Handley High Falls to AMA 51 34 in Opener
Handley High School lost their season opener to AMA last night 51 to 34. Sargent led Handley with 8 points as the Yellow Jackets trailed most of the game, while AMA built a early lead and held on.
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Handley High School
Bas- Bll
Eo Academy
Yellow Jackets
Alveteran
Berkeley
U. S. N Academy
H “Snag
Sargent
Garber
Lovett
Lamb
Lewis
Lamb Jocal
Vilivek
Li Qahoaseyns
Acuseaue
Lomerfield
Leila Wis
Slalaioseie
Bard
Martinsburg
Fort Hill
Cumber
Bulldogs
Hepherdstown
Charles
Jude
Byrnes Office Says Coal Situation Discussed at Cabinet
A fragile fragment indicates an aide said Byrnes, at a cabinet meeting, pressed for action as President Roosevelt urged immediate measures to address the coal shortage.
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Soft
Seve
Byrnes
Roosveelt
Daily Quiz Answers From The Greases Question
Answers appear to be tied to a public quiz in the newspaper. The text mentions greases fats and oils in relation to glycerin and explosives, with a cryptic note about infantry.
Wartime rationing notices from March and January
The text outlines rationing schedules for processed foods and stamps, with references to Q5 through X%5, Book four blue and red series, and dates such as March 1 February 1 and March 21. It mentions no termination dates set for certain items and general validity of coupons A and B series.
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OPA
W P Chrysler Jr to Take Yn Bride In War Renton
Norfolk reports the engagement of Miss Outland to Wale P Chrysler Jr of Warrenton and New York. No wedding date set. Miss Outland, a William and Mary alumna, assisted at the Norfolk college branch during wartime service.
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Norfolk
Wale P. Chrysler, Jr
Warrenton
New York
Miss Outland
Grover Cleveland Outland
Chrysler
Navy
Naval Air Station
Key West
North Wales
Gainesboro Farm Repair Shop Opens Beginnings This Week
At a Gainesboro Junior Farmers meeting the group approved a farm repair shop opening Thursday and Friday nights from seven to ten starting tonight January 11. Rex Light will coordinate machine drop offs and repairs while M M Adams presided over the session and refreshments were served to eighteen members.
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Gainesboro
Rex Light
Gainesboro School
M. M. Adams
Mr. Adams
Carlton Ramey
Drunk and other offenses heard in Civil and Police Court
Judge John Rice presided as multiple defendants faced charges including drunkenness, without licenses, and reckless driving. Notable verdicts include Nelson Long jailed 60 days for violation of section 95 and $25, and 60 days for related counts. several individuals fined $5 to $10 plus costs. A juvenile was convicted of reckless driving. one dog cruelty case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Civil and Police Court
John Rice
Nelson C. Long
Winchester
Robert H. Watts
City
Anna Valentine
Charles Steward
North Loudoun Street
Hubert Cleveland McDonald
Flint Hill
Fred Bernier
Martinsburg
W. Va
Albert Mason
Opequon
Beula Lee Miller
Highland Avenue
Clarence L. Clark
Millwood Avenue
Wreck in Sumatra Kills 224 and Injures 245
Japanese radio in Malayan service reports a Padangpandjang train wreck on Christmas Day killing 224 and injuring 245. The broadcast notes 28,000 piarins collected to aid the injured and kin of the dead.
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Associated Press
Malayan Radio
Padangpandjang
Sumatra
Federal Communications Commission
Retired Soldier Vernie O Gordon Dies in Winchester
Vernie O Gordon a 61 year old retired U S Army veteran died at 5 30 this morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a five day illness from a heart condition Born September 10 1883 in Rogers Arkansas he served 30 years including World War I service in Siberia He and his family recently moved to 402 National Avenue He was a member of the Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion which will conduct services Saturday at 10 AM at Jones Funeral Home then graveside at National Cemetery Survived by his mother wife a son and a daughter and two sisters
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Vernie O. Gordon
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Martha Hamilton Gordon
George W. Gordon
Rogers
Arkansas
Gordon
U. S. Army
Siberia
National Avenue
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Jones Funeral Home
National Cemetery
Oil Truck And Train Collide Near Bealton Killing Driver
A collision at a grade crossing in Bealton Virginia between a Southern train and an oil truck killed the truck driver and injured the engineer and fireman. Fire and explosion damaged the freight depot and a nearby garage window. Ambulances carried two patients to Warren ton hospital. officials did not release names or full injury details.
