Engagement of Barbara Sue Wolcott to James Edward Jeskey
Social notes announce the December 28 wedding at Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria between Barbara Sue Wolcott daughter of John Worth Wolcott of Washington DC and James Edward Jeskey son of Edward Jeskey and wife. The wedding party includes sister Rutlege as matron of honor and George Snell as best man. The couple will reside at 801 Pitt Street Alexandria with plans following at General Hood Apartments.
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Barbara Suett
John Wiworth Wolcott
Washington
D. C
James Edward Jeskey
Edward Jeso
Christ Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Asher
Rutlege
Jeskey
George Snell
Pennsylvania and Central Airlines
United States Treasury Department
Pennnsylvania
Central Airlines
Handley High School
Pennsylvania and
P. and C. Airlines
George Mason Hotel
Kernstown
Edward Coverstone
Fort Valley
General Hood Apartments
Pitt Street
Bisma Rex Antacid Powder Promoted at Brooks Pharmacy
Four way relief for acid indigestion gastric acidity sour stomach offered in 50 cent and 1 25 dollar sizes with a free trial package coupon. Brooks Pharmacy advertises this antacid powder under the Bisma Rex name.
Official Fat Collecting Station at The Food Center
The Food Center at 108 N Loudoun St advertises a waste fats collection program. Cooperating with the Waste Fat Savine initiative, the store invites customers to bring used fats to support local recycling efforts. Phone contact 6453 for details.
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the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Junior Century Club To Meet Friday
The Junior Century Club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 30 o clock January 5 at the home of Mrs. Lewis Barton on South Stewart Street. Mrs. Joseph Kalbach will be the co hostess. Mrs. Edgar Whiting will speak to the group on Mail From Moscow.
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Junior Century Club
Lewis Barton
South Stewart Street
Joseph Kalbach
Edgar Whiting
Moscow
G A A To Hold Business Meeting And Births
The January meeting of the Girls Athletic Association is set for Thursday January 4 at 8 PM in the Elks Club rooms with a 7 30 PM council meeting. Mr and Mrs Arthur French of Hagerstown Md welcome Nellie Mae born Christmas Eve. Cadet Nurse Lindamood visits from Grace Hospital Richmond during the weekend.
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Girls Athletic Association
Elks Club
Arthur French
Hagerstown
Nellie Mae
Lindamood
Dorothy Lindamood
Grace Hospital
Richmond
P. E. Lindamood
West Cork Street
Chicago Grain Nunotations Opens Year Steady to Strong
Grain futures opened steady to strong in Chicago with Wheat May up about 11-8 cent from Saturday. Prices shown include Wheat May 1.65 3-8 to 1.66 and 1.56 5-8 to 7-8 for May, and other contracts for Corn Oats Rye and Barley with varied gains and positions across May July and September.
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Chicago
War Debates Shape Congress as War Ends Forthcoming
Congress focuses on organizational setup and wartime policy with leaders signaling no rush on tax cuts. President Roosevelt eyes universal training and fair employment laws while awaiting his annual or budget messages. Byrnes backs WLB decisions and hints at postwar planning, as Rayburn and Martin urge caution on pre-session tax relief.
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Congress
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Tennessee Valley Authority
Martin
War Labor Board
WLB
Appeals Noted In School Cases
Three county men found guilty Saturday of failing to send their children to school and given jail sentences have noted appeals to the Circuit Court. The defendants Tom Brannon Angers Store Dewey Speelman Whitacre and William Vance Hayfield were released on bond of 100 dollars each. They had been ordered to serve five days of a 30 day sentence with fines of 5 dollars and costs. January 15 was set for their appearance in Frederick Circuit Court.
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Tom Brannon
Angers Store
Dewey Speelman
Whitacre
William Vance
Hayfield
Frederick
McAboy Services Held for William Arthur
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Kurtz Funeral Home for William Arthur who died on December. The Rev. F. T. Pulcher and Rev. Tolbert officiated. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Harry Benner Roy Duvall Coleman Dunn Earl Prince Thomas Finnigan and John Morrison.
