Women's Place closes for summer at Mason's Nursery
Mrs. Mason's Nursery Training School will close for the summer with a lawn party for children and parents at 6 30 o'clock this evening on Courtfield avenue. Fall session opens Oct 2 at 219 W Clifford street with a new large playground in the works. Minnehaha Council entertains Great Pocahontas of Virginia at Tepee on Reuss avenue with introductions by Mrs Cora Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnehaha Council
Reuss Avenue
Great Council of
Virginia
Maude Thomas
Peary
Cora Robertson
Hazel Lake
Cecilia Hasking
Norfolk
Hilda Hudson
Alexandria
Virginia Brumback
Guard
Forrest Francis Tearall
Winchester
Jane Hopkins
Lydia Chapman
William Whisson
Pearl Campbell
Cecelia Hasking
David Brumback
South Braddock Street
Rachel Hodges
The
United Brethren Church
Campbell Rudy Marriage Announced in Local Ceremony
Miss Madge Katherine Rudy daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Rudy wed Mr Herbert Lee Campbell son of Mr and Mrs James Campbell at Highland Avenue manse on Saturday July 29Rev J S Duckwall officiated The couple reside on Highland Avenue with the groom employed locally Miss Heist hospital patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs Elias Broy of Rosemont visited New York friends Gris Athletic Association meets Elks Club 38 0 o clock council meeting at 7 30 All members urged to attend Clarke Motor Corps visits Martinsburg at Newton D Baker Hospital led by Mrs Jeanor Dorsey Arctic?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gris Athletic Association
Elk’s Club
Clarke Motor Corps
Martinsburg
Clarke County Red Cross Motor Corps
Newton D. Baker
Jeanor Dorsey
Motor Corps
Clarke County Red Cross
Families Leave For August At Virginia Beach
Mrs Arthur Robinson and Misses Jean Robison Dotty Ann Robison Frances Bickers and Betty Bickers depart Monday for August at Virginia Beach. Pfc Clark P Fincham reports back to Eglin Field Florida after an eight day furlough with his wife at 133 W Pall Mall street. He enlisted in May 1943 and previously worked for National Fruit Company. He is son of James M Fincham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Robinson
Jean
Dotty Ann Robison
Frances
Betty Bickers
Virginia Beach
Pfc
Clark P. Fincham
Eglin Field
Fla
W. Pall Mall Street
The
National Fruit Company
James M. Fincham
Captain Seabright Arrives at Charleston for Further Treatment
Captain Glenn Seabright of the infantry who endured severe wounds in the Italian campaign has reached Charleston South Carolina. Reported to have landed there Monday he will be moved to a local hospital for continued care after losing one foot to a German shell blast and injuring the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Seabright
Infantry
Africa
Charleston
S. C
Seabright
Royal Crown to Play O'Sullivan on Wet Diamond
One postponed softball game due to wet grounds is rescheduled for this afternoon. The Royal Crown Cola team will face O Sull ivan on diamond one in what locals expect to be a competitive matchup.
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Royal Crown
O'Sullivan
Royal Crown Cola
Berryville Town Council Grants 10 Percent Bonus to Staff
The Berryville Town Council approved a ten percent bonus for town employees with at least twelve months of service excluding clerical staff and officials. Council also urged water conservation due to a dry mountain reservoir and near full Grindstone Hill tanks. They authorized $200 to Mrs. Cameron for a storm sewer right of way and filed a petition to create a three member separate school district with a chairman joining Clarke County School Board.
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Berryville
Segeant
S. M. Carper
Carper
Grindstone
Lee’s Spring
Council
Cameron
Main Street
State Board of Education
Clarke County School Board
Trial Justice Court Clears Speeding Case in Strasburg
The Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards and A M Regel in Strasburg Virginia disposed of a speeding case with a penalty of 5 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
A. M. Regel
Strasburg, Va
Allied advances and air strikes widen in Pacific theater
Clean-up troops recaptured and expanded Sansapor, freeing 300 prisoners. Allied planes sank a 5,000-ton Japanese freighter west of New Guinea and struck positions across the region. In Burma and China, Chinese resistance and U S air actions hinder Japanese advances as Myitkyina battles intensify and Hengyang holds.
