City Council Clears 1945 Budget Amid Poultry Slaughter Debate
City council approved the 1945 budget of about 364 thousand dollars and rejected new action on poultry slaughtering ordinances while deferring key sanitation and tax assessment measures. The body also formed a jail committee and discussed sewerage disposal amid rapid local development and lack of county health inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
Winchester
James P. Reardon
Dr. Hawthorne
Riley
Hannum
Babb
Highland Avenue
Milton Valley
Sanitary Committee
McVicar
Germans Lash Out Furiously Near Bastogne Front
Allied reports describe fierce German resistance along the Bastogne salient with steady troop movements east and northeast. American forces advance from Bastogne toward Longvilly and Margaret while Patton’s units clear forests near Moircy and Gerimont amid heavy shelling and weather constraints.
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Arloncourt
Michamp
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Salient
Monschau
Margaret
Longvilly
Manche-St. Etienne
Bastogne-Marche
Germans counterattack near Blies river with limited push
German forces launch a moderate attack east of Sarregues, while Americans push to clear Bliesbruck forest south of Bitche. Allied air power persists with 1,100 bombers striking the Cologne to Karlsruhe belt as Patton expands an offensive along the Belgian Luxembourg bulge.
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Bastogne
St. Hubert
de Valets
Monnerue
Moircy
Gerimont
Tillet
Patton
Lambay Fays Forest
Third Army
Bliesbruck
Blies River
Sarregue
Maginot
Bitche
Cologne
Karlsruhe
Lorraine
Saar
U. S
George S. Patton, Jr
Oats Is Sentenced to Six Months at State Farm
Linwood Oats, 26, was arraigned in police court and sentenced by Judge John Rice to six months at the State farm for disorderly conduct. He was arrested by Officers Massie and Milburn after lingering at the Virginia Tavern and the Apple Blossom Restaurant and being ejected from the tavern. He has a long city police record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Oats
State Farm
John Rice
Oats
Deal Avenue
Massie
Milburn
Virginia Tavern
Two County Teachers Resign
Leslie D. Kline, county schools superintendent, announces the resignation of two teachers. Lola B. Petrie, seventh grade teacher at Miller School, resigns with Rev. John Teter substituting. Eliza H. Sherman of 310 West Cecil Street resigns from Stephens City High School, history teacher, replaced temporarily by C. G. Wilkins of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie D. Kline
Lola B. Petrie
Miller School
John Teter
Eliza H. Sherman
W. Cecil Street
Sherman
Stephens City High School
C. G. Wilkins
Middletown
Colored men report for preinduction exams
The Winchester City Board ordered three colored men for preinduction examination and they departed for Roanoke today. Walter Douglas Johnson, Arvae Thomas Ashby, and Daniel Lee Brooks were named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester City
Roanoke
Walter Douglas Johnson
Arvae Thomas Ashby
Daniel Lee Brooks
Police Seize Sleds From Local Youths After Snow
About a dozen city youngsters ignored police warnings against riding on cars during the recent snow. Six sleds remained at the police headquarters this morning and will be returned to their owners when they call at the station now that the snow has melted.
Bible Study At Market Street Methodist Tonight
Beginning at 7 30 this evening the Market Street Methodist Church hosts a weekly Bible study series through January and February led by Rev R W Vanderberry on The Story of the Bible. Each session includes prayer and praise and invites all teachers and congregation members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street Methodist Church
Vanderberry
Eight Winchester Men Register With City Draft Board
Eight Winchester men registered with the city Draft Board during December. Six reached 18 during the month: Douglas Darrell Hackler Clifton Street Leonard Iden Walters 1003 S Loudoun Ray Benjamin Miller 228 Jackson Avenue Robert John Currie Jr 22 S Braddock and Richard Edward Grove 122 N Cameron St. Also Harrison Levi Miller 54 S Loudoun registered. Two colored men William Edward Evans 6 Southwerk Street and Charlie Fields registered.
