Balloon Bearing Japanese Symbols Found In Forest
Kalispell Montana December 19. A large paper balloon found 17 miles southeast of Kalispell carried Japanese ideographs and an incendiary device. FBI said it could start a major fire. the balloon was high quality varnished and designed for a single flight.
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Kalispell
Mont
Kalispel
Hill
O. B
D. Spafford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Perps
Ward Bannister
ontana-Idaho
FBI
Cape Flattery
Northwest Pacific
Bannister
Service Men And Families Featured In Letters And Updates
Anita Wise, a Red Cross nurse in France, writes she misses Winchester as she works hard. her address is available from Mrs. Marion Miller. John W. Green, promoted to technical sergeant, serves with the 14th AAF in China. Shirley Bly, now Chief Petty Officer in Martinique, reports home news and family details. Pvt William C. Smith, a Boyce native, graduates radio school at Scott Field to join bomber crews. Marvin E. Wagner completes military police training at Barksdale and returns to Goodfellow. Cadet Golliday ill with gland fever in San Antonio. Stanley Boyce in the South Pacific sends Christmas greetings.
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Anita Wise
Marion Miller
Marion Miller, Jr
Red Cross
France
Winchester
Nurse Wise
Virginia Avenue School
Miller
Highland Avenue
Frank Brown
South Braddock Street
John W. Green
Sgt. Green
14Th
China
Handley High School
Winchester Business Colege
Shirley O. Bly
Martinique
U. S. Naval Liaison Office
Star
J. F. Bly
Margaret Campbell
Wadesvile
Clarke County
Joyce
Marvin E. Wagner
East
Piccadilly Street
380Th Aaf
Miltary Police Training Center
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Texas
Four Va Woolen Employees Win Bonds In Service
Four Virginia Woolen Company servicemen Basil F Cooper Stover Clark Elwood Mason and Robert Trenary will receive $25.00 E bonds as gifts for the greatest vote total in a two week mill bond contest. The drive then shows 8688 votes and $21 700.00 in E bond purchases.
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Virginia Woolen Company
Basil F. Cooper
Sic
Cpl. Stover Clark
Elwood Mason
M. M. 2c
Pfc
Robert Trenary
W. R. Armel
Mildred Strode
Maurice R. Trenary
Seviceman
Armel
Winchester Boys Off For Boat Training
Four Winchester youths Willam B. Ritter Clarence L. Peffer Jr Roy Lynwood Madigan and Therman L. Anderson reported for basic training last Friday December 15 at the Bainbridge Naval Training Station Maryland. They enlisted in Winchester November 18 and have been on inactive duty awaiting transfer according to Chief Mead Winchester recruiting officer.
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Willam B. Ritter
Leo M. Ritter
East Hart St
Clarence L. Peffer Jr
Clarence L. Peffer
South Kent St
Roy Lynwood Madigan
Madigan
South Main St
Therman L. Anderson
Levi F. Anderson
Rt. 1
Winchester
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Bainbridge
Mead
Offcer
Clarke County AAA To Meet Dec 20
Clarke County AAA Committee calls a December 20 meeting in the Perryville court house AAA office to discuss fair pricing on 20 percent phosphate delivered in Clarke County. Local fertilizer firms will be asked to bid on projected tonnage to supply AAA needs for farmers.
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Berryville
Clarke County
A A
Court House
Perryville
Clarke
Theyll Drop the Bombs If Wells Buy the Bonds
The brief item notes a wartime or civic campaign urging action on bond purchases with strong atmosphere of urgency. No explicit names or dates appear in the readable text, but the message centers on mobilizing public support for a bonds drive during a national effort.
Interesting Statistics From The Tenth Blood Donor Clinic
Statistics show 710 volunteers and 480 donors across industries Shenandoah Clarke Frederick Gore Winchester and others for the November three day clinic. Women donated 290 to 190 men with nine time donors listed and 159 first time donors amid industrial support planning the Eleventh Clinic for February 7 8.
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Lee. Odell
Industries
Shenandoah County
Clarke County
Frederick County
Gore
Winchester
Gallon Club
Margaret C. Cain
Halsey T. Green
Myrtle V. Kirby
Raymond K. McMillan
George T. Sanders
Ray J. Sullivan
Mary M. Colvin
Percy S. Hershman
Roland McIntorff
Helen L. Rinard
Ethel B. Snapp
Rosa L. Sprinkle
George R. Taylor
Eugene R. Branch
Wendell B. Goode
Ray M. Fries
C. Bruce Harlee
Oscar H. Lewis, Jr
McSherry Lupton
Arlie C. Long
Hale C. Moore
Virginia Woolen Company
National Fruit Products
Qullivan Ruber Company
Novick Transfer Company
Winchester Woolen Company
Oscar Nebel Company
Navy reports cost of standard aerial torpedo
The Navy Department states the price of a standard aerial torpedo is about $10,000. This figure reflects the unit cost cited in official Navy documentation.
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Navy
Navy Department
Armed Service Calls For More Men
The Army will raise the draft intake from 60 000 to 80 000 men per month in January and February. All men under 30 rejected since February 1 last year will be re examined in 1945, except those with obvious physical defects.
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Washington
Army
Handley Library Lists Books About Machines In War
Handley Library highlights books on wartime engineering. Bulldozers Come First surveys global feats of engineering corps since the war began with maps and photographs. American Tanks and Tank Destroyers by Elizabeth Mallet Conger honors tanks and their role in North Africa.
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Handley Library
Bowman
Richardson
Bowers
Cleary
Carter
Engineering News Record
Elizabeth Mallet Conger
Conger
North Af
Handley Library Acquires Notable Photograph Books
Photographs add interest to a newly acquired book collection at Handley Library, expanding its holdings with notable image volumes recently added to the shelves.
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Rica
Handley Library
Belgians Scrub Nazi Slogans As Invasion Proceeds
London dispatches report Belgian civilians hastily erase Nazi slogans from walls as German forces drive back into Belgium. One observer notes a resident washing Hitler from a home image, reflecting widespread shock at the German advance.
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London
Belgium
Front
Hitler
Answers to the Daily Quiz Featured in Page Four
The item lists quiz answers including Northern end Athens Greece Hinduism and Mohammedan ism After Skilled craftsman One who has sailed on all seas Abraham Lincoln Augusta Navy Dominion of Canada and notes the 1940 Communist presidential vote of 46 251 with enrollment 80 000 at party disbanding.
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Northern End
Athens
Greece
Abraham Lincoln
Augusta
Navy
Dominion of Canada
Earl Browder
Communist Party
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D. Clare
White Palace
BLY
William C. Smith
Hazel Smith
Boyce
Army Air Forces Training Command
Scott Field
Army Airways Communications System
Boyce High School
Golliday
Marshall Golliday
AC Marshall Golliday
San Antonio
Tex
Cadet Golliday
C. L. Golliday
Stephens City
Stanley Boyce
Ph.m
9Th Marines
South Pacific
Star Office
Ninth Marines
Henry J. Keller
S-C
S. K
H. Keller
Naval Training Station
Sampson,n. Y
Seaman Keller
Rhodes Drug Company
Bos¢awen
Braddock
Win Bonds
SILCO
Morey
Peoples Drug
Loudoun Street
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