Navy Enlistment of Jenkins Ambridge Boy
Samuel Jenkins 17 of Winchester enlists in the Navy aboard the Bainbridge Naval Training Station after volunteering. He lives at 143A North Main St Lester with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Sampson his stepfather works at O Co. He attended school in Virginia and worked at Sullivan Rubber Co prior to enlisting on the 13th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond
Samuel Jenkins
Walter Sam
North Main St
Lester
Navy
Mead
Winchester
Post
Jenkins
Sullivan Rubber Co
Lee Baking Co
Chester
Flag display guide and state flag collection
A brief notice highlights a wealth of material on state development and a true colors flag set. It promotes a guide on flag etiquette and a display schedule, urging readers to order an attractive informative copy for twenty cents postpaid.
Public auction sale of 10 acre Frederick County farm land
Special Commissioner Benham will offer at noon on Saturday December 30 1944 a 10 acre tract in Back Creek District near Mt Williams Virginia. The land is assessed to Elias L Williams Estate and adjoins Ednar Smoke Godfrey Bly and Earl Long. Terms cash or one third down with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Deputy Clerk Bessie Brannon certifies bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
County of Frederick
Elias L. Williams
Back Creek
Mt. Williams
Ednar Smoke
Godfrey Bly
Earl Long
Cedar Creek
Wardensville
H. K. Benham
Bessie Brannon
Wattles Named Commander of New Light Cruiser Topeka
Captain Thomas Lippitt Wattles USN of Alexandria will command the newly commissioned light cruiser U S S Topeka at Boston Navy Yard. He is a Naval Academy graduate and has spent 18 months at sea with a destroyer squadron. His family lives in Alexandria and Williamsburg, with his wife and two daughters at Blair House in Williamsburg.
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Thomas Lippitt Wattles
USN
Alexandria
U. S. S. Topeka
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Henry S. Watties
Cameron Street
Blair House
Williamsburg
Who Suggested the Name for Cancer
The name cancer was supposedly given by Hippocrates in the 5th century B C. Cancer has been recognized since ancient times with Egyptian and Hindu writings dating to about 2000 B C.
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Hippocrates
Japanese Claiming Ship Sinkings
An unconfirmed Japanese Com Ei news dispatch said Japanese surface and air units attacked an American convoy off Mindoro in the Philippines last night and sank or damaged four transports and destroyed two torpedo boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comei
Mindoro
Philippine Islands
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A Jenkins Ambridge
Couton
Winchester Evening Storation
Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Ton 2. D C
United States
Washington
Ver
U. S. Employment Office
W. Piccadilly St
Northern Virginia Power Co
Canada
Phil
Philippines
Frederick Ahrens
Saginaw, Mich
International
T. L. Wattles
Charles William Wattles
Charles Town
W. Va
Mr. Wattles
Norfolk- Washington Steamboat Co
Capt. Wattles
Alexandria High School
Julia Lee Wright
i-Ib
Lucerne
Wilkins
Crax
Libby
Lan
Sequot Club and
Kraft
Shefford
PEPSI
Ginger
Beverly
Smithfield
Bony Fossal
Rock Creek
Safeway Homemakers’ Bureau
Hunt
Campbell's Tomato
Filbert
Musselman’s
APPLE
Jar
Cherub
Ige
Vogt
Phila
Eel
Safeway
Pascal
Kale
Parsnips
Florida
Calif
U.S
North America Assurance Society
Main St
Richmond
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