No Other Apples Like Valley's No Other Apples Like Valley's
Richmond Virginia war bond sales contest links Winchester cities as Virginia and New England celebrate with seafood lobsters and Shenandoah Valley apples. Wendell Barney receives lobsters from New England and Maurice Bird replies no New England apple matches Virginia grown fruit.
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Valley’s
Richmond
Winchester
Virginia
Twomw
Winchesters
Virginia Winchester
Susan Tokes
New England
Norman Hitchcock
Mrs. Roberts
Boston
Ore
Barney
Barney Med
Maurice Bird
Massachusetts
Shenandoah Valley
Bird
Rules Held Tuesday For Frank Boswell
Funeral services were held yesterday at Omp's Funeral Home for Frank Boswell 66 who died Saturday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. The Rev T J Hewkins conducted the services and interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leslie Lucas Blanton McFarland Luther McFarland Carter Hoover and Lester Whetzel. The deceased was a retired printer.
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Omp
Frank Boswell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
T. J. Hewkins
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Leslie Lucas
Blanton McFarland
Luther McFarland
Carter Hoover
Lester Whetzel
Britain backs regency plan in Greece amid debate
Attlee and Eden defend British role in Greece in response to calls for a plebiscite and a regent. Eden says king remains in London on Churchill and government advice, while Labour and Conservative MPs clash over interference and timing. Press applauds diplomacy among Britain, France, and the United States.
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Clement R. Attlee
Anthony Eden
Eden
London
Churchill
Dryberg
Sir John Wardlaw Milne
Laboris
Emmanuel Shinwell
Edith Summerskill
Laborite
Greece
George Strauss
Ration Calendar Update From Associated Press
Meats fats and sugar stamps details revised with indefinite validity for several books. New dates set through Dec 21 1945 for gasoline and heating season coupons. Families advised to use specific stamps for home canning and rationed goods under wartime rules.
Mercury Drops After Warmest Night In Area
A warm spell ended as the temperature fell and then rose to 49 degrees before dipping again. The Winchester Research Lab notes a 1.20 pm start to the fall signaling a cold wave advancing from the northern plains toward the coast, with Bemidji reporting subzero readings and continued sunless skies locally.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Bemidji
Minn
King Winter to Enter as Subzero Front Hits Regions
Colder weather spreads from Montana into the Texas Panhandle and midwest states with sub zero readings across Minnesota the Dakotas Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa. The Weather Bureau forecast zero to eight below in Chicago and northern Illinois with similar cold in Indiana and Illinois through tonight. A break is expected Friday night and Saturday with colder conditions likely Sunday.
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King Winter
Midwest
Montana
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota-Canada
Duluth
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Chicago
City Gifts Continue for Ship Launch Fund
Bethlehem Fair field Shipyards, Inc. Baltimore is highlighted as donors pledge goods and money for a ship launch. Contributions include $5 for rivet work, 100 books and cash over $50, and a $15 donation by United Daughters of the Confederacy. Purchases include books on noted figures and games bought for the event.
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Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards, Inc
Baltimore
Clevenger
B. M. Roszel
H.S. Larrick
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Matthew Fontaine Murray
Stonewall Jackson
Mosby
Rangers
Robert E. Lee
C. F. Schenck
E. C. Parker
Washington
D. C
W. R. Strader
Havng
Charles Baker
Elks Club
Belvedere
White
Quarles
F. L. Glaize
H. S. Larrick
Lucy Kurtz
Salome Crisman
Co. P. Schenck
Dorothy, Hottle
W. W. Glass
Marvin D Weaver
Three Women Die in Detroit Area Crash
In Hamtramck a motorist struck a group of homeward bound war workers injuring 13 and killing three women, including sisters Catherine Carey 21 Anna Carey 25 and Thelma Crawford 20. The driver Walter S Frankowski 30 a war plant foreman was drinking. An involuntary manslaughter warrant was to be sought.
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Detroit
Hamtramck
Walter S. Frankowski
Ben
John J. Rusinack
Catherine Carey
Anna Carey
Thelma Crawford
Legless Beauty Now A Mother
Teaneck New Jersey December 21 Jessie Simpson the 1936 Miss New Jersey who lost both legs after being struck by a train in 1937 and later married in 1940 was recovering at Holy Name Hospital with her newborn five pound eight ounce baby boy born yesterday Her fame as a dancer skater and driver with artificial legs drew national attention and praise from Howard Chandler Christy for her spunk.
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Teaneck
N. J
Jessie Simpson
New Jersey
James Steward
Holy Name Hospital
Hackensack
New York
Howard Chandler Christy
Two Yank Hospitals Overrun By Huns
A Belgian village report says two American hospitals were overrun by German forces. A Medical Corps major said patients were evacuated but equipment was lost from the first hospital and the second was seized with no return yet. Medics in the line faced shellfire as a German armored column advanced.
Supply Of Stoves Drops After Rationing Amid War
The OPA reports a sharp decline in dealer stocks for most stove types since rationing began August 24. Oil cooking stoves rose by 29 000 from October 1943 to November 1944, but the gain is described as a drop in the bucket as demand outpaces wartime production.
