Handley Scores First Major Win Upsets Hed gesville High
Handley defeats Hed gesville 19 to 16 in a fast, hard fought contest. Bill Lovett led Handley with four baskets while Fink tallied nine points for the Eagles.
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Handley
Hedgesville High School
Eagles
Gletner
Petell
West Virginia
Reach Peake
Bill Lovett
Quint
Fink
Lewis
Handley G . FG
Esevi Ifs
Aneae
PRGA
Scates Wk Aoe
Brute Lovett
O Lewis
Gee
Lain
Asta
Bowling league scores and highs from the Evening Star meet
Railway Express dominates with 3 0 wins over Viscose and 3 2 wins over Elliott Mo Vo P F. American Tea loses 1 0 to Viscose while Handley falls to Railway Express 1 3. High games include LaFollette 146 and Ressiguie 140. high sets feature Railway Express 380 and 1747 total pins.
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Railway Express
Perry Const. Co
Elliott Mo Vo. P. F
American Tea
Handley
Eagles
LaFollette
Johnson
Ressiguie
Butler
Victory League Bowled Tight as Perry Construction Stakes Lead
Perry Construction posted a 584 game and stayed undefeated by taking three from Elliott Motor Lines in the Victory League.Railway Express also remained in the Elite group with 123 and 121 by Lando White as ABNER Johnson's squad swept the Eagles. Next Monday pits Perry Construction Five and Railway Express, both 15 straight wins in the second half, against each other.
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Fred Yellott
Lloyd Mead
Ralph Gore
Raymond Baker
Abner Johnson
Eagles
Max Butler
Lee Ressig
Soubien
Ressiguie
Lando White
Russell Lafollette
Morck
Best Mead
Perry Construction Five
Railway Express
All Star Combination Vn
Express
Harry Hottel
ED Burch
Expressmen
Johnson
Five Japanese Vessels Sunk by Mitchell Bombers Off Fuchow
The U S 14th Air Force says Mitchell bombers attacked a Japanese convoy off Fuchow on the East China coast and sank five vessels totaling 9 900 tons. A 2 700 ton freighter was damaged and a Japanese seaplane shot down.
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Chungeking
U. S
14Th Air Force
Fuchow
East China
Joseph—W. Stidwell
Hongkong
Nampang Island
Little Mac Fights Secrecy to Link War News with Public
Hal Boyle profiles Col John Victor McCormack known as Little Mac, Allied Force headquarters public relations chief who pushes for freer wartime reporting. He urges selective censorship, cites Patton affair as fault line, and bridges gap between battlefield and press while planning marriage to an American girl.
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Algiers
John Victor McCormack
Allied Force
Allied
McCormack
Mac
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dle
Little Mac
Daniel Frederick “ Flood
France
Calais
Dunkerque
Brest
Pagio
King George
North Africa
Empire
United States
State draft office to explain changes at 14 conferences
Richmond opens February 3 with two teams from state headquarters to discuss changes in the Selective Service act and local boards operations. Sessions cover deferment rules for nonagricultural work, student deferments, and pre induction physicals with 21 days notice.
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Richmond
Col
Mills F. Neal
Neal
Boards of Appeal
Government Appeal
Winchester
Norfolk
Staunton
Roanoke
Wytheville
Bristol
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Loudoun
Joel D. Griffiing
Newport News
Keller
Alexandria
Fredericksburg
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Danville
Three Virginians Killed in War Action Named
The War Department reports three Virginians killed in action in various theaters. Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W. Harland Jr. of Richmond died in Europe, Flight Officer Vincent E. Mays of Richmond died in the southwest Pacific, and Second Lt. Raymond E. Yarbrough of Portsmouth is listed as killed in the Mediterranean.
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Richmond
Portsmouth
War Department
15 000 Parisians Reported Dead in Air Raids
German controlled Paris radio claims Allied air raids killed 15 000 Parisians and injured 20 000 with over 1 000 000 homeless up to January 23, broadcast recorded by the Associated Press.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Five Women Die In Fire At War Plant
Chicago report says five women factory workers died when a one story plant building burned late last night trapping them inside. Police and fire crews found the bodies after a ruin search. several other workers were rescued through a skylight in the washroom. Fire officials noted the cause remained under investigation.
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Chicago
Kamarek
Army
Navy
Michael J. Corrigan
Polish Pestki Women Train for Allied War Effort in Europe
Six thousand Polish women in Scotland are training for defense and possible combat support with the Polish Army. The group includes seven Americans, six Canadians and a Polish refugee. Lieut. Halina Eminowicz, first North American volunteer and commi sioned officer, leads the volunteers alongside officers from the Polish Army. They receive firearm, grenade, and tactical training, with roles in air, land, and naval forces, nursing, canteen, and clerical work.
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Scotland
Europe
North America
Halina Eminowicz
New York
Polish Women’s Army
Canadian Women’s Army
Canada
Polish Women’s Union of America
General Sikorski
United States
Mexico
Eminowicz
Thaddeus Markiewicz
Ferndale
Detroit
Mich
Stefan
Poland
E Eleonora Respondek
America
Helena Pastik
Motor Company
South America
Virginia Czarnowski
Greensburg
Detroit Rubber Company
Jean Johnston
Conger St
Maria Paniak
Zofia Paniak
Mitchell
U. S. Army
Genevieve Korycinska
Dea
The
Wacs
U. S
North Africa
Wladyslawa Branka
Windsor
Ontario
Mary Zawiszka
Genowefa Latwinska
Jadwiga Nowak
Winnipeg
Alicja L. Dziki
Manville
Alberta
Jadzia Szulmlinska
Hamilton
Jadzia
Maria Pininska
France
England
Montreal
Middle East
ATS
Maria Lesniakowa
Tokyo District Evacuations Ordered in Air Raid Precaution
Berlin radio quotes Tokyo saying the Japanese government ordered 15 districts in Tokyo and two in Nagoya to evacuate as air raid precautions. Nagoya, a prewar population around 1.086 million, lies about 160 miles southwest of Tokyo on Honshu.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Nagoya
Honshu
Gloucester County Treasurer Shortage Reported in Audit
An audit of Gloucester county finances found a shortage of 1198.15 dollars in accounts of P W Smith Jr the county treasurer and his deputies. The shortage covered taxes collected before June 30 1943 but not deposited until after that date per state auditor L McCarthy Downs to Governor Darden.
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Richmond
Gloucester County
P. W. Smith, Jr
L. McCarthy Downs
Darden
Allied Air Raids Claim Heavy Japanese Losses At Rabaul
Allied air forces report one of the most sustained raids on the New Britain stronghold of Rabaul. More than 150 Allied fighters and bombers, 32 to 46 Japanese planes shot down, plus ground losses, with waterline damage to runways and anti aircraft positions silenced.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Ralph Mitchell
Solomons
Mitchell
New Britain
Lakunai
Newland
Duke of Island
Admiralty Islands
Wewak
Boram
Want To Help A Soldier Then Help To Furnish The Winchester USO
Community aid drives rally to supply the Winchester USO with furnishings for returning service members. Volunteers collect clothing, bedding, and basic home goods as part of a local effort to comfort soldiers stationed nearby. The drive runs through the weekend at downtown Symons Hall.
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Winchester
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Kibright
Ear
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Ereerere
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Crowell
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Sence
Tessa O
Henderson
Victory League
Evening Star Lads
Séneee Ee Cindiver
Brengle
Bell Clothes
Berry, Jr
Cunningham
Lillis
Elks
M. Williams
Cadillac
Haldeman
Hal Boyle
Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
By Ruth Cowan
SILCO
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Coca-Cola Company
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