Hodgson Employees Honored with Third Army Merit Flag
The Margaret Hodgson millinery shop in Winchester earned a gold seal on the Third Army Honor Flag as all staff attained ranks in war bond sales. Sam Magerfield announced the achievement. Juanita Murphy and Margaret Carper rose to major general, leading the Third Army Lesson of Merit. Carper tops sales with 3 075, Murphy follows, Bageant tops at 62 350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hodgson
Miss Murphy
Legcett's
Franees Bageant
Woolworth’s
Free Theatre Passes for War Bond Helpers
Lamar Keen of Warner Brothers Capitol announced that all retail employees with rank colonel or higher will receive theatre passes for the Sixth War Loan Drive. Nine are eligible. contact Mr. Keen at the theatre. Bond sales through November 28 show $474,439.50 in Winchester and Frederick counties, including $60,877.50 in E Bonds. Wendell Barney noted local sales lag behind the state but exceed the national average. local quota is $1,250,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Keen
Warner Brothers Capitol
Keen
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
New Colonels and Officers Rise Across Local Stores
Over the holiday period two new colonels joined from Pifer's and the store of the same name. Eva Hot tel Penney's Zolpha Baker Worth's Miss Bill Woods Hodgson's Petcy Schindel Wool worth's Ted Mosely Miller's Drug Store and Anna Margaret Beaver Mc Crory's advanced. Walter E. Neiles Kinney's became major. Jeanette Shirkey Worth's became first lieutenant. Four new second lieutenants from Hodgsons Virginia Pifer Mrs John Bowers Clara Shank Frances Jenkins. Gladys Teets Kinney's earned first sergeant. New bond selling stores include Pifer Printing Molden's Electric Shop and Woolworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Ritter
Pifer's
Lois C. Timber-lake
Legion of Merit
Eva Hottel
Penney’s
Zolpha Baker
Worth’s
Bill Woods
Hodggon’s
Petcy Schindel
Woolworth’s
Ted Mosely
Miller's Drug Store
Anna Margaret Beaver
McCrory’s
Walter E. Neiles
Kinney's
Mary Butler
Penney's
Jeanette Shirkey
Hodgsons
Virginia Pifer
John Bowers
Clara Shank
Frances Jenkins
Gladys Teets
Kinney’s
Pifer Printing Company
Molden’s Electric Shop
Jap Attempts To Replenish Garrison
Reported by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor the Palau and Peleliu actions killed about 1,300 Japanese and captured 142 between Oct 20 and Nov 26. American losses totaled 92 killed and 622 wounded with Japanese combatants found in caves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Oine
Answers to Daily Quiz From Page Four
Correct responses list for ten questions including Pearl Harbor, Foreign Secretary, Soviet Russia, The Netherlands, dates for Japan and China, eel and sturgeon, author, one thousand, and a clue about water expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Russia
The
Netherlands
Japan
China
Italy
Diner Fire Destroys Waynake Diner on North Loudoun Street
Thanksgiving day fire damaged the Waynake Diner at the North Loudoun Street Wick intersection when a gasoline stove exploded. No injuries were reported among patrons. owner listed as Mr. Cox. A second blaze at O Sullivan Rubber Co plant caused only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun Street
Wick
Cox
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
General DeGaulle Reaches Moscow
Gen De Gaulle arrives in Moscow to confer with Premier Stalin. He traveled from Baku via Stalingrad and then by rail to the capital. With him are Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and General Alphonse Juin, chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
de Gaulle
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Baku
Stalingrad
Georges Bidault
Alphonse Pierre Juin
Turkeys Won by War Bond Buyers in Winchester Area
Two Prize winners today for war bond purchases receive turkeys. Don ald Glass Boyd of Route 1 A and Miss Emily Tabb Kuykendall of Winchester are named as turkey recipients.
Nine Die As Air Liner Crashes In Fog
Witnesses recall the doomed flight as fog shrouded approach. The pilot reportedly surged engines to regain altitude before the liner struck. Knox, a survivor, used a pillow to cushion the impact and escaped with cuts and bruises. He said he felt fine but grew stiff from injuries.
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Parently
Knox
Extreme cold and tides grip Virginia and Boston harbor
The report notes 13.8 foot tides in Boston the second highest on record and widespread cold wave conditions across Virginia with freezing temperatures. Windy coastal weather damaged boats while snow flurries and subfreezing temps affected Lynchburg Roanoke Covington and Norfolk with prospects for more cold weather and only brief relief.