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Washington
OPA
Japs to Complete Mile Long Tunnel by Year End
The Japanese Domei news agency said a mile long tunnel connecting Honshu with Kyushu will be completed by December 31. The report noted work began in May 1938 and was monitored by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Associated Press
Domei
Honshu
Kyushu
Federal Communications Commission
The Star Daily Reports Berryville Boyce Clarke County
The Star Chronicle covers Berryville Boyce and Clarke County with daily event summaries. Local notes include community notices, school activities, weather, and public affairs affecting residents.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
Banks Observe Christmas Day Holiday Closing
Banks announce December 25 1944 as a legal holiday with closures for the war period. Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Commercial and Savings Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank will be closed that day. maturing paper is payable on Tuesday December 26 1944.
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Shenandoah Valley Nat’l Bank
Harold G. Brown
Commercial and Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
J. H. Yost
Shorter War II Offensive Fails
War Secretary Stimson predicts that a German counter offensive failing would shorten the war. He notes the Germans penetrated five to twenty miles, chose a loosely held sector, and may gain only months before facing Allied advance. He cites Eisenhower and recalls WWI movements ending with the 1918 German retreat.
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Washington
Stimson
Cologne
Saar
Eisenhower
Channel
Armentieres
Marne
Stalin Celebrates 65th Birthday Quietly in Moscow
Stalin is greeted on his 65th birthday with no official fanfare in the Soviet Union. Telegrams from across the nation and world capitals poured into the Kremlin while press and radio gave no mention of the occasion. The date is widely known among Russians as a common reference like Washington's birthday.
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Moscow
Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Washington
United States
Local Markets Brief Noting Daily Market Corrections
The Star states local markets are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur. The notice emphasizes accuracy while noting possible typos in market listings.
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The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Flour And Animal Feeds
Wholesale market listings show patent brand flour prices by bag and weight with per hundredweight and per barrel rates. Several feed types including mixed, middlings, corn meal, egg mash, broiler and turkey grower, dairy feeds and butter are priced with varying bag sizes and units.
Valley salesman stricken on route in Strasburg
Samuel Braithwaite 63 of Harrisonburg Vir ginia Cigar and Drug Company salesman known as Big Sam in Winchester was stricken with a heart attack yesterday morning while driving his sales truck in Strasburg. His vehicle crashed into a parked truck owned by Earl Rinker Route 1 Strasburg before neighbors and Officer Crabill freed him. He was taken to Dr Crawford’s office then Harrisonburg Hospital in serious but not fatal condition and placed in an oxygen tent. His truck suffered minor damage estimated at 20 to 25 dollars.
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Samuel Braithwaite
Harrisonburg
Virginia Cigar and Drug Company
Winchester
Strasburg
Big Sam
Frank Pangle
Charles Crabill
Braithwaite
Dr. Crawford
Harrisonburg Hospital
Earl Rinker
Route 1
County Schools Aid Sixth War Loan Reported
Seventeen pledge cards totaling 4875 dollars in War Bond purchases were turned into Wendell Barney, chairman, Winchester and Frederick county War Finance Committee, by Fred C. Braithwaite of the Gainesboro school. The Gainesboro school led all county schools in reporting.
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Wendell Barney
Winchester
Frederick County
Still More E Bond Sales Needed in Winchester Area
Winchester and Frederick County near completing its E Bond quota but officials warn thousands more must be invested to reach the goal. Individual bond sales already exceed the $800,000 target while overall and corporate quotas remain in doubt.
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Winchester
Frederick County
War Zone Bars Authorized for Army Uniforms
The War Department states that any ribbon issued by the United States Merchant Marine with soldier credentials may be worn on the Army uniform.
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War Shipping Administration
War Department
United States Merchant Marine
New York Long Distance Operators Vote to Strike Over WLB Wage Increase
A majority of NYC long distance operators voting 98.3 percent support striking unless a $5 weekly wage increase is approved by the War Labor Board. With about 6,000 operators, the 30 day delay is set by the Smith Connally Act. The union cites WLB recommendations lifting pay from $20 to $34 weekly.
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New York
New York City
War Labor Board
Local 101
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
Ind
Norma Naughton
WLB
Naughton
American Telehone and Telegraph Company
Andle
Philadelphia
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Louisville
Honorary Memberships Nominate Noted Writers and Clergy
The text outlines honorary offices for Rev. Whitten lin D Roosevelt as vice president and Winston Churchill as English representative. It lists Robert Frost Fannie Hurst Willa Cather Upton Sinclair and other literary figures as honorary members. It notes Whitten published Along Life's Way in 1939 and contributed to magazines church and fraternal organs.
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Lin D. Roosevelt
Winston
Churchill
Robert Frost
Fannie Hurst
Willa Cather
Upton Sinclair
By Hogs
Mr. Whitten
Answers to the Daily Quiz on Page Four
The page lists quiz solutions: 1 Senator George of Georgia 2 Territory of Hawaii 3 An airplane 4 True 5 An outcast 6 House of Commons True 8 H20 9 North Carolina 10 April From a dated newspaper quiz feature.
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Senator George
Georgia
Territory of Hawaii
True
House of Commons
North Carolina
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Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
Brad
Stalin
Baylass Depart
SOX
Robel
Rayons Budget
Ethic
N. Loudoun
Clarke County
IENT
Rev. Whitten
Qaiz
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