Movie Stars And War Heroes To Attend Sunday Rally
Leslie Brooks and Ed gar Buchanan will headline a Shenandoah Valley War Bond Rally at Handley High School in Winchester on Sunday January 30 at 2 30 p m Also five World War II veterans Lt James E Over Lt William F Middledorf Corp Billie Dorris Thomas Bortino and Corp Vergil Kennedy accompany the stars Master of ceremonies Edward Schofield Columbia Pictures representative will lead the program The event supports the Fourth War Loan Drive with a county and city quota of 1 270 000
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Leslie Brooks
Edgar Buchanan
Columbia
Shenandoah Valley
LaMar Keen
Wendell Barney
War Finance Itteé
Cee
James E. Over
Pittsburgh
8Th Air Force
William F. Middledorf
Army Air Force
Billie Dorris
Texas
Buna
Thomas Bortino
Coast Guard
North Africa
Vergil Kennedy
Africa
Keen
John Bell, Jr
E. Harbauch
George Barnsley
S. L. Magerfield
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Palace Theatre
U.S. Navy School of Music
Scouts Collect 1720 Pounds Of Scrap Paper
Troops of the Boy Scouts collected 1720 pounds of scrap paper on Saturday. They also distributed Fourth War Loan Drive pamphlets and order blanks to every city home. Billing credited to Scouts for bonds sold in the drive.
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Boy Scouts
Baltimore Market Reports Quoted Prices for Produce and Livestock
The Baltimore market notes firm produce prices for apples including Staymans Yorks and other varieties with basis bids. Livestock quotes cover cattle hogs calves and sheep with ranges from top slaughter steers around 15.75 per 100 pounds to hogs 200-300 pounds at 14.30 and sheep with 70 pound lambs 15.50-16.50. Chicago figures mirror bid ranges for salable hogs cattle and sheep, showing steady demand and varied weights and class prices.
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Baltimore
MD. Pa
W. Va
Baltimore Livestock
Federal State Market News Service
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Firemen Respond to False Alarm on Kent Street
The Winchester Fire Department was called to 522 N Kent Street this afternoon for a chimney fire scare that proved to be a false alarm after residents misjudged the smoke.
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Winchester Fire Department
N. Kent Street
Briggs Sees Grand Jury Probe in Hopkins Letter Case
Briggs refuses to discuss the Hopkins letter as he heads to the grand jury in a North Dakota misappropriation case linkage. Senator Langer helped bring the matter to light as officials assess the letter predicting Wendell Willkie as the Republican nominee. Hopkins denounces the letter as a forgery.
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Langer
North Dakota
Briggs
Hopkins
Washington
Senator Langer
R-Nd
New York
Justice Department
Wendell Willkie
Harry L. Hopkins
Rails Hold Ground Amid Profit Taking In Stock Market
New York stocks opened active with fractional gains for carriers and select issues. By midmorning top marks were trimmed and trading waned as investors priced in ceasing earnings and dividends amid talk of a tax battle and war loan drive. Notable movers included Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pullman, American Can, Du Pont, Westinghouse, Boeing, and International Nickel.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pullman
American Can
du Pont
Westinghouse
Boeing
International Nickel
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Kennecott
U.S. Rubber
American Telephone
J. I. Case
Brewster Aero
American Gas
A Atlantic Sugar
Rayeon
Haines Accepts Assistant Manager Post at Earle Theatre
Floyd Haines takes the role of Assistant Manager at the Earle Theatre in Washington starting January 10. Formerly an assistant cashier at Union Bank of Winchester, his bank assets were sold to Farmers and Merchants National Bank. His WAVES wife serves in Washington, and he wrote a patriotic song debuted on the Earle stage during the Third War Loan Drive last summer.
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Floyd Haines
Earle
Washington
Union Bank of Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
the Waves
Haines
Counselor to Meet School Principals in Frederick County
Percy Warren, the Warren district high school counselor from Madison College, will visit Frederick County next Monday to meet with high school principals. Annie P. Starling, the rural supervisor, announced the visit and discussion of progress reports.
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Percy. Warren
Frederick County
Annie P. Starling
Toay
Mr. Warren
Madison College
Pennypacker Submits To Major Surgery At Memorial
A. S. Pennypacker prominent Winchester businessman underwent a major operation this morning at Memorial Hospital. Relatives reported he was resting well this afternoon. His son Captain Jack Pennypacker in the Army Air Corps was en route home from Tonopah Nevada.
