Clarke County boys organize to protect fish and game
Clarke County Conserv ation Association formed at Berryville High School on February 11 to support fish and game protection. Burch McKay named president with officers Carroll Williams and John Millison. Plan includes building small dam structures to protect trout, tree planting for shade, stream bank erosion control, and stocking of bass sunfish catfish and trout in county farm ponds. Members urged to join or support financially due to no Shenandoah River fishing for several years.
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Clarke County Conservation Association
Clarke County
Berryville High School
Burch McKay
Clarke County Game Association
Carroll Williams
John Millison
Wisecarver
Joe Elsen
Shenandoah River
Drunk in public case before Civil Court judge Rice
John Thomas Shoemaker of Ednan Virginia was fined ten dollars and costs after disposal in Civil and Police Court. The case was heard by Judge John W. Rice.
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John W. Rice
John Thomas Shoemaker
Ednan Va
2800 Tons Bombs Dropped On Berlin In Heavy Night Raid
Berlin endured a massive Allied night assault marked by dense clouds aiding bombers and heavy anti air fire over residential districts. Swedish reports noted a church and Swedish legation building hit. The raid put Berlin's total bomblet intake at nearly 28000 tons across 15 attacks since November 18 1943 with 467 heavy bombers lost.
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DNB
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Funkfurt-on-Oder
Royal Canadian Air Force
Britain
Resolve Now To Work A Little Harder For Victory In 1944
A wartime exhortation urges Americans to increase effort in 1944 to achieve victory. The message emphasizes dedication, sacrifice, and sustained labor across industries and communities to support the war effort.
Twenty Five Lost In British Freighter Wreck off Maine
Portsmouth N H Feb 16 Twenty five crewmen of 45 on a 7244 ton British freighter were lost when the ship struck Boon Island ledge twelve miles off York Me in a blizzard and split in two. The vessel crashed at 2 23 p m and tore apart overnight with the forward half on the rock and the aft half sinking later. Coast Guard and U S Navy rescue craft saved survivors though no ships stood by. Thirteen bodies were recovered and thirteen survivors were taken to Portland and Portsmouth for hospital treatment.
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N. H
Boon Island Ledge
York
Naval
Admiralty
Svend Haagen
Coast Guard
U. S. Naval
Portland
Senate Group Defers Action On Asylum Prison Policy
A House Committee hearing led to referral of the resolution to a sub committee for study. Members include Albert O. Boschen chairing with J W Witten J J Williams Henry S Johnson and John H Daniel. Delegates Baldwin opposes immediate changes and aims to advance Virginia policy as practicable.
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House Committee On
Albert O. Boschen
J. W. Witten
Tazewell
J. J. Williams
Henrico
Henry S Johnson
Goochland
John H. Daniel
Charlotte
Robert F. Baldwin
Norfolk
Virginia
Piedmont
Henry Becker
Richmond
Ellen Smith
Virginia Tulosis Association
Nora Hamner
Richmond Tuberculosis Association
Frederick R. Scott
John Stewart Bryan
Garnett Ryland
Theodore Adams
A Page Williams
Full Divorce Granted In White Versus White Case
The partial divorce of Virginia S. White from Amos W. White is merged into a full decree. Judge Harrison grants absolute divorce for continued desertion. Neither party may remarry within six months.
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Virginia S. White
Amos W. White
Harrison
Tree Pruning Demonstration by Virginia Tech Horticulturist
Two pruning demonstrations led by D A Tucker assistant horticulturist of Virginia Tech will be held tomorrow in the See see orchards of J W Rich at Opequon and in the afternoon at D K Russell's orchards on the Welhtown Pike. Demonstrations will cover pruning fruit on both apple and peach trees.
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D. A. Tucker
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
J. W
Furious Beachhead Battles Continue In Rome Raid
Allied air forces report nine enemy planes downed during raids over the Rome area with one loss to the Allies. A-36 Invaders hit Tiburtina and Trastevere yards, destroying freight cars while all planes returned safely in their first Rome strike. Reports from Ortona indicate smoke along the coastal road possibly from German demolitions ahead of a new push. Navy says destroyers Velaluku and Ente encountered off Korcula in the Dalmatian coast on February 12-13.
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Tiburtina
Rome
Tider
Douglas Ron
Eighth Army Front
Ortona
Sues Velaluku
Ente
Korcula
Dalmatian
Allied morale soars as troops brace for breakthrough
A military leader predicts a strong push to lift the siege with reinforced Allied forces. He asserts high morale among American and British troops, praising their fighting spirit as they prepare for a possible breakout.
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Erence
Development of Foreign Oil Reserves Urged
Washington February 16 A congressional committee urged development of foreign oil reserves to secure future supplies. It recommended transfer of proven reserves outside the United States from Allies, especially Great Britain, and an equitable world oil allocation policy. It noted Ickes warned US reserves may last about 14 years and considered partial government ownership as a possible option to secure access while preserving private initiative.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Ickes
Bah- Tein Island
Saudi Arabia
Rev J H Lacy Banned Today In Tennessee
Funeral services were held in Clarksville Tennessee for Reverend J Horace Lacy noted minister in the Virginia Synod and former pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in this city. Surviving are his wife formerly Miss Dickenson of Hampden Sidney Virginia and four children Horace Lacy Jr Sedon Lacy Birmingham Miss Margaret Lacy Clarksville and Reverend Graham Lacy chaplain in the armed forces.
