Virginia Woolen mill girls organize softball teams
In Virginia, workers at the Woolen Mill form two softball squads the third shift led by Virginia Nixon defeats the first shift 19 to 9 in opening game. Nixon earned four strikeouts while Peggy Cain allowed two swinging strikeouts. Dorothy Crosen homered as the teams fielded a full lineup with players including Merle Ambrose and Elsie Miller on the third shift and Peggy Cain Mildred Strode and Kitty Perry on the first shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Mill
Virginia Nixon
Peggy Cain
Dorothy Crosen
Merle Ambrose
Elsie Miller
Jean Whitlock
Daisy Landacre
Maxine Derflinger
Aloise Massie
Thelma Snyder
Dorothy Crosen, Center Field; and and Helen Lake
Mildred Strode
Kitty Perry
Mable Carper
Gertrude Renner
Hazel Newlin
Maryatta Housenfluck
Margie Moore
Mable Whitacre
Grenoble Surrounded As State of Siege Declared
French patriot formations surround Grenoble in southern France and the city is described as being in a state of siege, per La Suisse reported by OWT from New York on June 10. The report notes international news coverage of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Grenoble
France
la Suisse
OWT
V. F. W. To Meet Monday Night
The Winchester Post No. 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars meets at 7 30 Monday night at J. E. Keffer residence on Gray Avenue. Several matters of importance are to come up and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. E. Keffer
Gray Avenue
Farm Auction Sale of Cooper Estate Items Virginia June 16 1944
Public auction to liquidate the Lewis F. Cooper estate on the west side of U S Route 11 near Stephenson Frederick County Virginia. Items include a John Deere tractor disc plows lime spreader drills stock livestock and farm implements plus feed grain fertilizer and supplies. Terms cash. Eugene B. Cooper administrator with Brumback Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis F. Cooper
Stephenson
Frederick County
Virginia
John Deere
Eugene B. Cooper
Market Quotations for Produce and Livestock Markets
Baltimore and Chicago market quotes list produce like apples and potatoes unchanged with light poultry receipts and mostly steady to mixed meat prices. Cattle hogs sheep and calves show weekly comparisons, with some declines for lower grades and top slaughter steers around 17.45, hogs 1430 top, lambs 15.75-16.75, and various price ranges across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
W.a.f—Office of Distribution
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Colorado
Swiss Call Up New Classes
London June 10 The German radio bulletin reports the Swiss Federal Council with the general staff ordering the calling up of additional military classes to strengthen preparations amid the general situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Swiss Federal Council
Germans Fleeing North In Italy
German forces in Italy are retreating northward with fires set at Guardiagrele and the town later shelled to hinder pursuit. Allied air power claims casualties and matériel destruction as German demoralization grows, while the Mediterranean Allied Air Force reports hundreds of vehicles and rail cars destroyed and allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ico
Filetto
Forso c
Guardiagrele
Kesselring
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Italy
Luftwaffe
Denmark
MAAF
Riem
Munich
Augsburg
Ingolstadt
Postwar optimism lifts motors stocks in busy Saturday market
Thoughts of peace spur equities with good postwar outlook as automobile makers gain interest for possible partial civilian production. Many issues under ten dollars trade in large blocks while top year gains appear in fractions or more. Transfers total around 600000 shares in two hours as investors bet on civilian revival and durable demand, with bonds holding steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Irregular Chicago grain openings as crop fears press wheat
Chicago grain quotations show mixed early moves with a forecasted record crop weighing on wheat. Rye gains support from expected government use in industrial alcohol, while oats and rye futures edge within ranges across July to May contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rye
Strategic Railway Is Cut Below Port
German broadcasts claim 400000 men in Normandy with 200000 per side as Allied air power and ground forces strike railways roads and concentrations behind the line. British Canadian forces push toward Caen amid street fighting while Rommel throws reserves at Caen and Cherbourg’s approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
France
U. S
Caen
RAF
Carenton
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
Bayeux
Frederick native holds key roles at MacDill Field
Lt Col William R Crabill a Frederick county native serves as Technical Staff Officer in Charge of Quartermaster Supplies at MacDill Field Florida overseeing clothing equipment and base logistics. He also presides as President of the Base General Court Martial ensuring fair trials for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDill
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Frederick County
Wiliam R. Crabill
Army Court of Aw
Wildcats To Play At Middletown
Middletown hosts Williamsport Wildcats tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 as the undefeated Middletown team faces the visitors led by manager Ralph Comer of the Minks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcats
Middletown
Williamsport “Wildcats
Ralph Comer
Minks
German Attacks In Old Poland Crumpled In Victoria Front
London June 10 Soviet troops reportedly crushed localized German assault northwest of Tarnopol in historic Poland as Red Army preparations for a new eastern front grew. A tank supported Nazi infantry regiment reportedly breached a locality but was repelled by a night counterattack. Ten German tanks and two self propelled guns were said crippled or burned. Soviet forces also reportedly seized a height north of Stasi Romania, wiping out over a company of enemy. A Soviet anti aircraft battery claimed four German fighters shot down northeast of Sanislawow. Stanislawow lies about 60 miles southwest of Tarnopol.
