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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1944

Page

2

Clark Rites Held At Cedar Grove

Services for Mrs. Pleasant A. Clark of Cedar Grove were conducted by Rev. John Tevers at the Little Moon Methodist Church. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers David Smith Lemuel Ashton Joel De Haven Jordy Bennett Lou Crim and John Lewis.

Pleasant A J. Grant Clark Cedar John Tevers Little Moon- Methodist Church Cedars Mount Hebrons Cemetery Davids Smith Lemuel Ashton Joel de Haven Jordy Bennett Lou Crim John Lewis

Chemicals Ward Off Sharks In Rescue Belts

SAN FRANCISCO February 17 pilots in action over Australia now carry a powdered chemical sewn into belt pockets. When saturated the chemical mixes with seawater to form a widening liquid barrier that repels sharks and aids rescuers by coloring the water to help spot a downed plane. Aneta Netherlands News Agency reported the dispatch.

San Francisco Australia Aneta Netherlands

Ration Calendar Details for Food and Fuel Stamps

The notice lists validity and expiration dates for ration stamps across categories including Meats fats and processed foods with book and stamp numbers. It also covers sugar shoe gas oil and fuel oil coupons with area specific quantities and end dates for the Northeast and other regions.

Associated Press Rocky Mountains

Estate of James B. Yates Referenced for Report in Court

Guardian Elsie R Yates seeks master commissioner aid in Winchester Virginia. The decree orders James P Reardon to appraise the Yates estate debts and sale options for 437 Handley Avenue and 31 Peyton Street. A March 3 1944 hearing requires all interested parties to appear and provide evidence. Russell Cather Attorneys.

Winchester Virginia Elsie R. Yates R. Yates Virginia R. Yates A. Yates Fannie D. Ramsburg James P. Reardon James B. Yates Anna R. Hall Handley Avenue Virginia B. Yates Rouss Avenue

Bowling scores and standings drift through a jumbled page

Reading shows individual game scores for Bren gie Bell Clothes Renner Bell 125 and others with 123 128. Individual sets list Berry ax Win Renner Bell Clothes 341 and 327. High team game credits Bell Clothes 5656 and 532 Cadillac 518. High total pinfall Bell Clothes 1581 Jr. Women's Club 1471 Biks 1435. Standings show Jr. Women and several local groups amid garbled names and stray titles.

Brengie Bell Clothes Renner Bell Boyd Berry Ax Cadillac Biks Amd Jr Star Office Novick Transfer Clearbrook Woolen Beta Sigma Phi Handley

Southern States Board Meeting Held Last Night

The Southern States Regional Board met with President J. H Funkhouser presiding. About 60 farmers attended as he warned of food shortages and urged production to the limit for the war effort. Discussions covered seeds fertilizers and farm supplies with a note of limited feed in the next 45 to 60 days.

Southern States Regional Board J. H Funkhouser Board of Southern States Leesburg Service L. O. Brumback W. V. Fielder Cooperative Seed and Farm Supply Service Baltimore Richmond Virginia West Virginia Maryland Delaware North Carolina Frederick Shenandoah Warren, and Clark Jefferson, Berkley Morgan West Va Henry Seal God Bless America

Boy Slays Father To Defend Mother

Detroit report: 15-year-old Harold Tucker held without charge after admitting he struck his father Barton Tucker 10 times with a claw hammer to stop an alleged attack on his mother. The father died from head wounds. Harold cited the incident as defense.

Detroit Harold Tucker Barton Tucker Glenn Temple Harold Temple Tucker

Pravda questions British prisoner exchanges with Germany

Moscow dispatch notes an implied criticism of Britain's war prisoner swaps in a Pravda report. It cites German corporal Gerhardt Machens claiming he traveled from Oran in a Red Cross exchange to the Russian front after leaving Cap Bon in Tunisia. He describes 2,400 healthy and 500 gravely wounded German captives in Oran and suggests Red Cross observers in civilian dress watched the departing ship on October 23, 1943.

Moscow Britain Germany Pravda Communist Party Gerhardt Machens Oran North Africa Red Cross Mathews Red Army Cap Bon Tunisia Machens The

Peace Now Group Charged With Seditious Acts

Dies Committee handed evidence to the Justice Department alleging that the Peace Now movement engaged in acts clearly seditious and tending toward treason. The panel urged possible prosecution under sedition laws and proposed deportation or detention for Peace Now field secretary John Albert Collett.

