Community Concert Association Membership Drive Opens in City
The Winchester Community Concert Association kicked off its membership drive with a Grace Lutheran Church dinner. Dr. R. R. Sartelle presided, Dorothy Larrick led workers and captains, and Harold Welch spoke on the plan’s history and artists. Sixty five attended. memberships due by Saturday night Jan 20. Headquarters are at Miles Store. information via telephone 4761.
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Winchester
Grace Lutheran Church
R. R. Sartelle
Dorothy Larrick
R. T. Lozier
Harold Welch
Community Concert Service
New York
Ward French
Dorothy Ewing
Marshall Jessee
Virginia-Tennessee
Miles
Mem- Sioa
Suffolk Stockyard Fire Destroys Business District Buildings
A large blaze swept the Suffolk stockyards near the Washington streets intersection, destroying multiple hay and feed storage structures. Fire Chief James H. Ley said up to 30 horses and several dogs were housed on the first floor. some were saved. Damages were estimated around 20,000 dollars.
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Suffolk
R. Lee Main
Washington Streets
Piremen
James H.ley
Hill Entrenched Offensive Push Across Luzon Front
Forces press the invasion toward Manila with converging columns reaching Camiling twenty miles from U S troops. Fires blaze in Tarlac city as Far Eastern Air Force bombers strike bivouacs and supplies. Bombing targets include Clark Field and airstrips near Manila and Batangas.
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Camiling
Tarlac
Central Plains
Manila
Clark Field
Batangas
Local Fighter Remembered in Obituary Notes
The local fighter is remembered for his outstanding performances on the field. He attended Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in the city. Survived by his wife and parents, he also leaves two brothers in the service Lt James H Himelright at Camp Callan Calif and Pvt Loring Himelright at Camp Blanding Fla.
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Loudoun Street
Ration Calendar Update On Stamp Validity And Dates
The Ration Calendar reports no termination dates set for Meats and processed foods stamps in Book 4 blue X5 to Z5 A2 to G2. 34 stamp valid indefinitely for five pounds. five pound Dew stamp valid Feb 1 for three to five months. Airplane stamps 1 2 3 indefinite. A says no plans to cancel 14 A coupons good for four gallons each by March 21. B 5 C 5 C 6 good for all five gallons.
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Associated Press
OPA
Germans Admit Schlossberg Fall
A Berlin report says Red Army forces broke into the town of Schlossberg in East Prussia as Moscow announces major Soviet offensives across ten sectors from the Baltic to Yugoslavia. The Budapest battle nears end with 4,790 Soviet prisoners captured on Sunday.
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Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Vistula
Berlin
Baltic
Yugoslavia
Kielge
Stalin
Warsaw
East Prussia
Schlossberg
Poland
Narew
Pultusk
Rozan
Budapest
Churchill set to unveil Greece war plans in debate
Churchill stated British casualties in Greece from December 3 to January 1 totaled 2 101 with 237 killed. He refused to discuss policy during questions, promising a government statement during the coming debate. He insisted the war would continue until unconditional surrender is achieved.
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Ing
Churchill
Greece
House of Churchill
Rhys Davis
Inauir
Germany
Europe
Answers to the Daily Quiz from December 16, 1944
Correct responses include December 16, 1944. Bagh and Handel. at or in another place. Virginia Dare. against England by the Germans in World War I. the Battle of Midway. the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Little Black Sambo. Holland. Liberty freighter.
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Bagh and Handel
Virginia Dare
England
Alaska
Russia
Holland
Poultry-Killing Plant Studied In Winchester Area
About 27 poultrymen and feed dealers met in the county courthouse to form a committee to study local poultry production and advise on locating a poultry killing plant in Winchester or nearby. The group, chaired by C Ervin Cather, heard three funding options from Tom Heitz of the Rockingham County Poultry Co Operative Marketing Association, including full local funding or a split with the Rockingham Association, or a marketing agreement to supply up to 500 000 chickens annually for a Timberville plant. The proposed local plant would process up to 3 million pounds of meat annually with about 300 members in the association, compared with 3200 in the Rockingham plant. County agents and agricultural economists spoke on cooperative value, and pruning demonstrations were postponed due to weather.
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County Court House
Winchester
C. Ervin Cather
M. J. Pease
A. F. Huebner
George Kern
T. B. Rosenberger
S. L. Shackleford
H. O. Carr
Tom Heitz
Rockingham County Poultry Co- Operative Marketing Association
Timberville
Rockingham Association
Heitz
Virginia
West Virginia
Bockingham
S. M. Cox
Gordon H. Ward
I. Fred Stine
Byrd 145th UVa Alumnus Decorated in World War II
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Jan 15 Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd the last weeks recipient of the Legion of Merit is the 145th University of Virginia alumnus to be decorated for wartime service Seventeen generals and three admirals are among the 5328 UVa alumni listed in Alumni Hall Adm William F Halsey Jr is the ranking Navy alumnus and Lt Gen A A Vandergrift leads the Marine Corps The Armory list includes three major generals G Breen Oliver P Echols and Robert L Spragins
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Charlottesville
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Roosevelt
University of Virginia
United States
Alumni
William F. Halsey, Jr
Navy
A. A. Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Nie
G. Breen
Oliver P. Echols
Robert L. Spragins
Winter Weather Grips Nation
Snow sleet and rain hit the northeast with four inches in New York City and four to nine inches in Maryland. An eastern blizzard spread to West Virginia while Maryland schools closed. Rain and snow affected Baltimore traffic as storms moved from New Jersey eastward.
