Clarke County prepares for 1945 food production meeting
Berryville Virginia January 10 1945 a trio from Blacksburg will meet with the Clarke County board of agriculture and community committees to discuss farming problems for the new year Topics include livestock goals crops and AAA conservation practices with material outlook and supply prospects The visiting team includes J Cox H Byrne and L B Whitacre to aid county farmers and groups.
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Star
Berryville
Janary
Blacksburg
New County Board of Argiture
Usda War Board
War Board
Olcott
Wwe
AAA
Cox
H. Byrne
Extension Agroup
L. B. Whitacre
Rhodes Named President of Middletown Bank
At the Middletown State Bank annual meeting stockholders reported the most profitable year since 1930 with two cash dividends of 2 percent and 3 percent, $5,000 added to surplus, and deposits rising by $80,000. The board reorganized naming M. H. Rhodes as president along with E. M. Funk and E. L. Humston as officers. 243 of 250 shares were represented.
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Middletown State Bank
E. M. Funk
Erry
B. O. Brumback
H. W
J. J. Pickeral
M.oh
Rhodes
E. M
E. L. Humston
W. R. Campbell
First Negro periodical Freedom's Journal 1827
The first Negro periodical was Freedom's Journal issued in 1827 and titled Rights of All. The paper died in 1830.
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United Test B. W. A
Freedom's Journal
Rights of All
Ration Calendar Update On Stamp Validities
Ration calendar notes from the Associated Press state no termination dates set for meat and fats stamps Q5 through X5 and blue stamps X5 through G2, with validation dates approaching March 1 and February 1. Processed foods stamps and shoe stamps also listed as good with no cancellation plans.
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OPA
Staples Files Lengthy Brief on Constitutional Convention
In Richmond Virginia on January 10 the attorney general Abram P. Staples filed a lengthy mandamus brief with the state supreme court of appeals challenging the war vote referendum bill. The brief cites numerous authorities and argues the bill proposing a constitutional convention for revising the constitution does not conflict with constitutional provisions and only allows military personnel to vote.
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Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Abram P
Attoney General
General Assembly
Committee Defers Action on Universal Military Training
The House post war military policy committee deferred action on a universal military training law requested by the President. The move lets the House focus on war manpower legislation after a conference with War and Navy Department spokesmen.
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Washington
House
War and
Navy Department
Flat Ceiling Set on Live Cattle Prices
The government imposed a flat price ceiling on live cattle effective January 29, lowering the ceiling to 17.50 per hundredweight by July 2 and extending to calves as well. The move follows opposition from stockmen and was announced by Stabilization Director Vinson.
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Washington
Vinson
Bombers Strike Rhine Front in daylight raid
U S Liberators and Flying Fortresses bombarded bridges airfields and road junctions behind the Belgian bulge along the Rhine in a daytime assault. The 8th Air Force faced icy runways and snowstorms delivering about 4000 tons of bombs with 1100 aircraft and 300 escorts.
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London
U.S
Belgian Bulge
Rhine
Eighth Air Force
Water Shortage Threatens Pa City Amid Ice Jam
Army engineers pump water into Columbia mains from Shawnee and Strickler Creeks to avert a Susquehanna ice jam flood at the Columbia Water Company pumping station. An emergency pipeline to York was considered impractical and bombing the jam was rejected. The Army plant can deliver 140000 gallons daily.
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Columbia
Army
Columbia Water Company
York
Shawnee
Strickler
Time Life war correspondent killed in Lingayen Gulf action
William Henry Chickering aged 28, veteran war reporter for Time and Life, was killed by enemy air action in Lingayen Gulf on January 6 while accompanying General Douglas MacArthur during the Luzon invasion. He covered Leyte, New Guinea, Gilbert Islands, and Bougainville campaigns and was a native of Oakland, California.
