Hoodlums Fire On Street Lights In Winchester Spree
A group of suspects fired at street lights in Winchester causing extensive property damage and knocking out about 60 telephones on the Chesapeake and Potomac line. Police urge residents to report gunfire and note the attackers use a car to flee after targeting lights in residential areas.
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Winchester
Leicester
Braddock
Potomac
Northern Virginia Power Company
Francis Funk
Konoye death by own action shocks Japanese leadership
Tokyo reports Prince Fumimaro Konoye died by his own action yesterday, a move that deepens the imperial crisis as abdication fears resurface. The shock reverberates through the Imperial Household and political circles, with Hirohito's confidants and aides reeling from the blow. Marquis Koki Kido also surrendered as a war criminal suspect in the same period.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
Imperial House
Konoye Long
Mikdao
Konoye
Koki Kido
Buffalo Weather Freeze Wipes Out City Services
Buffalo and surrounding areas faced a severe cold snap with city offices and many schools closed. Citizens were urged to stay home and guard against fires as temperatures plunged below zero from Montana to the Dakotas and Illinois.
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Citiens
Rockies
Mercury
Montana
Dakotas
Illinois
Indiana
Glasgow
Mont
North Dakota
Minnesota
Florida Peninsula
Gulf
Mississippi
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Plains
6th Engineer Special Brigade Entitled to Croix de Guerre
War Department states all units of the 6th Engineer Special Brigade were awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for D Day activities in Normandy. The decision, No. 758, is undated and confirms entitlement for the brigade but does not specify whether the 208th Combat Engineers are included.
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6Th Engineer Special Brigade
Combat Engineers
K.H. A
War Department
6Th Enneer Special Brigade
U. S
Auto Workers Wage Battle Focuses On Three Fronts
The CIO United Auto Workers press for a 30 percent raise rages against Ford and General Motors as Kaiser-Frazer enters the scene. Police clear a hit GM plant picket line in Flint while fact finding opens in the oil sector and GM talks begin. R J Thomas rejects Truman back to work plan.
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Auto Workers
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
R. J. Thomas
Kaiser-Frazer
Ford
Willow Run
Flint, Mich
General Motors Corporation
Gus Hawkins
Flint
Congress
Motors
Labor Department
Truman
CIO Oil Worker Union
Navy
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Sinclair
GM Board
Cio-United Automobile
Cleveland
International Cio-United Automobile Workers’ Union
UAW
Annual Handley Christmas Carol Program Noted Musical Treat
The Handley High School auditorium hosted a large Christmas carol program directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes. Vocal ensembles included Elementary Chorus and Glee Club groups with soloists Marvin Hutchinson and Ralph Harry. The event featured narration by Miss Ellen Largent and a grand finale with seventy performers.
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Handley
Gwendolyn Haynes
Handley Schools
Glee Club
Marvin Hutchinson
Ralph Harry
Ellen Largent
Tschaikowsky
Fund Raised to 1101 for Blue Baby Operation
The Fadeley family of 720 National Avenue gains hope as the local drive reaches 1101 dollars for infant Thomas Wayne Fadeley's operation. Funds cover Johns Hopkins expenses and a hoped stay for Mrs. Fadeley near Baltimore.
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Albert Fadeley
National Avenue
Thomas Wayne Fadeley
Winchester
Larry Hill
Fadeley
Star
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Hill
Butch” Fadeley
Berryville School Girl Sells Record Victory Bonds
Berryville Va December 17 Miss Betty McGehee daughter of Hobson McGehee was awarded a $25 War Bond for selling the largest amount in money value during the current drive. She is credited with $74193.75. Miss Page Levi won first prize for most bond buyers totaling 21 purchases and received $25. Miss Levi also took $10 in War Stamps for 20 E Bond sales. Miss Ann Price earned second prize in E Bonds with 18 sales and $5 War Stamps, plus the overall $5 E Bond prize for value totaling $8437.50. The elementary room with the most sales won $5 in War Stamps for Miss Ernett Levi’s seventh grade which sold $111056 in Bonds and Stamps. The best essay prize went to Miss Price for the essay Why We Have a Bond Drive Now That We Have Peace. Judges included local club and school officials. Local sponsors were multiple Berryville banks and businesses.
