Mrs. Annie Armel 87 Obituary
Annie Craig Armel of Winchester died at 87 after a five month illness from a heart ailment at her home 714 South Cameron Street. She was a daughter of John W. Smith and Elizabeth Clark, widow of Herman W. Craig and later J W Armel. She leaves two sons, several grandchildren, a great granddaughter, and a Marine grandson. Funeral services Friday June 8 at 2 pm from Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mourit He Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Craig Armel
South
Cameron Street
John W
Elizabeth Clark Smith
Frederick County
Winchester
Herman W. Craig
J. W.armel
Ge L. Craig
John H. Craig
Baltimore
Ja Craig
Iger Craig
Ann Stewart
Washing D. C
George L. Craig
U. S. Marines
Pacific
Sharon Lee Stewart
Okinawa Fall Near as Marines Advance Across Island
Allied forces press toward Okinawa as Maj. Gen. Del Valle’s First Marine Division pushes southwest to a juncture near Naha harbor. Maj. Gen. Arnold’s Seventh Infantry clears Chinen peninsula and Nakagusuku harbor while the 32nd Regiment moves to the eastern escarpment guarding the island’s southern flank.
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Pedro A. del Valle
Naha Harbor
Okinawa
Archibald W. Arnold
Chinen
Nakagusuku Harbor
Ration Calendar Highlights Stamp Validities and Dates
AP notes ration details for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes and gasoline. Book four blue stamps valid through various dates from June to September. Gasoline coupons cover four to six gallons with specific issue dates and board approvals noted.
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Associated Press
OPA
Suspended Sentence Given in City Court for Forgery
Samuel F. Gordon received a two year suspended penitentiary sentence for forgery and 10 years probation. He pleaded guilty to passing a $36 check on H L Boren after waiving indictment and trial by jury. He had earlier faced a similar charge in Frederick Circuit Court with two years to serve eight months.
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Samuel F. Gordon
Gordon
H. L. Boren
Frederick
Campbell Returns To Police Force
Police Chief C. W. Hollis announced Richard Campbell of Strasburg has resumed duties as a Winchester police officer. Campbell, a former Merchant Marine with a first class radio license, will serve as night clerk and radio operator after about five months on the force last year.
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C. W. Hollis
Richard Campbell
Strasburg
Winchester
Campbell
Merchant Marines
Force
Rites Friday For C. M. Gochenour
Funeral services for Oscar Melvin Gochenour of Winchester will be held Friday afternoon. The cortege leaves his Hamburg home at 2 o clock for Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview for 3 o clock services conducted by Rev. E L Miller and Rev. J W Mangum. Interment is in Fairview Cemetery. Gochenour was known throughout Rockingham and Shenandoah counties and worked for Raleigh and Watkins Products for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenemy Disciples Church
Gore
Dedi
Orge Ogden
W. A. Rother
Roy F. Sch
Winchester
Marge
Cery Association
High Eleven
Frederick County
Cemetery Association
Winchester Singers
C. A. Quaezel
Oscar Melvin Gochenour
James Gochenour
Hamburg
Edinburg
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Fairview
E. L. Miller
J. W. Mangum
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Raleigh and Watkins Products
Bowers Loses Appeal Case in Corporation Court
Fred M. Bowers was convicted of vagrancy by Judge Burr P. Harrison in Corporation Court. He received a 12 month sentence with all but 40 days suspended and a one year probation.
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Fred M. Bowers
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court
Bowers
Police Kill Dog After Bite Report Order
Officers Thompson and Wise were directed to dispose of a dog accused of biting a child and kept under observation by Dr. Charles Milton. The disposal follows the animal’s placement in Milton’s care while authorities reviewed the incident.
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Thompson
Wisecarver
Charles Milton
Partial Divorce Merges Into Absolute Decree in Adams Case
Judge Burr P. Harrison in Corporation Court merges the partial divorce Marie Anderson Adams versus Frank Miller Adams into an absolute decree. Mrs. Adams is allowed to resume her maiden name Marie H. Anderson.
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Marie Anderson Adams
Frank Miller Adams
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court
Adams
Marie H. Anderson
Three Objections to Compulsory Military Training
Rev. Mr. Young outlines three objections to compulsory training. It could erode youth democracy by enforcing obedience, impose a national debt and mass camp conscriptions, and risk world peace by provoking suspicions from other nations. The forum, coordinated by Grant Pollock, featured servicemen and local organizations supporting the discussion.
