Several Minor Accidents Reported in City
City police reported multiple minor collisions this morning on Cameron Street and Scaven Street. A 1941 Plymouth driven by N Kellas hit a 1933 Plymouth driven by Mary Eloise Russell after a pedestrian stepped from a parked car. Russell’s car stopped, but damage totaled $35. A 1942 Plymouth sedan driven by Penny May Seigrist collided with Linden Boyd Unger’s 1941 Chevrolet coupe. damages exceeded $60. Earlier, a 1942 Pontiac driven by James Alvin Stonesifer damaged $178.70 in a Pine Street Orchard Avenue crash with Harold Sibert’s 1936 vehicle yielding about $10 in damage.
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Cameron
Scaven Street
N. Kellas
South Kent Street
Mary Eloise Russell
Bruce‘town
Russell
Penny May Seigrist
Wave
Washington
Cameron Street
City Hall
Linden Boyd Unger
Winchester
Pine Street
Orchard Avenue
James Alvin Stonesifer
Elm Street
Harold Lee Sibert
Opequon District Sunday School Convention Thursday
The 34th annual Opequon District Sunday School convention will meet at Fairview Methodist Church near Stephens City on Thursday August 2 starting at 10 AM. Rev. Walter Smith hosts, Henry Mears speaks, and Major speakers include Rev. Minor C. Miner and Rev. R. L. Booze with related music and committee reports. Everyone is invited with a basket lunch.
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Fairview
Minor C. Miner
D. D
Virginia State Council of Churches
J. L. Stewart
Cedar Cliff
Presbyterian
R. L. Booze
Stephens City Lutheran
F. Estes Kline
Gts
Textile Executives Meeting August 4 in Martinsburg
E. K. Pierson assistant director of the Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers Association will be guest speaker at the Shenandoah Valley Textile Executives Association banquet meeting. The event is set for Saturday August 4 at 6 30 PM in the Shenandoah Hotel Martinsburg West Virginia announced by Richard Petrie secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Pierson
Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers Association
Shenoah Valley Textile Executives Association
Shenandoah Hotel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Richard Petrie
Trial Justice Court Docket Disposes Reckless Driving and Disorderly Conduct
In the Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards and Earl Clayton Lineweaver in Stephens City the cases of reckless driving were disposed with $25 fine and costs. George H. Wright of Front Royal was found disorderly in public with a $10 fine and costs and 30 days suspended.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Earl Clayton Lineweaver
Stephens City
George H. Wright
Front Royal
Ration Calendar Highlights Stamp Validity Through Dates
The listing outlines wartime ration validity for meats and fats on book four red stamps K2 through P2 through Sept 30 and August 31 for various ranges, processed foods through late October, sugar stamps through August 31 with September 1 renewal, shoes stamps good indefinitely, airplane stamps and gas coupons, and notes OPA has no cancellation plan while some entries extend to November 30.
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Associated Press
OPA
Carrier Pigeon Seeks Owner After Arriving at Walnut Tree
Mrs. Winton Kerns of Cross Junction Frederick county reports a tame pigeon entered her yard on July 24. The bird has a metal leg band Au-45 W4582 and is staying in a walnut tree while Mrs. Kerns seeks the owner.
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Winton Kerns
Cross Junction
Frederick County
Star
Rites Thursday for J T Orndorff in Clarke County
Funeral services for Joseph T. Orndorff 84 will be held at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church near Star Tannery. He died after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at the Wadesville crossing while attempting to catch a passenger train. Surviving are eight children and a sister and brother. Interment at the church cemetery.
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Gravel Springs Lutheran Church
Star Tannery
Joseph T. Orndorff
Baltimore and Ohio
Wadesville
Clarke County
Ethel la Follette
Strasburg
Simon and
Catherine Garrett Orndorff
Sarah C. Orndorff
W. E. Orndorff
Omps
W. V
Sprow
Fayetteville
Ethel LaFollette
Waderville
Dora Vance
Berryville
Euphemia Mowery
Joseph H. Orndorff
Hagerstown
Betty Brill
Ida Belle Cook
Baltimore
Sarah Herbaugh
Stephens City
James Orndorff
Wheatfield
Omp
Gravel Springs
E. B. Smith
Church
Winchester Rated A Richer Market
Winchester shows a higher living standard and stronger consumer market in 1944 by Sales Management 1945 survey. Retail sales reached 14 400 000 with per person buying power 1 479 in the city, far above Virginia and national peers, while Frederick County residents spent 4 640 per family. Buyers saved with war bonds and debt retirement, and future merchandise availability is expected to boost local business.
