WAC Recruiters Visit Winchester for Recruitment Drive
Lt. Jameson B. Dowdy and Lt. D. Robinson from the Women’s Army Corps visited Winchester to launch a recruitment drive through September. They will display materials, show a recruiting film, and target local organizations while noting a need for up to 22 500 women as technicians.
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Jameson B. Dowdy
WAC
Hagerstown
D. Robinson
Hagers
Winare
Robinson
Women’s Army Corps
Anx
Winchester
Sher
France
Italy
Dowdy
American bombers cut German retreat on three Paris fronts
U S Ninth air force reports heavy carnage as Thunderbolts strike retreating German columns on three highways from Argentan. Hundreds of enemy troops killed and numerous vehicles destroyed while bridges, rail lines, and a fuel dump near the Seine area are targeted.
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Seine
Conflans Ste. Honorine
Paris
Nantes-Gassicourt
le Mallerayegur-Seine
Belgium
France
Normandy
Argentan
U. S S. Ninth Air Force
Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four
Answers to the daily quiz list correct responses for ten questions. Items include figures like 700,000 and people such as George Washington Woodrow Wilson and institutions like the Royal Australian Air Force. The fragment shows misprints and OCR errors but preserves key names and topics from a 20th century quiz column.
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George Wash
Uhe Marine
Holland
Ea Valley Authority
Marie Antoinette
Madagascar
Woodrow Wilson
Royal Australian Australian
Royal Australian Air Force
Ration Calendar Details for Four Rations and Stamp Validities
The notice outlines indefinite validity for Meats fats and Book four stamps A through Z and A5 through D65, with similar terms for Processed Foods Book four stamps A& through Z& and F5. Sugar Book four stamps 30 31 32 remain valid or five pounds each. Stamp 40 00d offers five pounds for home canning through February 28 1945. Airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely. Gasoline rationing differs by region with 11-A coupons in northeast and southeast valid for gallons through November 1 and 12-A elsewhere through September 1, with B-3 B-4 C-3 C-4 coupons for five gallons. All four and five period coupons valid in all areas through September 30. New period one usable from ration boards.
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Z& i
The Star Daily Reports Berryville Boyce Clarke County
The Star provides daily event briefs from Berryville Boyce and Clarke County with concise notices. Local happenings include meetings weather and school news shared in compact items for residents.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
Japanese Supply Lines Tied In Knot By M' Arthur
MacArthur reports Japan's supply lines south of the Philippines and west of New Guinea are unraveling as air raids hit Halmahera, Maug Island, and other bases. Nimitz planes strike Maug and Pagan in the Marianas while Chinese defenses resist Japanese pressure near Hengyang and along the Hankow Canton railway.
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Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Indies
Bonins
Halmahera
Miti
Davao
MacArthur
Ilippinas- Celbes- Ceram
Ceram
Banda and
Arafura
China
Chichi Jima
Tokyo
7Th Army Air Force
Maug Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Pagan
Paramushiro
Chungking
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Lungling
Tengchung
Mangshih
Burma
Rong
Yunnan
Baptists Denounce Dancing by College Students
At the Lebanon Baptist Association meeting in Bristol Virginia Aug 18 a resolution denouncing Virginia Intermont College for employing a dancing teacher and sponsoring public dances was adopted. The measure urges Virginia Baptist trustees to nominate only Baptists and to install administrators who uphold the resolution.
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Bristol
Will H. Duff
Abingdon Baptist Church
Virginia Intermont College
Lebanon Baptist Association
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Virginia
Duff
The
Lebanon Association
Virginia Intermont
Dewey Struggles for Nomination and Pennsylvania Setback
The piece notes Dewey's battle for the Republican nomination in 1940 and Wilkie's failure to capture Pennsylvania from Roosevelt. It mentions a Philadelphia address on preserving American liberties, broadcast nationally, along with a Louisville address the next night at the National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs conference closing session.
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Wilkie
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
Louisville
National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Germans Use Torch Tactics in Prussia Frontline Actions
Report says German forces in Prussia intensified every unit to block a penetration while a Lithuanian front near the frontier saw a counter attack with three tank divisions and infantry. Red Star claimed 55 tanks destroyed and several thousand soldiers killed. German parachutists reportedly landed to scout anti tank defenses and were detained.
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Italy
France
Prussia
Staliai
Lithuania
Red Star
Ten New Poliomyelitis Cases Reported in State
Richmond notes ten new poliomyelitis cases today, raising August total to 121 and June 1 total to 254. Funeral services for Arm and Dennis 16 of South Norfolk and Petersburg native will be held at Concord Nepot. Roanoke city reported three cases, Lynchburg two, and several counties one case each. County counts list Wythe 17, Tazewell 10, Pittsylvania 8, and others with eight in multiple counties since July 1. First Chesterfield case sent to Richmond for treatment, bringing regional total to six.
