Western Farm Operations Halted By Severe Storm
A in unpre cedented 19 inches of snow paralyzed McCook Nebraska as a winter storm spread across Nebraska and into Kansas. Snowfall varied with Concordia 2 inches Hays Center 5 inches North Platte 2 inches Grand Island 3 inches. Sub freezing temps endanger livestock and a 55 mile wind hit Oklahoma panhandle. Kansas rancher E C Bray reported livestock in poor condition and expected heavy losses from feed shortages and the storm. Eastern Colorado ranches saw calf and lamb losses with 10 to 12 inches near Boulder and four inches at Cheyenne, as the system extended into northeastern New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCook
Nebr
Nebraska
Kansas
Concordia
Hays Center
North Platte
Grand Island
Oklahoma Panhandle
E. C. Bray
Syracuse
Kansas City
Colorado
Boulder
Cheyenne
Wyo
New Mexico
Ford Promises Veterans Jobs At Ford Plants After War
Ford Motor Company pledges job preference for war veterans in its plants after the war and hopes other employers follow. In a message to Brigadier General Frank Hines Ford said servicemen need only come in when production restarts and they will receive the first call on postwar jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Frank T. Hines
Ford
More Americans Rounded Up in Occupied France
German authorities in France intensified the roundup of Americans for internment camps and extended compulsory work service to foreigners and already interned Frenchmen. About 2,000 American World War I veterans who stayed in France and married French women were targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Cut Back Rumors Hurt Production in War Industry
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report based on field surveys and US Employment Service data notes reductions in shifts after contract cancellations. Industrial areas including Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania see overtime pay losses as hours drop to forty. many workers accept pay cuts near half their wartime wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OWI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Employment Service
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Wilkes-Barre
Many Volunteers Aided In Blood Donor Clinic Success
A long list credits volunteers across roles for a successful blood donor clinic. It names chairs, assistants, nurses, motor corps, canteen crew, and hostesses, with individuals from Stewart Bell Jr. to various local staff and hospital nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Bell, Jr
E. E. Harbaugh
Lee Odell
H. R. Kern, Jr
A. F. Naddeo
National
Isadore Gordon
M. C
Jerry Berdette
C. D. Perrin
Lilian Kay
Joe Jackson
Virginia King
Ann Dunn
Goldie Schweie
Motor Corps
Mildred L. Blake
Flora. Bailey
William S. Whitehead
Delmar Robinson
Dailey Slowmaker
Harold Edwards
Hunter Gaunt
Grant Pollock
Earl Crowser
James Miller
Jack Pamplin
Elsie Rosenberger
Philip H. Sprenkel
Ronald Wilson
B. M. Knight
Allan Richardson
J. VW
Artur
X. Henkel
Fred Glaize. Jr
J. M. Steck
Eurene Cooper
Horace Browne
Harry Benham
Wendell Goode
W. S. McClintock
Rodney Taylor
Ford Barry
Walter Hamrick
Max Lewis
Ben Arthur
J. G. Over
R. C. Green
Richard Biggs
P. G. Ireland
J. W. Crider
Lewis. Allen
W. R
W. E. Adams
Hugh Duffey
Howard March
George Hoover
Paul Thomson
H. C. Manuel
Champe Conner
Gray Beverley
Frank Hack
Alice Grove
James Hodgson
George Fansler
Marvin Weaver
Lawrence Guilian
Frank Bailey
Dan Leatherman
J. G. Fosbrink
Lela Green
Philip Fowle
George Reading
Robert Yerby
Louise Duncan
Olinger
Mary Louise Steele
Robert McNally
Julia Beaver
Pauline Grant
Bertha Eline
Richard Crenshaw
A. Cc. Halvosa
I Day Opens Baseball Season With Bets On Stars
Corner on Sports notes I Day activity for American and National Leagues. St Louis seeks repeat in the National League while the Yankees loom in the American. Minor league talent moves up as drafts open space for new players. Stephens City visits Middletown as both chase titles with O Leary and Orndorff likely to pitch for the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
O'Leary
Iddletown
Orndorff
Hiters
Injury To Peach Crop In South More Extensive
Martinsburg W V April 18 The early April freeze will cost southern peach growers an estimated 10 000 000 bushels of production says secretary Carroll R Miller of the National Peach Council He reports the cold spell of April 4-5 plus earlier freezes in Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas cut the 10 southern states crop to about 9 200 000 bushels Last year 5 100 000 bushels but in 1942 it reached 20 800 000 and the 10 year average is 16 760 000 Miller cautions that estimates are tentative until the growing season reveals injury and recovery No damage reported north of the Mason Dixon line He notes no injury to peaches or apples in western Maryland eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and southeastern Pennsylvania Roanoke Virginia is expected to yield 60 per cent of normal Bloom was heavy so frost mortality could still leave more than half a crop Charlottesville area Albemarle and Nelson counties forecast about 80 per cent of normal and gains may occur with new acreage in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. VA
