Handley Cindermen win district meet with 49 points
Handley High dominated the District 2 Literary and Meet at VMI Lexington, scoring 49 points to win by a wide margin. The Handley track squad swept many events led by Clarence Hoover 220 yard dash and Eddie Levi 440 yard dash, with teammates securing multiple second and third places. Their literary team, led by Dan Saxe Betty Cather and Walter Fries, won the district title by default as no other Class B schools entered. The state meet at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on May 12-13 awaits the district winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High
VMI
Janet Lovett
Caroll Moraw
Betty Sendrie
Handley
Dan Saxe
Betty Cather
Walter Fries
Edward Clark
Richard Grave
Richard Brown
Clarence Hoover
Eddie Levi
Glindstone Crim
Godfrey Lake
Boyd
Hamman
Bob Renfrew
Alton Powell
Clarence Hoove
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Lexington
Courtney Fauver
Charlies Robinson
Otis “Snag” Sargent
Waynesboro
Coving
Clifton Forge
Harrisonburg
Strasburg
Wilbur Dyke
George Boyd
Frank Taylor
Gladstone Crim
John Spaid
Donald Cochran
Boyd Hamman
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz answers with Bur ma as true and includes items such as a $20,000 question and references to Minnesota, Ulysses Grant, Act of Congress, Thomas A Edison, $15,000, Angora and Sears Roebuck Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perce
Burma
Minnesota
Ulysses
Grant
Act of Congress
Thomas A. Edison
Angora
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Regulation fixes open season for crappie
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries announces an open season for crappie. West of the Blue Ridge Mountains it runs June 20 to December 31, and east of the Blue Ridge Mountains June 20 to March. The regulation becomes effective June 20, 1944, by order of Acting Chairman Beverley W Stra jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Beverley W Stras, JR
Ration Schedule Details Indicate Indefinite Validity Dates
The notice lists wartime ration stamp values. Meats fats and processed foods stamps now valid indefinitely with several substitutions and May 1945 and May 2 dates. Sugar stamps 30 and 31 for five pounds. Blue stamps and airplane stamps also updated. Gasoline credits vary by region with three to five gallon limits through May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Puel
War Manpower Office Answers 48-Hour Week Questions
Harrisonburg Va April 2 War Manpower Commission area office lists questions from employers and employees after the 48 hour work week in the Front Royal Winchester labor market. Answers cover objectives coverage voluntary adoption penalties and cross area applicability with emphasis on essential production and compliance mechanisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
War Manpower Commission Area
Front Royal-Winchester
George D. Delo
WMC
War Manpower Commission
War Manpower Comission Area
Virginian Leads Outfit Ashore at Humboldt Bay
Four infantry companies spearhead dawn assaults on crescent beaches at Humboldt Bay near Hollandia New Guinea. Left flank landing led by First Lt H H Hardricke of Memphis Michigan and a smaller group commanded by First Lt Arthur G Wholey of Fredericksburg Virginia.
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Humboldt Bay
Hollandia
New Guinea
H. H. Hardricke
Memphis
Mich
Arthur G. Wholey
Fredericksburg
Sickness Fatal To Mr. Haskins
Frederick J. Haskin 71 died after several months illness. He founded an information bureau over 28 years ago providing readers with questions and answers. Born in Shelbina Missouri he worked on Torch Light later publishing and contributing to St. Louis Globe Democrat. Survived by widow and two sons Nagel in the Navy and Frederic Jr an Army chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick J. Haskin
Haskins
Shelbina
The
Torchlight
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nagel
Navy
Prederic, Jr
Tire And Tube Purchases Approved Here
War relief board approves extensive tire and tube purchases dated April 20 1944. The list names numerous individuals and businesses across towns such as Winchester Grimes Star Tannery Clearbrook Martinsville and Opequon with multiple tires and tubes allotted to each. The procurement includes both private residents and local companies reflecting wartime supply priorities.
