Baby Bar in St Louis Offers Feeding and Rest Rooms
Saint Louis travelers gain a “baby bar” in Union Station's USO club with baby beds bottle warmers playpens and diapers funded by the Variety Club and Station space donated by the terminal. Volunteers staff the room to help traveling mothers and their infants while a military band performed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Litterley Louis
St. Louis
Faluntary Services
Travelers’ Aid Society
Mary Olastris
Travelers’ Aid
Miss Glastris
American Women's Voice Services
Leon Roogee
USO
Union Station
Ration calendar lists stamps and validity through 1945
The AP notes updates for foods and goods: meats fats and processed foods with blue stamps A8 to V8. sugar stamps 30 31 and 40 for canning. shoes airplane stamps 1 2. gas coupons 10 A 11 A with varied allowances by region. B3 and C3 five gallons. oil coupons recombined. new period one coupons usable on receipt from ration boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Clarke Red Cross chapter holds annual Clarke County meeting
Clarke County Virginia Red Cross leaders reported on 1944 War Fund Drive results, volunteer hours and new programs at the annual meeting in Berryville. Highlights included 19 Motor Corps members serving at blood clinics and drills, 1,300+ hours worked, 35,547 dressings made, and plans for arts and skills activities to lift patient morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
The
American Red Cross
R. K. Gan]terianoh
Hobson
Louis Stolle
Motor Corps
George Greenhalgh
Clarke
Rose McDonalds
Agnes Mitchell
Army
White Sulphur
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert Shenk
Boyce
Katherine Anderson
Betty Russell
C. P. Miley
Garland Williams
James Lindsey
Clifton Price
Graham Dougherty
National Motor Corps
Red Cross
Oil Tankers Plied Seaboard Ahead of War
Before the war tanker ships delivered about 1,250,000 barrels of oil daily to eastern seaboard points, underscoring the vast fuel flow sustaining eastern markets and fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Court Disposes Speeding Drunk Driving Cases
Judge John Rice presided in Civil and Police court and disposed of cases. Arthur E Humphrey of 410 Millwood Ave paid 10 dollars and 4 dollars in costs for speeding. Floyd Luttrell of Grimes Ya billed 10 dollars and 6.75 costs for reckies driving. Frank Newlin of Fremont Street paid 5 dollars and 6.75 costs for drunkenness. Gainesboro entrant paid 5 dollars and 6.25 costs for drunkenness. James Mahoney of 319 S Kent Street received 30 days and 10 dollars in fines and costs for disorderly conduct after fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Arthur E. Humphrey
Millwood Ave
Floyd Preston Luttrell
Grimes
Stephens City Church Group Notes And Local Updates
The Co workers class of the Lutheran Church met last Monday with Mrs. Joe Clevenger presiding. Members and visitors listed include Mrs. Charney Beatty and several other local residents. The column reports births, hospital visits, travel, a thyroid operation, and final rites for George Whirley with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
The
Lutheran Church
Joe Clevenger
W. C. Adams
Clevenger
Charney Beatty
Cora Massie
Don Brumback
Ralph Bauseman
Julian Gregory
Earl Euring
Raymond Euring
Carolyn Seal
Lucy Dean
Marshall Galliday
Larry
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Garland Strickler
Gary
Reading
Etta Hershman
New Market
Roy Gregory
Memorial Hospital
C. S. Headley
Maurice Lemley
Zoe Lemley
Winchester
Alice Kathryn
Washington
M. P. Lemley
U. S. Navy
John Galliday
Calvin Ritenour
California
George Ritenour
George Whirley
Methodist Church
Walter Smith
Whirley
Fauquier County
Tazewell
Eliza Whitley
John Green
Alfred Dalsey
Washington, D. C
Ralph Thompson
Clyde
Allen Whirley
England
John Madigan
Charles Whirley
Gaithersburg
Green Hill Cemetery
Charles Robert Lemley
Hunter Field
Georgia
Stuart Montgomery
Falls Church
Harry Carbaugh
Lillian Rollings
Virginia court orders sale of Whitacre estate in 1944 suit
In Frederick County Virginia a 1944 circuit court suit against H D Whitacre et al seeks to sell the real estate of U Grant Whitacre and settle his estate. The order requires no residents among defendants to appear within ten days, publication in Evening Star for four weeks, posting at the courthouse, and mailing copies to listed defendants. See N Whitacre clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Virginia
