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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1944

Page

2

Sanitary Inspector Reports City Health Violations

The report notes 204 unsatisfactory inspections out of many. owners must correct issues immediately and follow up. Three hog pens were eliminated and five chicken lot notices issued. Five Main Street properties were told to clean backyards, and three poultry houses were warned to fix unsanitary conditions by mid July or face closure.

Main Street E. W. Braithwaite Gerrard Street N. Market

Army Dog and Master to Receive Discharges

Brigham Utah reports the Army dog Oahu and her owner Rudolphe E. Roger of Rahway New Jersey will both receive discharge from Bushnell General Hospital. Oahu served as company mascot on Canton Island and joined bomber missions before being rescued at sea after a failed engine.

Brigham Utah Oahu Rmy Bushnell General Hospital Rudolphees Er Ogre Rahway N. J Kropaczek Canton Island Fittle Terrier Australia Tater Slim

Dog S ire n Duet Blurs Lines Across Distance

Harold McFarland, a Nickerson native and Navy man, telephones his mother in Nickerson from New York. As he talks, Popeye the dog at home begins to howl in response, creating a long distance serenade via the town siren and the conversation.

Nickerson

Timberland Trustee Sale in Frederick County Virginia

Trustee will auction 20 acres of timber land on Hunting Ridge Frederick County Virginia seven miles northwest of Winchester at 12 o clock noon on Saturday January 8 1944. Sale in front of the Winchester courthouse. Cash terms. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn. Trustee M M Lynch. Deed recorded February 24 1934 in Deed Book 167 page 153.

Frederick County Charles W. High J. J. Shepard Winchester Virginia Hunting Ridge Frederick DeHaven Holland M. M. Lynch Duvall & Dunn

Ration Calendar Update for Meats Fats and More

The Associated Press lists ration details: brown stamps for meats and fats, green for processed foods, sugar stamps, airplane stamps, and gasoline quotas. Valid through early and mid January and February dates, with regional applicability and note that many coupons remain worth multiple units.

Associated Pres Rocky Mountains

Shortage of Eggs May Follow Flock Selling

Despite a current egg surplus, poultry leaders warn of an imminent famine as prices fall and costs rise. Eastern and Midwestern farmers sell flocks to cover losses, risking widespread reductions and a possible shortage within months across several states and regions.

C. F. Parrish North Carolina Ece Service Foster F. Tabb Maine Poultry Cooperative Maryland Pearl Harbor California Oregon Washington C. Chester Dumond New York Poughkeepsie N. Y Wene D-Nj Richmond OPA Harry Knudsen Nebraska State Poultry Association East Indiana State Egg Board Thad Macy Indiana C. J. Borum Michigan Florida Georgia Food Distribution Administration Chicago

Notice of Redemption and Retirement of All Out St ing Bond Issue

Notice announces Byrd Corporation calling in and retiring all five percent bonds of H F and T B Byrd Incorporated dated March 15 1940 payable March 15 1945. Bonds totaling $100000 will be redeemed at par March 15 1944 at Farmers and Merchants Bank Timberville Virginia with interest ceasing thereafter.

H. F T. B. Byrd Byrd Corporation Virginia R. Gray Williams Clifford D. Grim Laird L. Conrad Circuit Court of Rockingham Court Farmers and Merchants Bank. Incorporated Timberville Banking House of Farmers and Merchants Bank. Incorporated H. F. Byrd

Local Service Men Among Casualties

Washington report lists several service members killed in action in the Mediterranean theater. Names include Robert L. Childress, Corl Samuel M. Beanheister, Charlies A. Clevenger, Raymond Maude E. Filder, Mitchel T. Franks, and Peter G. A. Moock, with family connections noted.

Washington A. Se Robert L. Childress Thenieee Central Pacific Ida W. Childress Corl Samuel M John L. Bean Hester Charlies A. Clevenger Nellie Eee Winchess Fei Raymond Maude E. Filder Vinton Mitchel T. Franks Henry M. Franks Stephens City Pfc Peter G. A. Moock Gertrude L. Moock Roanoke Mediterranean Star of the Low

Nazi Chancellery Burns Furiously

A bomb set fire gutted parts of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Chancellery in Berlin after a British RAF raid. Firemen fought the blaze for four hours, a traveler said, with risky rescue work and unknown fate of people trapped in a shelter beneath the building. A storage tank holding 50,000 gallons of fuel for the Luftwaffe was also destroyed in the raid.

Stockholm Hitler Spraw Sommely Berlin Free Danish Press Service

City Workers In Philadelphia Go Out On Strike

More than 3,000 Philadelphia public works employees walk out demanding a 10 cent per hour raise. Unionists from street cleaning highways and water bureaus of AFSCME walkout after a Turners Hall vote, presenting Mayor Samuel with an unforeseen challenge two days into his term.

Philadelphia Department of Public Works American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes AFL Turners’ Hall Bernard Samuel Samuel H. Rosenberg

Sales Directory listing farm stock and goods in Virginia regions

A sequence of farm sales notices from January to March listing buyers and locations across Clarke, Frederick, Jefferson counties and nearby towns. Dates include JAN 7 JAN 27 JAN 28 FEB 18 FEB 21 FEB 24 FEB 25 and MARCH 6 with sellers such as Preston Moffett C M Nicodemus Geo Baker F C Inskip C O Vorous Dick Solightly Lee Boyce and D P Welch. The sales cover stock implements machinery phon etc with farm sites including near Orlean Berryville Boyce Stephens City Millwood Hayfield and Jack Smith farm.

Preston Moffett N. Orlean C. M. Nicodemus Clarke County Berryville Geo. Baker Boyce F. C. Inskip Stephens City C. O. Vorous Dick Solightly Millwood Lee Boyce Hayfield Frederick County P. Welch Jack Smith Jefferson County

Union seeks wage adjustment as city budget limits raise

Thomas Mallon of the AFL says the union has pursued wage increases for three months while city council delays. Officials claim the 1944 budget allows only minor raises from pay standardization, with some workers receiving about 22 cents a day.

Thomas Mallon Direc Tor

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