Mrs Sherman Succumbs At 61
Mrs Katie Cain Sherman of Martinsburg West Virginia died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born February 1 to the late Charles W Cain she lived in Martinsburg for years and had recently made her home with a half-brother Thomas D Cain. She was a member of the Unity Brethren Church and later joined Highland Presbyterian. Survived by a brother Charles W Cain of Pittsburgh and a step mother Alda Cain of Arlington along with several half sisters and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements will be announced later and the body will lie in state at Jones Funeral Home.
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Irs
Katie Cain Sherman
William I. Sher
Winchester Menial Hospital
Charles W.cain
Martinsburg
Thomas D. Cain
Martins
Sonited Brethren Church
Fighland Presbyterian
Kate
Charles W. Cain
Pittsburg
Pas
Alda Cain
Arlington
Whalfe
Harry W. Cain
Walter A. Gain
Purcell. Fincham
Lemuel J. Anderson
City
Roy Carysle
Shirley Manuel
Jones
Russians Drive Toward Breslau and Polish Cities
Russian forces press toward Breslau in Silesia and push on toward Poznan Bydgoszcz and Torun as German defenses report river crossings cut and new trench lines built. Red Star says Berlin front contact broken while Moscow notes continued advance with heavy fighting near Brandenburg and Konigsberg.
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Poznan
Bydgoszcz
Torun
Bydogszcz
Brandenburg
Ber
Upper
East Prussia
Red
Pregel
Dieme
Red Army
Red Bter
Berlin
Breslau
Konigsberg
Moscow
Pozman
Red Star
Otiér River
Hitler
Vocel- Klischer Beobachter
Silesia
Oder River
Red Star Dispatch
Sciaa
Poland
West Bulge
Pfc Randolph Killed in Belgian Bulge Near End of 1944
Pfc Benjamin O Fallon Randolph, 22, of Millwood Clarke County, was reported killed in action in Belgium on December 24 after previously listed as missing. Enlisted January 1943 from the University of Virginia, he studied medicine briefly and chose Army service. He trained at Camp Breckinridge and served with the 75th Infantry Division First Army, stationed in England and France. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs B O F Randolph Sr two sisters and a brother.
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B. O'F. Randolph
Millwood
Clarke County
Pfc
Benjamin O'Fallon Randolph
Belgium
Randolph
University of Virginia
Army Immediate
Colorado School of Mines
Camp Breckinridge
England
France
75Th Infantry Division
First Army
Bulge
Beverley T. Nelson
Panama City
Jane Carey Randolph
Red Cross
Dutch East Indies
E. Fairfax Randolph
Richmond
War Contracts Far Ahead Asked
Washington reports the War Production Board urged immediate contracts for the full year ahead to counter production lags from late part deliveries. Chairman Krug signals armament policy assumes European hostilities into 1946 and outlines steps to curb civilian and military activity in labor-short areas including suspending new civilian authorizations and reviewing existing projects.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
J. A. Krug
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Krug
War Manpower Commission
Illness notice continues with funeral details in note
Brief illness notice lists Bywaters and Elizabeth Stine of Toms Brook with several nieces. Funeral services will be held at the late residence in Opequon Sunday at 11 oclock, conducted by Pastor Snyder Allamong and Pastor Raymond Booze. Pallbearers named include Hawkins, McDonald, Mayliss, Glaize, Snapp, and Hershman. Interment in church cemetery. body moved to the residence Saturday afternoon.
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Bywaters
Elizabeth Stine
Toms Brook
Opequon
Snyder Allamong
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Raymond Booze
Harry Hawkins
Oliver McDonald
Verner Mayliss
Harry Glaize
Robert Snapp
Percy Hershman
Church
Soviet advance nears Poznan as Zhukov drives toward Berlin
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov push north of Poznan breaking toward Berlin with Murowana Goslina as the closest approach point. Swarzedz fell in a fierce armored clash after German reinforcements arrived. Keynia was captured in a 10 mile advance, 22 miles from the German frontier and 125 miles from Stettin.
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Poznan
Gregory K. Zhukov
Swarzedz
Murowana-Goslina
Wartha
Berlin
Red Star
Red Army
Silesia
Zhukov
Keynia
Baltic
Stettia
Donts For Pimples And Itch Relief Peterson's Ointment Ad
Avoid scratching or squeezing pimples to prevent infection. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief for itching eczema red blotches and other irritations making skin look and feel better. 35 cents at all druggists, money back if one application does not delight you. Also soothes irritated tired feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Large Roer Areas Cleared of Nazis
Allied reports describe large Roer sector areas cleared of Nazi forces with British patrols reaching the Roer front and German contacts minimal. In Alsace, Patch’s Seventh Army halted the German push near Haguenau while Allied counterattacks slower progress on the Western Front.
