More Salvation Army Campaign Workers Named
Names of campaign teams and workers for the Salvation Army drive across industries and organizations. The opening campaign kicks off with a noon meeting and reports scheduled for Monday. General Chairman H. K. Benham states the effort aims to fund 1944 activities and mortgage payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Richa A. Biggs
Francis A Warren
Eddy
Earl Crowser
R. A. Garrabrandet
Frank G. Ke Jsom
Rotary Club
E T. Barnsley
Andy Bowen
Archie
Hunter Gaunt
Allen Gray
Ul Haldeman
Lamar Keen
Maggerfield
James Mason
Herman Stine
Fred Sturm
Ellis
Arthur F. Streit
Grant Pollock
Harold Sheetz, Jr
W. E. Huntsberg
Howard Cahill
Gardner Hillyard
W.W.W. Glass
E. Miller Streit
M. L. Stephens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ts Industrial
John J. Wanner
Shenandon
Lee Baking Co
C. M. McMunn
Virginia Barrel Co
W. W. Baker
Winchester Cooperage Co
J. W. Criger
Colonial Brick Co
H. Reford
Glaize and Bro
Fred
Gisize, Jr
J. W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
J. H. Rosenberger
Strickler and Wagner
William E. Wagner
T. S. Thomas
Sanitary Co. Oates
P. W. Plumly Lumber Co
Vic Wheeler
L. A. Clarke and Son
L. A. Clarke
Starblishing Co
R. S. Fansier
Continental Oil Co
T. E. Kremer
Gulf Oil Corp
J. D. Glover
Standard Oil Co
C. D. Clark
Texas Company
W. W. Beatie
B. and O. Railroad Co
Earl Baker
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
L. F. Peters
Nehi Bottling Co
William E. Bridgeforth
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Ralph Hengeveld
Duncan Brothers
Walter Duncan
C. and P. Telephone Co
R. Sammis
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider Corp
J. P. Arthur
H. J. Heinz Co
G. W. Dieckmann
Woolen Co
L. G. Sjostrum
Winchester Woolen Co
M. D. Weaver
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Marshall Jesse
Snapp Foundry, Inc
Carson Dettra
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works
B. Harbaugh
U. S. Post
W. Nelson Page
Shenan Valley Apple Candy
C. F. Massey
Oscar Nebel Co
R. Veitel
Novick Transfer Co
Benjamin Belchie
Spottswood Trans Co
T. DeMarzo
Elliott Motor
L. A. Elliott
National Fruit Acts
Fairmont Ave
Paul Ayres
National Fruit Products Co
John Eddy
H. K. Benham
Ration Calendar Details for Meats Fats and Sugars
The ration calendar lists valid stamps for various goods. Meats fats and other items show Book three brown stamps R S T and A, with valid through Feb 26. Sugar Book four stamp 390 valid through March 31. Shoes Book one stamp 18 and Book three airplane stamp No 1 good indefinitely. gasoline coupons vary by region and date, with 8 A good for three gallons through Feb 8 and 10 A for gallons through March 21. B 1 C 1 C 2 and others cover two to five gallons in specific areas. Oil Period 2 coupons available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hand
Rocky Mountains
Middletown High School Set to Reopen Monday
Middletown high school will reopen Monday January 31 at the regular time after a bus breakdown caused a six day closure last week. The School Board approved making up the lost time on Saturday as announced by County Superintendent 1 BD. Kline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BD. Kline
Middletown
Bond Contest Reports Are Due Feb 1
Wendell Barney, chairman of the War Finance Committee, urges all women selling War Bonds for the state trip to Richmond to call their results to Mrs Harold Brown on Monday night and by Tuesday morning. Reports may be submitted later to substantiate the record. The local War Bond contest by the Victory Exchange runs until February 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Barney
War Finance Comittee
Richmond
Harold Brown
Victory Exchange
Wh. Talheim Held Charged With Thefts From Merchandise
William Madison Talheim a Novick Transfer Company employee in Winchester has been arrested by city police on theft charges. Officials say thefts from merchandise occurred over several months with items missing including a pen set leather and five jacks. Talheim admitted taking leather coffee tobacco and socks. Some goods were recovered and further investigation to find others continues. He was expected to be arraigned Monday. Talheim, formerly from Hagerstown, resided near Winchester and worked on the Novicks platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Madison Talheim
