150 Volunteers Sought for Local Air Raid Wardens Meeting
Grover U Cooper announces a minimum of 150 volunteers needed to operate raid wardens in Chester. A meeting is set for tonight at 8 at Zane Hall to enroll wardens and outline training as Winchester, though less vulnerable, remains in the danger zone along the Atlantic coast. No blackout will occur without Regional Defense Council authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Grover U Cooper
Cooper
Zane Hall
Winchester
Atlantic
Wash“Snston
Omber
Anderson
Anderson, Who Is Co-Ordinator of the Local Defense Council
Regional Defense Council
Virginia
Call To Prayer Urges Unity And Faith In Wartime
A 1942 wartime call urges Americans to pray on New Year’s Day, stressing faith, courage, and national unity. The sermon invites Jews Catholics and Protestants to gather at the Presbyterian Church in Winchester for thirty minutes of collective prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
United Prayer
Freeman
America
Hell
S. L. Flickinger
D. D
Winchester Ministerial Association
Patrons Rally to Save Rio Grande Southern Spur
In southwestern Colorado patrons urge funds to salvage the 174 mile Rio Grande Southern spur between Ridgway and Durango. Federal Judge Symes gave 45 days to raise money. if not forthcoming by February 13 the line will shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Southwestern
Colorado
Rio Grande Southern Railroad
Ridgway
Durango
J. Foster Symes
Cass M. Herrington
Rio Grange Southern
Treasury figures show December deficits and debt total
Treasury status reports include December expenditures of 49,273,899.43 dollars and gross debt of 57,568,206,320.70 dollars, with a net figure and December receipts totaling 8,692,396.04 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eee of the Treasury
Dr H M Crow Dies in Morgantown Memorials Held
Dr Harry M Crow longtime Berryville and Morgantown surgeon died Saturday at his Morgantown home burial at East Oak Grove Cemetery Morgantown born in Berryville son of Michael and Susan Crow educated at Medical College of Virginia house surgeon at St Luke Hospital retired to Morgantown survived by widow Sara Garrlow Crow two daughters Mrs Frederick Levin and Mrs John Stecker sisters Miss Caroline Crow Uniontown Pa and Mrs Allen Gray Birmingham Ala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Morgantown
W. Va
Harry M. Crow
East Oak Grove
Crow
Michael
Susan Copp Crow
Medically College of Virginia
S. Luke’s Hospital
Richmond
Caroline Crow
Uniontown
Allen Gray
Birmingham
Ala
Clarke Native J M Starkey Died In Newark
James Maitland Starkey 64 a Clarke county native and Newark resident died Monday morning at his home. He was a former Western Maryland railway employee and is survived by five children and three sisters. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 am from John H Enders Funeral Home with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
James Maitland Starkey
Newark
N. J
Starkey
Clarke County
M. B. Starkey
Clarke
Catherine O'Farrell Starkey
Maryland
Western Maryland Railway
Thursman Starkey
Reading
Catherine Maser
William Starkey
Hagerstown
Matha Dail
Daisylee Batsch
C. W. Sodders
Ralph Luce
Dave Brody
Harry McCann Reassumes Post as County Treasurer
Frederick county treasurer Harry McCann returns to office after a prolonged illness and appendectomy. He had been spending part of each day at his desk following a serious operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCann
Frederick County
McCann
Renew Appeal For Red Cross Emergency Fund
A Winchester appeal to renew Red Cross emergency fund drive follows a telegram from Norman H. Davis. Rev. Carl Honeycutt reports $5,045 raised toward a $10,000 goal and says the drive stays open until quota and notes progress on the Red Cross thermometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Davis
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Carl Honeycutt
Winchester
Richmond
Frederick
Clarke County
Reuss Avenue
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Davis
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Manila
Philippines
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Cross War Fund
The
Cross
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz listed on page 4 include Germans as 2, right hand as 2 and 3, Japan as 3, Jesus in the Gospel of St. John as 4, Europe as 5, good feeling as 6, Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas as 7, Philadelphia as 8, milk as 9, and Old Curiosity Shop as 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Jesus
Europe
Florida
Alabama
Missississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Philadelphia
Alfred Jones 19 Victim Of Fatal Car Crash
Alfred Jones aged 19 of Charles Town Clarke County died at 8 yesterday morning from a fractured skull after a car leaving Berryville on the Charles Town road overturned. He was a Shepherds College sophomore and member of the Charles Town Baptist Church. He is survived by parents two brothers and six sisters. Funeral will be at Charles Town Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 PM with burial in Hill Cemetery Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Jones
A. D. Jones
Charles Town
W. Va
Berryville
Alfred
Clarke County
Charles Town Baptist Church
Hill Cemetery
George Hazel
Goodwin Frazier
Abner Rissler
Lewis Myers
James Cain
William Moore
Allen Marshall
Richard Russell
Harold Calvert
Kenneth Feltner
Raymond Myers
Glen Edwards
Joan Hill
Leonard Whitmore
Karl Williams
Charles Reinger
Ingorats Ready For Japanese Ingorots Aid Refugees
Refugees reaching Manila from Baguio say Ingorot tribesmen in northern Luzon aided Christians during the war with Japan. The tribesmen guided refugees along mountain routes and supplied deer meat and food while remaining wary of Japanese troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Baguio
Luzon
Japan
Death of Warren A. Brown Noted in Altoona
Word of the death of Warren A. Brown comes from Altoona Pennsylvania where he died after a long illness at about age 67. He worked for the federal government with offices in Altoona and previously ran des k duties at local hotels. He is survived by a widow Kathleen Shaffer two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held in Altoona and the body will be returned to Winchester for burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery with a brief graveside service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Warren A. Brown
Altoona
Mr. Brown
Charles &E. Brown
Philadelphia
Brown
Kathleen Shaffer
Clara White
J. R. Fletcher
Washington, D. C
Leslie
Douglas Brown
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Balks Proposal For Increasing Cigarette Prices
Price Administrator Leon Henderson balked a proposed rise in Lucky Strike cigarette prices by setting a sales ceiling at the December 26 level. The American Tobacco Company had announced a 57 cent increase to 7.10 dollars per thousand, but Henderson argued the hike was not justified. He indicated readiness to extend the price control to other firms if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
American Tobacco Company
Henderson
America Faces Enemies and Allied Supply Challenge
The statement notes that America confronts formidable foes who fight with no honor and require supplying Allies overseas. It argues victory hinges largely on American industry’s capacity to break through and sustain distant support.
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Fee
E. Piccadilly St
H. M. Crow
Medical College of
J. M. Starkey
Leesburg
South
Main St
Shepherds College
Jones
Kennethones
Altoona, Pa
Balks
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Northern
Able
Norfolk and Western Railway
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