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New York
William Henry Chickering
Time and
Life Magazines
Lingayen Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Chickering
Leyte
Philippines
MacArthur
Luzon
New Guinea
Gilbert Islands
Bougainville
Oakland
Calif
Council of Churches Elects Officers in Virginia
Richmond Va Jan 10 The Virginia Council of Churches elected officers at its first convocation for a two day meeting Henry Lee Robison Jr of Richmond was named executive secretary Thomas C Allen of Richmond chosen director of race relations and Minor C Miller of Bridgewater named associated general secretary A budget around 35000 with 14600 earmarked for Christian education development was approved by the council executive committee.
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Richmond
Virginia Council of Churches
Henry Lee Robison, Jr
Thomas C. Allen
Department of Race Relations
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Virginia Council
Ealm
Council
Middletown Council Approves Town Well Bid
The Middletown Town Council accepted Fred Stickley of Strasburg as the low bidder to drill an 8 inch well behind the old school on Church street. The contract covers footage-based pricing with a limestone contingency and aims for sufficient depth to yield water for fire protection and domestic use, marking a concrete step toward a town water supply.
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Middletown
Fred Stickley
Strasburg
Stickley
Church Street
Stephens City
Argentina refuses future Pan American Union talks
The Argentine government announced it would not participate in future Pan American Union meetings after the union postponed consideration of Argentina's request for consultative talks on relations with other American nations. The Pan American Union has been Argentina's main diplomatic link since the current military government under General Edmundo Farrell failed to gain recognition.
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Buenos Aires
Pan-American Union
Argentina
Edelmire J. Farrell
British Fleets To Operate In East In 194? Eastern Waters
Brigadier J. G. Smyth says two large British fleets will operate in Eastern waters this year, one possibly in the Indian Ocean. Landing craft released from Europe may be handed to Admiral Mountbatten, Allied commander in Southeast Asia.
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London
Indian Ocean
J. G. Smyth
Royal Empire Society Toay
Smyth
Burma
Europe
Lord Louis Mountbaten
Southeast Asia
First Phase Ward Legal Fight Ends
Chicago January 10 The first phase of the legal fight over the army seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company properties ended as Judge Philip S Sullivan heard pleas on the government motion to restrain interference with army operation of seized facilities in seven cities. A decision is not expected for weeks with appeals likely to the supreme court. Briefs are due January 16 for the company and January 22 for the government.
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Chicago
Army
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Philip S. Sullivan
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Induction Orders List Fifteen Reservists Named
The following men were ordered for induction today. Kenneth Rush Adams Wilbur Wayne Anderson Earl Lee Dick Carl Jefferson Rinker Harry William DeSchon Olon Charles Lowe Everett Franklin Kible Earl Anderson Haun George Clifton McFarland Paul Richard Newlin Cletus William Goode Holmes Edward Wingfield Strother Adams Charles B. Mallory Herman Milton Clark.
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Kenneth Rush Adams
Wilbur Wayne Anderson
Earl Lee Dick
Carl Jefferson Rinker
Harry William DeSchon
Olon Charles Lowe
Everett Franklin Kible
Earl Anderson Haun
George Clifton McFarland
Paul Richard Newlin
Cletus William Goode
Holmes Edward Wingfield
Strother Adams
Charles B. Mallory
Herman Milton Clark
France Plans Massive Army Expansion in 1934 44 Drafts
Paris reports France intends to mobilize 10 classes of young men from 1934 to 1944, adding about 1.8 million soldiers to bring the armed forces over two million. An agreement in principle with Britain and the United States would supply arms and ammunition.
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Paris
France
Britain
United States
London Papers Like U. S. Budget Message
The London Star welcomed President Roosevelt's budget message calling it a pledge that the United States will not abandon Europe. The editorial said the President adds authority to the view that world futures depend on economic cooperation between the New World and the Old. It stated America will march with Europe in peace.