Novick_Transfer Company
Winchester
Novicks
Punk
Talheim
Hagerstown
Funk
Battle over overseas voting looms in war ballot push
Debate focuses on an overseas ballot plan seen as advantage for Democrats if Roosevelt seeks re election. Backers seek Senate action before House vote on a states rights bill letting states run military absentee voting. The Senate measures are pitched as a substitute to the earlier states rights approach labeled fraudulent by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Armed Service
Senate
House
United States 214 Percent Treasury Bonds 1956 1959
Government bonds dated February 1 1944 due September 15 1959 carry 214 percent interest payable semi annually on March 15 and September 15. Denominations range from 500 to 1 000 000 dollars with bearer coupons or registered forms and redeemable at par after September 15 1956. Bonds usable as bank collateral and for public deposits with estate tax redemption option on death. Subscriptions through Federal Reserve Banks branches Treasury Department or finance volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Washington
United States ‘Treasury Finance
Savings and Loan Association
Car Health Check at George Washington Garage
Complete car health check offered at George Washington Garage. 24 hour service available. Phone contact listed as 3848 for appointments and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Garage
Rationing scale cuts points on canned vegetables and fruits
Washington reports no change to overall food supply for rationing. Officials say processed food remains inade quate to meet demand, while point values for many vegetables and fruits are reduced or adjusted to reflect supply moves and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bowles
OPA
Missouri Battleship Launched Nine Months Early at Brooklyn Yard
The 45,000 ton U S S Missouri, largest battleship, entered water at Brooklyn Navy Yard nine months ahead of schedule. Miss Mary Margaret Truman christened the ship, part of a $100 million dreadnought sister to Iowa New Jersey and Wisconsin. Built with 418,000 sq ft of deck space, its displacement could flood 46 acres of land. The project employed 10,000 workers, with extensive prior drafting and blueprint work. This is the third American vessel to bear the Missouri name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Missouri
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mary Margaret Truman
Harry S. Truman
Mente Fe
N. M
Slain Sarney Citizens Reported by German Atrocities
Soviet monitored Moscow radio said German forces killed over 13 000 residents of Sarney in Poland recaptured by the Red Army. The report cited mass killings in a Gestapo chamber, priests burned on a bonfire, youths sent to slavery, and hundreds of houses burned, naming two farmers and Alexander Kukharsky among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sarny
Poland
Red Army
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Germany
Alexander Kukharsky
Legislature May Finish Business One Week Earlier
Richmond reports lawmakers consider adjournment and immediate pay raises for delegates. A proposed bill would raise delegate pay to 1600 per term, though constitutional limits delay implementation. Senate talks focus on broader state employee pay raises and tax plan debates, including a 3 percent sales tax and liquor tax proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Assembly
Paul W. Crockett
Newark
General Assembly
Senate
Ralph H. Daughton
Norfolk
Senate Finance Committee
Aubrey G. Weaver
Darden
Daughton
Harry Co. Stuart
Elks Garden
John Spiers
Radford
Legislative Advisory Council
Y. Melvin Hodges
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
House Finance Committee
Destruction in the Sky Over Rabaul and Surrounding Areas
Allied air action over Rabaul and adjacent zones reports heavy losses for Japan with 390 planes down in January and 60 Allied planes lost this month. Wednesday’s raid, the 24th in 26 days, saw Liberator bombers with escorts strike Lorengau with 123 tons of explosives while fighters deter air opposition west of Kavieng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabaul
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Lorengau
Kavieng
New Treland
American Forces Near Cisterna War Update
