Industrialists See Aberdeen Proving Ground Production Show
Nearly a hundred top industrialists from the northeast toured Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edgewood Arsenal to view how their components join in tanks artillery and other war materiel. Robert E. Dillon lauded the display as the best show and urged national manufacturers to boost production.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen , Proving Ground
Edgewood Arsenal
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Rober E. Dillon
Lake Erie Engineering Corporation
Clarke County School Board Buys Ramsburg Lot for School Site
The Clarke County School Board purchased a 25 acre Ramsburg lot in Berryville for $5,900 to be used as a school site.
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Clarke County School Board
Ramsburg
Berryville
Sale of Farm Land by Special Commissioner in Frederick County Virginia
By decree of December 6 1944 County of Frederick v Elias L Williams et al the Circuit Court orders a public auction of 70 acres in Back Creek District near Mt Williams Virginia. Sale Saturday December 30 1944 at twelve noon at the County Courthouse with cash terms or one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and mortgage insurance.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
County of Frederick
Elias L. Williams
Back Creek
Mt. Williams
Edgar Smoke
Godfrey Bly
Earl Long
Cedar Creek
Wardensville
H. K. Benham
Bessie Brannon
Startling Air Tactics Show Japanese Helpless in Pacific
Report from Pearl Harbor details heavy American air superiority over the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz cites 91 Japanese planes destroyed with 14 in the air and 77 on the ground, while long-range patrols over Luzon reveal day and night coverage unseen before carrier forces.
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Sweat-soakied
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Subic Bay
Iba
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Philippines
Philippine
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed on Dec 15
Baltimore markets show light receipts with steady to firm tone across poultry eggs butter and cattle. Hogs and sheep move unevenly with varying weights and prices while Chicago livestock reports higher hog prices and steady cattle with overall active trade.
Livestock Auction Report Shows Mixed Feeds and Steady Vealers
Yearlings at 15.50, cleanup trade on heifers 10.50-14.25, choice mixed up to 15.50. Beef cows weak but other trades and bulls active and steady. Vealers steady at 15.50 down. Salable sheep 3,500 of 5,000 total, early sales good. Lambs 14.65-14.85, fed lambs 14.50. Cull and native ewes 9.00-11.50, slaughter ewes 5.00-6.50.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Quotations Chicago Grain Dec 15
Grain futures mixed in early dealings light trade and small price changes. Opening prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Rye with varying December May and July figures across futures contracts.
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Chicago
Rye
Aged White House Guard Dies
Henry W. Gilbert aged 80 a longtime White House guard who served seven presidents and retired from the Metropolitan Police in 1924 died. He recalled Theodore Roosevelt using the East Room for wrestling and teaching guests to kill wild animals without a gun. Born in Covington Virginia he joined the army at 21 and Washington police in 1890.
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Washington
Henry W. Gilbert
White House
Metropolitan
Theodore Roosevelt
East Room
Covington, Va
Gilbert
Army
Conditions In China To Be Told By Missionary
Rev. Ernest Wampler a Church of the Brethren missionary since 1918 will speak at area churches under General Mission Board and Northern Virginia District. He and colleague O C Sollenberger who have twenty five years in mission and relief work left families in 1941 for Chungking via the Burma Road escaping enemy fire. During two years in China Wampler administered relief funds and supervised distribution of thousands of dollars supplied through the United Chi
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Ernest Wampler
China
Church of the Brethren
General Mission Board
Virginia
Wampler
O. C. Sollenberger
Chungking
Burma
United Chi
Caliber notation in rifle designations explained
The numbers before the hyphen indicate caliber while the numbers after the hyphen denote ballistic data. For typical calibers like .30-30 and .38-30 the post hyphen figures reflect powder charge equivalence, except in cases such as .250-3000 where the suffix shows muzzle velocity.
Wampler Reports Chinese Relief Famine At Home Meeting
A speaker describes famine in China with hundreds of thousands dying from hunger and disease. He urges aid and invites the public to hear him at Salem Church of the Brethren on December 17 at 11 30 a m and at Jubilee Church of the Brethren at 7 p m.
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Na Relief Organization
Acco
Wampler
China
Salem
Church
Round Hill Church Reopens Sunday
Round Hill Methodist Church resumes services this Sunday December 17 after repairs. Pastor Rev. John Teter will preach at 2 p m and Church School will follow at 3 p m. Members are urged to attend and visitors are invited.
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Round Hill Methodist Church
John Teter
Medals Awarded Virginians for European War Service
Three northern Virginia men received decorations for service in the European theatre. Capt H Gwynn Tayloe of Middleburg earned the Bronze Star, Tech Sgt Charles E Shepherd of Warrenton and Pfc Norman Edwards of the Plains received the Combat Infantryman Badge, and Mrs Lizzie Embrey of Fredericksburg was notified her son Pfc William Embrey of Fauquier was wounded in action.
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Warrenton
Northern Virginia
H. Gwynn Tayloe
Middleburg
Tech
Charles E. Shepherd
Norman Edwards
the Plains
Lizzie Embrey
Fredericksburg
War Department
Pfc
William Embrey
Fauquier County
Local sports Are Featured in The Evenire Star Daily
Local sports take prominent space in The Evenire Star Daily with summaries of recent games and profiles of teams. Readers get brief results and standout performances from athletes across upcoming schedules and standings.
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Evenire Star Daily
Winchester Placed On Proposed Southern Airline Hearing
The State Corporation Commission orders a January 9 hearing on five Blue Ridge Air Lines intrastate routes. If approved the company would operate across Virginia including Winchester. Applications cover routes Richmond to Bristol via Lynchburg Roanoke and Tazewell Alexandria to Danville via Charlottesville and Lynchburg Alexandria to Norfolk via Fredericksburg Richmond and Petersburg Alexandria to Bristol via Winchester Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Roanoke Blacksburg Pulaski Marion Winchester to Martinsville via Harrisonburg Staunton Charlottesville Richmond and Danville.
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State Corporation Commission
Blue Ridge Air Lines
Winchester
Blue Ridge Lines
Atlantic-Western Air Lines
Danville
Richmond
Bristol
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Tazewell
Alexandria
Charlottesville
Norfolk
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Lexington
Blackstone
Pulaski
Marion
Martinsville
Winchester Jaycees Christmas Party For Week’s End
Members of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade will hold an informal Christmas party Monday afternoon at one o clock during the regular weekly luncheon. The gathering will be the final luncheon meeting of the year.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Canadians Establish Bridgehead Near Bagnacavallo
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army pushed a night attack to seize a bridgehead over the Canale Na r io at Bagnacavallo, facing strong German opposition. The advance follows prior success near Lamone river and threatens the road center northeast of Faenza in the Po valley. Allied HQ reports heavy fighting and German counterattacks. Fifth Army forces clear villages Signano and Borgo southwest of Imola.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Canale Nairo
Bagnacavallo
Lamone River
Ravenna
Faenza
Fifth Army
Fish
Signano
Borgo
Imola
Rites Saturday For J. E. Jackson
Services for James E. Jacksons will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Millwood Virginia with Pastor Rev Baylor officiating. The body lies in repose at the church from 1 30 p.m. until the service followed by interment at Millwood Cemetery.
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James E. Jacksons
Millwood
Shiloh Baptist Church
Rev
Baylor
Millwood Cemetery
Germans Dismantle War Factories Reported in Zurich
The Basle Arbeiter Zeitung said Germans are dismantling Vienna fragment factories and moving traps to Straubing Regensburg and Lable. The factories are valued at about 1,600,000 according to the paper.
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Bern
Switzerland
Basle Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Straubing
Regensburg
Foe
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