Haig Named Director of Appalachian Forest Station
Dr. Irvine Haig, a Forest Service research scientist, is named director of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station based in Asheville North Carolina. The station studies forests across Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina Kentucky and Tennessee. Haig recently led a Chilean forestry mission and previously headed forest management research in Washington. He succeeds Dr. Richard E. McArdle now assistant chief in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine T. Haig
Forest Service
Appalachian Forest Experiment Station
Washington Office
The
M. C. Howard
Geo
Washington National Forest
Asheville
N. C
Appalachian
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Haig
Chile
South America
Washington
Appalachian Station
Richard E. McArdle
Community notes from Greenspring and nearby towns
July updates from Greenspring Virginia and surrounding areas report visitors and illness. Winifred Marnell of Ling sboro Massachusetts stays with his father Charles Marnell. James Brill and family visit Winchester connections. Local obituaries note the death of A L Anderson of White Hall. A yard party at Mt Pleasant U B Church drew a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenspring
Winifred Marnell
Lingsboro
Mass
Charles Marnell
James Brill
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Elsie
Irene Catlett
Hazel Saville
Bradford Shreck
A. L. Anderson
White Hall
Anderson
Mt. Pleasant U. B
Notice of decree of reference in Whitacre estate case
Interested parties are notified that on July 27, 1944 at 10 A M at 18 Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia I will execute a decree of reference in the chancery cause H D Whitacre et al against J R Whitacre et al to ascertain report on the estate of A Grant Whitacre including real and personal property value liens priorities and to hold a creditors distributees and heirs convention and determine partition possibilities W E Edwards Master Commissioner in Chancery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss, Avenue
Winchester
Virginia
Circuit Court
Frederick County
H. D. Whitacre Et Als
J. R. Whitacre Et Als
A. Grant Whitacre
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Digestive Relief
Health note touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick aid to digestion and mood, claiming daily use supports bile flow and digestive comfort. It promises affordable prices of 10 and 25 cents at drugstores.
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Nature
Carter
Attre
Allies Drive Two-Front Push to Break Hitler
The Allied offense spreads from Normandy to the eastern front as British Canadians push in Caen and St Lo falls to American forces. Aerial supremacy precedes ground gains while Soviet forces widen operations into Poland and threaten the Baltic region, signaling a turning point in the war.
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Hitler
Normandy
Berlin
Paris
Caen
St. Lo
Poland
Lwow
Baltic States
Battlefront Rundown Shows Pressure on Nazi Lines
The piece maps Soviet advances across the Baltic region and toward East Prussia, with Bialystok, Brest Litovsk, and Lwow highlighted as key rail hubs. It warns the German defense may stage fierce resistance while noting Izvestia foresees vigorous battles at East Prussia approaches.
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Baltic States
Baltics
Fuehrer
East Prussia
Red
Bug
Niemen
Poland
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Hitler
Lwow
Reich
Moscow
Izvestia
Clarke Man Adds 3 Percherons To His Farm Stock
Paul S. Shearer reports a Berryville dairy farmer near new stock adding three Percherons. The stallion Goldmine with Egotist lineage and two mares Miss Berkey and Des Moines Valley Dyna join the herd. European buyers seek American work stock as exports rise. Ellis McFarland notes growing Percheron demand from England South Africa and Mexico.
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Paul S. Shearer
Goldmine
Miss Berkey
Des Moines Valley
Berryville
Egotist
Maple Grove
Lang
America
Ellis McFarland
Percheron Horse Association of
England
South Africa
Mexico
Rites Tomorrow For J. L. Humston
Funeral services for John L. Humston 77 a Clarke County official of the First National Bank of Berryville for 33 years will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at his Clarke County home. Rev. Dr. Parker and Rev. Dr. Clark will conduct with interment at J Hebron Cemetery Winchester. Survivors include two sons and two daughters a brother J Lin den Humston Middletown and four brothers in law. Active pallbearers include J William Carpenter F L Ayler St Thomas A B Hummer George R Green and Paul Pierce. Honorary pallbearers listed include Dr E C Stuart Dr B B Dutton Ralph M Ware Alfred M Kerfoot J Edward Thoma W D Burtner Arthur C Buckley Leonard H Bell Lewis F Stolle W A Bradford Roy E Potts Julian Glascock and A D Hummer.