Carroll R. Miller
National Peach Council
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Miller
Mason Dixon Line
Maryland
Panhandle
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Roanoke
Virginia
Charlottesville
Albemarle
Nelson
Young Cather Joins U S Navy
Joseph Robert Cather Jr son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Cather of 13 West Piccadilly Winchester enlisted in the Navy last week through Chief Mead at the Winchester recruiting office. A Handley High School alumnus he played football and belonged to the O C D Messengers born February 20 1927 in Winchester He has one brother and two sisters employed by Yellow Cab Co sworn in April 7 reported for boot camp training on April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Robert Cather, Jr
Joseph Cather
West Piccadilly
Winchester
Navy
Mead
Post Office
Cather
Handley High School
The
Yellow Cab Co
In Memoriam of Susan Catherine Feltcher
In memory of our mother and grandmother Susan Catherine Feltcher who passed away one year ago April 17 1943. God sent an angel to ease her pain and sorrow. There is an empty chair at the table and a lasting void in our hearts. Requested by her daughters and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Catherine Feltcher
Mother
Major Jolliffe Named Chief Nurse at McGuire General Hospital
Major Katherine Jolliffe from Boyce Virginia has been selected as principal chief nurse for the new McGuire General Hospital in Richmond. She will supervise about 1800 nurses caring for military patients and oversee plans for a self contained hospital city with entertainment facilities and a central kitchen. The hospital, under construction since last year, covers 142 acres near Richmond and will serve patients from across the United States with potential overseas transfers later if directed.
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Richmond
Katherine Jolliffe
ANC
Boyce
McGuire General Hospital
War Department
Hunter Holmes McGuire
Winchester
South
Joliffe
New Hospital
New Orleans Port of Embarkation Station
McGuire General
Virginia
United States
Hollywood Studios
P. E Duggins
Dugginson
Bowling Ladies Evening Star Standings and Scores
Friday April 14 bowling standings show high game by Boyd G A A 135 and Eutsler Star Office 130. High set led by M Williams Cadillac 346 and Reamer Clothes 338. Boyd G A A and Eutsler 334. Team highs Elks G A A 527 Bell Clothes 507. Yearly averages crown Alma Renner Bell Clothes 106.66 Corrine Carskadden Ellis 105.61 Loma Cunningham Bell Clothes 104.65. The G A A first half winner and Bell Clothes second half winner faced off in a April 17 roll-off for a 3 pin victory.
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Team Bell Clothes
Aloe
Cowen Vane Cee Star Office
Asceecseness
Cadillac
Clearbrook “Woolen Pinisle
ECIES
Monnight
Wie
Alma Renner
Bell Clothes
Corrine Carskaden
Ellis
Loma Cunningham
Ee Sencindiver
Great Institution Poised to Open Doors for First Patients
The report states the institution expects to admit its first patients soon with civilian employees to greatly outnumber permanent military staff as hiring continues. It notes plans for civilian staffing and tentative opening in the near term.
Nurses Reporting Colonel Duggins Releases Nurse Roster
Colonel Duggins released a partial list of army nurses reporting for duty at the hospital. Names include First Lts Rebecca M. Barnard Philadelphia R KR Whitman Flushing VA Second Lts Audrey Lamb Richmond VA Mary Kerr Hatcher Ashland VA Sara Win Mabes Danville VA Jacqueline B. Sharpe Salem VA Wanda Ellen New Brunswick NJ Dorothy Johnson Staten Island Frances Burks Vicksburg Olive Komar Spokane Louise M. Bend Latrobe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duggins
Rebecca M. Barnard
Philadelphia
R. KR. Whitman
Flushing
Audrey Lamb
Richmond
Mary Kerr Hatcher
Ashland
Sara Win Mabes
Danville
Jacqueline B. Sharpe
Salem
Wanda Ellen
New Brunswick
Dorothy Johnson
Staten N
Frances Burks
Vicksburg
Miss
Olga J. Komar
Spokaaraeh
Louise M. Bendl
Latrobery
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Western Farm
Colgate Dental Cream
Colgate Tooth Powder
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
California
Crisp Florida Pascal Celery
Wise Buy
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Oficial Tire Inspector
Goodrich
E. Piccadilly St
Gene Miller
Wallace
Yankees
Chandler
Bonham
Charles Miller
Hagerstown Owls
Buffalo Bisons
Stephens City
Middletown
Young Cather
U.S. Navy
Maj. Jolliffe
McGuire Plant
Ig 50
John Ericsson
Sale
Gardex Wax Polish
Jou Pagliaro
USLTA
Zerk
Adults
Ben Pea °Son
Lemonwood
Aly Ree Tay
the Riverside First
Riverside
Aduet
Lawford” TE
WinterKing
Montgomery
Intent
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