Harold L. Scheuer Dies After Stroke in Berryville
Harold L. Scheuer 45 prominent Berryville merchant and American Legion adjutant died after a sudden stroke at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He owned a men’s clothing shop, served as post commander, and attended a Clarke County supervisors meeting earlier. Survived by wife Ruth Theodore and daughter Elaine, with siblings. Funeral at Sondheim Funeral Home Baltimore with interment in Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.
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Harold L. Scheuer
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Scheuer
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
American Legion
Louis
Jetta Myers Scheuer
Lloyd Williams
Treadwell Lodge
Masonic Order
Philadelphia
Edwin C. Rosenthal
Baltimore
Sondheim
Eutaw Place
Hebrew Friendship Cemetery
Americans Press Mountain Front In Fogbound Attacks
Fifth Army line pushes on rugged peaks as American and British troops probe through fog. Air war over Italy light due to weather. raids target Ceprano and a southeast Cassino bridge while Athens airfield hits disrupt enemy operations. Brig Gen J H Atkinson urges crews to excel with 19 sudden incident days before Christmas.
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Italy
J. H. Atkinson
Pathart
Tex
Old Ma Filibuster Is Just Around Corner
In wartime Washington the anti poll tax bill faces a Senate filibuster after House passage. Debate centers on federal vs state rights with supporters linking the issue to voting access and historical efforts to abolish poll taxes in several states. Strong opposition cites racial prejudice and political alignment, while proponents argue tax equality.
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Jack Stinnett
Con
Congressional
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Congress
Senate Ae
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
O'Mahoney
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Florida
South
Commt
Roosevelt
Draft Board Votes No Strike Pledge
Local Draft Board No. 16 in Kansas City on Pearl Harbor anniversary voted unanimously a no strike pledge. The resolution says registrants deferred for occupation who leave that job for non emergency reasons shall be certified for examination for possible induction.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt returns from Gilbert Islands invasion
Lt Col James Roosevelt, President Roosevelt's son, has returned from the Gilbert Islands campaign where he served as a Marine Corps observer with forces that invaded Makin Island in the Gilbert group.
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San Diego
Calif
James Roosevelt
Gilbert Islands
U. S. Marine Corps
Makin Island
Allies Eye Balkans or Southern France in major push
The article discusses Allied hopes for a fall of Nazi Europe via a major Balkans thrust or southern France to pressure Germany. Japan war plans are deemed less certain in timing, with a long path ahead for a decisive Pacific assault. Combat in the Solomons continues as Rabaul remains contested. A Southeast Asia campaign is built around Burma Malaya and Singapore under Mountbatten.
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France
Balkans
Channel
Europe
Japan
Germany
Solomons
Pacific
Rabaul
Central Pacific
Philippines
China
Southeastern
Asia Theater
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Malaya
Singapore
Hitler's Soldiery Outnumbered in Allied Assessment
The article weighs German air and naval strength against Allied numbers in 1943-era estimates. It cites Luftwaffe bombers and fighters, Soviet and American-British airpower, and a shrinking U-boat fleet. It argues Allied unity and production point to an inevitable defeat of Hitler, if Teheran’s resolve is translated into a decisive battle outcome.
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Hitler
Russia
RAF
U. S. Army Air Forces
George C. Marshall
United Kingdom
Mediterranean
Germany
Teheran
Pvt Carl F Lowery Stationed At Camp Van Dorn
Pvt. Carl F. Lowery son of Mrs Mable Henry and the late Frederick Lowery of Winchester is stationed at Camp Van Dorn Miss He has been in the army since September and says he likes the life Friends may write to him at Pvt Carl F Lowery 33656099 Co L 254th Infantry Camp Van Dorn Miss
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Carl F. Lowery
Mable Henry
Frederick Lowery
Winchester
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Co. L. 254Th Infantry
Shenandoah Area Council to Elect Officers
At a Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts meeting the nominating committee was named. Horace Browne presided in Col. Ashby Miller’s absence. G. W. Ropp and B. A. Poland represented Potomac District. Two Rivers District had no attendee. Winchester members George Reading and Philip Hunter were present.
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Shenandoah
Browne
Col. Ashby Miller
Council
G. W. Ropp
Poling Poland
Potomac
Ong
Two Rivers
Winchester
George Reading
Philip Hunter
Glasses Arrive for County School Children
Miss Annie Preston Starling rural school supervisor reports that about a hundred pairs of glasses from a Winchester Lions Club sight clinic have arrived. They will be checked and delivered to schools by the supervisor or secured by teachers. The Frederick County School Board thanked the Lions Club for the civic effort.
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Annie Preston Starling
Winchester Lions Club
Miss Starling
Frederick County School Board
Lions Club
Freak Car Crash Causes Minor Injuries Near City
A Tudor sedan driven by Paul Nail of 504 N Kent Street lost control on Route 11 just outside the city, shattering a telephone pole and striking trees before stopping beyond a stonewall. Passengers Minnie Dovelle and Mary Hawkins suffered cuts bruises and shock, with Nail reporting momentary lights failure. Vehicle damage was about $150.
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Paul Nelson Nail
N. Kent Street
Route 11
Minnie Dovelle
Millwood Avenue
Mary Virginia Hawkins
E. Monmouth Street
Nail
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Prices
Baltimore reports grain prices with Pi Wheat at 1.68 3-4 and 1.74 3-4 for spot and rail, basic ceilings. Winchester Market lists Wheat at 1.64 per bushel, White corn 1.36, Yellow corn 1.24 per bushel. prices quoted for delivery.
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Baltmore
Winchester Market
Bundle Day collections planned by JBT and Boy Scouts
Winchester residents are urged to join the annual Bundle Day drive organized by the Junior Board of Trade and the Fellowship Club. Volunteers will collect at 1 PM Saturday, gathering clothing food toys and salvage items for Christmas relief and war effort including tin cans waste paper fats and scrap metal. Books for the USO and bundles tied securely are also requested.
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Winchester
Junior Board of Trade
Fellowship Club
JBT
Boy Scouts
USO
Frederick County
No Appeal Over Hitler's Head
Washington dispatch notes Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin statement on Germany omits any appeal to the German masses under Hitler. The absence disrupts Goebbels propaganda and keeps Allied war nerves active as the conflict continues.
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Washington
Germany
Weil
Dr. Paul
Josephi Goebbels
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Cneat
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Anne
Duff
Delmonico Macaronis
Mueller
van Camp
Simon
Lipton
Safeway Meats
Safeway
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Schindler
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Lydia
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