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Germany
Roer
Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Second Army
Kban
Sittard
Holand
Bischwiller
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Ardennes
Seventh Army
Modoer
Ickes Tax Reduction Claim Spurs Chicago Hearings
Cook County assessor John S. Clark said Secretary Harold Ickes obtained tax reductions totaling 8 548 for 1943 and 1944 on a loop building he owns by filing an affidavit on rental yields Clark called erroneous Investigators found the building's annual rental at 61 350 versus the affidavit 24 The Board of Tax Appeals cut the building value from 527 378 to 417 778 a 109 000 reduction yielding 4 274 annual tax cut for 1943 and 1944 A public hearing was ordered for 1945 but Clark did not disclose the total annual tax involved.
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Chicago
John S. Clark
Cook County
Harold L. Ickes
Clar
Clark
State Street
Ickes
Board of Tax Appeals
Yankees Baseball Outfit Sold to Webb Topping MacPhail
Arizona businessman Robert A. Becker said Dell Webb Capt Dan Topping and Col Larry MacPhail purchased the New York Yankees. Price around 2.8 million, with Webb transferring funds to complete the deal. The Journal-American reports the sale at about 2.5 million to Wootrich as trustee for Ruppert heirs.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Robert A. Becker
Dell Webb
Phoenix
Webb
Dan Topping
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Becker
New York
Journal-American
Cicate
Arizona
Max Kase
W. Wootrich
Manufacturers’ Trust Company
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Loss Of Two Big Ships Revealed
London report confirms the loss of two of Britain's largest refrigerated motor ships during 1940, disclosed today. The 12 832 ton Waiotira and 10 700 ton Waiera were torpedoed, official confirmation states.
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London
Britain
Toay
Third Army advances under snow near Siegfried Line
German opposition bolstered by 70 to 80 self propelled guns blocks progress as the Wurm flows along the Roer Siegfried defenses. Third Army tightens the squeeze opposite Belgium Luxembourg edge, Patton Hodges push gains up to a mile and a half while snowfall creates drifts up to eight feet. About 20,852 Germans trapped since December 22.
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Heinsberg
Roer
Siegtfried
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ardennes
Third Army
Our River
Germany
George S. Patton
Court. H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
OPA Fixes Definite Invalidation Dates For Ration Stamps
The OPA reestablishes definite invalidation dates for ration stamps with each series valid through four months and new red meat dairy stamps and blue processed food stamps issued monthly. Sugar stamps have expiration dates: No 34 may not be used after Feb 28. No 35 good for five pounds from Feb 1 to June 2, with May 1 overlap and a longer three month validity for the new sugar stamp. Overlap and extension plans depend on supply conditions.
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Washington
OPA
China War Output Increased Says Nelson
Donald M. Nelson told President Roosevelt that China's war production this spring should be at least double the November rate and soon affect fighting fronts. The White House released a report noting coordinated economic efforts and measures from this autumn, with optimism for broader gains on the economic front alongside improving military conditions.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
China
Nelson
White House
Deeper Penetration In Burma Area
Southeast Asia Command reports 15th Indian Corps pushing deeper from their Ramree bridgehead off the west Burma coast. In Central Burma, 14th Army advances reach high ground east of Ondaw 15 miles northwest of Sagaing opposite Mandalay. Northward, 36th British Division seizes Twinge on the Irrawaddy east bank.
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Southeast Asia Command
K.randy
Ceylon
15Th Indian Corps
Burma
Ramree Island
Toay
14Th Army
Mandalay
Ondaw
Sagaing
Irrawaddy River
Twinge
Irrawaddy
Funeral Sunday for Mrs Catlett in Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Maggie Catlett wife of Maynard Catlett of this city will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Jones Funeral Home. The Rev C H Anderson and the Rev Nathan Williamson will preside. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Maggie Catlett
Maynard Catlett
Jones Funeral Home
C. H. Anderson
Nathan Williamson
Douglas Barnett
William Cupp
David Kater
Henry Coffelt
Nathan Hottle
Dick Whitacre
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Crossword Answers for Clarke County Day by Day
Yesterday's puzzle answers fill the grid. Across clues like Not living God of love and Billow are listed with many more entries such as Tree Fields Apparitions and Silkworm. Further clues cover nouns verbs adjectives including Polish half an em and Bestowing.