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Kurtz Funeral Home
William Arthur
F. T. Pulcher
Mr. Tolbert
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Harry Benner
Roy Duvall
Coleman Dunn
Earl Prince
Thomas Finnigan
John Morrison
Espionage Allegations Tied to Ex U S Agents’ Activities
FBI director Hoover outlined espionage and sabotage threats in the hemisphere tied to ex U S agents Colepaugh and Gimpel. He said charges will be decided by Attorney General Biddle after detailing their movements from Bangor and Boston to New York and aims to build a radio transmitter for Germany.
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Oregon
Montana
Hoover
Hemishere
Francis Biddle
Colepaugh
Gimpel
FBI
Bangor
Boston
New York
Germany
Navy
Maassachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S. Navy
Gripsholm
Lisbon
Berlin
Hague
Dresden
Lima
Peru
Texas
Joigiere
Nimitz Sees Japan As Put On The Defensive
Admiral Nimitz, at a press conference, declared Tokyo’s forces reduced to impotence or ashes at Truk and Rabaul, while shipping destruction outpaced production. He stressed the Pacific battles remain decisive and newly aggressive, with Liberator bombers striking Iwo Jima in a 24th straight day of air pounding on Saturday.
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Truk
Rabaul
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Fall two miles of Losone Slovak hub near Budapest
Moscow reports a new offensive against Austria could begin once Budapest falls. The German high command may have Vienna in a threatened zone and has begun partial evacuation and emergency measures in the Austrian capital.
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Losone
Lucenec
Budapest
Moscow
Austria
Vienna
Praise Seventh Armored Division Holds St Vith Against Odds
Army report recalls the Seventh Armored Division under Maj. Gen. Hasbrouck and Lt. Will Rogers Jr. fighting off multiple German divisions in the St Vith sector. The division, split into two combat teams, kept a vital road junction amid encirclement, maintained a front around St Vith, and supplied by Col. Andrew J. Adams as trucks and munitions fought through a deadly back road retreat and quick reassembly.
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von Rundstedt
Belgium
St. Vith
Robert W. Hasbrouck
Kingston
N. Y
Will Rogers, Jr
Seventh
Chateau Theierry
Argonne Forest
Reims
Verdun
Clark
Rosebaum
Andrew J. Adams
Auburn
Ala
Austin A. Miller
Huntingburg
Ind
Carper Heads Golden Ruse Local No. 71 Officers
At the December meeting of Golden Ruse Local No. 71 United Textile Workers of America A F L the following officers were elected for 1945 Ernest A Carper President Robert O Ritter Vice President Winnie D Grim Secretary Treasurer Douglas D Anderson Warden Ray Wibersole Conductor Alva M Prye Chaplain and Dorsey C Hottle Oscar Harry and Mary Haines Trustees Local No 71 comprises employees of the Virginia Woolen Company.
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Golden Ruse
United Textile Workers of America
A. F. of L
Ernest A. Carper
Robert O. Ritter
Winnie D. Grim
Douglas D. Anderson
Ray Wibersole
Alva M. Prye
Dorsey C. Hottle
Oscar Harry
Mary Haines
Virginia Woolen Company
Lingayen Raid Deepens Philippines Offensive
Allied air offensives over Luzon from Lingayen to Batangas target Japanese bases as Liberators pound Manila airfields and Corsairs destroy trains and ammunition depots. Patrol planes claim five enemy aircraft shot down while additional ships are believed sunk and Japanese losses rise with Layte mopping up adding 995 more dead.
