Scout Camp Purchase Motion On Tonight Court
Shenandoah Area Council executive board meets at Handley Library at 7 PM to discuss buying Rock Enon camp, long range plans, and appointing a camp manager. Basil F. Starkey says option to buy exists. Joseph Bishop drafted plans. officers to be elected at 8 PM council session with awards for 1944 scouters.
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Handley Library
Rock Enon
Scout
Basil F. Starkey
Shenandoah Area
Joseph Bishop
National
New York
Bishop
Starkey
Recreation Directors Meet On Rouss Park Plan
Winchester recreation officials and Post-War Planning Council representatives met to discuss long-range development for Rouss Park following a public session led by F. Ellwood Allen. Miss Virginia Gregory said the department could not yet release the session results.
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Winchester Recreation Council
Rouss Park
F. Ellwood Allen
Virginia Gregory
Former Pastor And Wife Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Rev. and Mrs. Sapp of Newbern Virginia celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Rev. Sapp formerly served as pastor in this county and across several states including California Washington D C Indiana Maryland Virginia and the Northwest. Their son Ira Fenton Sapp lives in the city. Both natives of West Virginia hailed from Martinsburg and Bethany College educated.
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Aey B. Sapp
Newbern
California
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Maryland
Virginia
North
South Dakota
Rarity In Dates Sparks Calendar Quirk
In Albuquerque New Mexico on January 23 a numeric date occurs as 123-45 in the text. The sequence is said to repeat later this century with December 3 of this year.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ruler as commander in chief historically common
The question asks if rulers typically lead armies. The answer notes that in most nations the ruler is the commander in chief, a custom dating back to when rulers personally led troops in war.
Russians Push Toward Berlin Across Central Europe Front
Soviet forces drive deeper into German territory with Zhukov near Poznan and advancing toward the Oder and Berlin. East Prussia and the Polish corridor tighten as Rokossovsky and Cherniakhovsky hammer toward Konigsberg and Danzig, while Konev pincers Oppeln toward Breslau. Casualties and tank losses mount as Russians widen the encirclement threat from Poland to East Prussia.
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Berlin
Slovakia
Marshal Rokossovsky
Danzig
East Prussia
Warsaw
Marshal Zhukov
Marshal Konev
Lodz
Poland
Breslau
Germany
Silesia
Oder River
Eisenhower
Oder
Moscow
Red Army
Gregory Zhukov
Poznan
Elbing
Junkers
Konigsberg
Reich
Zhukov
Oels
Namslau
Ivan Konev
Prandenburg
Stettin
Konev
Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Hitler
Volkischer Beogachter
Volksturmer
Gregory K. Zhukov
Associated Press
Pravda
Oden
Oppein
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Junker
Ebling
Baltic Port
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Insterburg
Ivan
Czechoslovakia
Stockholm
Inokroclaw
Bydgoszcz
Torun
Upper Warta
Labiszyn
Warta
Kalisz
Deutsch-Erlau
Osterode
Allenstein
Rokossovsky
Baltic
Tannenberg
Health Meeting At Clearbrook High School
The public is invited to a Health Meeting at Clearbrook High School Auditorium on Thursday night January 25 at 8 p.m. Speakers will discuss Health Problems. Sponsored by the Stonewall Home Demonstration Club marking the start of the 1945 health program coordinated with county clubs and leaders.
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Clearbrook High School
George Reading Laurens Jones
C. O. Clarke
Stonewall Home Demonstration Club
Stonewall
Prederick County
Woman Sentenced For Delinquency
Anna Valentine aged 34 of 408 Deal Avenue was arraigned before Judge John Rice on disorderly conduct and committed to the State Department of Public Welfare in Richmond for one to three years as a delinquent female. Margaret Barrett of 40 E. Water Street received 30 days in local jail and a $4.25 fine for disorderly conduct.
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Anna Valentine
Deal Avenue
John Rice
State Department of Public Welfare
Richmond
Margaret Barrett
E. Water Street
Supplies To China Ready To Move
MYITKYINA Burma January 23 The first convoy of trucks to carry war supplies to China in two and a half years was ready to leave for Kunming via the Ledo road Lt Gen Daniel I Sultan commander of the India Burma theater announced the road had been cleared of Japanese troops and able to handle convoys The fall of Wanting eliminated the last obstacle to military passage.
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Myitkyina
Burma
China
Kunming
Ledo Road
Daniel I. Sultan
India-Burma
Roosevelt dog priority row shocks nation
Bridges demanded a full inquiry into alleged abuses of military travel priorities claiming two dogs named Blaze and another mastiff were flown from England by young Roosevelt with top A ratings while battle weary soldiers faced delays. He alleged English officers received better treatment and US officers were forced to offer tips to gain high priority travel.
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Bridges
Blaze
Emerson
England
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
War Department
Monument Blown Up After Hindenburg Coffins Removed
The German DNB agency reported the national monument to Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg at Tannenberg had been blown up after the coffins of Hindenburg and his wife and regimental colors were moved to safety. The broadcast was carried by the FCC.
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New York
DNB
Paul von Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Red Army
von Hindenburg
Theyll Drop the Bombs If Well Buy the Bonds
A compact wartime note urges citizens to support national defense by purchasing war bonds. It frames bond purchase as a direct contribution to wartime effort and security. Public officials underscore civic duty and immediate impact on victory.
Will records for Joseph H. Cooper and Ella Bowman noted
The will of the late Joseph H. Cooper dated March 31 1926 leaves the home to his wife Annie during her life and to six children thereafter with specific cash bequests to Arthur Richard William Cooper Pearl Oates Lillian Sherman and Leslie Cooper. Executor Arthur Cooper posts 20000 bond. A separate will for Ella Bowman dated April 17 1933 directs gifts to Quincy Pa orphanage Mount Olive church and specific graveside upkeep bequests with residue to heirs.
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Joseph H. Cooper
Annie
Cooper
Arthur
Richard
William Cooper
Pearl Oates
Lillian Sherman
Leslie Cooper
Arthur Cooper
Lohn Copper
Coleman Dunn
Holle B. Dunlap
F. L. Harris
Ella Bean Bowman
Hayfield
United Brethren
Quincy
Mount Olive
Moscow Celebrates Victory with Salvos and Anthems
Moscow lit up with 100 military salvos and 224 suns while crowds chanted Berlin to Berlin and hailed Russian victories. Dispatches noted the display of Soviet and Polish national anthems as celebratory crowds filled the streets.
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London
Moscow
Berlin
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Shenandoah Area Council
Prague
Krakow
Silseia
Italy
Signal Corps
5Th Army Fron
U. S. Army Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Mayflower
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Michael Francis Doyle
Henry Wallace
Harry Truman
Doyle
Bowman Will
Emms EB. Bowman
Newton K. Larrick
Scott T. Larrick
Orp Yost
Phyllis Ww. Gennt
SP Grim
R.T. Se Oedemus
Donald McFadd
Moscow Noisiest
Peoples Drug
North Loudoun Street
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