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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1944
Page
3
Baltimore and Ohio trains resumed service today after a freight derailment near Charles Town disrupted travel yesterday. Two locomotives a caboose and several cars left the tracks near the race track but no serious injuries were reported.
Judge Harrison in Corporation Court grants Julia N. Rogers a partial divorce from Christine Dovel Mason Rogers on grounds of desertion.
Judge Harison merges a partial decree into a full decree in the case of Cynthia E. Miller versus Lafayette Miller. Both parties are barred from remarriage for six months as per the customary waiting period.
A statewide all Virginia broadcast promotes the February war bond drive. Navy and Marine units, Camp Peary, Camp Lejeune, and the Norfolk Navy Yard are featured with talks by Admiral David LeBreton Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr. and others. Sales quotas total 1 090 000 in E F and G bonds plus other sales. Winchester reports 27 731.25 in sales through Jan 15. BACK THE ATTACK.
General Henry H Arnold says Soviet advances from the east and standardized aircraft parts will enable Allied bombers to take off from Italy and strike key German targets en route to Russia. He received the Gold Medal of Achievement for 1943 from the Poor Richard Club.
Lawrence Tumblin of Clarke County was found guilty by Judge B. P. Harrison last week and sentenced to eight months in jail. He was charged with breaking jail in Berryville last summer after appealing a four month sentence from the lower Trial Justice.
The Senate and House discuss service votes tied to liquor stock purchases and a plan to boost higher education funding. Governor Darden weighs revising the all time high budget of 235,074,911 to offset wartime revenue declines. Enrollments fall as federal training aid fails to bridge the gap at VMI and UVA.
Ida Fisher Lycett was granted a full divorce from Cramer Lycett in the Corporations Court by Judge Harrison on the ground of desertion. The decree allows her to resume her maiden name Ida Fisher.
Mrs Mildred Sowers will teach a home nursing class at the George W hotel starting tonight Red Cross officials say late enrollments possible on Thursday night classes meet twice weekly for the duration.
Funeral services were held at 3 30 today for Harry Morgan of Reliance who died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after ten weeks illness. Surviving are Mrs Norah Tressler Morgan his wife Mrs Esta May Wagner of Richmond a daughter and Donald Isaac Morgan a son. Interment was in Reliance Cemetery with the Rev L P Tedrick officiating.
Soviet forces drove toward Pinsk 100 miles west in lower White Russia as Rokossovsky’s army pressed through frozen Pripet marshes and Vatutin’s right wing neared Pinsk within 47 miles. In Ukraine Vatutin’s left repulsed German counter attacks near Uman while rail links to Smela Khristinovka were cut. The communique tallied 2300 German dead on all fronts.
British newspapers deny Pravda reports that Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop held peace talks with British officials on the Pyrenees. Disclaimers from Lisbon and Britain label the rumors as baseless and aimed at sowing discord among Allies amid Tehran Cairo diplomacy.
A compact wartime appeal urges readers to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds. The message emphasizes collective action and morale boosting through financial backing.
Baltimore market totals show feeders and hogs steady to higher with odds of mixed lots in calves and sheep. Chicago quotes hogs 13.75 top for 200-300 lb, cattle with strictly good beef cows to 12.50 and vealers around 15.00, sheep steady to higher with lambs 25 higher in spots.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 40 at The First Baptist Church holds a waste paper collection drive Saturday morning from 9 30 to 9 30. Residents asked to phone Mr. Stanley Cundiff to arrange pickup and donation.
Funeral services for John Daniel Lakenan scheduled at 2 30 this afternoon at his late home with Rev F L Roof officiating. Burial follows at Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery. Pallbearers named H O Hawkins C Robert Snapp Percy S Hershman J W Richard Harry M Glaize and H Tilden Snapp.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carl Heckert were held at 11 o clock from Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev. J S Duckwall officiated, with pallbearers Calvin Grubbs R C McKee Albert Spaid N H Owens John Owens and Dewey Owens serving.
Johnson Grover Brown died Saturday at 10 oclock. Born April 8, 1865 in Greenspring Virginia he died January 15. He is survived by his wife five children and two grandchildren. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks residents to feed birds as ground remains frozen. Citizens should sweep a feeding spot clear or place food in a sheltered location to help birds find sustenance.
New York stock market opened with a generally lower drift as hours passed. Declines from fractions to a point or so dominated near the fourth hour with many investors trimming accounts amid foreign cloud concerns and the Moscow peace feelers. The big war loan drive drew attention away from corporate securities while notable losers included U S Steel Bethlehem Santa Fe Southern Railway General Motors Chrysler Douglas Aircraft American Smelting Westinghouse DuPont General Electric and J C Penney. Minor resistance appeared in International Nickel Phelps Dodge North American and Youngstown Sheet. Gas Cuban Atlantic Sugar Brewster Aero Cities Service showed negligible activity.
Clyde B Levi 51 died last night at University Hospital Charlottesville after a week with acute kidney illness. He was a former Clarke County supervisor and Boyce Baptist leader. Survived by widow Bernice Humston Levi, mother, three children, two sisters, and several Boyce residents. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at 316 West Leicester Street. Pallbearers named.
The Handley Judges travel to Martinsburg to face John Cobourns Bulldogs after two losses. Martinsburg, coming off a 34-31 win over Waynesboro, fields two six-footers Frank Thornburg and Guy Tucker with a quick, clever lineup.
The last will of James N. Moling, deceased, admitted to probate and recorded in Corporation Court. After debts and funeral expenses, property is left to John H. Moling, Mary F. Moling, Mrs. Warren Sumption, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris with various cash bequests. A trust funded for 20 years to James Reardon, trustee, includes education grants for John H. Moling and future distribution to relatives. Cathedral Chimes bequest to Braddock Street Church and cemetery bequests accompany the estate.
Names Bremer Barr Hodge and Brown appear in a Pr Duval related report. The item lists these individuals in connection with a will or settlement context. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Seattle report says about 6 000 Oregon and Washington Moulders and Foundry Workers Union AFW members walked out in protest of a regional War Labor Board wage ruling. An estimated 4 000 more workers in affiliated shops would be idle, with potential Army involvement discussed as unions seek higher pay beyond a 1 20 dollar journeyman rate. The WLB denied an 8 cent raise, granting 2 to 7 cent increases and a 10 cent premium for up to 25 percent of workers at select plants.
The Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association designated C. E. Staples George H. Eagle Jr. Robert K. Stick Dennis Cole and George Huff as delegates to the Virginia State Dairymen's Association convention in Roanoke January 26 and 27. A meeting last week appealed to the State War Board for a higher price on fluid milk due to rising labor and feed costs after a one cent per quart increase last spring.
Tito reports Partisans holding near Mrkonjic Grad south of Banja Luka after three days of Nazi motorized columns moving to Gilamoc. Communique notes sharp clashes in Montenegro with units of the Partisan 4th division routing an enemy detachment, killing 185 Nazis and wounding 170. Three field guns 1 000 shells and stocks of war gear captured.
Allied S45 fighters in the Southwest Pacific report fresh air blows after recent ground gains in New Britain and New Guinea. About 87 tons of bombs hit Japanese defenders at the Arawi area on New Britain as American invasion forces push in. In Uligan north of Madang three of 30 enemy interceptors were shot down and one Allied plane was lost. Fires were started at Bogadjim south of Madang and in the Sio area as Japanese escape barges are noted.
Believe Hopkins reports that Senator Langer named George N. Briggs, assistant to Ickes, as the employee in a letter publication. Briggs did not appear at his office but issued a statement via his wife from Alexandria, blaming Lange for smearing Ickes. FBI offered no comment.
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