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Philippines
Leyte
San Jose
Lingayen
Nippinese
Luzon
Batangas
Nielsen
Manila
Layte
Mrs Ethna Grim Died Yesterday Rites Wednesday
Mrs Ethna Grim 58 of Kernstown died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 8 50 yesterday morning She was a lifelong Kernstown resident born October 13 1886 daughter of the late Jacob Crisman and Nancy Larrick Crisman She was active in Kernstown Methodist Church civic affairs survived by son Charles Hardy Grim brothers Asa P Crisman Jacob Crisman Frederick Crisman and several sisters Funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at Rev T J Hawkins officiating Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery pallbearers Ansel Solenberger Charles Barton Robert Hockman John Cammer Alvin Tavenner George Haines.
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Etha Nancy Grim
Hardy Grim
Kernstown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jacob Crisman
Germany
Nancy Larrick Crisman
Hayfield
Government guarantees aid farm loans under Servicemen’s Re adjustment Act
The loans to farmers are government backed but issued through regular financial institutions. The government guarantees 50 percent of loan value up to 2000 dollars.
Unemployed Veteran Not Obligate to Take Strike Vacancy
A veteran receiving unemployment compensation under a federal program is not obligated to accept a job that becomes vacant due to a strike or labor dispute. The guidance clarifies that accepting such a position is not mandatory.
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N. D
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Massies
Joseph Massie
Elizabeth Massie
the Waves
Miss Massie
J. G
Joseph Massie, Jr
Amherst’ Street
Massie
Monttague Avenue
C. S
Montague Avenue
Warren Kines
Loudoun Street
John Teter
Christ
McCormac
H. B. McCormac
Nancy Stevens
Berryville
Eleanor Perry
FP. W. Phillips
Edward McDonald
Charles Town
W. Va
Jande
William Gregory
Petersburg
Seddon Nelson
Front Royal
Robert Nelson
Goucher College
Anne Woolfolk
Farley Massey
Baltimore
Miss Massey
Upperville
Upper Given
Glascock's
Iss Sally Jones
Messrs
Herbert Schutte
Dan Saxe
Bigellow Thomson
Methodist Church
Henry Ritenour
Sunshine Sisters
Walter Smith
Raymond Marks
Alvin Jackson
Corey Haines
Robert Ayler
Mary Roberts Cain
Mary Tevault
Virginia Winston
Roy Wisecarver
Clarence Lemley
Norman Carbaugh
French
Dale Ebersole
Raymond Hausenfluck
Garland Strickler
Ernest Flowers
Pauline Combs
Joan D. Heltzel
June Heltzel
Pfc
Philip Longerbeam
Longerbeam
Brooklyn
District Nurse Association
Winchester District Nurse Association
Court House
Nancy Bond
Mrs. Allen Bond
Marjorie Webster
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Roy Adams
Alex DeHaven
Gainesboro
Gaber Adams
A. L. Sager
Charlottesville
Alfred L. Sager
University Hospital
Carlton A. Sager
U.S. Navy
James Roberger
Silver Springs, Md
J. D. Bowman
Bowman
Luther Larrick
Boyce W. C. T. U
Fishpaw
John Fishpaw
Warrenton
Fred Lloyd
Lloyd
Gladys Stickles
Henry Osler
Mrs. Gore
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Shenang
Piantsberry C Fashion
Winchester—Front Royal
Gaunt
Main
Valley Ave
Nellie Newcome
John Newcome
Martinsburg Pike
Henry Oiler
J. H. Stickles
Dollie
Garfield Oiler, Jr
Sally Jones
Mrs. Warren Jones
Mary Washington College
McAboy
U. S
Reds
Florsheim
America
Lovett Brothers
Seventh Armored Division
By Kenneth L. Dixon
Clarke County
Thenks Co
RED Cross
Anne Kathleen Cullen
Larchmont
N. C
International
Carper
Neighborhood Tavern
Disiort
Maryland
Ethna Grim
the Commercial & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Moling & Cather
Winchester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Dial
Timberlake
Virginia
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Alfred M. Best Co
the Law and Farm Bureau
Mutual
Acton Heights
Lewis McDonald
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