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the Star
New York
Winchester
Virginia
South Atlantic
Union
Frederick County
Smith Speaks On Love At IOOF Meet In Winchester
Maurice G. Smith grand master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia I O O F was guest of honor and speaker at the Tri County Odd Fellows Association meeting with Madison Lodge No 6 in Winchester He urged love as the core of fellowship read a Roosevelt tribute and honored deceased members Claude B Stickley and David Hottle The gathering included numerous Grand Lodge officers and local dignitaries and adjourned with music fellowship and a planned November meeting in Front Royal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice G. Smith
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Tri-County
Odd Fellows Association
Madison Lodge No. 6
Winchester
F. D. Roosevelt
Claude B. Stickley
David Hottle
Lodge
God
Brotherhood of Christ
C. V. Robinson
Warrenton
W. F. Soaper
Grand Lodge
H C. Brill
Madison Lodge
W. E. Edwards
Host Lodge
Everett D. Kline
Secretary's Association
Carrie Carper
Rebekah Assembly
Virginia Coffman
Edin
Ashley Woodward
Front Royal
Association
Edgar Mason
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Dearing
Philomena Laren
Laval to face court in person or Absentia retrial ordered
Pier re Laval, fleeing Spain, reportedly headed for Bavaria to surrender to American forces. Paris authorities alerted airfields as Laval moved to appear before the Court of Justice within ten days, though an ab sentee death sentence already exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Justice
Laval
Paris
Pierre Laval
Spain
Bavaria
Japanese forces push up ridge in Pacific counterattack
Japanese units attacked a ridge held by Filipino troops and killed 38 more during the counter-attack driving both Filipino units from their positions. The commanding ridge was held by at least two Japanese companies.
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Page
Good Appraisement Figures For Stewart H. Good Estate
An appraisement of the estate of the late Stewart H. Good has been made by C. M. Grim J. H. Yost and G. F. Butsler. The amount was 2568 dollars.
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Stewart H. Good
C. M. Grim
J. H. Yost
G. F. Butsler
Senators quarrel during Senate inquiry over stored butter sale claim
In Washington on July 31 Senator Ellender walks out of a Small Business Committee hearing after Acting Chairman Wherry cuts off his question to War Food official Dr D A Fitzgerald. Wherry presses a claim that 80 000 to 90 000 pounds of butter were sold to two soap factories while Van Veen says prior sales lacked foundation.
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Washington
Ellender
D-La
Senate Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
D. A. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Jim Murray
D-Mont
U S Cruisers Depart Antwerp After Truman Visit
Le Soir reports the U S cruiser Augusta that carried President Truman left Antwerp over the weekend for an unknown destination, and the Philadelphia also departed at the same time.
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Brussels
le Soir
U. S
Augusta
Truman
Europe
Antwerp
Philadelphia
DDT Harmful to Wild Animals Questioned
The article asks if DDT harms wild animals and asserts no injurious effects were observed on warm blooded wildlife when used to kill mosquitoes. It notes ongoing questions about ecological impact and practical usefulness.
Winchester plans 60 wartime housing units under H-2 program
The National Housing Agency approved a Winchester project for 60 family dwellings including 10 for Negro families. Creighton cited quotas and ceilings, with 50 percent of priority approvals before October 1, 1945, and 30 percent for homeowners. Builders urged to favor servicemen families as the program aims to ease housing shortages and support wartime production. Vincent A Carlin noted FHA oversight and priority applications go to Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
NHA
Robert K. Cheighton
Atlanta
Creighton
Federal Housing Administration
East Main Street
Richmond
Vincent A Carlin
Miss Eugenia Hayden 87 Succumbs in City Nursing Home
Miss Eugenia Bird Hayden age 87, long resident of Winchester, died this morning at a city nursing home. She taught in Virginia, was a concert pianist, and a member of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. Survived by niece Helen Hayes and nephew Haven Hayes. Funeral at Kurtz Chapel Wednesday August 1 at 10, interment in Indianapolis.
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Eugenia Bird Hayden
Winchester
May Heist
John James Hyden
Sarah Marshall Hayden
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Virginia
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington
Helen and
Haven Hayes
Chicago
Dearborn
Mich
Kurtz
Ronald S. Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Cary Grant to not contest Barbara Hutton divorce
Los Angeles July 31 Cary Grant's attorney announced the actor will not contest the divorce suit filed by Barbara Hutton Grant heiress. The couple married July 8 1942 and will not pursue financial claims. Mrs Grant seeks a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Los Angeles
Cary Grant
Barbara Hutton Grant
Fines Woman For Scant Attire On Boardwalk
Atlantic City police court fines a woman ten dollars for failing to cover from neck to knees while walking the boardwalk. The fining came after a police edict restricting attire during bathing mode days on the beachfront.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Albert N. Shahad
Secretary Patterson's Home Looted
Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson told police that thieves broke into his Washington home last night. They took 12 bottles of Scotch a Luger pistol a revolver clothing and a suitcase used to carry the loot.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Harlem settlement origins and naming by Stuyvesant
The original settlement began around 1636 at the site of present Mount Morris Park. In 1658 Peter Stuyvesant named it New Haarlem in memory of Haarlem, the Dutch town. Within thirty years a small nucleus of colored citizens grew into the continent's largest Negro community.
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Harlem
New York City
Mount Morris Park
Peter Stuyvesant
New Haarlem
Nieuw Haerlem
Haarlem
Keep Little Ones Close to Home in Polio Warning
Richmond reports 25 polio cases this year and 3 more bringing the state total to 28 in Goochland and Louisa counties. Health officials delay nursery school closures but urge ban on new enrollments and cautious mos apply. Dr Browne advises postponing tonsillectomies for under 16 and recommends chlorinated hot-water dish rinsing to reduce infection risk.
