Death of W. C. Allamong settles in Winchester area
Walter Ciscore Allamong, 75, a tired farmer and carpenter, died at 11:20 p.m. at Winchester Memorial Hospital from heart disease after a hospital stay since Friday. Born October 8, 1868 in Frederick County, he lived in Jephson and later Winchester. He served in World War I and was a member of the Friendship Fire Company. Survived by widow Mary Louise Webber and children Harry E. Allamong, Jage W. Allamong, Isaac Allamong, Roosevelt Allamong, Clayton Allamong, and Mrs. Rachael Wilbur, with one daughter in California. Funeral from Jones funeral home on Wednesday July 12 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Robert B. Nelson. interment at Hopewell Church Cemetery in Stephenson.
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Walter Ciscore Allamong
Inchester Memorial Hospital
Friay
Ate Isaac
Elizabeth Lonasl
Frederick Corn
Frederick County
Louise Webber
Jephenson
Inchester
Piccadilly Street
Endship Fire Company
Pvt
Clayton Allag
Italy
Harry E
Jage W. Allamong
Leveland
Ohio
Isaac Allamong
Winchester
Roosevelt Allamong
Waynesboro
Clayton Allamong
Car recovered in Versailles after theft from Amherst Street
Francis Funk reported that a 1941 Chevrolet coupe titled to Philip Glaize, stolen on July 4 from in front of the Fred Glaize residence on Amherst Street, has been recovered in Versailles Indiana. State police at Connersville said the abandoned car was found and Officer Massey was sent to retrieve it.
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Francis Francis Funk
Philip Glaize
Fred Glaize
Amherst Street
Versailles
Ind
Connersville
Massey
Fire in Wheat Field Sparks Alarm at Bartonsville
A fire in a wheat field near Bartonsville spread and prompted an alarm this afternoon. The Friendship Fire Department answered the call and had not returned by 2 45.
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Bartonsville
Friendship
Winchester Lodge appoints Cammer as trustee
Lodge Trustee Claude R. Cammer is approved by Winchester Corporation Court to serve as trustee of Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 A. F. and A. M. He succeeds the late T. Russell Cather.
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Claude R. Cammer
Winchester Corporation Court
Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21
A. F
Robinson Appraisements Filed in Frederick Circuit Court
The clerk records two appraisal totals for deceased Sallie G. Robinson at 104 153 31 with appraisers Nicodemus Yost and Bean and for deceased James L. Robinson at 37 309 with appraiser C L. The document lists executor details and establishes values for estate settlement.
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Frederick Circuit Court
Sallie G. Robinson
C. L. Nicodemus
J. H. Yost
E. P. Bean
James L. Robinson
Allied Forces Break Through in Pacific and Burma Campaigns
Gen. MacArthur reports clearance of Island near New Guinea near the Philippines, accelerating airfield availability as Saipan falls. In Burma, Ukhrul collapses Japanese resistance, while Chinese forces push toward Tengchune in Yunnan and press along the Burma road. Allied totals show heavy Japanese losses across Burma, India, and the Pacific.
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Island
New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Saipan
Huper
Hunan
Hengyland
Burma
Ukhrul
India
Tengchune
Yunnan
Seip
Joseph W. Stilwell
Salwee River
Wilno Hold Tightens as German Defenses Fail
Berlin broadcasts report Nazi defenders barricaded in central Wilno as Soviet forces push through the city. Russians reach the Kaunas road near Otena while attempting to encircle Wilno and advance toward Lida, Grodno, and Bialystok amid a planned German withdrawal from East Prussia and the Baltic region.
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Berlin
Walter Plato
Kaunas-Daugapils
Otena
East Prussia
Wilno
Kaunas
Tilsit
Riga
Baltic
Pskov-Narva
Estonia
Baltics
Germany
Latvia
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Adolf Hitler
Lotzen
Rominten
Lida
Narva
Tallinn
Pskov
Norweigan
London
Norway
France
Gardermoen
Hvaldsmoen
Lille
Hammer
Tryout Camp for Teens with Brooklyn Dodgers at Frederick
Gene Miller urges area teens 16 or older to attend a tryout camp at McCurdy Field in Frederick Maryland with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The postwar event offers a chance to meet stars George Sisler and Wid Matthews and showcases potential pro baseball paths despite military service concerns.
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Frederick
McCurdy Field
Brooklyn Dodgers
Frederick Clarke
George Sisler
Wid Mathews
Chicago Grain Quotations July 10 Wheat and oats ease
Hedging safes exerted pressure on wheat futures as opening prices slipped slightly. Oats and rye followed the soft trend with light trading.
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Chicago
Rye
Heat Wave Persisted as Drought Grips Winchester Area
Winchester and vicinity remained under a heat wave with the drought growing more serious. Temperatures hit 93 degrees by 2 30 pm and did not fall below 67 overnight. The Winchester Research Laboratory reported a 93 degree peak yesterday, with only .01 inch of rain from two light Saturday showers.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Three Year Suspended Sentence For Bigamy In Winchester
Mary Elizabeth Smith arrested under name Elizabeth Anderson Peterson for bigamy. She pleaded guilty before Judge Burr P. Harrison in Winchester Court and received a three year suspended sentence in the state penitentiary with three years probation. Warrant sworn by Milton Peterson alleged a prior marriage, later found she had used several names including Ward and Anderson. She waived indictment and faced grand jury procedures before acceptance of the plea.