Report from the front notes Allied air activity near Cisterna with U S troops advancing. The tally indicates heavy losses as downed planes exceed the previous day with five Allied planes missing and force counts fluctuating across the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Orvieto
Orte
Ter Ni mi
Bodies recovered after brief truce near Rapido front
American medical officer Capt. David Kaplan and Pvt. Arnold Fleischman aided by a German interpreter retrieved 25 corpses and 4 wounded under crossfire near a barbed wire barrier after a negotiated ceasefire. The exchange occurred as heavy artillery resumed once truce expired, leaving the Rapido sector a No Man's Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man’s Land
Salerno
David Kaplan
Sioux City
Arnold Fleischman
Wood Haven
L. I
Sancuinary Rapido River
No Man’s Land
Douglas School News Highlights Mid Term Honors
The mid term examinations are complete with high school averages listed. Top students include Wesley Alsberry in 8th grade Jack Burks and William Honesty in 9th May Wonzer Anna Wonzer Zelma Pinkett Lorraine Turner and Taylor Finley in 10th and 11th grades. The science department reports a full shipment of science equipment and thanks the School Board for its support. Walter Gaither won a one dollar prize in the war saving stamps contest and the second part ends June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advis
Wesley Alsberry
Jack Burks
William Honesty
May Wonzer
Anna Wonzer
Zelma Pinkett
Lorraine Turner
Taylor Finley
Douglas School
Walter Gaither
Oine Dolar
Douglas
H. Clay de Grange
Valley Pride dominates opening half as South End bows
Valley Pride swept the first two games of the Commercial League second half over the South End Fire Co. girls, with Fran ces Jenkins and Tillie Chaplin scoring 109 107 and Virginia Renner 104. Betsy Ryan rolled 120 to spark a 474 trio game. Mary Boyce added 117 as McCroy’s 5 and 10 led Capitol Restaurant. Virginia Woolen Girls posted 480 in three games against Miles Music Co. team. First half leaders Kitty Perry and Mildred Strode top averages at 97 and 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire Co
Valley Pride
Frances Jenkins
Tillie Chaplin
Virginia Renner
Betty Ryan
South End Girls
Mary Boyce
McCroy
Capitol
Martha Bowers
Hazel
Whitacre
Virginia Woolen Girls
Miles Music Co
Ladies Commercial League
Kitty Perry
Mildred Strode
Willa Belle Kater
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz solutions including New Britain for question 1 and Virginia for question 2. It identifies Cetacean as true and marks several items with notes such as S102 and 6 Gull, 8 Me ae of the gods, and Le Bon Homme Richard as a listed item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Virginia
Gull
Essemgere le
le Bon Homme Richard
Trial Justice Court Clears Several Speeding Citations
The Roanoke and Winchester area docket lists Urata Peat, Ira Henry Osborne, Charles James Scott, Lee Ashby, Gerald H. Copenhaver, and Homer McDaniel with speeding and improper parking fines. Total costs range from 4.25 to 5.25 dollars per case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suittes Urata Peat Justice
W. EB
David
Biount
Roanoke
Osborne Ira Henry
Front Tan
Charles James Scott
Bunker Hill
Ceding
Ashby Lee
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Gerald H. Copenhaver
E. Monmouth _ street
Winchester
Homer McDaniel
White Post
Court Dispositions In Civil And Police Court
Judge John Rice presided as cases were disposed of for Richard Hoover of Winchester for reckless driving fined 20 dollars and four dollars costs. Johny K. Garrett of Boyce Virginia fined 10 dollars and 5.25 costs for drunk. Herbert Braithwaite of Winchester fined five dollars and 5.25 costs for drunken and disorderly conduct with five days. Richard D. Forney of Winchester suspended five days for threatening language and costs. James Mahoney of Winchester city restrained assault with five dollars fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Richard Hoover
Cameron Street
Winchester
Johny K. Garrett
Boyce
Herbert Braithwaite
N. Braddock Street
Richard D. Forney
Langate
James Mahoney
Braddock Street
City
Japanese Torture of POWs Revealed in Powell’s Escape Story
The account from Powell, repatriated in June 1942, describes brutal abuse at the Bridgehouse in Shanghai after the Doolittle raid. POWs faced regular beatings, forced sitting in painful positions, and starvation leading to amputations, with Powell losing both feet and enduring solitary confinement and deteriorating health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Bridge
