Nationwide shipment of OPA ration tokens underway
The distribution of over two billion red and blue OPA tokens, manufactured in the southwest, will move via 140 carloads and 14,000 bulk shipments to ration banks nationwide. The fiber tokens, valued at one point, begin Feb 27 and aim to save time in handling stamps with a projected retail trade impact of 35 million dollars annually.
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OPA
Express
Railway Express Agency
Ohio City
CPA
Nurse Tells Of Escaping Germans In Balkans
Lieut Gertrude Dawson recounted the escape of herself and 13 nurses 13 enlisted men and four crew from a plane forced down in German held Balkans. She said they roamed German lines for weeks before reaching Italy and avoided naming benefactors or details for safety. A sergeant sustained a knee injury in the forced landing.
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Pittsburgh
Gertrude Dawson
Balkans
Bari
Italy
Miss Dawson
North
Africa
Card of Thanks for Martha Loy
The Loy family thanks friends for flowers and use of cars during Martha Loy s illness and death. Gratitude is extended to the hospital and doctors for their kindness during her illness from her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J H Loy.
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Martha
J. H. Loy
Junior Ore Star notes and social shifts at Handley High
A 1944 Handley High School student column recounts senior and junior social bids, dances and weekend events. It names students and staff including teachers and parents, hints at dance outcomes, and closes with a list of readers and contributors.
SNOOPER JUNIOR Hi, chilluns
A playful gossip note mentions Ruth Lovett Louis Patton and Ruthie Ruth Anderson June Henshall Ralph Harry and others in a flirtatious letter style. Several questions hint at romantic pairs and rumors about who likes whom and who is two timing.
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Chilluns
Ruth Lovett
Louis Patton
Ruthie
Robert Smith
June’ Henshall
Ralph Harry
June
Helen Anderson
E. K
Helen
Westy
Harry
Joyce Johnson
Louis Vaught
Lillian Kidwell
Lillian
Honor Roll Names for 18st Semester
Honor roll lists Mrs Antrim Jas Harrison McCoy Richard Owens Wm Peffer Marshall Novick Miss Grove Martha Clay Arnold Peggy Ann Chapman Ibba Danley Eleanor deGrange Jacqueline Eagle Betty Ann Grim Massie Hawthorne Ellen Largent Elizabeth Lichliter Leigh Rosenberger Mr Darst James Saxe James
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Mrs. Antrim
Jas
Harrison McCoy
Richard Owens
Wm. Peffer
Marshall Novick
Miss Grove
Martha Clay Arnold
Peggy Ann Chapman
Ibba Danley
Eleanor deGrange
Jacqueline Eagle
Betty Ann Grim
Massie Hawthorne
Ellen Largent
Elizabeth Lichliter
Leigh Rosenberger
Mr. Darst
James Saxe
James
Evening Star Ladies edge Glaize and Bro for one pin win
The Evening Star Ladies League All-Stars defeated SHORTY BILLMYER's Glaize and Bro by 13 pins as Corrine Carskaden and Mabel Williams led the first game surge. Alma Renner and Ruby Schneider contributed later, while Ed Die Shull and Andy Lake anchored the Finishers in a separate interdepartmental action against the Weavers and Office Five.
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Evening Star Ladies League All-Stars
Shorty Billmyer
Glaize
Bro
Corrine Carskaden
Mabel Williams
Jim Tharpe
Lee Glenn
Alma Renner
Ruby Schneider
Miss Renner
Eddie Shull
Andy Lake
Weavers
Woolen Co
Comets
Spinners
Tak- Ude
Hazel Whitacre
Office
Lefty
Donald Duvall
Maintenance
Open Forum Letter Praises Junior Evening Star
Handley graduate in the Armed Forces funds the Junior Evening Star delightful. He enjoys reading the paper regularly and hopes it stays interesting for readers, saying he is glad the Wednesday issue arrives. Virginia Brown, 46.