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Mr. Young
America
Grant Pollock
WINC
Allen
Carpenter
U. S. Engineers
American Legion
American Association of Univerches
Junior Board of Trade
Citu
Win
A. E. Humphrey
JBT
Girl Testifies She Was Attacked in Philadelphia
Blonde Penelope Baker testified at a magistrate hearing that Jack Arbruzzo and Peter Bacino assaulted her Monday night in a sparsely settled area and tried to rob her jeweled wrist watch. She identified the men, described the assault, and said she escaped during the attack before Bacino forced her back into the car. The pair were held without bail for court on rape aggravated assault and battery charges.
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Philadelphia
Penelope Baker
Jack Arbruzzo
Peter Bacino
Miss Baker
Barbizon Plaza
New York
Philadelphia General Hospital
Bacino
Army
Arbruzzo
ODT Calvary Ruling Criticized by Christian Council Official
Wilkinsburg Pa June 7 An official of the American Council of Christian Churches protested to President Truman that the Office of Defense Transportation lifted its ban on horse racing but still restricts Bible conferences The secretary W O H Garman said the ODT cannot dictate Bible study limits and would resist bureaucratic interference from the 14 denominations he represents.
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Wilkinsburg
American Council of Christian Churches
Truman
Office of Defense Transportation
Council
W. O. H. Garman
ODT
Over 300 Entered for Upperville Colt and Horse Show
More than 300 entries have been registered for the Upperville colt and horse show at Grafton Farm in Virginia. The schedule prioritizes breeding classes with 27 other divisions, including heavy drafts, halfbreeds, thoroughbreds, ponies, and hunter events. Final selections crown a top halfbreed three year olds for the challenge bowl and mares or geldings for the Founder's cup.
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Upperville
Grafton Farm
Fauquier
Dudean
May Turn Laval Over To French
A Paris dispatch says Generalissimo Franco agreed to extradite Pierre Laval, former Vichy leader. A French plane reportedly flies to Spain to pick up Laval, who fled from Germany to Barcelona near war’s end.
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Laval
London
Exchange Telegraph
Paris
Generalissimo Franco
Pierre Laval
Spain
Germany
Barcelona
Charges Concerning Blind People At Virginia Workshop
Charlottesville June 7 John L Livers chairman of the Virginia Commission For the Blind announced a June 12 meeting at 10 am to consider charges in a petition to Governor Darden by blind workers The closed meeting asks for an investigation of the commission workshop policies and five complaints plus an inquiry into executive secretary L L Watts alleging dictatorial and unfitted conduct.
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Charlottesville
John L. Livers
Virginia Commission For the Blind
Darden
L. L. Watts
Virginia
Land Bought By Locker Concern
FRONT ROYAL Virginia June 7 The Skyline Frosted Food Lockers Inc which recently was granted a charter by the State Corporation Commission has purchased a one and one half acre tract fronting on Main Street Walter A Wine secretary of the corporation said WPB had granted priorities for building materials for a building which will house more than 500 individual food freezing units and a general food market The corporation has listed its capital at 60000 divided into 600 shares
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Front Royal
Skyline Frosted Food Lockers, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Walter A. Wine
WPB
Haakon Returns To Native Norway After Five Years
King Haakon VII arrived in Oslo at noon marking Norway’s Independence Day and the five year anniversary since he left London to lead the nation against German forces. The date also coincides with his 1905 accession as monarch.
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Oslo
Haakon VII
Norway
London
Haakon
E Bond Sales Rise to 2.07 Billion Today
Washington reports that E Bond sales in the 7th War Loan reached 2.07 billion dollars today, achieving 52 percent of the 4 billion quota. Individual purchases total 4.398 billion dollars, or 62 percent of the 7 billion quota, with the drive continuing through June 30.
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Washington
British Tanks Silence Japanese Near Kalaw South Burma
The India based Southeast Asia com munique reports British tanks and artillery silenced strong enemy positions north of Kalaw in South Burma, 95 miles southeast of Mandalay, after a temporary halt in their advance along the Kalaw road due to heavy Japanese rear guard fire.
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Calcutta
Kalaw
Burma
Mandalay
Company Officers Named in Par Value Shares Record
The document lists shares with a par value of 100 dollars each and names Mrs. Elizabeth Polk Guest as president and Elmer L. Keyser as treasurer of the corporation.
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Elizabeth Polk Guest
Elmer L. Keyser
Japanese Army Urges Suicide Stand in Crisis
San Francisco report says the Japanese Army issued a 20 page handbook urging the 100,000,000 home island population to mount a last defense with self-inflicted death if American landings occur. The Domei News Agency account quotes the resistance manual as calling for a death by own action attack to defend the Empire.