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Bealton
W. E. Burke
R. L. Moser
Suddeth Funeral Home
Warrenton
War casualties rise to six hundred forty six thousand
Secretary of War Stimson announced Army casualties at 564,351 and Navy at 82,029, totaling 646,380 since Pearl Harbor. The increase reflects losses up to December 29, with figures compiled in Washington two to three weeks earlier and not counting December offensives.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Auto Licenses On Sale At One Third
Automobile licenses go on sale at one third starting Tuesday January 16 at 9 30 from the office of Andrew Bell local agent for the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.
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Andrew Bell
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Favors Predict Lower Postwar Federal Budget
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George D Ga predicts a postwar federal budget near 20 billion dollars per year versus Roosevelt’s 83 billion request. He plans to reserve over 2 billion for debt reduction, with the debt expected to rise to 292 billion by June 30, 1946. Roosevelt’s budget message projects 25 to 50 billion annually after the war.
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George D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
George
Stimpson says U S Army is understrength
War Secretary Stimson said the army is under strength when measured by effectiveness. He cited 459000 wounded and sick in Army hospitals and 85000 in rotation as reducing effective forces. He urged calling in substantially all fit men below 30 from factories farms and government to meet front needs.
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Washington
Stimson
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
House Military Committee
Navy
Marines
Rev G W Stover Dies Suddenly After 44 Years in Ministry
Rev G W Stover dies suddenly ending a 44 year ministry begun in 1894 in Prince William county He served as farmer postmaster miller and minister studying at the University of Virginia and through various charges including Staunton and Winchester His civic and fraternal work included leadership in the Winchester Ministerial Association and chaplaincy for the Sarah Zane Fire Company Funeral services set for Winchester United Brethren Church Interment in Thornas Cemetery Staunton He is survived by two daughters a son and other relatives
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University of Virginia
United Brethren Confernce
Prince William County
Jones’ Spring
Berkeley County
West Virginia
Staunton
St. Paul's United Brethren Church
Mr. Stove
Augusta
Augusta County
Fort Defiance
Joshua Stover
Roller’s Academy
Emma Fuller
Folly’s Mill
Stover
Winchester Ministerial Association
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Masonic Lodge
Staunton Lodge No
A. F
A. Masons
Union Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Stevenson Commandery
Knights Templar
Sadie Hamrick
Hattie Stover
Paul Stover
Bethlehem
Virginia
Omps Funeral Home
Thornas Cemetery
Australia Supplying Food for Yanks in Pacific Area
New York January 11 Australia is providing more than 90 percent of the food used by United States forces in the southwest Pacific a member of the Australian Advisory War Council said today Percy Spender former minister for the Australian Army said in an address for a Commerce and Industry Association meeting that Australia also expanded its industry rapidly in manufacturing the war has pushed Australia ahead perhaps 20 years.
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New York
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Australian Advisory War Council
Percy Spender
Commerce and Industry Association
Spender
Farm Machinery Repair Class At Stephens City
Stephens City announces a farm machinery repair class starting next Monday January 15. The class will meet Monday and Friday nights under James C. Gordon, vocational agriculture teacher. Farmers should call Joe Clevenger to schedule repairs to prevent outdoor exposure of machinery.
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Stephens City
James C. Gordon
Joe Clevenger
Sweeping Review on Pacific War Strategy and Russia
The article discusses a shift in Pacific strategy amid Europe’s delay. It notes potential Russian involvement in the Pacific, which could move focus from southern routes to northern approaches including the Kurile islands, Manchuria, and Korea. It favors accelerated American force buildup to pressure Japan while Europe concludes, but expresses little optimism without Russian help or a European victory.
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Japan
China
Europe
Russia
Pacific
Washington
Kurile Islands
Manchuria
Korea
British Patrols Stab Ahead in Normandy Cold War
Snow and mist shielded German withdrawals as Allied forces push in the Bulge. Eisenhower notes repulsed attacks in the Alsace plain near Strasbourg and Colmar. Patton’s Third Army advances west of Bastogne while St Vith area sees gains. Von Rundstedt retains a mobile reserve as fighting lingers amid heavy weather.
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Normandy
Ourthe
Laoche
Ardennes
Eisenhower
Alsace
Strasbourg
Colmar
Rhine
U. S. Seventh Army
Oeting
Forbach
Saarland
Searbrucken
Second Army
Belgian Bulge
Laroche
Bure
First Army
Salient
Vielsalm
von Rundstedt
Volksstrom
Volksgrenadier
Bulge
Sixth Army Group
Alsage
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G. W. Stover
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War Department
Army
Clarke County
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Chappie
Rhodes Drug Store
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Miller’s
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Norwich Aspira
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Isaasy
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