Thomner
Shanghai
Chapei
Nce
Bridgehouse
Pearl Barbor
Powell
Presbyterian Hospital
Army
Navy
Kiangwan
General Hospital
Softening Of Jap Island Goes On
Pearl Harbor Jan. 29 U S airmen continued strikes on the Marshall islands for 22 straight days 73 raids in two months against Wotie Maloelap and Mili with Wotie hit by medium bombers fires at ground facilities Mili bombed air drome installations and gun emplacements one dive bomber shot down Taroa surfaced under heavy bombs on Maloelap cantonment area all planes returned Nauru also hit daylight without loss phosphate producer seized in 1942 by Japan and attacked since December 28 no fighter opposition reported by the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Wotie
Maloelap
Mili
United States
Marsha
Japan
Central Pacific
Navy
Thursay
Marshalls
Reds Smash Forward in Baltic Front as Odessa Falls
Soviet communique reports heavy German losses with 1 200 dead and the fall of Odessa while Moscow anticipates full occupation of strategic railway lines. Chudovo, last German station near Leningrad, is reported captured as Stalin’s troops encircle and annihilate the garrison. Leningrad army advances along the outer belt toward the Estonian border and pockets Repolka and Kobrino on the line to Pskov and Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raine
Odessa
Warsaw
Moscow
Chudovo
Leningrad
Stalin
Leonid A. Govorov
Volosovo
Krasnogvardeisk
Repolka
Kobrino
Pskov
Mrs Rowe Resigns From Stonewall High School
Mrs Margaret H Rowe a teacher at Stonewall high school Clearbrook tendered her resignation to take effect next month Superintendent Leslie D Kline announced today She taught mathematics science and English at Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret H. Rowe
Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Leslie D. Kline
Rowe
Stonewall
Speculation On Release Of War Prisoners
The article discusses a debate over revealing full facts about prisoners held by Japan. Supporters cite the public right to know, while opponents from the armed services warn disclosure could worsen prisoners' suffering and hinder diplomacy. Stephen Early said secrecy was pointless and relief efforts would not reach the prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Early
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Smith
Funeral services are set for Mrs. J. Smith aged 91 at Grace Lutheran Church. The Rev. Charles J. Smith will officiate. pallbearers include grandsons William, Thomas, Richard Rosenberger, and others. The service follows her death at her daughter's Florida home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomorow
Berlin Under Heavy Air Assault as Evacuations Start
From Berlin to London paper reports Berlin bracing for evacuation as Allied air raids pound the city. British and American bombers revisit Berlin while Canada and RAF sorties strike Pas de Calais and Helgoland with losses reported and no American bombers lost.
Public sale of 205 acre Hummer farm in Frederick County
Special Commissioner announces a public auction of the George W. and Flora L. Hummer farm, 205 acres between Fawcets Gap and Mount Williams, at Winchester Court House on February 12, 1944. Terms require one third cash and two equal annual installments with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and insurance. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall. Clerk certifies bond posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hummer
Glenn Hummer
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Fawcetts Gap
Mount Williams
George W
Flora L. Hummer
W. E. Edwards
Dunn & Duvall
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Y. R. Strader
John J. Warner
The
Associated Press
Wh. Talheim
U. S. Treasury Department
Sarney
Cisterna
Douglas School News
J.W Crove Furniture
Trial Justice Court
Civil & Police Court
Lee-Jackson Dining
Counter
Asee
W. Sirbaugh
Reds
Mrs. Rowe
Mrs. Smith
Frankfurt
France
Berlin
Sind
Transka Morgen
Stoc
Flaming
Pas- De-Calais
Helgoland
North Sea
W. E. Ed
Lee N. Whitacre
Duco
John W. Rosenberger
Ce Co
S. Braddock St
Peoples Life Ins. CO
Masonic Building
N. Loudoun
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