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Handley
Star
Junior Evening Star
Sam
Spinners Edge Bombardiers in Tight Bowling Card
Spinners win a 532 to 525 match with REGINALD DUVALL posting a 126 game and 350 set to aid the Maintenance team. EARL WILLEY had a 130 in the Spinners’ win in another game. After two losses to the Bombardiers by two pins, CHAUNCEY SNAPP rolled 130 as the Dyers avoided a shutout by taking the final game.
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Reginald Duvall
Earl Willey
Bombadier
Chauncey Snapp
Dyers
Soviet Amphibious Force Reported Landing in Narva Bay
London officials quoted Berlin radio reporting a small Soviet amphibious force landed yesterday in Narva Bay behind Estonian German lines. The broadcast said the assault on a coastal battery was repelled with heavy losses.
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London
Berlin
Narva Bay
Estonia
Little Known Facts About Mrs Clowe
Mary Elizabeth Beckwith born in Fredericksburg Virginia grew up there. She graduated from Fredericksburg High School and Mary Washington College with a Bachelor of Science degree. She taught business training at Handley and has remained there. She met Miflin Clowe in Winchester and married him. he is a captain in the U S Army stationed in England. She sponsored the class of 1942 and remains a charming capable teacher.
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Snag
Mr. Darst
Nancy
Courtney
Jesse
Reno
Texas
Front Royal
Winchester
Preston
Gus
Slayden
Uncle Sam
Snooper
Mary Elizabeth Beckwith
Clowe
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg High School
James Monroe High School
Mary Washington College
Miss Beckwith
Handley
Miflin Clowe
U. S. Army
England
War Stock Talks Rally for Bonds and Stamps
A wartime message declares fiendish men caused the conflict but asserts Allied resolve will prevail. It praises WACS WAVES Coast Guard SPARS and the home front driving cars to aid victory. The piece urges buying Bonds and Stamps now to fund the war and secure a better day.
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Coast Guard
Inquiring Reporter on Handley Honor Pledge Part I II
Students share views on the Handley Honor Pledge with mixed support. Evelyn Preston says signers should be those who intend to keep it, Patsy Ritter doubts peer reporting, Betty Hendrie urges duty to sign and curb cheating, Rafferd Porter believes full adherence will make the pledge a success, Adelene Shull notes many will sign Part I while others avoid Part II, urging broad cooperation for success.
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Evelyn Preston
Patsy Ritter
O. EK
Betty Hendrie
Rafferd Porter
Handley
Adelene Shull
Handley @ success
Bowling Virginia Woolen Company League Standings and Scores
Weavers lead the high team finish with 549 pins followed by Dyers 534 and Maintenance 532. Top team sets show finishers Weavers 1585 Spinners 1562 Maintenance 1537. individual highs include Earl Willey 130 Chauncey Snapp 130 and Doug Chaney 342 for sets. Duvall 350 and Legge 339 in sets. notable scores list Chaney 126 Duvall 129 and others.
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Weavers
Dyers
Earl Willey
Chauncey Snapp
Douglas Chaney
Donald Duvall
Doug Chaney
Reginald Duvall
Robert Legge
Andy Lake
Senior Interviews Highlight Betty Hendrie and Jane Hashell
Betty Hendrie excels in Glee Club A Capella Choir and is Jr. Play Committee chairwoman Handiian staff Honor Court and Girls Monogram Club member. She aims to diplomatic service as an interpreter and honeymoon travels in South America. Jane Hashell, small yet accomplished, heads the Glee Club and joins A Capella Choir Spanish Club Handiian Staff and General Organization since seventh grade. She seeks an Academic diploma in June and plans marriage afterward.
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Betty Hendrie
Hendrie
Handiian
Girls Monogram Club
Pen and Palette
Betty
South America
Jane Hashell
Jane
Handley students hear Laubins on American Indian life
Reginald and Gladys Laubin presented an afternoon program on Sioux life. They shared songs dances and customs learned from long-embedded experience with Indians revealing sign language headdresses and feather meanings.
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Handley
Reginald
Gladys Laubin
Reginald Laubin
America
Laubins
Redman
Band Training Develops Coordination and Discipline
Band membership extends beyond music, teaching alertness and coordination of eye ear and hand. It builds concentration punctuality and cooperation while making good use of leisure time. Participation in performances, even as an amateur, enhances personal power and growth.