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Richmond
Puneral Services
Armand Dennis
South Norfolk
Petersburg
Concord Nepot
Roanoke
Lynchbur
Dickinson County
Patton Threatens Paris Drive amid Allied Advances
Allied forces push toward Paris with three spearheads from Dreux to Orléans as Patton's units press on the Paris axis. Meantime German reports claim heavy battles around Chartres and efforts to thwart the encirclement, while bridges west of the Seine are targeted to seal the retreat.
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DNB
Patton
Berlin
Transocean
Argentan-Falaise
Laigle
Gace
Paris
Siene
Argentan
Seine
Dreux
Falaise
Normandy
le Havre
Falaise Bay
Risle
St. Nazaire
Brittany
Clarke County Plans Victory Fete Committee Formed
A Clarke County group organized to plan a Victory Day fete with Robinson as chairman and Rev. O W Lynch and T M Hooker as officers. The Bergville Chamber of Commerce started the project and named Charles J Enders to coordinate.
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Connie
Clarke County
Robinson
O. W. Lynch
Boyce
T. M. Hooker
Bergville Chamber of Commerce
Charles J Enders
A. R. Dunning
Hobson C. McGehee
Bill Greeh
Arthur Golightly
Boy Scouts
Charles J. Enders
Georges. Lightner
A. Mackay Smith
Services Today For Mrs. Dixie B. Mahoney
Funeral services are held this afternoon at four from Jones Funeral Home for Mrs. Dixie B. Mahoney 63 who died yesterday after a stroke at home on Braddock Street. A native of Rappahannock county she attended Salvation Army services. she is survived by husband Alpheus Mahoney son Admiral Dewey Mahoney and brother Benjamin Wines. Interment in Frederick county.
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Jones Funeral Home
Dixie B. Mahoney
Mahoney
Memorial Hospital
Braddock Street
Salvation Army
Rappahannock County
Benjamin Wines
Lves
Alpheus Mahoney
Admiral Dewey Mahoney
Capt. Koons
Frederick County
Mrs Frances Pitman Payne Scherer Buried in Mount Hebron
Mrs Frances Payne Scherer widow of John Scherer of Mt Jackson died suddenly at her home. She will be buried Saturday in the Pitman lot of Mount Hebron Cemetery with graveside rites at about 6 15 p m. She was born September 23 1876 as Frances L Pitman and had two daughters from her first marriage. Surviving are her second husband John Scherer two daughters a sister and two brothers among others. Pallbearers are named.
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Frances Payne Scherer
John Scherer
Mt. Jackson
Pitman
Mount Hebron
Scherer
C. R. Keeler
Winchester
Edward Pitman
Joseph Pitman
Texas
William Middleton
Holmes Fowles
William Dellinger
Marion Byerly
E. T. Hackley
Preston Williamson
Voter declines in many states amid sparse primaries
Illinois saw a 36 percent drop in aggregate governor primary votes from 1942 with 1 252 52 total as opposed to 1 943 298 last time amid Democratic unopposed races. Kansas and South Carolina also posted declines or slight gains, while Ohio and Pennsylvania showed varied turnout patterns.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
South Carolina
Buckeye
John W. Bricker
G.O.P
Carolina
Senate Can
Cotton
Smith
V. Olin D. Johnston
Collision Sends Five To Hospital In City Crash
Five locals were hospitalized after a two car collision at Pall Mall and South Cameron today at 12 45. Injuries ranged from a severed artery to facial lacerations and a fractured leg. The 1937 Buick driven by Mrs Woolford reportedly locked steering causing the crash with a 1936 Ford driven by Harry Lake.
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Pall Mall
South Cameron Street
Harry Lake
North Cameron Street
Robert Oakley
Stephenson
Orlena Woolford
Eppa White
Route 1
Winchester
Orlena Wanlford
Woolford
Cameron Street
Lake
Friendship
Williams
Kakley
Heat Wave Breaks as City Sees Cooler Weekend
After days of extreme heat, temperatures fell below 90 degrees with a 86 degree reading at Winchester Research Laboratory by 2pm. Rain and a refreshing freeze offered relief, ending the scorcher that sent the mercury above 100 on several days this week. Weather officials predicted a cool weekend and warming trend next week.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Orndorff Rites Held Today for Clayton E. Orndorff
Funeral services for Clayton E. Orndorff 42 were held at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev J B Duckwall of Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church officiating. Miss Margarette Orndorff was named as a surviving daughter in the notice. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Clayton E. Orndorff
Jones Funeral Home
J. 8. Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Margarette Orndorff
Mount Hebron Cemetery
College Openings Are Deferred in North Carolina
The University of North Carolina and two smaller colleges will postpone their fall openings to September 18 or later due to an infantile paralysis epidemic. The State Board of Education declared an emergency and ordered public schools to delay opening until September 18. most public schools had planned to start around September 4.
