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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
2
Waves of robots crossed the channel at intervals as RAF fighters stopped some missiles. In southwestern England crowds sought shade as anti-aircraft fire lit the sea. A robot crashed on a south England street killing two and injuring others. a bomb shattered a hospital wing but staff kept children safe in the basement.
Aug 17 report claims Nazi Gestapo chief Beinrich Himmier created a new secret service to monitor German civil officials. The Elite Gestapo, with about 2,000 operatives, will file daily reports on officials and log every visitor, forcing officials to document conversations.
Mrs Charles R Keeler of Winchester reports the sudden death of her sister Mrs John Scherer at Mt Jackson. A native of Frederick county and former Miss Frances Pitman she was about 68. She leaves her husband a sister and two brothers John E Pitman Winchester and J H Pitman Texas. A fuller obituary will appear in tomorrow's Star.
Six year old Carl Edward Mayhew of Gainesboro died Tuesday in Winchester Memorial Hospital at 8 15 p m He was the son of James and Pearl Mayhew and is survived by his parents a sister Mrs Lennayhew and six brothers Russell Robert Charles ag James Eugene and John all at home Funeral services were held at Walnut Springs Church at three o clock with Rev B J Good officiating Interment followed in Walnut Springs Cemetery
Government ration notes list statuses for meats fats processed foods sugar boots gasoline and fuel oil. Various stamps and coupons are valid indefinitely or through specified dates including February 28, 1945 and September dates, with regional differences in gasoline coupons.
A late day storm dumped 1.32 inches in under an hour, easing the heat but leaving the 90s. Temperatures fell from 97 to 91 at the Winchester Research Laboratory as high winds damaged property, uprooting trees and blowing a fence at Reuss baseball park. Rain also hit Clearbrook Middletown Stephens City Hayfield and Berryville.
Local school officials attended a state study commission hearing yesterday in Harrisonburg Virginia as representatives from valley counties spoke. County superintendent Leslie D. Kline said many recommendations were made for school improvement and tied to increased financial support. He noted the classroom teacher is central to the problem and that qualified teachers require salaries competitive with industry and other professions. Garland R. Quarles and J. Sloan Kuykendall joined the session as part of a statewide effort to gather public input on Virginia public schools.
Raymond Case 53 head of Case Motor Co in Purcellville for fifteen years died of a heart attack at his home after an illness of one day. He is survived by wife Sarah Walter and two sons F Gardner Case and Capt George W Case. A sister-in-law Margaret Wale ter and brothers Dewey Case Wheeler Case and sister Mrs Pearl Hunt also survive. Services set for Friday at eleven in Purcellville.
Answers to the daily quiz list correct responses. George Burns is named for question 1 and Rome for question 2. The answers include Yes for question 3, Voile as a material for question 4, and William Howard Taft for question 5. The sequence also notes a false statement about the Spring Equinox and identifies Venezuela and the Lincoln Memorial as items.
Washington August 17 A War Food Administration official told the Senate War Investigating Committee he did not know how the government would use between 100 and 150 million dollars worth of surplus eggs bought this year Under a 90 percent parity law the WFA may face a repeat purchase if production remains high Lt Col Ralph W Olmstead deputy director of the WFA distribution division testified taxpayers might have invested those funds in eggs with no current use Ferguson asked what would be done Olmstead admitted he did not know the answer
In Berryville Clarke county jail two inmates tried to escape. Hagans forced entry near the keeper's room while Wines fled through a screen window. Hagans struck the jailor and was recaptured. Wines, serving a 20 day sentence, remains at large with a posse hunting him.
Morgantown West Virginia August 17 A search by about 400 Morgantown residents ended when Johnny Cresswell son of Dr and Mrs J R Cresswell professor at the University of West Virginia was found in the wooded Appalachian trail area. The boy wandered two and a half miles from his parents summer camp on the Blue Ridge mountains three miles east of Charles Town.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital cadet class will stage a capping exercise on September 8 at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. It marks the students' first public appearance in cadet uniforms and the public is invited to attend.
Hyman Blumberg said unions may hold nationwide meetings to solicit contributions for the CIO Political Action Committee fund. He cited discussions with manufacturers of men’s and boys’ apparel and laundry owners who were asked to contribute individually. Sidney Hillman, who heads the CIO PAC, did not comment.
Mohandas K Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah will meet on Saturday to consider a proposal for dividing India into Hindu and Muslim states. The talks may yield a broad treaty of principles, with Gandhi backing district plebiscites in Muslim-majority areas and Jinnah seeking a separate autonomous Muslim state.
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