Books Left In Clerks Office
Several new books were recently left in the county clerk s office and may be recovered by their owner by calling and identifying the property.
Chicago Chefs Host Million Dollar War Bond Dinner
Chicago chefs from top hotels and clubs organized a $1,000-a-plate dinner for about 700 guests to boost war bond sales. Treasury officials later announced bonds totaling $15,383,000 sold, despite the dinner’s aim of a million. An auction followed the feast, with items drawing additional bond purchases.
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Chicago
Treasury
Que
Albert. Cassell
Dancer T Wermuth’s Bond Drive Raises Funds
A charity bond drive tied to a dancer identified as T Wermuth and linked to Cent. Arthur Wermuth, noted for serving in Bataan, drew audience support as bonds were offered for sale to diners and radio listeners. The event featured a radio program and pledged donations amid the search for the missing Army figure.
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T Wermuth
Arthur Wermuth
Bataan
Nazi Agents Switch Sides In Istanbul Bid
Istanbul dispatch reports two Austrian Nazi agents allied with German counter espionage, Karl Alois Von Kleckowski and Captain Wilhelm Hamberger, defecting to Britain after being ordered home. A German clerk to the military attache also surrendered to British authorities last week.
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Istanbul
Berlin
Karl Alois von Kleckowski
Wilhelm Hamberger
Berlin Food Priority Amid Wartime Ration Move
A Stockholm dispatch reported via OWI that Berlin's food needs were raised to priority status as air raids subside. Gauleiter Sprenger cited Berlin as 6 percent of Germany's population but 25 percent of war potential and urged keeping it at a high level.
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New York
Stockholm
OWI
Gauleitext
Frankfurt
Berlin
Sprenger
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J.W Crove Furniture CO
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Caida Seta
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Handley High School
Solenberger
Jeanne Armel
Dottie Barnes
Nancy Oseekete
Ann Cammer
Nanc Croc
Courtney Pauver
Betty Scott
Hengeveld
Irene Johnson
Pavey Lupton
Aspacia Sempeles
Betty Barr Manuel
Regina Shine
Betty J. Redfern
Lucille Weaver
Browning
George Boyd
Gladstone Crim
Tom Goode
Richard Grove
Sara Sencindiver
Peery
Edward Clark
Peyton Marshall
Chas. Robinson
Dan Saxe
Gray
James Poole
Betty Baker
Betty Cathet
Lulu Glascock
Barbara Hough
Betty Hurst
Margit McParland
Gladys Miller
Jane Schneider
Barbara Kle
Shirley Werdebaugh
Ann B. Wright
Mary J. Yellett
Mary Royston
Mrs. Brumback
Katherine Grant
Nancy~Hurst
Cary Marshall
Betty McFarland
Jane Ther
Betty Giffen
Florence Atrley
Betty Kersey
Joan John
Hall
Helen MacLachlan
Ruth Richmond
Florence Robinson
Garrabrandt
Glenda Allen
Betty Bickers
Bianca
Danley
Mary . Glascock
Margaret Haymaker
Mildrey Jenkins
Miss Finkelstein
Robert Hall
Ibna Keller
Samuel McFaden
Mrs. Barr
Helen LaFoliette
Audra Polhamus
Miss Hyatt
Jean Butler
Lorraine Fahrrestock
Miss Dunlap
Betty Sullivan
Patricia Wisecarver
Snooper Junior
Stamp Report
Grove
Barr Wee Eee
Finkelwees
Thresh
Peery Ase Ee
Hyatt Eee Ee
Brumback
Rosenberger
Clowe Ences
Rice Steeee
Hall Weteee
White
Snider
Darst of
Boxley
Duniapeteee
Antrim
Open Forum
Virginia Brown
Virginia Woolen Company
Office Comets
Waneshnee
Lane Pilcuion Cael
Buffalo
Goodyear
S. Braddock
U. S
North America Assurance Society
Main St
Richmond
Better Values
Maer of
Bitar Viniee
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