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Winchester
City Draft Board
Douglas Darrell Hackler
Clifford Street
Leonard Iden Walters
S. Loudoun
Ray Benjamin Miller
Jackson Avenue
Robert John Currie, Jr
S. Braddock
Richard Edward Grove
N. Cameron St
Harrison Levi Miller
William Edward Evans
Southwerk Street
Charlie Fields
Gym Classes To Be Resumed At Winchester Handley Gym
The Business Men's Gym Class of the Winchester Recreation Department will meet Thursday night January 4 at 7 30 in Handley Gymnasium. The class will meet weekly thereafter. The Women’s Gym Class will resume Mondays at 7 30 PM in Handley Gymnasium beginning January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Recreation Department
Handley Gymnasium
Winchester Recreation Dept
Fire crews extinguish trash pile blaze downtown
Three fire trucks responded to a 1:25 P.M. alarm in the downtown area. The fire was in a trash pile beside Herman Hable's paint shop at the rear of Timberlakes and the Golden Glow Restaurant and was quickly put out with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hable
Timberlakes
Golden Glow
Senator Glass Turns 87 In Washington Hotel Suite
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia oldest member of the Senate will observe his 87th birthday tomorrow in his Mayflower hotel suite. He requests no fuss noting health confinement and long service since 1901 with a break as Treasury secretary in Wilson’s cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Glass
Washington
Senator Carter Glass
Virginia
The
Mayflower
Virginian
Congress
Salvation Army Advisory Board Meets Thursday in Winchester
Captain and Mrs. Clyde Koon announce a special Salvation Army Advisory Board luncheon at the Golden Glow on Thursday at noon with Brigadier Charles H. Dodd and Major Kenneth Howarth from Baltimore in charge. A Soldiers Meeting at 7 30 p.m. at the Salvation Army Citadel launches the 1945 campaign Christ For the Nation with the open air gathering in front of the Court House featuring soldiers from Frederick Hagerstown Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Koon
Winchester Salvation Army
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Golden Glow
Charles H. Dodd
Kenneth Howarth
Baltimore
Salvation Army Citidal
South Loudoun Street
Dodds
Howarth
Frederick
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Court House
Winchester Corps
Oon
New Frigid Blasts Headed Eastward
A Midwest cold wave moved east yesterday bringing sub zero temperatures and snow to a wide area. It touched the southern states and varied in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys overnight. New frigid blasts were forecast to enter the region from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio River
Canada
79th Congress Opens With War Born Solemnity
Washington reports the 79th Congress convened amid wartime urgency. An announcement urged drafting deferments to be used for farm workers, Rayburn was reelected speaker, and committees on power and government spending eyed formation as Roosevelt’s state of the union address looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Rayburn
House
Sam Rayburn
D.tex
Powal
Roosevelt
State’ of the Union
They'll Drop the Bombs If We Buy the Bonds
Propaganda tone asserts supporters will finance defense through bond purchases. Emphasizes urgency and collective effort to back wartime mobilization. No specific dates or entities named beyond general reference to bonds and bombs.
Mrs. Rebecca C. McDonald Dies at Sunnyside
Mrs Rebecca C McDonald wife of Lewis McDonald of Sunnyside died at her home yesterday afternoon at 2 30 She had been in declining health for years Born June 15 1882 in Frederick county she was a daughter of the late Newton Chapman of Frederick county and the late Mrs Jennie Rosebrook Chapman of Hampshire County West Virginia She married Lewis McDonald October 18 1900 in Hagerstown Md and they had lived in the county Funeral services will be conducted from the Highland Avenue Church Friday at 2 pm with Rev J S Duckwall officiating Friends and relatives will meet at the home of Mrs J W Clevenger to go to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca C. McDonald
Lewis McDonald
Sunnyside
Prederick County
Newton Chapman
Jennie Rosebrook Chapman
Hampshire County
W. Va
McDonald
Hagerstown
Elish Chapman
Boyce
Ida Grim
Fannie Cline
Winchester
Kate Highfield
Philadelphia
Highland Avenue Church
Duckwall
J. W. Clevenger
Memorial set for Mount Hebron family member
Funeral services will be held at Omps Funeral Home for a family member from Mount Hebron. The body will be removed from the home early tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hebron
Omps
Strasburg Gas Distributor Is Seriously Burned
In Virginia, James W. Whix, an oil distributor, was badly burned when gasoline fumes ignited at Vaughan s Drug Store in Strasburg. He was rushed to Cora Hospital in Woodstock with severe burns on his body. Dr. Harold W. Miller said the injuries were extensive from neck down. Drug store owner Vaughan burned while trying to help, as flames spread during the rescue attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W
Whittington
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Miller
Claims Tree
Robert Eagle
Burr P. Harrison
Anderson
A. Lee Coble
Fred Glaize
P. D. Miller
S. Lee Grant
Frederick and
Warren County Board of Ors
State Board of Corrections
W. W. Delre
Alan Peery
Market Street
Methodist
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
DIAL
E. E. Harbaugh
Mer
Ric
Valley Avenue
Coca-Cola
Associated Press
Jack Bell
Carter
Nature
W. B. Snider & Sea
Strasburg
Coe
Conagg
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Harold G. Brown
Carl T. Cather
Frank Armstrong, JR
Exec
Vice Pres
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
P. W. Boyd
Claude R. Cammer
Valley Service Station, Inc
Allen T. Hawthorne
J. W. Richard Farmer
R. Gray Williams
Stewart Bell
Eugene B. Cooper
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Virginia Woolen Company
Armed Services
E. G. Rusk Trust
Robert D. Glaize
H. K. Benham
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester Star
Clifford D. Grim
W. Nelson Page
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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