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Berryville
Betty McGehee
Hobson McGehee
Berryvile High School
Page Levi
Kenneth Levi
Ann Price
Clifton Price
Clarke County
Miss Price
Ernett Levi
Leona Krause
Bank of Clarke County
First National Bank
Clarke Courier
Clarke County Creamery Company
Berryville Basket Company
Berryville Mills Inc
H. B Whiting Company
Battletown Fruit Company
W A Orndorff Dies in City Funeral Tuesday
William Avalon Orndorff 65 longtime Winchester post office employee died last evening at Maple Wood Nursing Home. Born April 1 1883 in Opequon he retired from the local post office in March 1944 after 26 years service. He is survived by his wife Goldie L. Smith and five children. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p m from Burnt Church with interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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William Avalon Orndorff
Winchester Post Office
Maple Wood
West Clifford Street
Opequon
William F. Orndorff
Edna Hawkins Orndorff
Frederick County
Burnt Church
North Loudountreet
Goldie L. Smith
W. Ellsworth Orndorff
Prospect. Va
George C. Seastrunk
Columbia
S. C
Arthur Parker
Winchester
Montana Crosen
Albin
Margaret Orndorff
Washington, D. C
William FF. Orndorff
Gainesboro
Russell Orndorf
Pay Tribute to Late Resident Meta Sloat
A tribute to Meta Sloat honors a lifetime of musical involvement and community service. The obituary notes her worldwide passion for music, dedication to teaching, and kindness in town life, with December 11, 1945 as a referenced date.
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Meta Sloat
Japanese Cabinet Plans Diet Dissolution and General Election
Tokyo report says the cabinet will dissolve the Diet in an extraordinary session and call a general election around January 24. The Privy Council approved a new election law expanding suffrage to 22 million women and 3 million young men, taking effect immediately.
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Tokyo
Diet
Asahi
Privy Council
Panel Meeting Rescheduled to December 28
The War Price and Rationing Board announces the regular Monday night panel meeting will be held on Friday, December 28 due to the Christmas holidays. No meeting will occur on the Monday date.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Virginia Tech Professor Dr Roy Holden Dies At 75
Dr Roy Jay Holden 75 longtime geology professor at Virginia Tech and Tech staff member since 1905 died at his Bracksburg home Funeral services not announced He was a noted geologist who mapped the Valley coal field adding 100 square miles and locating Virginia’s first gas well.
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Bracksburg
Roy Jay Holden
Virginia Tech
Tech
Holden
America
Virginia
Dr. Casper O. Miller Dies at 63 Near New Market Va
Dr Casper O Miller physician farmer and businessman died yesterday at 3 P M at his home near New Market Virginia after a brief illness He was 63 His wife Miss Mary Chris tene Schumacher and three sons John G Miller James A Miller and William S Miller survive He also leaves a sister Ada V Miller and two grandsons William 8 Miller Jr and James E Miller Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 30 P M from the residence with interment in Emmanuel Cemetery
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Casper O. Miller
New Market
Mary Christene Schumacher
John G. Miller
James A. Miller
Winchester
William S. Miller
Farnwood
New Jersey
Ada V. Miller
William 8. Miller Jr
James E. Miller
Emmanuel Cemetery
Christmas Matinee Draws 500 Youngsters in Capitol Theatre
Lamar Keen, manager, said about 500 youngsters attended the Fellowship Club Christmas matinee at Capitol Theatre. About 150 were in line before doors opened at 9 15. Admission was by non perishable food or clean clothing donations to be distributed to city residents on Christmas. Scouts helped manage the crowd and haul in donations, with an estimated 35 bushel baskets collected.
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Lamar Keen
Fellowship Club
Capitol Theatre
Keen
Fellowship Club Headquarters Call for Food and Clothing Aide
The notice asks readers to bring food and clothing to the Fellowship Club Headquarters or call 4448 for a uniformed Boy Scout to collect a package. Contributions by check to the Fellowship Club are encouraged as shown.
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Fellowship Club
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page 4 list Ernie Pyle as question one and claim a cranial hemorrhage for question two. It also cites Pekin Man bones, a 30 percent figure, and statements about Patton, a date of September 2 1945, a true/false set under Public Law 90, a New Mexico reference, and another true note.
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Ernie Pyle
False
George S.patton, Jr
True
New Mexico
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T. J. Hawkins
Garland R. Quarles
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Sadie Finkelstein
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Pete
Plutarch
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Burbank
Cal
Clarence A. Irvine
C. R. Stanley
Arrow
Ruth Saltzman
Irvine
International Soundphoto
Winchester and
Haldeman’s
W. A. Orndorff
Wilsell
Ashby Station
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Lershg Forse
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Cloverdale Spring Company
Neville, Pa
C. O. Miller
Open Fellowship Club
Ironing Board
Glaize & Bro
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Gee
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S. Braddock St
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