations.
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John F. Chester
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Marshal Stalin
Holland
France
Belgium
Germany
Eat Hoosevelt
Quebec
Japan
Britain
Indian Ocean
India
England
Russia
Missing in Action Pfc Ralph Driver in France War Report
Mrs Lucy Driver of Clarke County received a War Department telegram stating her son Private First Class Ralph Driver 36 has been missing in action since September 8 attached to the 7th Armored Division under Lt General George S Patton now in France. His brother Floyd Driver died the same day from injuries after a team of horses ran away while he tended a manure spreader.
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Lucy R. Driver
Millwood
Clarke County
War Department
Pfc
Ralph Driver
7Th Armored Division
George S. Patton
Third Armored
France
Driver
Floyd Driver
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rockingham County
Lucy Rosenberger Driver
Henry Kerville
Christine Front Royal
Evelyn Driver
WAC
West Coast
Roller
Hugh Driver
Camp Campbell
Lurty Driver
Palaus advance rapid as air and sea raids push forward
U S Pacific Fleet reports rapid Marine and soldier progress toward full conquest of Peleliu in the Palau Islands. MacArthur announces air patrols sweeping Mindanao south shores and sinking five barges in Davao Gulf. Nimitz cites total Japanese losses at 8,537 with Bloody Nose Ridge still holding. raids hit Batavia and Celebes shipping.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
Philippines
Palaus
Air Arm
Mindanao
Manila
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Douglas MacArthur
Davao
Zamboanga
Davao Gulf
Nimitz
Umorbrogol Mountain
Bloody Nose
Anguarese
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Japan
Celebes
Neutrals Warned Not To Take In War Criminals
Secretary of State Hull said neutral nations were warned they would lose American friendship if they shelter Axis leaders after the war. He cited Sweden Turkey Switzerland and Spain as having pledged to bar Axis nationals, with British and Soviet support noted. The Moscow declaration calls for returning war criminals to the scene of crimes for trial and joint punishment for broader offenses.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Sweden
Turkey
Switzerland
Spain
Department
United States
Russia
Wilhelm
Tal Allied Commission
London
Moscow
Tribute to First Airborne Division Wins Churchill Honors
London reports Prime Minister Churchill paid tribute in the House of Commons to the First Airborne division. About 2,000 survivors retreated across the Neder Rhine after nine days of heavy combat, with 6,000 left as captives or killed or wounded. The delay aided Allied bridges and bridgeheads at Nijmegen and supported the Second Army and American units.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
First Airborne
Neder Rhine
Holland
Nijmegen
Second Army
Rhine
Local Hero Lt John Jones Killed in Action in France
Mr and Mrs Warren G Jones receive War Department telegram announcing their son Lt John C Jones killed in action in France on September 11. A 29th Division first lieutenant born in Paris Virginia April 18 1920 he lived in Upperville before moving to this city. He enlisted April 1942 at Camp Lee Virginia served in Georgia and Mississippi before overseas duty in March this year. He received his commission November 1942 and spent a short furlough with family before departure. He is survived by his parents and siblings.
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Warren G. Jones
War Department
John C. Jones
France
United States Army
29Th Division
Paris
Upperville
Lt. Jones
Lima
Peru
Jane Jones
Army Nurses Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Pvt
Douglas Jones
Sioux Falls
D. D
Sally Howe Jones
Mary Washington College
Robert Jones
Dewey Completes 8500 Mile Campaign Trip
Governor Thomas E. Dewey returned to Albany after a three week cross country campaign, completing an 8500 mile tour through 21 states. He and Mrs. Dewey greeted about 300 onlookers at the arrival and planned a quieter week at Pawling farm for rest and speech-writing.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Washington
Muncie
Ind
West Coast
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Tulsa
Pawling Farm
Tito Announces Yugoslav Partisans Reach Drava River Bank
Marshal Tito issued a communiqué stating Yugoslav partisan forces have reached the bank of the Drava River, a key boundary between Hungary and Yugoslavia, signaling a strategic advance in the region.
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London
Tito
Yugoslavia
Drava
Hungary
Huns Admit Invasion Of Yugoslavia Across Danube
London reports Soviet and German bulletins claim invasion of Yugoslavia after crossing the Danube near Orsova. Russian forces reportedly advanced south from Orsova and were repulsed, while German claims say several thousand prisoners were taken in Warsaw and another segment of Komorowski's underground army surrendered.
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London
Yugoslavia
Danube
Iron Gate
Orsova
Berlin
Dan- Ostova
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Warsaw
Tadusz Komorowski
Pfc Allen B Shaffer Reported Missing in Action
Mr and Mrs W B Shaffer of Berryville are notified by the War Department that their son Pfc Allen B Shaffer has been missing in action in France since August 28. The telegram says reports will be forwarded. He was inducted February 19 1942 and trained in Mississippi Tennessee and South Carolina before leaving for overseas duty in July.
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W. B. Shaffer
Berryville
War Department
Pfc
Allen B. Shaffer
France
Pfc. Shaffer
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Bombers Hit German Factories and Rail Yard
More than a thousand American heavy bombers attacked German war factories at Magdeburg Kassel and Merseburg today. The Magdeburg railroad yard was also hit in the raid.
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London
Magdeburg
Kassel
Merseburg
Buy Clark Farm and cider mill help wanted ad
Classified notice for a sale of Clark Farm on a Saturday at the Front Court House with a bargain price. Also a help wanted ad seeking a male for full or part time jobs at a cider mill by H. J. Heinz Co Valley Pike. Dated Sept. 16 and Sept. 27.