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Mary Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Anderson Peterson
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester Corporation Court
State Penitentiary
Milton Peterson
Winchester
Anderson
Mary Ward
Chatham
Dan Smith
Harrison
Funeral Rites For Mrs. Alhassa F. Grimm
The funeral of Mrs. Alhassa F. Grimm 71 wife of David E. Grimm of 411 South Cameron street died Friday at Montague Hall Nursing Home after long illness was held yesterday at Jones Chapel South Loudoun street with Rev. R W Vanderberry officiating Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers were Holmes Carper Ernest Carper Camillus Carper Jeremiah Cave and Lantz Hauptman She is survived by her husband two sons one brother and two sisters. She was a daughter of the late John and Hannah Birmingham of Pennsylvania and had lived here many years
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Alhassa F. Grimm
David E. Grimm
South Cameron Street
Montague Hall
Jones Chapel
South Loudoun Street
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron
Holmes Carper
Ernest Carper
Camillus Carper
Jeremiah Cave
Lantz Hauptman
Grim
John
Hannah Baker Birmingham
Pennsylvania
Rail network battered but railroad workers persevere
German stoppages and propaganda praise railwaymen amid air raids and vehicle diversion as Allied bombings cripple European rail hubs. From March to May about 800 people died in German train wrecks while rail yards and junctions faced relentless bombardment and sabotage, yet workers kept supplies moving toward the front.
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Germany
Europe
Berlin
Voelkischer Beobachter
France
Normandy
Retail Peaches Markups Set for July 20 Effect
The Office of Price Administration announced retail markups for fresh peaches will take effect July 20, with expected retail prices about 25 percent lower than the 1943 crop. F. O. B. prices vary by region, with higher growers’ maximums in ten southern states and a 2.3 cent per pound wholesale cap. Retail markups will be four cents per pound in groups one and two stores and three and a half cents in groups three and four.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
West Coast
California
Nevada
Arizona
Oregon
Idaho
White Post Splits Twinbill With Pleasant Valley And Stephens City
The White Post baseball team split a doubleheader at Boyce, beating Stephens City 14 4 in game one and losing to Pleasant Valley 6 5 in the nightcap. White Post hosts Round Hill at Boyce next Sunday.
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White Post
Pleasant Valley
Stephens City
Boyce
Round Hill
White Sox Fall 8 3 to Hancock in Opener
The Winchester White Sox lost 8 to 3 in the first game of a two game series at Hancock Maryland. Hancock jumped to a 3 run lead in the first inning and held on. Rowe earned the win while Kendall took the loss as the Sox struggled for hits.
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Winchester White Sox
Hancock
Hancock Club
Rowe
Sox
Kendall
Seabright Will Recorded in Frederick Court
The will of Baker M. Seabright dated March 19 1938 with a later codicil was admitted to probate and recorded in Frederick Circuit Court. The will named his wife as principal beneficiary but after her death a codicil left the bulk of real and personal estate to brother in law E W Steele. Witnesses were Dallas M Fogle Olen Lee O Roark C E Rainsberger. Administrators bond set under $1000. Appraisers named Earl Bailey J B Bywaters O F Snapp Robert L DeHaven and Harry L McCann.
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Baker M. Seabright
Frederick Circuit Court
E. W. Steele
C. E. Rainsberger
Dallas M. Fogle
Olen Lee O’roark
Earl Bailey
J. B. Bywaters
O. F. Snapp
Robert L. DeHaven
Harry L. McCann
Former City Resident Visits Friends Here
Mrs. Frank Blair of Philadelphia and Mrs. Bruce Green of Wilmington are guests of Miss Eliza Diffenderfer on South Cameron Street.
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Frank Blair
Philadelphia
Bruce Green
Wilmington, del
Eliza Diffenderfer
South Cameron Street
Allied air and ground actions smash German targets in Normandy and Ploesti
Allied air forces Press reports detail heavy bombing of Ploesti Romania by American 15th Air Force heavies and Allied operations around Tours France Chateaudun Pas-De-Calais and Normandy. Bombing losses include three heavy bombers and several fighters. Equipment smashed includes 55 locomotives 388 freight and tank cars 68 trucks and 30 railroad ammo cars.
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U. S
Normandy
15Th Air Force
Italy
Ploesti
Tours
France
Pas-De-Calais
Chateaudun
Paris
RAF
England
London
Orleans
Rennes
Britain
Liberators
Concordia-Vega
Xena
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W. C. Allamong
Glaize
Lodge
Gene Miller
Dodgers
Mrs. David Grimm
White Sox
Sergeant’s Sale
Calvin Lee Ritenour
H. A. Peddicord
G. G. Baker
City of Winchester
D. G. Crofton
Thomas Burdge
Second Army
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Arly
Oy Bk
Hoes Feathe
Disco Lity
Javed
Ader
Ontgo
Nery Ward
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