Red Cross Dressing Room Closures and Nurse Aide News
The Red Cross Surgical Dressing Room will be closed from morning until further notice. Thursday night class canceled. Mrs. W C Peer hosted supper guests including Pvt Glenn Coffelt and family. Pvt Glenn Coffelt returns to Camp Breckinridge after leave. Pvt and Mrs Francis Williams announce a son, Frances Jr., born Feb 10 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Williams trained at Fort McClellan. Mrs Fred M Ritter's Girl Scout troop aids hospital tray service. Hospital Flor. supervisor Mildred Sowers praises the Scouts' organization and substitute coverage.
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Red Cross
Francis Williams
Strasburg
Frances, Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Williams
Mildred Sibert
Winchester
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fred M. Ritter
Mildred Sowers
Hospital Flor
Ritter
Community Club Schedule Highlights Social Events
Allen dar Thursday 7 seven thirty p m guest tea hosted by Girls' Athletic Association. Onward Upward Bible Class meets at 5 p m at Mrs. T O Snyder home. Friday events include 6 p m Quota Ad at Mrs Jimmie Alexander's, 7 p m dinner at Tokus Inn for Quota's first birthday, and 8 p m Western Order of Workers meet at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Kernstown
T. O. Snyder
Jimmie Alexander
Tokus Inn
Quota Club
Quota
Odd Fellows Hall
Old Frederickstown Garden Club meets for planning year
The Old Frederickstown Garden Club gathered Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. H. I. Pifer's home. Annual reports were presented, plans for the year ahead laid out, and the president highlighted wartime service including Victory Gardens and sharing harvests with the underprivileged. The club also aided Red Cross work, bond drives, and U S O efforts among other civic duties.
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Fredericktown
H. I. Pifer
Robert Underwood
Rosenberger on Liberty Visit and Local Education Meeting
Stephen M. Rosenberger, seaman first class, spends a short liberty with his parents on West Boscawen Street. Harrisonburg hosts District G education leaders who back full state funding for Virginia public schools and oppose spending limits.
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Stephen M. Rosenberger
John M. Rosenberger
West Boscawen Street
Lutheran Church food sale set for Saturday morning
The Young Women's Bible Class of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will hold a food sale beginning Saturday morning at ten o'clock at the church.
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Young Women’ S Bible Class
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Quota Club To Celebrate First Birthday Friday
The Quota Club in this city marks its one year anniversary with a tea at six o'clock at the home of Mrs. Jim mie Alexander on Kerr Street and a seven o'clock dinner at Tokus Inn.
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Quota Club
Jimmie Alexander
Kerr Street
Tokus Inn
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor To Give Party Tonite
The Young Peoples Christian Endeavor of the United Brethren Church sponsor a Valentine party tonight in the church basement at seven thirty. Members and friends are invited.
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Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
The
United Brethren Church
Birthday party honors Mrs Johnny Newcome with 19th celebration
Mrs Andrew Higgs hosted Tuesday night with Mr and Mrs Higgs presiding as guests shared a red and white themed party for Mrs Johnny Newcome on her 19th birthday. Attendees included multiple local couples and individual guests, plus Pvt Joe Thorpe stationed in Florida.
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Andrew Higgs
Johnny Newcome
Jessie Stotler
Jim Thorpe
Luther Carlin
Shirley Simpson
Edith Huff
Alma Adams
Mary Locke
Bernard Hummer
Elaine Adams
Doris Boyce
Grace Shiley
Connie Line
Betty Hummer
Bill Dodson
Arthur Herd
Linwood Lanham
Diskie Higgs
Gene Stotler
Jimmie Thorpe
Joe Thorpe
Florida
Dance Tickets Going Fast Capacity Crowd Expected
George Weldon chair of the dance committee reports many table reservations and tickets selling quickly. A capacity crowd is expected as service men from Front Royal and Martinsburg are invited. Ed Molden handles reservations and planners hope for additional guests from Washington, maybe movie stars, though none confirmed.
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George Weldon
Ed Molden
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Washington
Roosevelt Seeks Record Navy Budget for 1945
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a $30.789 billion navy appropriation for the 1945 fiscal year, the largest in history, up from $27.435 billion in 1944 and $23.809 billion in the year earlier. The War Department war program is estimated at $18.001 billion, vs $59.036 billion in 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
War Department
Lions Addressed By Rev Bland At Club Meeting
At a Lions Club meeting on Tuesday Rev B B Bland of Portsmouth district governor of Virginia Lions spoke on lasting world peace needing a sound philosophy of life stamina and a sound mind with sympathy. Visiting guests included Rev T J Hawkins H D Harper Richard Burkhart and H H Thayer from Baltimore Richmond Winchester and Baltimore respectively.