Circuit Court
County OF Frederick
H. D. Whitacre
Lohn Whitacre
Gordon Whitacre
Phillip Whitacre
Elsie Boxwell
Floyd Whitacre
Glenn Whitacre
Leo Whitacre
Ralph Fletcher
Edith Fletcher
Albert Fletcher
Ernest Brill
J. R. Whitacre
Als
U. Grant
Lohr Whitacre
Edith Fletcher Albert Fletcher
Virginia
Evening Star
Winchester
That Man in the White House book review at Handley Library
Frank Kingdon’s That Man in the White House, tied to 1944 election stakes, argues democracy faces fascism and imperialism. Kingdon, a London-born former minister, draws on U S politics and world war tensions to expose subversive methods. Borrowing available at Handley Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Frank Kingdon
United States
George Eeeee
de Wits
Lincoln
Kingdon
London
University College
People of
America
Handley Library
Local social guests mingle at Brush Creek area gatherings
Martinsburg and Berryville residents attended weekend visits and luncheons at the Whitacre Mauzy and Collins households. Numerous families including Patterson Dolan Dailey Whitacre Kerns Lamp and Luttrell were mentioned with updates on illness and visits, highlighting community ties in Brush Creek Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush Creek
Virginia Patterson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Alverna Dolan
Tommy
A. P. Whitacre
Ruth Mauzy
Parker Mauzy
Nora Whitacre
Blythe Maury
Naomi Collins
A Brown
Frank E. Barr
Berryville
Dunlap
Ruth M. Kerns
Harry O. Kerns
Alva H. Lamp
Fanny
Ralph Whitacre
Ora E. Whitacre
NBC reporter reports no German guns firing on invasion coast
New York June 6 NBC reporter who flew over 20 miles of the invasion coast said not a single German coastal gun was firing in the invasion zone. NBC said this indicated that the initial line of defenses of the Atlantic Wall had been completely knocked out.
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New York
NBC
Atlantic Wall
Local notes and updates from Martinsburg region
Reports from the Martinsburg area include funeral attendance for Aden Lamp in Martinsburg West Virginia, visitors and hospitality notes for Ray mond L Heironimus, and various local household concerns. Residents mention corn planting amid dry spells, snake observations, and minor health updates including Philip Shade and A L DeHaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Carson Whitcare
Bruce
Alcide P. Whitacre
Aden Lamp
Martinsburg
W. Va
Betty Lee Maury
Anne Patterson
Raymond L. Heironimus
Washington, D. C
Ruth Kerns
Philip Shade
A. L. DeHaven
Vacation Bible School Opens At Summit Point
Summit Point West Virginia reports the Vacation Bible School began May 29 and runs two weeks with all community children invited. The item also notes local residents and visitors, including births, illnesses, and family visits in nearby Winchester Martinsburg Laurel and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Point
W. Va
W. D. Dickey
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rae
Michael
Otto Schroeder
Baltimore
G. A. Kenneth Monnington
Front Royal
W. W. Poston
Agnes Allen
Laurel
John Allen
Grand View
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. W. LaRue
White Post
Eleanor Conley
Lee Warfield
Gaithersburg
Maryland
Edward Lord
Joan
Edna Sands
Wasington
D. C
Charles. Higgs
Beulah Glasscock
Douglas Brady
O. W. Brady
Answers to the Daily Quiz Highlight Correct Choices
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page four list ten items with correct responses including PENBIVE, Rondo, Normalcy, UNRRA, Justinian and Hamm, rubber, false, Leon Trotsky, and a quoted phrase. The compilation reflects the period’s puzzle solution format and names several historical and literary references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Justinian and Hamm
Leon Trotaky
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Zenith
Miller’s Drug Store
Garland Spillman
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Dial
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N. Whitacre
Harry R. Kern
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