Romney High School Romps Past Handley in Local Showdown
Harmison scores 27 as Romney’s offense rolls to a 60 point win led by Garber Taylor and Kiester. Handley’s Lovett and Garber add early baskets but fail to keep pace. Romney sweeps two game series and next hosts Shepherdstown High Friday at 8 p.m.
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Romney High School
Harmison
Pioneers
Lovett
Handley Lovett
Garber
Handley
Romney
Cardinals
Sheperdstown High School
Pnamuaie
Taylor
Ftt
LaRue
Owens
Powell
Hart Gay
Grim
Wolf
Speelman
Booth
Oro ‘Harmison
Lemley Survives Sinking of U S 5 CofFer
Lemley is reported safe after his ship the U S 5 Cof fer sank in the Pacific. He assured his mother he would provide further details of the sinking at an appropriate time.
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Lemley
Pacific
Cottage Prayer Meeting Tonight
Clyde Koon of Winchester Salvation Army announces a prayer meeting at 506 Highland Avenue tonight at 8 o clock. An open air gathering will precede the meeting in the neighborhood. Everyone is invited.
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Clyde Koon
Winchester Salvation Army
Albert Bee
Highland Avenue
Answers to the Daily Quiz Summary
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on Page 4 list correct responses. Items include American volunteer airmen in Chinese forces and Soviet-sponsored Hang? The fragment references quiz results and foreign involvement.
Ration Calendar Update From OPA
The Associated Press notes ration details by book and stamp across meats fats and oils. Red and blue stamp series remain valid with new dates and extended validity while sugar stamps 34 last five pounds and shoes stamps 1 to 3 stay indefinite.
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Boee
OPA
Oldest Enlisted Man Has Relatives In Winchester
Private Edward J. Arthur, 50, said to be the oldest enlisted man on the Seventh Army front, serves in a quartermaster company of the 100th Division. A former Union Ohio bank vice president and mayor, he enlisted two years ago to help the war effort and is cousin to three Arthur brothers now full colonels. He previously served as a National Guard officer and declined promotions for responsibility reasons. The NYT war story by H. Johnston notes the family ties to Winchester and local figures.
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U. S. Army
Edward J. Arthur
Union
Seventh Army
100Th
B. F. Arthur
Benjamin F
J. Pinckney
J. Victor
Herndon Arthur
Arthur
National Guard
New York Times
H. Johnston
Plasma Saves a Soldier in Night Jeep Escape
A wounded man praises plasma blood transfusions as vital during a night jeep retreat under fire. A Medical Officer stabilizes a bleeding comrade while shells explode around. plasma continues to aid the injured as the group reaches safety. He credits plasma with saving his life and his buddy.
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Iman
Pennsylvania
Hitler Exhorts Germans Endure Untold Miseries
Adolf Hitler urged Germans to endure boundless misery as the price of resistance, declaring Germany would fight on to the death. He spoke on the 12th anniversary of his rise to power amid reports of Soviet advances toward Berlin and amid warnings to Allied leaders.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Tony
John McDonald former Winchester resident dies at 78
John W. McDonald 78, of Del Ray West Virginia, died at his home yesterday morning. He had been paralyzed for years and owned a North River Hampshire county farm. Survived by widow Gera Swisher, daughters Edith and Nella Buckman, sister Mrs. Robert Hook, funeral Thursday at Union Chapel Winchester, burial in Augusta cemetery.
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John W. McDonald
del Ray
W. Va
McDonald
North River
Hampshire County
Winchester
West Virginia
Gera Swisher
Edith
Nella Buckman
Martinsburg
Robert Hook
Union Chapel
J. Goode
Augusta
Red Cross Club Recall on Valued B 17 Mission
Sgt. Paul L. Tomney Jr. of Valley Avenue, a nose gunner on a B 17, recalled a Merseberg raid over Germany. His plane flew home on two remaining motors with two fighters guarding, after one motor failed and another belched oil. he later reported recovery from wounds.
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RED Cross Club
England
Paul L. Tomney, Jr
Valley Avenue
American Red Cross Club
Tomney
Paul Tomney
Merseberg
Germany
Baltimore and Chicago Market Quotations January 31
Baltimore market reports steady produce and livestock prices with light receipts across poultry eggs and butter. Chicago figures show hogs fully steady around 14.75 to 15.00 for 160 lb plus, cattle and calves largely steady with steers 14 to 16.25 and heifers up to 17.10, lambs 15 to 16.5 with varying weights and quality.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Sweer
Local Markets and General Army Flag Design
Local markets list daily prices for flour and feeds with various bag sizes and pricing per hundredweight. The piece ends with a question about the design of the U S Army flag, noting scarlet and white elements with pointed stars.
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Star
Chicago Grain Quotations
Short covering after a parity price rise gave wheat and rye futures slight gains while other grains held steady. Opening prices show Wheat May 1.60 to 1.60 1-8, Corn May 1.11 1-4, Oats May 66 3-8, Rye May 1.12.
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Chicago
Rye
Stock Market Report Opens With Mixed Early Trading
New York January 31 stock market opened with a brief first hour sell-off extending yesterday's decline. Early losses were fractions to more than a point as steels rails and American Telephone fell. Later a rally lifted many key issues to modest gains with some 1 point rises late in the fourth hour as bonds were irregular and commodities moved higher.
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New York
American Telephone
Jury verdicts in juvenile education case from Woodstock
The jury found Dewey Speelman, William Vance, and Thomas Brannon guilty with fines, costs, and jail terms ranging from one to 45 days. Rebecca Owens’ appeal was withdrawn and she faces a five day sentence. Testimony noted two Brannon children aged 13 and 9 had not enrolled in school until January 1945. Brannon requested time to finish raising 2,000 broiler chicks.
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Dewey Speelman
William Vance
Thomas Brannon
Rebecca J. Owens
W. Erle Edwards
Harry Kern
Woodstock
E. H. Brumback
Speelman
Vance
Brannon
Lucille
Hugh
F. B. Cadwallader
Foreman
A. M. Zirkle
J. P. Arthur
E. Clay Rogers
Elijah Pifer
Roy
F. Grove White
B. H. Potts
J. H. Argenbright
Roy R. Boyce
Kenneth
Austin
Landon B. Whitacre
Robert DeHaven
Can Pluto be seen with the naked eye
The planet Pluto is of the fifteenth magnitude, and too faint to be seen without a large telescope.
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Pluto
Russians Close on Berlin as Soviet Forces Advance East
Soviet forces push toward Berlin from the north and northeast as Zhukov’s First Army nears Stolzenberg and Konigsberg falls. Reports say 1.5 million Germans are trapped or overrun, with cold, frozen terrain aiding crossings and a growing push from Elbing toward the capital.
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Berlin
Oder
Saas
Zielenzig
Austria
Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Stolzenberg
Brandenburg
Netze
Driesen
Stalin
Hitler
Stettin
Germany
Berg
Mergethen
Heyde- Waldburg
Elbing
Prussian
German Transocean Agency
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Marienwerder
Vistula
London
Elming
Silesia
Breslau
Ivan S. Konev
Upper
Oder River
Zhukov
Katowice
Poland
Carpathian Mountains
Slovakia
Budapest
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Beverly Jean
Army
ETO
Handley High School
Martin Aircraft Plant
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Stock Market Report
Chappie
Rhodes Drug Store
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Pomerania
Konigs
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T. M. Reg
K.C. Corp
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Brad St
Educational Insurance
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Dist. Mgr. P. O
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
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