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Lions Club
B. B. Bland
Portsmouth
Virginia
Bill Deming
Front Royal
Bland
T. J. Hawkins
H. D
Halifax Bomber Gets More Power and Ceiling in RAF Use
London Feb 17 An improved Halifax bomber with a higher ceiling, faster speed and greater climb rate is now used in RAF night raids on Berlin. The change replaces four Bristol Hercules engines with Rouye Merlin units delivering more than 1 630 hp each. Earlier Halifax output 1 175 hp per engine with top speed about 300 mph, range 3 000 miles and 5.5 tons bomb load.
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London
Berlin
Women in Army WACs May Choose Assignments Near Home
The War Department allows qualified women to select specific jobs within the Third Service Command. Eligible positions include clerk, stenographer, typist, driver, medical and dental roles, with postings at Camp Pickett Fort Eustis Edgewood Arsenal Newport News and others. Enlistment is limited to women within the geographic area and immediate assignments follow basic training. For details contact the Winchester recruiting station.
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War Department
Third Service Command
Dorothy B. G
U. S. Army
Winchester
Camp Pickett
Deshon General Hospital
Butler
Fort Eustis
Edgewood Arsenal
Camp Lee
Newport News
Fort Monroe
Rvice
Glockzin
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvnia Weigh 198 Delegate Bloc
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania forming a powerful 198 vote bloc may review the field at the Republican National Convention. New York's 93 votes could lean openly toward Governor Thomas E. Dewey if a draft gains momentum, though many delegates remain noncommittal.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennnsylvania
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York County
Thomas J. Curran
Curran
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York City
Joe R. Hanley
W. Kingsland Macy
Suffolk County
Edward A. Ruppell
Richmond County
Revival Services At Home Mission Tabernacle Nain Va
Revival services at the Home Mission Tabernacle at Nain Virginia begin February 20 each night at 7 45 with Rev J S Shack as speaker. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Home Mission Tabernacle
Nain
J. S. Shack
With Our Men In The Service
Notices from service members and families reveal posturing at home fronts. Seaman Norman Sirbaugh in Miami asks for letters after furlough in Winchester. Pvt Earnest W. Ritter Jr. reports sailing to the Pacific and seeks correspondence via Mrs Eunice Braithwaite in Winchester. Pvt Robert F Braithwaite has transferred from Camp Pickett and his new address is to be obtained through his mother. Pfc Wilmer W Braithwaite is hospitalized at Camp White Oregon for an infected hand. mail to Headquarters Company 96th Division APO 96 Camp White.
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Seaman
Norman Sirbaugh
Miami
Fla
Winchester
Alca
Pvt
Earnest W. Ritter, Jr
Pacific
Eunice Braithwaite
Clarence Baithwaite
N. Braddock Street
Red Cross
Pfc
Wilmer W. Braithwaite
Camp White
Oregon
96Th Division
APO 96
Robert F. Braithwaite
Camp Pickett
May
Helps Himself To Dwelling Place
In San Francisco on February seventeenth a man named Elmer Dale Cox admitted using the Follis residence as a temporary home for weeks. Firemen discovered a hidden sub basement stash with food and a cookstove. Cox, formerly of Wichita Kansas, said he needed a place to live and was booked for investigation.
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San Francisco
R. Gwin Follis
Follis
Harold Jackson
Resolve Now To Do Your Full Duty In 1944
A wartime exhortation urges citizens to commit fully to national service in 1944. Officials call on laborers, farmers, and volunteers to support war production and domestic efforts, stressing duty, sacrifice, and unity.
