Community Farm Meetings Report Strong Attendance Across Counties
Farmers gathered despite bad weather to discuss 1944 production goals and government policies. County Agent Fred Stine noted vigilance on livestock and feed grain, with resolutions urging relief on prices subsidies and supplies. Next meetings planned for January 25 in Clearbrook and Mt. Airy with talks on the Soil Conservation District program and February sessions to address labor and equipment challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Springs
Fred Stine
United States
Stephens City
Clearbrook
Mt. Airy
Julian A. Everly
Sec.-Treas
Shenandoah Production Credit, Association
Annie P. Starling
Leo T. Anderson
Winchester Group of Farm Loan Association
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Piccadilly Soda Shop founders arraigned on health code charge
A C Oates and J D Pugh trading as the Piccadilly Soda Shop were arraigned before Judge John Rice on a charge of maintaining a restaurant under unsanitary conditions. Judge Rice found them guilty and imposed a $50 fine plus costs, suspended pending correction by January. Inspector Clyde Annessta and sanitary inspector G G Baker filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Oates
J. D. Pugh
Piccadilly Soda Shop
John Rice
Rice
Former Resident To Be Buried Here
Buena Vista Shade a former resident who died yesterday in Washington D C will be buried at Mt Hebron Cemetery here Saturday afternoon Funeral services are set for 8 o clock tomorrow night at the S H Hines Funeral Home Washington and the body will be brought to Winchester Friends will meet at Omps Funeral Home at 1 30 Saturday and proceed to Mt Hebron Cemetery where rites will be conducted by Dr E T Clark He is survived by his widow and three sons Elmer R Shade Marion P Shade both of New Work City and Maj Leslie N Shade location not known
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista Shade
Washington
D. C
Mt. Hebron
S. H. Hines
Winchester
Omps
E. T. Clark
Elmer R. Shade
Marion P. Shade
Nework City
Maj
Leslie N. Shade
Your Dimes May Help A Soldier's Son Escape Infantile Paralysis
A local appeal notes that pennies and dimes donated by readers could fund a cure or treatment for infantile paralysis affecting a soldier’s son. The item urges readers to contribute through the campaign.
Fighting Spreads On Croat Coast
London reports Marshal Tito stating heavy fighting spreads along the Croat coast below Fiume as German drives aim to curb Yugoslav Partisans threat. Communique notes attacks near Gospic Senj Otocac and Ljubljana with heavy German losses and numerous partisan counterattacks across Croat and Bosnian fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Josip Broz
Titol
Fiume
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Croatia
Mege
Biy
Gospic
Adriatic
Senj
Otocac
Mrkonjecgrad
Glamoc
Banova Jarugs
Dalj
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Slovenian
Ogulin-Karlovac
Gacko
Hercegovnia
Little Theatre to Broadcast Play Starve The Squander Bug
The Little Theatre will present a skit titled Starve The Squander Bug on WINC at 6 30 Friday night during the Farmers and Merchants Bank hour. Mrs Ralph Hardy radio chairman of the Woman s Division of the War Finance Committee directs the cast including Frances Beverley, Mrs William Payne, and Mrs Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
WINC
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ralph Hardy
Woman’s
War Finance Committe
Frances Beverley
William Payne
Jack
Delays and budget notes dominate Virginia session
The report cites a 1.5 percent rise in the first year school appropriation with many counties losing state aid due to lower average daily attendance. The Collins resolution seeks detailed local reports on attendance, density factors, teacher units, salaries, and local funding shares for 1940–44. A Senate resolution opposes diversion of highway funds, urging use of motor fuel taxes and vehicle fees for highway work, with the House adjourning after a brief session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead
Collins
State Board of Education
House of Delegates
Senate
General Assembly
Highway Department
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Robert O. Norris, Jr
House
House Roads Committee
Virginia
FBI Chief Refuses to Answer Security Questions Before Panel
J Edgar Hoover declined to answer a House committee's questions about internal security citing a presidential directive. The exchange touched on Lombrazzi's case and a 1939 memo directing the FBI to handle sabotage and espionage inquiries, with debate over immunity and proper legal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Egw
Federal Bureau Investigation
House
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt
Eugene L. Garey
Hoover
Alfonse Lombral G
Boston
Lombrazi
Hoover-tentita
Hietre
Mlegal Garey
The
Communications Commission
Lombiazi
Garey
Rep. Hart
N.N. J
Witness Loses Court Appeal in Jeffersonian Draft Case
Fourth U S Circuit Court affirms three year prison sentence for Truman A Merchant a Jehovah's Witness member in Richmond Va on charges of violating the selective service act Merchant asserts exemption as a regular full time minister arguing the act contravenes states powers in the Constitution appeal argued by defense attorney Thomas H Stone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court of Richmond
Truman Alpheus Merchant
Jehovah's Witnesses
Thomas H. Stone
Merchant
Amelia County
Federal District Court
Needs 103 Millions For Virginia Roads
Opening public hearings on the biennial appropriations bill focus on funding roads and schools. A Senate bill proposes a 3 percent sales tax to raise school funds while a House resolution seeks an investigation into teacher unit distribution.House and Senate committees press for Department of Education and Virginia Education Association input as discussions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intendent of Education
Francis 8. Chase
VEA
Darden
Levy
Dr. Lancaster
Superintendent of Education
Charles E. Kilbourne
Senate
House
House Appropriations
Senate Finance
Department of Education
Virginia Education Association
Dabney S. Lancaster
Sales Directory entries for Clarke County Virginia auctions
A list of auction notices across Clarke County Virginia with dates from January to March. Items include stock, implements, household goods, tools, and some antiques. Locations include Berryville, Boyce, Stephens City, Millwood, Hayfield, Wickliffe, and near Old Chapel and Clearbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Kenney
Clearbrook
C- M
Nicodemus
Clarke County
Berryville
Geo. Baker
Boyce
Ralph Robinson
Charles Town Rd
F.C
Inskip
Stephens City
C. O Vorous
Dick Solightly
Millwood
Lee Boyce
Hayfield
Sam Myers
Old Chapel
Clarke Co
D. P. Welch
Wickliffe
Russians Break German Hold Near Leningrad In Major Offensive
Soviet bulletin reports Govorov’s forces punching 25 miles wide across the Leningrad front and regaining ground including Krasnoye Selo and Peterhof. Soviet gains extend along the Leningrad-Warsaw line as Meretskov’s troops push 19 miles north of Novgorod through reinforced fortifications and rail corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zere
Estonia
Vologda
Moscow
Russia
Krasnoye Selo
Tsarkoy Selo
Czar
Leningrad
Peterhof
Toner
Pulkovo
Stormovik
Govorov
RA Pra
Leningrad-Warsaw
Volkhov Front
K. A. Meretskov
Kolniki
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
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Piccadilly
Clyde A.anessta
G. G. Baker
FBI
Cing
Alu
Christian Ee Monitor
Christian Science Society
Aoe ii Ress
SALE
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
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