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Richmond
Goochland
Louisa
Health Department
W. A. Browne
Richmond City
Newark man dies after bus terminal shooting and self harm
John Velardi age 39 of Newark New Jersey died at Emergency Hospital from a self inflicted gunshot after wounding Carl Steele in the Greyhound Bus Terminal. Velardi said he was drinking heavily after learning his sailor son was missing in action in the Pacific for three months. Stalin?
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Washington
John Velardi
Newark
N. J
Velardi
William J. Garyler
Carl Steele
Lancaster
S. C
Steel
Gaylor
Steele
Pacific
C N Veach Dies In Washington
C Naylor Veach, longtime resident of this area, died in Washington D C where he had lived for 15 years. He is survived by his wife Pearl Veach a son William Naylor Veach his father Cary W Veach and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held at Hints Funeral Home Washington on Wednesday August 1 at 10 o clock with interment in Front Royal cemetery at 1 o clock the same day.
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C. Naylor Veach
Washington, D. C
Mr. Veach
Boyd G. Headley
Handley High School
Pearl Veach
William Naylor Veach
Cary W. Veach
Washington
Hints Funeral
14Th
Harvard Streets
Front Royal
Doctor Cures Leukemia Patient Again in Atlanta
A two and a half year old boy with lymphatic leukemia treated by Dr. Marshall Sims, who previously cured another leukemia case. The child Rick Flowers, flown from Baltimore with his parents, shows no critical condition yet. The doctor notes no proven cure but hopes therapy may help.
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Atlanta
Cate
Rick Flowers
Baltimore
James Frederick Flowers
Camp May Naval Station
Marshall Sims
Brumback Will Is Recorded
The will of J. William Brumback written in March 1943 is admitted to probate. T Russell Cather and Salome Crisman witnessed it and Byron Brumback is named executor with a $4000 bond. The estate directs debts and funeral costs to be paid and $100 to Mount Carmel Cemetery trustees. The remainder goes to Byron for life, then to his children or siblings as specified.
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J. William Brumback
T Russell Cather
Salome Crisman
Mount Carmel
Middletown
Byron Brumback
E. M. Funk
M. H. Rhodes
J. J. Pickeral
E. R. Sperry
H. W. Owings
Conference talks continue as Big Three miss deadline
Russian report notes no delay in parley end despite yesterday’s failure to meet. President Truman plans return to Washington to report on the war against Japan. Prime Minister Attlee continues Churchill’s duties while completing his domestic program for parliamentary consideration.
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Truman
Washington
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Allied naval strike targets Japanese rail hubs near Shimuzu
U S and British forces smashed rail shops and industrial targets in Hamamatsu and Shimuzu as part of a slow return to the Tokyo area. A fast destroyer group including Schroeder and Harrison hit Shimuzu while Massachusetts and King George V bombarded Hamamatsu.
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Third Fleet
Tokyo
Schroeder
Harrison
Suruga Gulf
Shimizu
Japan
Nippon
U. S
Massachusetts
Hamamatsu
Shimitzu
Nimitz
Boyd Awarded Second Medal to Tech Sgt. L M Boyd
Tech. Sgt. Lewis M. Boyd receiving a Bronze Star Medal on May 13 1945 for meritorious service from June 15 1944 to April 30 1945 across France Belgium Holland and Germany. He also earned the Silver Star for gallantry in France on July 28 1944. He is now master sergeant with the 76th Division at Munchberg Germany and has 17 months overseas.
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Tech
L. Marshall Boyd
Ruby Landacre
East Boscawen Street
Lewis M. Boyd
30Th Infantry Division
United States Army
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Boyd
L. S. Hobbs
U.S. Army
Munchberg
John S. Miller
Handley
M. Sgt. Boyd
Notable figures and places tied to early American history
The list references Syria and Lebanon, the Revolutionary War era, the NAACP, Warrant Officer George R. Tweed, and Jamestown, Frankfort, and Byrnes. It associates roughly 370000 with these topics and mentions a spider as a curious detail.
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Syria
Lebanon
Revolutionary War
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George R. Tweed
Women leaders urge active help for peace and education
Margaret Hickey, president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs and chairman of the War Manpower Commission's Women’s Advisory Committee, says women must push peace through home schooling, dinner-table discussions, and community activities. She cites the need to educate children and foster public opinion, and notes compromises and understanding other nations are vital for lasting peace.
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San Francisco
Margaret Hickey
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
War Manpower Commission
Italy
Miss Hickey
America
Missouri
St. Louis
Joseph Strubinger
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
If Well Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs
A compact political campaign line claims that purchasing war bonds ensures national security by deterring aggression. It frames bond sales as a direct means to prevent enemy action and protect citizens.
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Opequon
Trial Justice Court
Walnut Tree
J.T. Orndorff
Smith
IOOF
Hayden
Patterson
C. N. Veach
Brumback Will
Clare
White Palace
Marshall Boyd
Jamestown
Frankfort
James F. Byrnes
Adelaide Kerr
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
Braddock
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