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A. S. Pennypacker
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Capt
Jack Pennypacker
Army Air Corps
Tonopah, Ney
Virginia county and city attendance figures list
A long list of counties and localities with attendance or population gains shown in parentheses. The figures include Richmond City, Norfolk, Alexandria, Henrico, Fairfax, and many others with varying sums, noting both larger gains and smaller increases across the state.
Chinese Seize Jap Positions In Burma Drive
Allied communique reports American trained Chinese forces under Lt. Gen. Stilwell captured Mingru Ga and taken a Japanese position in the Taro area as they advance toward Taipha Ga in the Hukawng Valley North Burma. Japanese reinforcements failed to hold. Chinese forces clear Japanese patrols from the Lido road toward China in their eastward advance.
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New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mingru Ga
Taipha Ga
Hukawng
Burma
Southeast Asia
Pulletin
Taro
New Lido
China
Historic Appian Way Under Fire
Allied forces press toward Rome with the Appian Way under shell fire as 11 enemy aircraft are destroyed and Nettuno falls. American and British troops advance eight miles from the coast while targets inland from Anzio and Cesena are struck by heavy bombers and fighter aircraft.
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United Nations
Algiers
Rome
Appian Way
Hwest
Italy
Island of
Elba
Porto Civitanova
Adriatic
Ancona
Siena
Ceprano
Cassino
Rieti
Fondi
Ceccano
Sezze
Cassino Line
Navy Takes Over York Safe Co
President Roosevelt directs the Navy to seize and operate the York Safe and Lock plants in York for war material production. The action cites unsatisfactory management and aims for private return within 60 days once conditions meet the war effort. No labor trouble is involved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
York
York Legende
War
Mrs Pifer Breaks Arm in Porch Fall
Mrs. B. E. Pifer, 85, of Stephens City, slipped on a back porch yesterday and broke her arm. Dr. R. Anderson treated her and she rests comfortably. Last Sunday the Pifers marked 63 years of marriage with a dinner hosted by their daughter and son in law, M. H. Ebersole. seventeen guests attended.
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B. E. Pifer
Stephens Guy
Go Home
R. Anderson
Community Meetings Tomorrow Night
Two 1944 Food Production Goals meetings move to January 25 at 7:45 p.m. in Clearbrook and Mt. Airy School Houses. Farm families advised to attend for goals and 1944 action. Speakers include J A Everly Annie P Starling Leo T Anderson and E W Grant H T Snapp committees urge strong turnout.
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Clearbrook
Mt. Airy
J. A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Annie P. Starling
Leo T. Anderson
Winchester Group of Farm Loan Association
E. W. Grant
H. T. Snapp
German retreat and Russian gains reported in wartime bulletin
The report describes German withdrawal from the Tosno area while Russian forces push through lower White Russia and reach Simanovichi, 53 miles west of Mozyr. Swedish dispatches note a Red Army surprise on the far northern Finnish front near Petsamo, with the Finnish tally showing only routine patrols.
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Tosno
Russia
Pripet
Simonovichi
Mozyr
Surprim
Berlin
Red Army
Petsamo
Soviet Push Near Krasnogvardeisk Breaks German Hold
Soviet forces drove Germans from multiple localities around Krasnogvardeisk near Leningrad and advanced southwest of Leningrad toward Krasnoye Selo. The reported gains came as Russian landings and bridgeheads emerged near Kerch in the Crimea, with simultaneous attacks expanding German lines.
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Berlin
Kerch
Crimea
Leningrad
Krasnoye Selo
Akalovo
Krasnogvardeisk
Narva
Estonia
German Targets Continued From Page One
Allied air operations over northern France involved waves of bombers and escorts targeting Pas de Calais installations. More than 200 American Marauders dropped 300 tons of explosives on invasion coast fields in France and Holland. German losses included five planes with one Marauder and one fighter reported missing.
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France
England
Boulogne
Dieppe
Calais
Pas de Calais
Holland
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Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Stock Market Report
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Tazewell
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Alexandria
Bristol
Buena Vista
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Danville
Hampton
Martinsville
Newport Peters
Shees Folk
Petersburg
Richmond
Roanoke
Navy Takes
York Safe Co
de Hcides
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Fed Insurance Corporation
Better Values
The
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Oxfords
le Seay
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