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London
London Star Today
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
the Star
America
Locomotive Boiler Explodes West of Buck Lodge
A Baltimore and Ohio special passenger train boiler exploded 22 miles west of Buck Lodge near Rockville Maryland killing two trainmen Lloyd P. Frederick and H. P. Brown. Army troops aboard the train had left Fort Meade last night and 18 passengers were shaken but not injured. The wreck blocked both tracks while officials worked to clear eastbound routes.
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Rockville
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Buck Lodge
Lloyd P. Frederick
Williams Street
Baltimore
H. P. Brown
Urban Way
Third Service Command
Fort Meade
International Point Of View Favored in PAC Debate
Sidney Hillman head of the pIo political action committee says the PAC would back Republicans with an international point of view who meet labor’s criteria ahead of isolationist laborites. He spoke last night in an interview with William R. Mathews of the Arizona Daily Star while resting at a desert guest ranch near Tucson.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sidney Hillman
pIo Political Action Committee
PAC
Hillman
William R. Mathews
The
Arizona Daily Star
Invasion May Draw Jap Navy Out again
A Tokyo dispatch quoted Lt. Gen. Mashaharu Homma, former Japanese commander in chief in the Philippines, saying that after American landings on Luzon the Japanese navy may now go into action. He urged immediate counter measures as Manila faces fresh danger and warned the moment for determined action is at hand.
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London
Tokyo
Berlin
Mashaharu Homma
Philippines
DNB
Homma
Manila
Shelton Held On Federal Charges
J. Paul Shelton, 27, was turned over to federal officers by Arlington County authorities for arraignment before U S Commissioner Stanley King in Alexandria on charges of kidnapping and attempted bank robbery. County charges of attempted robbery of the East Falls Church Branch Bank last Saturday had not been dropped.
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Arlington
J. Paul Shelton
Arlington County
U. S
Stanley King
Alexandria
Lawrence Douglas
East Falls Church
Paratroops Drop Down In Norway
Norwegian parachutists cut the Trondheim Oslo railway line used for evacuating Germans. Two German divisions in Norway are pressing to retreat, while eight other divisions are being moved out under Field Marshal Rundstedt on the Western Front.
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London
Norway
Trondheim
Oslo
Germany
Karl von Rundstedt
Donald Nelson Recovered After Quarterly Physical
Donald M. Nelson personal representative of President Roosevelt was released from Doctors Hospital after a routine quarterly physical. Hospital officials said he was in fine shape as he left Monday afternoon.
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New York
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
Auto clubs map postwar Britain road plan
London reports three major British auto clubs outline a postwar plan featuring broad highways linking cities and ports, river tunnels, elevated roads, pedestrian subways beneath crossings, and non skid surfaces to boost automobilists access nationwide.
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London
Great Britain
Improverae
London Daily
Ail
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia Waives 1945 Policy Premiums
In Richmond on January 10 the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia reports no cost to policy holders for 1945 policy amendments. Abatement of the annual quota remains 100 percent by order of the standing committee, with notices sent to insureds. Signed by W Meade Addison, principal agent.
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Richmond
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia
South
W. Meade Addison
Grandma Promotes Mutton Suet Rub Then Penetro Relief
Grandma's home cold rub with mutton suet evolves into Penetro salve. It claims three effects: relieve chest pain by carrying medicine to skin nerves, ease muscular tightness and congestion, and loosen phlegm to reduce coughing. Parents urged to buy nationwide.
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Grandma
America
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Middletown Bank
A. S
Associated Press
Manila Bay
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Staples Files
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Myerson
Harvard Medical School
Meyer Semunchik
Wandling
Mae Barrett
James F. Brady
SILCO
Silico
Time
Council of Churches
East
Chappie
Rhodes Drug Store
Clarke County
Shelton
Donald Nelson
Sam
Ustoday
John W. Rosenberger & CO
S. Braddock
T. M
K.C. Corps
Winchester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Dial
Panama
Pearl Harbor
Port Moresby
Providence
Coca-Cola Company
Winchester
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Valley Avenue
E. E. Harbaugh, Mer
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