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New Jersey
New York
New England
New York City
Maryland
Baltimore
Panhandle
West Virginia
Jefferson County
Chicago Weather Bureau
Midwest
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain
Mrs Ashby Miller Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Ashby Miller died this afternoon at 2 15 o clock in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a illness. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Friends and relatives are earnestly requested not to send flowers. A further account will appear in tomorrow s Star.
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Ashby Miller
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Weather forecast for zones four and five outlook period
The Washington Weather Bureau reports for January 17 to 21 that zone four will be near to above normal in the south and near freezing in the north with a cold start and warming trend. Snow expected in the north with rain in the south, mainly Thursday to Saturday in the north and Thursday and Sunday in the south. Zone five will run near normal in the north and above normal in the south with a rising trend Wednesday, colder Thursday, and rain likely Thursday and Sunday.
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Washington Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Senator Francis T. Maloney Dies in Connecticut
United States Senator Francis T. Maloney of Connecticut, age 50, died at Meridan Hospital after illness. He had served a second term and suffered a heart attack, described as a coronary thrombosis, while in a light sleep. He chaired a gasoline and fuel oil shortages inquiry in 1943–44 and the oil investigation committee on international production and distribution. He supported New Deal reforms yet spoke independently and opposed court packing in 1937.
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Meriden
Conn
United States
Francis T. Maloney
Meridan Hospital
Maloney
Michael J. Conroy
Supreme Court
Three Children Die in Fire at Allen Town Road Home
In Allentown, Md a blaze destroyed a two room frame house at 7971 Allen Town Road. Three children aged ten months to three years—Harold L. ten months Frances Foretta two Audrey Elaine three—perished. The mother had left them with a four-year-old brother to fetch another child for the school bus. Firemen cited an overheated wood stove as the probable cause. The father works at Blue Plains District Sewage Disposal plant.
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Allentg
Allentown Road
George King
William Roy
Harold L
Frances Foretta
Audrey Elaine
Blue Plains
35 Essential Positions Define National Service Priority List
President Roosevelt reviews a 35 essential categories list covering production of aircraft ships ordnance ammunition metal shapes machinery and rubber products. Most metal smelting refining and rolling jobs are listed critical along with coal mining petroleum transport. Textiles equipment and chemicals gain top priority while some areas like agriculture and apparel are excluded.
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Transportation Services
Coal
Roosevelt
Congress
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Capitol Hill
WMC
China Coast Raids Hit Saigon Camranh Bay Facilities
Allied air attacks crippled Indo China targets in Saigon and Camranh Bay. Fires at the Saigon navy yard and oil storage facilities. a major dock at Camranh Bay demolished. Sixteen American planes lost. two convoys sunk including oilers, destroyer escorts, cargo ships, and a light cruiser.
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Saigon
Camranh Bay
Japan
Saigon Navy Yard
Asia
City Snowfall Drifts Prompt City Enforcement Steps
Snow fell across the city with two inches by noon and renewed overnight. Police will strictly enforce sidewalk clearing ordinances after reports of lazy plowing. Main roads and bus routes remained largely uninterrupted with power and communications holding steady.
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C. W. Hollis
Northern Virginia Power Company
Virginia
Harrigonburg
Lynchburg
Staunton
Fredericksburg
Norfolk
Blood Donor Headquarters Set To Open January 31
The Blood Donor Recruiting office at 3 N Loudoun St Room 22 will operate January 31 to February 9 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. except Sundays to accept donor appointments and information for the Eleventh Blood Dana Clinic in Winchester beginning February 7. Donors may inscribe labels on Army Navy plasma packages in honor of service members, a program begun December 7 1944, with Red Cross Mobile Unit bringing labels for the eleventh visit.
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N. Loudoun Street
Winchester
Red Cross
Half of Farm Labor Under 26 To Be Drafted By July 1
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said about half of agricultural workers under 26 will be inducted by July 1. He avoided pledging a new directive or clarification to local boards reexamining farm deferred youths 18 to 25 amid questions from about 200 House members.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Lemke
R-Nd
Director of
How V-2 Rocket Bomb Reaches Target Quietly
The V-2 travels faster than sound so it delivers impact with no warning noise and approaches its target unheard.
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SILCO
Philippines
China
Davao
Pacific
Alay
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
China Coast
Ryukyu Islands
East Indies
International
Byrd
University of Va
News of the Day
State Department
Maxwell M. Hamilton
Finland
The
Hartty Counca
Calif
Florida
Senator Maloney
White Palace
Stuart
Pyramid
Blood Donor Headquarters
Ashley’s Coal and Wood Yard
E. Cork St
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
Braddock
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