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New Guinea
Sansapor
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Marshalls
Truk
China
Hengyang
Chungking
Hankow-Canton
U. S
Tokyo
U.S
India
Tiddim
Burma
Myitkyina
Philadelphia Bus System Taken Amid World War II Strife
A mob attack in a Philadelphia grocery left Morris Miller injuried after shooting one assailant. Rain worsened a transit snarl halting 140000 war workers while extra trains met only a fraction of daily riders. Officials urged workers to return, calling stoppage sabotage and reclassifying hundreds of idle workers to 1 A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Miller
Gocery
Miller
Guy E. Parsons
Parsons
Erwin Odrick
War Manpower Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company
PTC
Bernard Samule
James J. Fitzsimon
TWU International
Clarke War Board meeting invited farmers August 9
Clarke County War Board invites representative farmers to a 9 30 a m meeting at the Berryville Community Building. State War Board agency representatives will discuss the agricultural situation rationing and AAA programs with emphasis on feed winter cover crops and livestock production. County agents and officials will attend to relay information to communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County War Board
Berryville
State War Board
AAA
J. W. Olcott
County Board of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Supervisors
S. M. Cox
Extension Service
L. B. Whita
Steady Rain Across Southern England Causes Casualties
Nighttime defense in southern England saw continuous anti aircraft fire and reports of robots destroyed over the English Channel. Seven hospitals lit, forty patients killed at one site, and a hospital wing struck wounding and killing staff. Explosions damaged homes and a church with evacuations underway. A second hospital damaged with no casualties. building damage estimated at six hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
English Channel
Postwar policy goals urged to spur full employment
Republican leaders push plans to revive industry and agriculture after the war. Proposals include federal land acquisition safeguards, veterans’ job counseling, state-led public works, equitable highway funding, maintaining the National Guard, and distributing surplus war materials through state channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Army of the United States
Follow Up Plans For Nazi Surrender Negotiations
Washington reports detailed post surrender plans by the European advisory commission of the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. They foresee three way occupation of Germany and Berlin, a joint military commission, and disarmament of German armament plants.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Teheran
Berlin
Churchill
Casablanca
Stalin
Roosevelt
European Advisory Commission
Army and Navy Casualties Totals Updated to July 13
The War Department reports new official totals for July 13 showing 218473 army casualties with 30720 killed 97000 wounded 41234 prisoners and 40519 missing. Navy totals reach 51871 with 21816 killed 15883 wounded 9703 missing and 4469 prisoners.
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Stimson
Normandy
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Stimson Reports on Rapid Allied Advances in Europe
Stimson lauds rapid Allied advances in nine days across Normandy noting it surpasses Cherbourg and inland landings. He cites spectacular progress and strong American efforts on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Cherbourg
Pattern 4512 kids pinafore pattern and needleswork
Pattern 4512 offers children's sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with a pinafore and accessory fabrics. Includes a 15 yard 35 inch fabric note for size 6 and a decor motifs needlework pattern. Cost is twenty cents for both patterns plus fifteen cents for a larger Anne Adams pattern book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. W
Anne Adams
Allied Breakthrough Advances 17 Miles Through German Center
Spectacular advance timed with American breakthrough, British and Canadian forces pushed 17 miles into the German center. German troops had expected the British sector to be the most dangerous, yet Allied assaults shattered their defenses despite heavy German concentration there.
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Mrs
Mr. Locke
Leonard Locke
Rosemont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Old Stone Church
Sauuday
Red Bud 4-H Club
Dennis Cole
Blacksburg
Jack Pamplin
Larrick
Luther Larrick
Hayfield
Betty Orndorff
Richard Orndorff
Dorothy Davies
Eleanor and
Ruth Anna White
Ellsworth Brengle
Mrs. Dick
Susie Ruble
W. Va
E. L Dick
West Boscawen Street
U. B. Church
Market St
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
Wenders
Louis Wender
South Stewart Street
Takoma Park
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry
Front Royal
Mrs. Broy
Elias Broy
the Caseys
Pfc. Fincham
Captain Seabright
Gaunt
Main and
Valley Ave
Trial Justice Court
Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Civic League
M Eny
Clarke War Board
G.O.P
Evening Star
Playshoes
Lovett Brothers
Clarke County
Pffer Company
Loudoun Street
Martha
Mickey) Devine Dodge
Reno
Horace E. Dodge
International
Haldeman
Tode
Tutile
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Moling & Cather
York Inn
Shady Rest
Woody Carlisle
Timberlake
Staub
Bunker Hill
Ridgeway
Tom
Kit
Morgan
Gurnsey
Jersey
White Chester
Dumont
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