Set Aside Order On Chickens In Del Mar Va Area
The War era set aside order in the Del Mar Va area boosted chicken purchases for December 11 23 1944. The U S Quartermaster Corps bought 2 879 650 pounds of chickens in two weeks through Dover Delaware and Richmond Virginia centers. Purchases rose from 470 293 pounds weekly to 1 148 490 pounds first week and 1 731 160 pounds second week, vastly exceeding prior weekly averages to support overseas troops and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Quartermaster Corps
Del-Mar-Va
Dover
Del
Richmond, Va
Quartermaster Market
Quartermaster General
Quartermaster Corps
Cigarette Black Market Trials In Paris
Four American enlisted men were sentenced to 45 to 50 years at hard labor by a general court martial for looting supply trains and diverting cigarettes and rations into the French black market. A witness testified that overseas cigarette shipments fell far short of planned totals, aiding shortages for troops in Europe amid the trials of 182 enlisted men and two officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Harry W. Kline
Post Exchange Division
Chief Quartermaster’s Office
Europe
Seber
Kline
Senate Won't Act On Foreign Policy
Administration supporters oppose Senate action on foreign policy ahead of Roosevelt meetings with Churchill and Stalin. Senator George urges reliance on the president in conferences, while Hatch and Ball push to rally support for a declaration of foreign policy. Connally opposes early action, fearing division. Senate set to meet tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Senate
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
Meeting Postponed Because of Weather
The North Frederick Home Demonstration Club will not meet as planned due to weather and road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Frederick
Washington Touchdown Club To Honor Players
The Touchdown Club of Washington will award trophies to four top football players at its 10th annual dinner tonight. About 1,200 guests are expected at the Hotel Statler. Clark Griffith, president of the Washington Senators, seeks support to secure baseball hall of fame entry. Dr. H C Byrd of the University of Maryland will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Touchdown Club of Washington
Hotel Statler
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Anti Nazi Signs Reported in Reich Stir Resistance
In Bern on January 9, Thomas F. Hawkins notes new anti Nazi signs in Germany. Communists, though few in Berlin, form the best organized anti regime force. Food shortages drive acts of subsistence resistance by irregular bands including foreign workers hiding near Frankfurt.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Jan
Germany
Reich
Fitler
Hitler
Frankfurt Am Main
Berlin
Royal Prince Abdorrenza Pahiairi Visits Winchester
Prince Abdorrenza Pahiairi of our Allies halted in Winchester at noon for a luncheon at the Trianon Restaurant. He traveled with Colonel Khrostvo vyani who will escort the prince to the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington for an admission interview as a student applicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Abdorrenza Pahiairi
Our Allies
Winchester
Trianon
Khrostovyani
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Rev. E B Dunn Dies in Philadelphia at 74
The Rev. Edward B. Dunn, retired Evangelical Church minister, died at his Philadelphia home Sunday night January 7 at age 74. Born near Red Bud he was brother of the late Thomas L Dunn of Martinsburg West Virginia. Survived by widow Ida Dunn and two daughters. Funeral January 10 at 3 PM from W J Cooks Memorial Home Baltimore Maryland.
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Edward B. Dunn
Evangelical Church
Philadelphia
Red Bud
Dunn
Thomas L Dunn
Martinsburg
W Va
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Ida Dunn
W. J. Cooks
Baltimore
Two Firemen Die In Harlem Warehouse Fire
A four alarm blaze at a six story Harlem warehouse left two firemen confirmed dead and many others overcome by smoke. The truck carrying the dead men was buried under debris when the roof collapsed as the fire raged through the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
U S Plans Far-Reaching Latin American Industrial Growth
Washington reports the United States will attend the Pan American conference in Mexico City next month with expansive plans for industrial and commercial development in Latin America. Officials see industrialization as a reply to Western Hemisphere fears of postwar economic downturn and reduced Anglo American material demands for munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mexico City
Latin America
Explosion after truck collision in rural England kills three
A fire after a collision between a U S army explosives truck and a civilian vehicle detonated 20 bombs, killing three people and injuring 18 in rural England. The incident was confirmed by U S strategic air force headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
U. S. Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Civil Service Preferences for Dependents of War Veterans
Wives and widows of disabled veterans receive special preferences for U S Civil Service positions. Dependents of war veterans may also be entitled to a preference under applicable rules, with specific provisions varying by agency and job posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Civil Service
Americans Near St Vith Houffalize Front in Blizzard Push
American drivers piercing a heavy blizzard reached a point barely three miles from the St Vith Houffalize road, the last supply and escape artery in the salient, advancing on the northern flank of the Belgian bulge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Belgian Bulge
St. Vith-Houffalize
Salinent
Opposition grows in Virginia intra state airline hearing
At Richmond a Virginia State Corporation Commission hearing on intra state passenger service applications drew opposition from major carriers including American and Penn Central, with large rail and bus interests arguing against certificates now. Virginia Central Air Lines pressed to carry passengers and mail among Alexandria Richmond Norfolk Roanoke Petersburg and Blackstone as Atlantic Western seeks Danville Roanoke via Norfolk Richmond and Lynchburg. Blue Ridge Airlines saw five route applications continued to March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Aircraft Carrier Act