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Raleigh
N. C
University of North Carolina
State Board of Education
New Course In Campaigning Trial by Pitchfork
In Shews ton Idaho on August 18 Glen Taylor, nominated for U S Senate by Idaho Democrats, spoke to a farmer while helping with hay. The farmer tested him by saying talk politics as he pitched. After the afternoon the farmer praised Taylor saying he has what it takes and the candidate claimed at least one vote and one blister.
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Shewston
Idaho
Glen Taylor
U. S. Senate
Taylor
William A. Collins Dies in Staunton
William A. Collins 62 longtime Shenandoah Valley National Bank teller and co bookkeeper died at a Staunton hospital. He was a former Western Union telegraph operator and active in the Elks and Friendship Fire Company. Survived by nephew Michael Andrew Collins of Winchester. Last rites Monday at Sacred Heart Church with interment in Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. remains at Jones Funeral Home.
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William A. Collins
Teller and Co
Shenan- Goeh Valley National B
Staunceeth
Dennis Collins
Western Union
Collins
Benevolent and Protective der of Elks
Friendship Fire Company
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Michael Andrew Collins
Winchester
Julian Bullock
Robert Glaize
Howard Cahill
B. M. Sullivan
Chris Grubbs
Miflin Clowe
Edward Murman
Jones Funeral Home
War Goods Leaks Prompt Nelson Penalty Bill
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson urged Congress to impose penalties for leaking confidential industrial data given to government agencies. The House Judiciary Committee led by Sumners quickly introduced the bill, proposing a $1000 fine and one year in jail for any insider who discloses or uses information submitted in confidence to the War Production Board. Nelson emphasized data is for war production only and protection currently lacks clear safeguards.
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Washington
WPB
Donald N. Nelson
Congress
Sumners
D.-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Nelson
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
War Production Board
Paralysis Setting Record In U S In 1944
New York August 18 The United States reports more infantile paralysis cases in the first 31 weeks of 1944 than in 28 years of records. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis cites U S Public Health Service figures showing 3 992 cases through August 5, 1 226 more than in the same period of 1943.
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New York
United States
National Foundation For
U. S. Public Health Service
Fritzie Faces Food Shortages From War Canned Goods
Roanoke dispatch reports that German cans examined by the Army Quartermaster corps show corrosion and contents including dark diced potatoes and beans, untrimmed carrots, and meat so tough it could not be chewed. The note compares GI Joe rations unfavorably with the enemy’s cans.
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Roanoke
jYa
Pritgie
Army Quartermaster Corps
Clarke Soldier Found After Missing in Action
Mr and Mrs A L Jobe of Boyce learn their son Cpl Kenneth Jobe with the 82nd Airborne was not missing in France as first thought. A second telegram confirms he was hurt and in hospital then found safe. Jobe parachuted behind German lines and is credited with killing at least five Germans.
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A. L. Jobe
Boyce
Cpl
Kenneth Jobe
France
Jobe
War Department
Cpl. Jobe
82Nd Airborne Division
Clarke County
Tense Florence Front Eases As U S 91st Joins Fifth Army
From Rome Aug 18 the northern Florence front eased with German tanks penetrations down to a lesser degree though isolated sniping persisted in the northwest and northeast suburbs. Across the Italian front activity remained light with patrol clashes and artillery duels, while the Arno north bank saw intensified American probing and artillery responses as Lt Gen Sir Harold Alexander announced the U S 91st Infantry Division under Maj Gen William G Livesay now lines with the American Fifth Army on the western front.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Sir Harold Alexander
U. S. 91St Infantry
William G. Livesay
Fifth Army
Stomach Army Fights Weakly Near Orleans
Allied forces around Orleans meet desultory opposition from a German stomach battalion described as composed of inferior soldiers with stomach ailments kept together for dietary reasons. The unit, part of a German force, is shown as weak in combat.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Aiu
Orleans
Roosevelt Says Allies Plan Occupation of Germany and Japan
President Roosevelt reported a general understanding among the Allies for occupying Germany and Japan, though no detailed arrangements exist. He noted verbal discussions with Chiang Kai Shek and indicated possible talks with Churchill, stressing plans to occupy both nations regardless of surrender specifics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Iynasia
Britain
China
Japan
Chiang Kai Shek
Churchill
Pacific
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M’ Arthur
J. B. Krueger
H. D. G. Crerar
First Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Authon
Chartres
St. Arnoult
Versailles
Mrs. Scherer
Collision
Five
Elisha Graves Otis Invented the
Pal
William Collins
Staunton
U.S
Fritzie
U. S. Employment Office
W. Piccadilly St
Northern
Olga Stoker
Bugs Armstrong
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
Winchester Business College
Winchester Armory
California
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