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Clark Farm
Front Court House
H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Germans Helpless In Their Attempt To Flee From Riga
Soviet military analysts report the Russian drive closing on Riga with 200 Latvian settlements enveloped. German command pulls bulk of troops from the Riga pocket to avoid entrapment. rear guard actions and heavy enemy movements on the Tukums road. Red Army forces outflank Uzok Pass as Petrov’s 4th Ukrainian Army presses toward the Carpathians.
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Riga
Moscow
Tukums
Lithuania
East Prussia
Slovakia
Red Army
Uzok
Carpathian Mountains
Fourth Ukrainian
Ivan Petrov
Carpathians
Petrov
Uzok Pass
No Extra Gas Says Ickes
Interior Secretary Ickes called Senator Reed's plan to double A card gas rationing mischievous and urged Congressional inquiry. He warned motorists should not expect near term action while noting a potential easier gas outlook as Europe victory nears. Reed pressed for Washington hearings next week with Ickes possibly summoned.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Reed
R.-Kas
Europe
Tass denies Tripower plan to force small states to surrender
London dispatch reports Tass denies Russian claims that Tripower plans to compel small states to surrender unconditionally.
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London
Tass
London Bomb Damage Totals Revealed in Commons
London reports in the House of Commons show 25 51 houses seriously damaged and uninhabitable 52 277. A further 77 030 houses damaged but habitable and 873 177 with slight damage. Total damage reaches 1 027 995 houses.
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London
House of Commons
Autopsy Slated for Famed Evangelist Aimee McPherson
In Oakland California a autopsy will determine the death cause of 53 year old evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson found gasping in a hotel room yesterday. She was known as Sister Aimee and had 34 years of evangelism marked by dramatic events including a Venice beach kidnapping tale.
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Oakland
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Venice
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Los Angeles
Seismologists Pin Earthquake Off Eastern Turkey
Officials at the California area of technology said preliminary analyses place the tremor centered about 7,200 miles east of Pasadena, near eastern Turkey, at 9 38 p.m. Pacific War Time yesterday.
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Pasadena
Calif
the Aeracy of Technology
Turkey
Finns Cross Kjoki River in Pursuit of Germans
Finnish troops crossed the Kjoki River toward Olhava about 35 miles north of Oulu in pursuit of retreating Germans, according to a Helsinki communique issued today.
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Stockholm
Kjoki
Olhava
Oulu
Helsinki
Rummage Sale at 31 W. Boscawen Hosted Sept 30
A rummage sale is planned for September 30 at 31 West Boscawen Street, starting at 10 a.m. Funds benefit local activities. Proceeds go to community programs and charity drives.
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W. Boscawen
Wanted Apple Pickers Transportation Furnished
Help wanted for apple picking with transportation provided by Pine Motor Co. Apply at Pine Motor Co.
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Apply Pine Motor Co
Allies Move Ahead Again In Italy
Fifth Army troops captured Castel Del Rio about 15 miles below Imola and seized Mount Carnevale. British and Dominion units breached the Rubicon bridgehead to two miles depth on a 10-mile front and neared Savignano. Canadian forces took Bellaria beyond Rimini as Fifth Army pushed toward Castiglione Dei Pepoli and Bruscoli near Bologna.
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George Bria
Rome
Fifth Army
Castel del Rio
Imola
Rimini-Bologna
Mount Carnevale
Adriatic
Rubicon
Savignano
Billaria
Eighth Army
Bellaria
Rimini
Castiglione Dei Peipoli
Bruscoli
Bologna
Castiglione
Roosevelt OKs Volunteer Overseas Service for Waves and Women Marines
President Roosevelt approves a bill allowing Waves Women Marines and Spars to serve overseas on a volunteer basis. The overseas deployment is limited to Hawaii Alaska and navy bases in the hemisphere.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Liquor Ration Cut In Half in Virginia
The Virginia state liquor board orders a 50 percent cut in October liquor rations due to stock shortages. Domestic whiskey gin and grape brandy will be rationed with coupon 55, requiring half or full coupons for various measures. Officials hope the shortage is temporary and say the move aims to secure supplies for November and December.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Liquor Board
Aurora
Invasion News Silent as Allied Command Reports Moves
Rome dispatch notes Allied command silent on progress of the Albania and Dalmatian coast invasion. Airborne forces reportedly operate on a wide front in Albania, aiming to seal the German flank as Russians advance. Continued on Page 3. Col. 1
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Rome
Albania
Dalmatian
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Balkan
British Drive To Maas On 14 Mile Front
British Second Army advanced east toward the Maas Meuse on a 14 mile front from Nijmegen corridor forming an offensive arc southwest of the Siegfried line. Canadian forces captured Calais citadel with 1,000 prisoners. Allied losses totaled 235,000 since D Day, 145,000 Americans and 90,000 British.
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James M. Long
London
Maas ‘Meuse
Nijmegen
Siegfried
Kleve
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Holland
Comba
Cuyk
Vierelingsbeek
Calais
Rhine
Arnhem
First Airborne Division
Churchill
Driant
Metz
Moselle
Antwerp- Turnhout
First Army
First
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Cologne
von “Mae
Calaison
Channel
Con
Belfort Gap
Lure
Belfort
Nancy
S-Hertogenbosch
P Ress
Commons
Oil Tanker Explodes at La Plata Pier
A U S Naval Collieries oil tanker exploded at a loading pier in La Plata on September 28. The ship burned and trapped its crew aboard. Reports say as many as 70 may be dead as flames fed by crude cargo threatened nearby ships.
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LA Plata
U. S. Naval
Eee
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Toulon
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