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Boston
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Richmond
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Winchester
Petersburg
Roanoke
Covington
Regional jail plan urged by Winchester court
The court urges Winchester city and Frederick and Warren counties to join in building a regional jail. It calls for plans now, funding in post war budgets, and temporary measures to protect inmates until construction begins, with copies sent to city council, county board, and corrections commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Commissioner of Corrections
Department of Corrections
Commonwealth
Winchester Council
Frederick ‘Board of Supervisors
Winchester
Frederick
Warren
Warren Board
City of
Board of Supervisors
County of
Stephens City Cannery and Cafeteria Get New Equipment
The cannery and school cafeteria plan major upgrades with a seventy inch ten burner double oven Magic Chef range funded by profits from a $25 War Bond won by Billy Bass. Additional equipment includes a forty gallon steam jacketed kettle and an electric chopper, with a refrigerator approved in August arriving later. Plate lunches cost 25 cents, and once paid, prices will drop. The cannery schedules operations December 7 to 20 with limited appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Billy Bass
Cannery
Funeral services for Rev Walter L Dudley
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock for the Rev Walter L Dudley pastor emeritus of Cork Street Church of Christ. Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. He died suddenly at his home 421 South Cameron Street Monday evening after serving the Winchester Church since 1923 and becoming emeritus in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Dudley
Cork Street
Disciples of Christ Church
Strasburg
John Tate
Virginia
L. L. Hockman
Claude Grove
Ray Duncan
Ray Blosser
Curtis Loy
F. L. Sargent
Leonard Riley
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mr. Dudley
South Cameron Street
Winchester Church
Emeritius
Dr Flickinger to Be Guest Minister at Trinity Lutheran
The Rev. Dr. L. Flickinger of this city will speak at Sunday evening services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stephens City. Services begin promptly at 7 30 p m and the community is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. L. Flickinger
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
William Shall Is Buried Today
Funeral services were held at 2 o clock for William Arthur Shall from John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Interment followed in Green Hill Cemetery. He was son of the late Stephens Shall and never married. Survived by brother C L Shull of Philadelphia and several nieces and nephews. He farmed all his life and had been in failing health for over a year. He died last Sunday at Hopemont Sanatorium in West Virginia. His body arrived by train the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Arthur Shall
John H. Enders
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Stephens Shall
Clarke County
C. L. Shull
Philadelphia
Mr. Shull
Hopemont
W. Va
Germans Withdraw From Mountain Front Near Florence Faenza
Fifth Army Indian division troops advanced along the Florence Faenza road with light resistance. Reconnaissance said German forces were pulling back from the mountains toward the Po Valley to straighten a line between Bologna and Faenza. California leads U S wine production at ninety percent, New York second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Florence-Faenza
Bologna
Faenza
California
New York
Lady Astor Not A Candidate Again
London December 1 Virginia born Lady Astor who 25 years ago became the first woman member of Parliament will not run for office again. For a quarter century she has represented the Sutton division of Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lady Astor
Toay
Sutton
Plymouth
Negro war correspondents reach abroad amid war coverage
A number of Negro reporters have been accredited and sent abroad. Edgar T. Rouzeau was the first to go to the war front, sent by the Pittsburgh Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar T. Rouzeau
Pittsburgh Courier
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Rudacille of Limeton
Mrs Bessie Fristoe Rudacille sixty of Limeton died at Front Royal Community Hospital yesterday morning. A native of Bentonville she was a daughter of James B Fristoe and Mary Mockman Fristoe and widow of Frank T Rudacille. Funeral from the late home Saturday at 2 30 pm conducted by Elder A L Harrison Front Royal with interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Fristoe Rudacille
Limeton
Kate Baker
Gore
Front Royal Community Hospital
James B. Fristoe
Mary Mockman Fristoe
Bentonville
Frank T. Rudacille
Elder A. L. Harrison
Front Royal
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Satterfield State Democratic Committee Hearts Various Virginia Figures
List of Virginia political figures including Ashton Dovell of Williamsburg former speaker Charles W. Crowder of Richmond T M Call Frazier of Hanover A B C board member and DMV director Beecher E Stallard of Richmond ex mayors J Palmer Bright and Gordon B Ambler and Guy Hazelgrove. Ambler and Hazelgrove decline. Frazier notes first vote in Third District while remaining Ninth District voter. Crowder offers no comment on plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Committee
Ashton Dovell
Willamsburg
House of Delegates
Charles W. Crowder
Richmond
T. McCall Frazier
Hanover
Division of Motor Vehicles
Beecher E. Stallard
J. Palmer Bright
Gordon B. Ambler
Guy B. Hazelgrove
Ambler
Satterfield
Hazelgrove
Prazier
Crowder
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Hodgson
SILCO
General DeGaulle
Samuel Holt
Pel
Cowele Foge
C. C. Rhodes
Dudley
Dr. Flickinger
William Shall
Olga Stoker
Bugs Armstrong and
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
Rudacille
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawent
Brad
Gerogene Nt
Siboesn
Osie
Dart Board
Basket Ball Spalding
Ian Size
Arranteed Soandee
ARMY
G. J. Joe
F. Goodrich
Foodrich
East Piccadilly Street
B. F. Goodrich Tires
Ee Etta Thermo
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