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Clarksville
Tenn
J. Horace_Lacy
Virginia Synod
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Lacy
Dickenson
Hampden-Sidney
Horace Lacy, Jr
Sedon Lacy
Birmingham
Ala
Margaret Lacy
Graham Lacy
Armed Forces
Fire Alarm Quieted at Miller School Grounds
Early this morning city firemen extinguished several boxes on fire at the Miller School grounds. The alarm at 7 30 was turned in by Robert Daugherty who lives nearby and discovered the blaze which he believed originated from the building.
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Miller School
Robert Daugherty
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. E. M Kline at Grace Methodist
Funeral services for Mrs. E. M Kline were conducted yesterday at 3 p.m. at Grace Methodist Church in Middletown. The Rev. R. B. Moore officiated and burial followed in Mount Carmel Cemetery with pallbearers Leslie Kline Fred Larrick Claude Stickley M. H. Rhodes and Holmes Campbell.
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E. M Kline
Grace Methodist
Gripsholm Sails to Lisbon for US Axis Internee Exchange
The Gripsholm liner heads toward Lisbon with more than 1,000 Axis internees in exchange for a similar U S group including wounded soldiers. The ship carries 18 former Vichy diplomats, 27 German consular officers and families, and sick and wounded prisoners of war.
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New York
Gripsholm
Atlantic
Lisbon
New York Harbor
State Department
Washington
Department
North Africa
Italy
Lisbom
Germany
United States
Many Farm Groups To Attend Southern States Meeting Here
About 50 guests are invited to the annual Southern States Cooperative regional board meeting at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop tonight at 7 30. Attendees include county home agents teachers of vocational agriculture county war boards and AAA committees FSA supervisors PCA secretaries and Farm Loan Association officials. H Funkhouser president will call the meeting to order and deliver the principal address. L O Brumback district manager will discuss the Farm Supply Outlook and W V Fiel der Baltimore manager will report on South Several policy matters will be discussed and voted on by board members.
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Southern States Cooperative
Golden Glow
AAA
F.S.A
P.C.A. and
Farm Loan Associa
H. Funkhouser
Polite of Directors
Southern States Leesburg Service
Funkhouser
L. Oo. Brumback
Suply Outlook
W. V. Fielder
Cooperative Seed and Farm Supply Service
Baltimore
Mrs Hardy Buried In Martinsburg
Mrs Mary Hardy age 70 was buried in Martinsburg this afternoon with simple rites. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Hardy of Frederickcourt and is survived by two sisters Mrs Wilson Adams Gerrardstown W V and Mrs Louis Ruble Winchester Also three half sisters Mrs John Dove Frederick county Mrs Edward Vaught of this city and Mrs Dorothy Shatz of Maryland
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Mary Hardy
Martinsburg
Charles
Margaret Hardy
Frederickcourt
Wilson Adams
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Louis Ruble
Winchester
John Dove
Frederick County
Edward Vaught
Dorothy Shatz
Maryland
Kennedy Kennedy Lowe case continued on pleadings
The court grants defendants until March 8 to file answer or pleadings to the complainant Vive Shaw Kennedy against C Worthington Lowe et al, after showing good cause and objections.
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Vive Shaw Kennedy
C. Worthington Lowe
Green Islands Seized in Solomons Campaign
Admiral MacArthur announced U S and New Zealand forces captured the Green Islands, isolating about 22 000 Japanese troops on Choiseul Shortland Bougainville and Buka. The move ends hopes of relief by sea and foresees starvation and disease as a result of the blockade.
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Adm
William PF
South Pacific
Green Islands
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Choiseul
Shortland
Bougainville
Buka Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Nissan Islands
Buka Island
Kavieng
New Ireland
Hull Warns War Not Over As Americans In Japanese Camps Lose Weight
The section reports Americans still held by Japan suffer severe malnutrition as officials discuss war goals and postwar stability. Breckinridge Long cites diet deficiencies and weight losses, while Hoover notes a new wave of juvenile delinquency and a proposed school for law enforcement officers as the committee analyzes postwar policy and FBI efforts.
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Hull
Department
Jones
Carter
R.calif
Breckinridge Long
Japan
Long
Hoover
FBI
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues Listed
Crossword puzzle with numbered across and down clues covering geography verbs and objects. Includes entries like center band of escutcheon perishes eribium symbol choose and gather and many more with lengths implied by numbers.
Kiwanis Credited With Quarter Million In Bonds
Kiwanis members are credited with sales totaling 271350 for the Fourth War Loan Drive. Miss Gwendolyn Haynes and a group of 18 students visited the club dinner to present and discuss the drive progress. Garland Quarles led the program and Dr Ancell Groves won the attendance prize.
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Eme My Ar
Ac Sheetz
Jimmy Webdactenier
Bo Brown
Graham Rosenberger
Garland Quarles
Miss Haynes
Ancell Groves
A. W. Livingston
Lancaster
H. C. Sheetz
H. I. Pifer
Spars
Reds menace Pskov region as Soviet forces advance
Soviet units batter into Kalbutitsy 16 miles south of Lluga and 75 miles northeast of Pskov after capturing Serebryanka. Govorov column overruns towns along Lake Picpus eastern shore. Polna and Cherkasy pocket see heavy fighting. Russians claim 1,000+ German dead and 40 towns taken as death circle tightens.
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Luge
Serebryanka
Luka
Gorodets
Kalbutitsy
Lluga
Pskov
Govorov
Narva-Pskov
Lake Picpus
Cherkasy
Local News Briefs From The Star
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