Sudden Heart Attack Fatal To H. W. Rinker
Harry W. Rinker, 62, died at his home in Winchester of a sudden heart attack after lunch. He was a carpenter, longtime resident of Winchester, son of the late John H. Rinker and Mollie Stump Rinker, born in Clarke County on June 11, 1882. Survived by widow Bertha Grimes and eight children, two grandchildren, three sisters, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church with Rev. J. S. Duckworth officiating. interment Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Harry W. Rinker
High Avenue
Rinker
John H. Rinker
Shenandoah County
Mollie Stump Rinker
Clarke County
Winchester
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Bertha Grimes
Harry F. Rinker
Clarence W. Rinker
Pansy McCoy
Front Royal
Blanche V. Rinker
Cleola R. Rinker
Margaret M. Rinker
City
Don George E. Brill
Alice Eron
Ollie Wigginton
Highland Avenue
J. S. Duckwaling
Mt. Hebron
Services Thursday For Mrs Golightly
Funeral services for Miss Mattie Pleasant Golightly will be conducted Thursday at 2 p m from her mother's home by Rev Charles Hughes of Baltimore Maryland. She died December 24 in Johns Hopkins Hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her mother four brothers and three sisters, with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery and flowers omitted.
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Mattie Pleasant Golightly
Charles Hughes
Baltimore
Miss Golightly
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mattie Beaver Golightly
Benjamin
Lucy Golightly
Douglas Golightly
U. S. Army
Pacific
Samuel
Bruce Golightly
Norfolk
Robert Long
Margaret Golightly
Philadelphia
Mount Hebron
Collaborationists Put To Death in Paris firing squad
Paris reports a military firing squad executed Henri Chamberlain alias La Fonte Pierre Bony and six other Vichy Gestapo members for collusion with Germans against French patriots during the occupation. Eight condemned men were shot at Fort Montrouge near Paris. earlier trials yielded two life terms and one death sentence commuted to life.
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Paris
Henri Chamberlain
Alias la Fonte
Pierre Bony
Vichy
Gestapo
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Fort Montrouge
Potts remembered as a likeable, faithful city resident
Lt Potts described as friendly and well liked, a faithful member of First Baptist Church. He leaves his parents and two brothers Irving Potts of Philadelphia and Grier Potts of Norfolk. The piece notes the 1910 Paris flood as the greatest on record, with the river cresting 31 ft 4 in above normal.
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First Baptist Church
Irving Potts
Philadelphia
Grier Potts
Norfolk
Paris
Ration Calendar Updates for December to March
The Associated Press notes changes in ration stamps across meats fats and processed foods. New red stamps become valid Sunday December 31 with meat values rising and some cuts returning to rationing while butter value increases on December 26. Blue stamps X5 Y5 Z5 A2 B2 expire indefinitely with January 1 validation for five blue stamps. Vegetable points rise on December 26 with added canned peas corn beans asparagus spinach. An additional sugar stamp is slated for February 1. Airplane and gas coupons detail continued validity through the heating season with specific B C and other coupons reassigned.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower Warns Nazis on Foreign Workers in Germany
General Eisenhower warned the Nazis not to harm foreign workers in Germany. He said grave penalties will fall on those who abuse them. The warning was carried by leaflets printed in many languages and dropped over Germany per Luxembourg radio.
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London
Eisenhower
Germany
Luxembourg
Greece Cente Resumes Talks As Britain Ends Role
British and Greek delegates clash over Greece future with ELAS left out as talks resume later. Churchill says Greece must choose monarchy or republic. British troops to end disorder and possibly support secret ballot election. The session starts late and adjourns after four and a half hours.
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Greece
ELAS
Churchill
Britain
Themistokles Sophoulis
Liberal Party
FAM
EAM
Roosevelt
Stalin
Meat Shops Reopen Partial Supply Restores Normalcy
New York police and the Department of Markets report most lower east side butcher shops reopened after closures in a meat holiday protest. Of 264 shops, 96 remained closed, with many receiving some supplies. Authorities note ongoing federal and local actions toward ceiling prices on livestock.