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War ‘Retiowing Board of Winchesteree
Trunch
Eemas Brothers
City
Komanthers
Loy Eaton
D. J. Kerns
Komanare City
J. L. Dimaria
Joy W. Roe
Hanover
Pault Co. City
Kenne Reynolds
Star Tannery
W. m. Stickley
Vaucluse
Applce Ridge Orchards
Carroll Hummer
Grimes
R. L. Bageant
Russell Fletcher
Whitaker
Vincent J. MacFadden
Clyde Nethers
L. Preffitt
Opequon
Carmine Passucci
D. L. Spitler
Clarence’ L. Whitacre
Ervin R. Wilson
A. B. Clevenger
Stephenson
C. B. Gibson
C & WP Telephone Co
C & P Telephone Co
L. R. Hodgson
Mt. Falls
Clearice M. Terault
Wyatt H. Richards
Fred F. Sturm & Co
Clayton Walter
S. City
Earl S. Hawkins
Nettie A. Carbaugh
Mamie Mitchell
Jack V. Rickard
Hayfield
Wilbur Keeler
Page G. Louderback
James Terault
Val
W. W. Hunt
Martin Peters
R. FP. D
Fred Smith
Floyd G. Potts
Ira C. Smallwood
Yellow Cab
US Air Ace To Visit Home
Capt Don Gentile the United States top ace in the European theater is due for a month’s leave from a U S air base in England and will return to Piqua Ohio after his operational tour. He is credited with 23 enemy planes downed and seven destroyed on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
England
Don Gentile
U. S
Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Chicago Grain Quotations Opens Firm Amid Rain Delays
Chicago April 24 Grain prices start firm as spring field work slows due to weekend rains in the Midwest. Wheat May 1.73 3-8, July 1.69 1-8, Sept 1.65 5-8 to 3-4, Dec 1.65 3-8. Oats July 79 3-8 to 1-4, Sept 15 to 75 1-8, Dec 74 1-2 to 1-4. Rye May 1.27 7-8 to 1-28 1-4, July 1.27 to 1-27 1-4, Sept 1.23 3-4, Dec 1.24 1-2 to 5-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
Rye
Public Sale Desirable Small Farm in Frederick County Virginia
Public auction to be held at Winchester County Court House on May 27 1944 at 12 noon for a 14 acre farm with a dwelling barn and outbuildings along a hard surfaced road near Bartonsville Virginia. The sale follows a deed of trust dated March 12 1943 and default on the debt. Terms are one half cash and balance in two equal notes due in one and two years with 6 percent interest, secured by the deed of trust and fire insurance. Joseph B. M. trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela M. Wedell
George V. Wedell
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Bartonsville
Joseph B. M
Virginia Rabbit Co op expands operations and records gains
The Virginia Rabbit Cooperative reports a record 6,000 and 4,328 rabbits handled in 1943. It paid 24 cents per pound for live rabbits and ended the year with $500 in net savings. The co op plans equity certificates, a capital fund, and new headquarters plus delivery vehicle to boost winter supply and summer storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Extension Division
Co-Op
Ital
British Scientists In Antarctic Base Established At Hope Bay
London reports Lt. Comdr J W Marr leads a 15 member British team in a two year Antarctic mission. They study polar meteorology radio conditions and mineral resources and established a base at Hope Bay Grahmland in February. Marr earlier joined Shackleton in 1922 as a Boy Scout of 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. W
Marr
Antarctic
Colonial Office
Hope Bay
Grahmland
South Pole
Ernest Shackleton
Leaves From Notebook Of War Correspondent
War correspondent George Tucker with the Fifth Army describes Capt Hugh E Quisley and his mechanized cavalry unit after 37 days of contact with German troops. The soldiers keep farm livestock aboard and recount vivid combat memories, including a daylight advance and a pack mule ambush near Cherry Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Acr
Quigley
E. Trey
Hugh E. Quisley
Nutley
N. J
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Cindermen
Handlians
Cops
Palau
Palau Islands
U.S. Navy
Chafe
Virginian
Outfit
F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Goodrich Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
Clarke County
Duff’s
Mairzy Doats
Poinciana
Tess
North Loudoun Street
Rabbit Co-Op
Virginia Rabit Co-op
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
George Tucker
Quisley
John T. Riley
Waterview
Harry “Happy’ Lang
Everett
Mass
Trish
Lang
Boston Navy Yard
Riley
Army
Co. K. Corp
Otis A. Smith
East Tawas
Cherry Hill
Che
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
Loudoun Street
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