Virginia
SCC
American
Penn- Central
Blue Ridge Airlines, Inc
Russia weighs lend lease for civilian goods and war needs
Washington reports Russia is considering an American lend lease plan to finance purchases of goods with long range civilian and immediate wartime use. Moscow has debated the proposal for months and officials say the funded share is a small portion of total munitions sent under lend lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Foreign Economic Administration
Joyner Names Clarke County Auto License Agent
Brerryville Va Jane W Burtner Clarke County Treasurer has accepted appointment by C F Joyner Jr Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles as license agent in Clarke County to succeed Annie M Stribling who has resigned Striblings eight year service makes her one of the longest serving agents in Virginia Her resignation follows an Insurance Companies ruling prohibiting agents from handling the automobile license agency affecting about fifteen agents statewide
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Brerryville
Jane— W. D. Burtner
Clarke County
C. F. Joyner
Division of Motor Vehicles
Richmond
Virginia
Annie M. Stribling
Miss Stribling
Insurance Companies
Bradley says Ardennes offensive may curb German war effort
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley said the thwarted Ardennes offensive may limit Germany's ability to prolong the war. He cautioned against assuming imminent German collapse and noted heavy German prisoner losses since December 16 as American forces slowed the penetration. Bradley praised the halted German advance as a defining moment in Allied fighting and described the army shifts under Montgomery as temporary until the salient is eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army Group
Omar N. Bradley
Ardennes
Bradley
U. S
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
12Th Army Group
See Compromise On Insurance Law
President Roosevelt faces possible compromise on insurance legislation as lawmakers push to end federal regulation of insurers and to exempt them from Sherman antitrust laws. Rep Walter and Sen Bailey express confidence a quick settlement and a shift toward state regulation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter
D.-Pa
Bailey
King Vittorio Emanuele Suffers Nonfatal Stroke
The Berlin radio, citing Transocean News Agency, reported Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele III, 75, suffered a light nonfatal stroke. The broadcast said rumors of his death were unfounded and that no illness was noted in Rome dispatches yesterday and today.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Transocean
Rome
Russian Forces Advance Toward West After Danube Gains
Russian troops capture seven towns along the Danube and seize a railway as the north bank gains. Inside Budapest the forces claim 130 more blocks, tightening the encirclement and pressing toward western routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Malinovsky
Budapest
Eight Die As Clipper Wreck Salvage Effort Continues
Navy divers worked before dawn to raise wreckage after a Clipper crash. Fifteen are listed as missing with only two known survivors from a separate five person family. Missionary Paul J. Whitlock and family members are among the missing. Charles Donald Williams and his daughter survived while his wife and two other daughters perished. Captain C A Goyette survived. the flight was a 7000 mile Congo route with a 13 crew on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Paul J. Whitlock
New York
Charles Donald Williams
Rilo de Janeiro
Nancy Lou
Judith Cerol
Patricia Emily
Margaret Elizabeth
Belgian Congo
C. A. Goyette
Miami
Virginia counties urge Denny rate for school funding
Twenty eight Virginia counties already raise roughly the Denny commission level for school funding. Counties include Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Dickenson, Elizabeth City, Southampton, Wise, and more. Larger cities largely exceed the recommended 55 cent rate, while state officials debate using true property value for three year assessments and funding conditions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Denny School Commission
Amelia
Appomattox
Brunswick
Dickenson
Elizabeth City
Southampton
And
Wise
Charles City
Chesterfield
Craig
Goochland
Greene
Mecklenburg
Middlesex
New Kent
Northumberland
Patrick
Rappahannock
Surry
Westmored
Denny
State Department of Taxation
General Assembly
Denny Commission
State Tax Department
Olcott Named to Fairfax Soil Conservation District Board
Berryville Va January 9 J W Olcott County Agent was appointed to serve on the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors for a term of one year effective January 1945 Clarke County recently included in the Fairfax district and will join the board at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
State Soil Conservation Ittee
J. W. Olcott
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Clarke County
Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Prayer Tonight Brings Wellspring of Encouragement
A church program features Dr. Adams with a talk on meeting greatest needs, illustrated by experiences. Rev. Nelson and Rev. Vanderberry join in leading the evening referenced as a communal prayer. Community members urged to assist and stay safe during drive event.
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Bulletin
Washington Touchdown Club
Royal Prince
Dr. Clendening
the Star
Curb Collection
Belgium
Ardennes Salient
Strasbourg
U. S. Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
U.S.S. Dayton
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Paul W. Steinhagen
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
International
U.S. Signal Corps
E. B. Dunn
County
U.S
C. F. Joyner, Jr
New Auto
Clarke
RVR Ie
New York City
Flora G. Benson
Whitman, Mass
Olcott
Vicks Wa
Western Frederick Bank of
Gore
A.C. Oates
J. W. Ward
A. C. Oates
Cashier
H. E. Hiett
B. A. Giffin
W. Franks
State of
Frederick
James C
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