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New York
OPA
Lower East Side
Department of Markets
Chicago
F. H. la Guardia
Emanuel Celer
Congress
Six Killed As Bomber Crashes Near Langley Field
Six airmen died when their heavy bomber crashed on a combat training mission about three quarters of a mile from Sawyer's Swamp Road near Langley Field Virginia at 6 40 a m Col E W Raley said the names would be released later Next of kin were notified and fire crews fought the blaze for 90 minutes noting wet trees helped contain the fire
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Langley Field
E. W. Raley
Army Air Force Training Command
Sawyer's Swamp Road
Wool Burn Destroys Kensington Plant in Four-Alarm Fire
A four alarm blaze in Philadelphia destroyed 3,200,000 pounds of wool and the Hy man Brodsky and Son Company Kensington plant. Seven employees were nearly trapped and an adjacent oil plant with 186000 gallons of oil faced danger. Officials valued processed wool at one dollar per pound and the foreman cited 3,200,000 pounds destroyed. total damage not yet estimated.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Hyman Brodsky and Son Company
Charles Seiler
German General Geib dies of Western Front wounds
Berlin radio reported General Theodore Geib commander of a German Army group died from head wounds received on the Western Front. The broadcast described him as an artillery officer who fell soon after taking command. In Ethiopia the climate ranges from extreme heat to intense cold in a single day.
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London
Theodore Geib
Berlin
Geib
Ethiopia
Japs Airfields Bombed Again In Philippines Raid
General MacArthur reports land-based American bombers hit Manila and Clark Field on Luzon for the fourth straight day. 88,000 pounds of explosives plastered Clark Field. Japanese defenses sent about 50 interceptors, 39 shot down.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Manila
Luzon Island
Clark Field
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Fifth Withdrawals On West Coast Amid German Counterattack
Fifth Army pulls back from Serchio River Valley positions near Gallicano after a German and Italian surprise thrust. Allied HQ notes heavy fighting with formation of the 92nd American Infantry Division struck. Brazilian forces involved. Eighth Army on the opposite coast quiet, with Canadian advances near Rosetta and activity around Bagnacavallo and Faenza.
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Rome
Italy
Fifth Army
Serchio River
Gallicano
Tyrhennian
Bright May Considers Third District Congress Run
Former Richmond mayor J Fulmer Bright says a run for Congress in the Third District is possible as the seat becomes vacant by the resignation of Rep Dave E Satterfield Jr Bright currently serves as OPA administrator for the Richmond area He has long been mentioned as a possible candidate already Ashton Dovell has announced his candidacy and opened headquarters J Vaughn Gary appointed Cecil S Harris to manage Dovell's campaign for the Chamber of Commerce profile
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Richmond, A
J. Fulmer Bright
Third
Dave E. Satterfield, Jr
Satterfield
Life Insurance Association of America
Ashton Dovell
House of Delegates
Hotel Richmond
J. Vaughan Gary
Richmond
State Chamber of Commerce
Cecil 8. Harris
Nine fighters and twenty bombers in latest assault
The report states nine fighters and 20 bombers were downed on the ground. It notes that the 14th earlier claimed destruction of 37 Japanese planes at airdrome on December 24, and three more were verified from that raid. It cites wider operations across central and southern China, Burma, and Thailand with one plane missing.
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Tsiwan
Central China
South China
Burma
Thailand
Tsinan Airdrome Bombed by P-51 Formation
A formation of P-51 fighters attacked Tsinan Airdrome near Chungking on December 27, delivering bombing and strafing fire. Reports describe the raid as part of Allied air operations in China.
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Chungking
U S 14th Air Force Destroyed 29 Japanese Planes at Tsinan
An American communique says US 14th Air Force struck the Japanese airdrome at Tsinan Shantung yesterday and destroyed 29 enemy aircraft, raising total killed there to 69 over three days.
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U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Destruction of Japanese Fleet Reported by Navy
The Navy announced American submarines sank a large Japanese aircraft carrier and six additional warships along with 20 other Nipponese vessels in Far Eastern waters. Other ships sunk included two large transports and numerous cargo vessels, bringing total Japanese losses to 1,090 ships since the war began.
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Washington
Navy
Far
Forrestal
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists correct quiz answers including The Danube, David Lloyd George, a refusal line, and notes on bird life protection. It also cites Ecuador, Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Africa, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, and the option that all three are true.
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The
Danube
David Lloyd George
Ecuador
Quita
Bunyan
Africa
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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H. W. Rinker
Mrs. Golightly
Lt. Potts
Gil
Reece
Saipan
Marianas
2Nd Marine Division
Tokyo
George Washington
SILCO
Bright
Fortress
Stuttgart
Army Air Force
International Soundphoto
Bonin Islands
7Th Air Force Liberator
Haha Jima
Bonins
Air Force
O. L. Jamison
Dial
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
Brad
M. J. Grove Lime CO
Stephens City, VA
Weiling
Peoples Drug
Prescription
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