Breathing Spell For Ramirez
Montevideo Uruguay February 17 Gen Pedro Ramirez of Argentina appears to seek a breathing spell to chart future policies. Cabinet appointments postpone a clear stance on international posture while factions pressure for war or against it. Reports from Buenos Aires note guards at Arturo Rawson's home, a revolt co leader. Rawson later became envoy to Brazil and resigned after a quarrel over breaking relations with the Axis.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Arturowson
Ramirez
Rawson
Brazil
Axis
Agriculture Series Ends With Farmers Signing Plans
Cultural meetings in Clearbrook and Middletown closed a series on farm problems. Officers were elected for both communities. County Agent I Fred Stine reported about 500 farmers signed for the 1944 program and urged others to join. Orders placed for 1150 tons phosphate 6000 tons ground limestone 450 tons lime marl amid a phosphate shortage. Stine expects fertilizer conditions to improve next year.
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Clearbrook
Middletown
Folowing
Bryan Scrumback
Garvin Snapp
Roland Fisher
Herbert Jones
Ralph Wakeman
Fred Stine
Stine
Scederick County
Middleburg Hunt Announces Spring Races At Glenwood
Daniel C. Sands secretary of the Middleburg Hunt Racing Association said the annual spring racing meeting will be held at the Glenwood race course in Middleburg on Saturday April 8. Proceeds from admission will benefit the Loudoun county chapter of the American Red Cross.
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Middleburg
Daniel C. Sands
Middleburg Hunt Racing Association
Glenwood Race Course
Loudoun County
American Red Cross
How To Hold FALSE TEETH
Advertisement advises using FASTEETH powder to stabilize dentures with no gummy taste. Claims reduces slipping and wobbling while eating or talking, controls denture odor, and does not sour or feel pasty. Available at drug stores.
Virginia Sailor Recalls Ship Torpedoing in Caribbean
Hugh L. Carter a 19 year old seaman first class from Milford Virginia describes a torpedo attack on his ship in the Caribbean Sea. He says the cargo was inflammable yet did not ignite and the bow gun crew were briefly submerged but unharmed. The vessel was saved by timely pumps and a patrol plane plus other ships deterred the submarine before it could strike again.
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Hugh L. Carter
USNR
Milford
Caroline County
New Orleans
Naval Armed Guard Center
Caribbean Sea
Milford Seaman Carter Dies After Hit While At Sea
Carter, son of Mr and Mrs Linwood Carter of Milford, attended Lee Maury High School and enlisted December 7 1942. He trained at Bainbridge Maryland and has had 10 months sea duty. He stayed by the bow after the hit but the ship made port eight hours later.
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Carter
Linwood Carter
Milford
Lee Maury High School
Bainbridge
Indian Troops Hold Ngakyedauk Pass in Burma Fight
New Delhi reports Indian division maintains position at Ngakyedauk Pass to the Mayu mountains as Japanese attempts to encircle Allied troops continue. Communique notes seven Japanese dead since February 4 in the area east of the pass while American trained Chinese forces push east across northern Burma engaging enemy positions near Taipaa Ga and along the northeast.
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New Delhi
Ngakyedauk
Mayu
Burma
U Ae
Buthedaung
Taipaa Ga
Wordplay clues define a linguistic puzzle theme
A concise clue set asks for terms matching minute afresh and an alphabetic Teutic form, pointing to roots in language usage and word structure.
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Allen Dar
Old
Frederickstown
Bell
Lupton
Harrisonburg
Andrew Bell
Winchester Education Association
Mary Glenn Lupton
Virginia Education Association
Valley
Edwin Chittum
State Board of Education
Lancaster
C. S. Brumback
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
Frances Bickers
Sweet Briar College
M. B. ‘Bickers
West Cork St
Stephenson
Edgar Payne
Spencer
Donald Simmons
Brooklyn
N. Y
Symphony
Lord Baltimore
Cascade
Up Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry
George Loy
South Braddock Street
R. A. Smith
Middleway
Frank Johnston
Byron Baker
Heber R. Rice, Jr
Baltimore
James Edwards
Atlantic City
Charles Edwards
Berryville
Sgt
Georgia
Sgt. Edwards
Vernon D. Unger
Evelyn Weakley
Fort Eustic
Boyd L. Campbell
Herbert Daly, Jr
W&h Tms
Duke
Camp Cooke
Calif
Charles Kidwell
South Kent Street
Merlin Bly
Martha Ann
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Henry Ellis
Yarcy
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Rev
Halifax
Wacs
Black” Quink
Earnest Ritter
Middleburg Hunt
Web
Tuttle
Freeman Freeman
Clarke County
Just Dial
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Moling & Cather
Daily Crossword
Price
Roman Money
Vessel
Caress House
Airie
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