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San Francisco
Empire
Radio
Daniel E. Barbey
Seventh U. S
Seventh Fleet
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Japan
Domei
Barbey
Historian Sir John Marriott Dies at 85 in Wells
Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott, 85, historian and former fellow and lecturer at Worcester College Oxford, died in Wells, Wales. The death was announced today.
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Wells
Radnorshire
Wales
John Arthur Ransome Marriott
Worchester College
Oxford
If We'll Buy The Bonds They'll Drop The Bombs
The item presents a political quip about funding defense bonds and the potential military response. It frames a stance linking bond purchases to wartime actions and public security implications.
Pursued Testimony Key in County Divorce Case
Gerald B. Evans awarded bed and board divorce from Ethel H. Evans after Judge Burr P. Harrison finds no adultery. Perjury charges against Ethel are noted with sentence deferred. Edna Newlin Miller held on contempt. Desertion proven in cross bill, granting Evans partial divorce and absolute custody of two infants. Married in Moorefield January 25, 1937. desertion alleged July 5, 1944.
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Gerald B. Evans
Ethel H. Evans
Evans
Edna Newlin Miller
Harrison
Moorefield
Vans
Mt Jackson rider dies from Charles Town race spill
Jockey Joe Beedle, 29, of Mt Jackson Va, died from a fractured skull after a five horse spill in the Charles Town Jockey Club meet. Two other jockeys, G Franklin and S Palumbo, were hurt. Beedle died from injuries suffered last Saturday race day.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Joe Beedle
Mt. Jackson
Charles Town Jockey Club
G. Franklin
S. Palumbo
Bobby Eden
J. Hernandez
Beedle
R. M. Gustin
Mary R. Fox
Broomoria
James Hamilton
Appointed Notary Susan H Kabler for Winchester
Susan H Kabler has been appointed a notary public for the City of Winchester for a four year term. She has filed the required $500 bond and subscribed to the oath of office.
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Susan H. Kabler
Winchester
Company 115 Virginia State Guard Drill Tonight
The regular weekly drill for Company 115 Va 8 G will be at the Armory tonight at 7 30 as members return leg ings and helmets from the June 6 parade. Captain Baker says the fourth anniversary celebration June 14 is nearly set and more details will be announced. Ex servicemen are urged to join at Thursday evenings to aid the unit.
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Company 115
W. A. Baker
Co. 115
Police Court Dispositions After Judge Rice Session
Track Shirley of Haddox Row was fined $10 plus costs for drunkenness. Edward Riffey of Martinsburg faced $5 and costs for drunkenness. John Vowell of Boyce paid $10 and costs for drunken and disorderly conduct with a 30 day jail sentence suspended. Austin Tasker of RFC Winchester was arrested for perjury in Shenandoah county and released to the Virginia State Police.
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John Rice
Shirley
Haddox Row
Edward Riffey
Martinsburg
John Vowell
Boyce
Austin Tasker
RFC Winchester
Bene
Shenandoah County
Virginia State Police
Training youth for national defense emphasized by speaker
The speaker urged schools and community groups to train young people for emergency service. She argued a ready standing army and strong national guard can mobilize youth in good condition and prepared minds for any role required.
Differences (Continued from page 1) on veto by Big Five
The article explains how Harry Hopkins will convey American views to the Kremlin and inform the President if a definite no emerges. Delegates foresee a conference dispute likely, with all Big Five and the 45 other nations ready to report on veto procedures.
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Kremlin
Harry Hopkins
Gromyko
Hopkins
Cavalry Officer Randolph-Macon Alum Dies in Pacific War
Lt. Simpson, Cavalry officer and Randolph-Macon Academy graduate, died in Okinawa after serving in the South Pacific campaigns including Guam Leyte Ie Shima. He married Kathryn Baker of Front Royal and left behind wife Beverley, his parents, a sister, and four half sisters. He was a member of the Episcopal Church in Front Royal and had many friends in Front Royal and Winchester.
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Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
United States Arme
Kathryn Baker
Dale Baker
Simpson
Beverley
Anderson Apartments
Braddock and
Gerrard Streets
South Pacific
Winchester
Turner Slaughter
William Trenary
Answers to the Daily Quiz by Dr. Joan R. Commons
The list provides correct quiz responses: False for item 2, terms like Equatorial for item 3, Colorado for item 4, Government of Spanish Republic for item 5, Juridical for item 6, Amazon for item 7, True for item 8, Capers for item 9, and The archangel Michael for item 10.
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Joan R. Commons
False
Equatorial
Colorado
Government of
Spanish Republic
Juridical
Amazon
True
Capers
the Archangel Michael
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Annie Armel
Clarke County
C. M. Gochenour
Town Meeting
Grafton
Locker Concern
Jap Army
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Bell System
Virginia State Guard
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