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Clarke County
John L. Humston
Clarke Countian
First National Bank of
Berryville
L. A. Parker
E. T. Clark
J. Hebron
Winchester
J. Linden Humston
Middletown
E. A. Humston
OWS
J. William Carpenter
F. L. Ayler
St. Thomas
A. B. Hummer
George R. Green
Paul Pierce
E. C. Stuart
Dr. B. B. Dutton
Ralph M. Ware
Alfred M. Kerfoot
J. Edward Thoma
W. D. Burtner
Arthur C. Buckley
Leonard H. Bell
Lewis F. Stolle
W. A. Bradford
Roy E. Potts
Julian Glascock
A. D. Hummer
Porcupine Steals Weather Stick Delays Report
Red Bluff reports were delayed when workers could not locate the fuel moisture stick used to gauge ground cover moisture. After an all day search the stick was found. it had been gnawed and carried off by a bold porcupine.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Digger Butte Lookout
Sale Under Writ of Fieri Facias in Huntsberry Case
By virtue of levy on a writ of fieri facias in Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp v C W Huntsberry and Mary E Huntsberry I offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia Saturday July 29 1944 at 11 o clock A M a 1934 Chevrolet Pick up Dunn & Duvall Auctioneers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
C. W. Huntsberry
Mary E. Huntsberry
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Dunn & Duvall
Ship Officer Knocked Senseless By Great Blast
Port Chicago California July 18 Engine Room Officer Hill Anderson aboard a vessel anchored near the ammunition ship that exploded last night recalls the blast. He woke with a throbbing head to find the hull the only substantial part left of his ship, with the pilot house ripped away and shells ripping through oil tanks. Anderson from San Francisco suffered head injuries and cuts as the air filled with flying shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Chicago
Calif
Hill Anderson
Coast Guard
Anderson
San Francisco
Evangelistic Service At Salem Church
Two week evangelistic services at Salem Church of the Brethren south of Stephens City Virginia begin Monday night July 24 led by Rev. Howard Whitacre of Flintstone Maryland. Services run nightly through August 6 with Saturdays included. the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Church of the Brethren
Stephens City
Howard Whitacre
Flintstone
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Frank Morgan
van Johnson
C. Aubrey Smith
Dame May Whitty
Gladys Cooper
Warner Bros. Coo
Capitol
Loor
George W. Kurtz
No-Flex
Manhattan
Arrow
Beau Brummell
Palm Beach
Pioneer
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray and Sheetz
Ligtening
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Dial
Hansbrough & Carter
Loudoun Street
Custoep
Mathews
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
DR. L. M Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M. Baldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Irvine Haig
U. S. Forest Station
W. E. Edwards
la Haye de Puits
Loudoun
White Palace
U. L. Case
Care Rust Engineers
East Highway
Front Royal
Peoples Drug Store
Perry Wright
Esso
N. Cameron St
Moorefield
W. Va
McCrory
Capitol Restaurant
Apply
Greyhound Grill
Chevrolet
Guernsey
Ben. Crampton
North Loudoun
E. Shirley
Prete
Carl Duff
Plymouth
E. Monmouth St
Old Dominion Garage
S- Main St
N. H. Reds
Rock
North Avenue
Baltimore 1
Boyce
Falirmont
Southwerk St
Frank Allanson
Gore
Berkeley Springs
Earl Evans
Trianon Restaurant
Dia
Bufflick Road
East Piccadilly St
Harry Patterson
Rt. 3
Benjamin Homer Keller
Clarke
J. L. Humston
Sheriff’s Sale
Hable’s Palace
Rina
Allbritton
Tata Paige
Robert Benchley
Horton Helen Broderick
Salem Church
Haldeman
Delco
Huntsmans Lodge
Automobile
J. A. Hotinger Mutual Insurance
N. Loudoun Dia
Earl L. Mason
N. Loudoun
Bickers Motor Co
Winchester, VA
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Army
Navy
Sray & Eddy
COA
Olga Stoker
Bugs Armstrong and
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
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