Washington Dies Justice Tment D.-Tex Special House Biddle Office of the Peace Now United States George W.W. Hartman Dorothy Hutchinson Marjorie Ewbank Bessie Simon Justice Department John Albert Collett Oslo Norway

Maintenance School On Tractors To Be Held Friday

County Agent I Fred Stine announced a tractor maintenance school to be held at the Lupton Orchard Service Company in Winchester on Friday February 25. The program runs 1 to 4 30 PM with sessions on ram machinery rationing ignition lubrication cooling tires storage and safety. The event aims to train tractor owners and operators across adjoining counties with 4 to 8 tractors expected and J A Waller Jr of VPI assisting.

Fred Stine Lupton Orchard Service Company Winchester J. A. Waller, Jr VPI

Leinsdorf Trades Baton for Rifle at CAMP LEE

Erich Leinsdorf the famed conductor has swapped his baton for a rifle while serving at CAMP LEE Virginia. An American citizen born in Vienna he rose to prominence in the German repertoire before leading the Metropolitan Opera and the Cleveland Orchestra. He and his wife Ann Frohnknecht live on a family farm in Washington County Virginia with their 19 month old son David.

Camp Lee Erich Leinsdorf Cleveland Orchestra Leindorf Vienna Beethoven Leinsdorf Metropolitan Opera Arthur Bodanzky Ann Frohnknecht Cleveland David Washington

Gable Sued For 29770 Damages In Auto Collision

Jane Courtois sues Capt. Clark Gable for 25760 and seeks 29770 total in a Los Angeles civil action alleging Gable halted at a boulevard stop last January 7 causing a rear car to crash. Courtois says cuts bruises and brain concussion. Russell Crone seeks 4100 for a broken ankle and injuries.

Los Angeles Clark Gable Army Air Forces Jane Courtois Gable Russell S. Crone

Livestock and Produce Markets Reported From Baltimore and Chicago

Baltimore and Chicago quotations show mixed movement in cattle calves hogs and sheep with light receipts and active demand. Cattle top around 15.25 for truck-lot steers. veal high 16-17. hogs steady near 14.45. sheep lambs 15-17 with ewes around 6.50. Chicago totals 30,000 with fat cattle 13-17, stockers 11-13,49. lambs 15-16.75, sheep steady.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore WFA Office of Distribution Chicago Illinois

Quiz Answers From Page Four Revealed

The list provides correct responses: 1 Vermont 2 The New Republic 3 Tree 4 Algiers menektia v Rome 7 OSRD and OPRD 8 Twenty years 9 Delta symbol origin 10 California.

Vermont The New Republic Algiers Menektia Rome Office of Scientific Research and Development Office of Production Research and Development California

Your Health Read Dr Clendening's Authoritative Article

A health feature highlights Dr Clendening's authoritative guidance on daily health practices. The page summarizes medical insights aimed at general readers, offering practical tips and cautions for everyday wellbeing.

Stocks Show Mild Upturn Amid Mixed News On February Session

New York trading opened with uneven prices and light selling as dividends and earnings supported buying. Rail and industrial shares showed mild gains while some blue chips fell. notable movers included Rustless Iron at a 1943 44 top, with Central, Southern Railway, Great Northern, ACL, Park Tilford, GM and US Rubber leading, and Philip Morris, Chrysler, Du Pont, Westinghouse, International Harvester, GE and Texas Co. among laggards. Bonds and commodities stayed slim. Long Island Light preferred rose on recapitalization. Small gains for Pantepec, American Gas, and New Jersey Zinc.

New York N. ¥. Central Southern Railway Great Northern Atlantic Coast Line Park & Tilford General Motors U. S. Rubber Philip Morris Chrysler du Pont Westinghouse International Harvester General Electric and Texas Co Long Island Light Pantepec American Gas N. J. Zinc

Local Market Prices and Grain Details From Daily Star

Local markets list daily prices for flour short patent brand bags of 10 24 and 48 98 pounds per bag or per barrel with stated rates. Patent brand corn meal and feeds priced per 100 pounds and per bag with multiple unit options. Creamery butter price included.

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Cedar Grove Russell Cather Ladies Evening Star Bowling League Southern States Board Peace Now Group Justice Bureau William F. Arrogast Stock Market Report Star Aed Bool Garnival Chevron Shepherd Valiant Prints BLUE Chambray Times Square Winchester and Frederick County Clearbrook Woolen Co Virginia Woolen Co Winchester Woolen Co O'Sullivan Rubber Co Nat'l Fruit Product Co Telephone John W. Rosenberger & Co S. Braddock Street
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