Death comes to John P. Green in this city
John P. Green died at 7 30 this morning at his son Douglas Green’s East Boscawen Street home after fourteen years of bedridden decline. Aged 87, he was born November 11, 1858, son of Richard and Martha Light Green. Survived by three sons, Douglas, Richard, and John F. Green Jr. Funeral Monday at 2 from Jones Funeral Home, Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger officiating. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Green
Douglas Green
East Boscawen Street
Richard and
Martha Light Green
Amanda Groves
Centenary Reformed Church
FP. A
Funeral Saturday For Mrs. L. C. Kackley
Funeral services for Mrs L. C. Kackley wife of Trial Justice L C Kackley of Clarke county will be held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock at Berryville Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev R K McDonald. Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
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L. C. Kackley
Clarke County
Berryville Presbyterian Church
R. K. McDonald
F. L. Ayler
E. N. Barnett
H. C. Barthel
R. N. Dorsey
C. G. Pine
A. G. Williams
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Promotion confirms Col Roosevelt amid dog affair clash
The White House listed officer promotions including 77 colonels to one star. Senator Chandler of Kentucky called Col Roosevelt a good officer and expected no opposition to his confirmation, noting the dog affair is unrelated to the promotion.
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White House
Chandler
D-Ky
Col. Roosevelt
Wallace presents proposals amid Senate hearing blowback
Bill Ferce reports that during yesterday’s open hearing Gary Pepper praised Wallace as a valuable witness after a day-long appearance. Senators Murray and Guffey praised the exposure, while Bailey called Wallace’s proposals merely "beautiful objectives" without concrete methods. George likened the Wallace talk to a CIO 1948 speech. The CIO backed Wallace in a statement from President Philip Murray.
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Ferce Department
Gary Pepper
Wallace
Murray
Dmont
Guffey
D-Pa
Bailey
George
CIO
Philip Murray
Ration-Free Shoe Sale Ordered for Two-Week Holiday
The government plans a two week ration free sale of more than 4.5 million pairs of shoes, about 3 percent of rationed stock. The last such sale in 1944 moved 5.785 million pairs from youth sizes up to 6, not including those now. Retailer prices must cut at least 25 percent from regular and markups on bought shoes cannot exceed 33 1 3 percent.
Musical Program At Boyce Church
A musical program will be held at Zion Baptist Church in Boyce Sunday night February 4 at 8 15. The Heavenly Gospel Chorus of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Happy Creek Va will headline the event. Sponsored by Mrs R L Morgan the benefit supports the Community Aide Club led by president Edward Anderson.
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Zion Baptist Church
Boyce
Heavenly Gospel Chorus
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Happy Creek
R. L. Morgan
Community Aide Club
Edward Anderson
Town Meeting tackles postwar social issues with experts
Wyatt Richard apple grower and exporter chosen to interpret agricultural views while Reverend Doctor E. T. Clark of the Baptist Church will question speakers on postwar social problems. Grant Pollock of WINC coordinates the program with extemporaneous remarks. Dr Ciol and Dr Anderson stay at the George Washington Hotel tonight and head to Washington tomorrow.
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Wyatt Richard
E. T. Clark
The
Baptist Church
Grant Pollock
WINC
Ciol
Dr. Anderson
George Washington Hotel
Washington
Fire Rages as Water Freeze Hampers Fire Crew
In near zero weather a garage blaze destroyed multiple homes on Kern and Fremont. Firefighters faced frozen water mains and delayed water access after hoses cooled to ice. The Stryker and neighboring properties were affected as residents, including Mrs Campbell, watched crews battle flames for hours.
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Dellingers Garage
Campbell
J. P. Stryker
N. Kent Street
Fremont
Kern
Answers to the Daily Quiz Recap and Key Facts
Answers printed on page 4 include Soviet Russia and Great Britain. True about visible droplets of water. An Army truck. The song God Save The King. Sixth. Regiment. A number 97. James F Byrnes. She is his daughter. A salary of $15,000 a year.
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Soviet Russia
Great Britain
James F. Byrnes
Chilean Nitrate of Soda’s Natural Origins and Value
The text argues nitrate origins and asserts Chilean Nitrate of Soda is purely natural. It claims soil bacteria theories, decay explanations, and Pasteur’s ideas, while stressing Chilean Nitrate contains trace elements like boron iodine manganese copper and other essentials, supporting long history of research and profitable farming performance.
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Belgian Bulge
Mirowana- Goslina
Alexander M. Patch
7Th
Alsace
Robert C. Wilson
Schillersdorf
Saverne Gap
Wilson
Hamnenhau
Moder
Neubord
Schwieghouse
Ardennes Bulge
Frank A. Keating
Brachelen
Julich
Munchen Gladbard
Cologne
Roermond
Duren
Cologne Plain
Rhine
U. S. Firste Army
Supreme Headquarters
Siegfried
Wurm
Geilenkirchen
Grebben
Munchen Gladbach
Dusseldorf
Odilienberg
Foe
Hannover
Colmar
Mulhouse
Rae
Dremmen
Eae
Yankees
Mrs. Catlett
Daily Crossword
Mrs. Kackley
Bill
California
Florida
Wneters
Boyce Church
Town Meeting
Chappie
Rhodes Drug Store
Educational Insurance
Pasteur
Chile
SILCO
Hondie
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