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London
Moscow
Tarnopol
Poland
Red Army
Germany
Balkan
Stasi
Romania
Ernst von Hammer
Sanislawow
Stanislawow
DNB
Berlin
Karelian
Isthae
Leningrad
Yester- Y
Weather improves over Dover Strait after mist
London reports a modest weather improvement in the Dover Strait with clearer skies to the west and a lighter northwest breeze. Visibility rises as the sea becomes smoother and temperatures reach 50 degrees by 9 AM after yesterday's mist and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover Strait
Roosevelt signs debt rise and tax cut bill
President Roosevelt signed legislation reducing the night club tax from 30 to 20 percent effective July 1 and raising the national debt limit to 266 billion dollars. The expansion clears the way for the 16 billion dollar fifth war loan drive starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephens City Defeats Handley in Ten Innings 10-9
Stephens City edged Handley 10-9 after a 10 inning game. Both teams were tied 6-6 in the seventh. Stephens City broke the deadlock with four runs in the top of the 10th as Handley responded with three runs in the bottom but could not level. Orndorff earned the win and Spaid pitched for Handley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Sccre
Orndorff
Ee Spaid
Handey
4-H Short Course Attendees Named for VPI
Frederick County will send representatives to the State 4-H Club Short Course at VPI Blacksburg June 12 to 17. Home Demonstration Agent Ruth McNeil and leader Mrs H A Snapp will accompany. Maurice Carpenter, president of the County Council, and five club delegates including Elizabeth Crim Dorothy Davies Sarah Jane Judy Wendall Phillips and Johnny Cole will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Blacksburg
Ruth McNeil
H. A. Snapp
Maurice Carpenter
Elizabeth Crim
White Hall
Dorothy Davies
Whitacre- Hayfield
Sarah Jane Judy
Middletown
Wendall Phillips
Whitacre
Johnny Cole
Red Bud
4-H All Stars Attend Conference at VPI
Miss Rebecca Lodge Miss Mary Gay Marker Nelson Carpenter and brothers Robert and Hugh Dailey left Frederick County yesterday morning to attend the annual State All Star Conference at VPI. The event runs from June 9th to an unspecified closing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Lodge
Mary Gay Marker
Nelson Carpenter
Robert
Hugh Dailey
Frederick County
Victory Queen at Gore High School Named
Miss Hester Sager won the Victory queen title at Gore High School in a contest sponsored by the Student Cooperative Association to boost War Bond and Stamp sales. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Sager of Star Tannery Virginia and will start her sophomore year this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Gore High School
Hester Sager
Student Cooperative Association
Miss Sager
Roger P. Sager
Star Tannery
Virginia
Gravel Springs
Gore
Paul Beable
Gore High School
Eva Richard
American Legion
James Richard
Mountain Falls
Gainesboro
Mountain View
Need For Waste Fats Increases In Winchester and Frederick
Waste fat collections in Winchester and Frederick County dropped last month despite OWI urging higher outputs. Local chairwoman Mrs. Robert Grove reports May total 2 193 pounds versus 2 265 pounds in April, noting a rising national need for used kitchen fats to meet industrial demand this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Office of War Information
Robert Grove
Ho’ives
Colored ladies rest room opened in county court basement
Emma Parks Robinson announces the opening of a colored ladies rest room in the basement of the County Court House. The announcement notes accessibility and the move as a community facility expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Emma Parks Robinson
Public Sale of City Realty in Winchester Virginia
Public sale of city realty to be conducted July 8 1944 at eleven in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. The property includes the Louis Shearer Warehouse on North Cameron Street with 110 feet frontage and 189 feet depth. Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments with notes and deed of trust. Possession September 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC. I. Brumback and Wife
A. D. Goetz Sons’ Company
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Cameron (Market) Street
Louis Shearer
Forrest A. Brown
Herbert S. Larrick
C. I. Brumback and Wife
Church School Day At Market Street Methodist Church
The Market Street Methodist Church observes its annual Church School Day during the 11 o clock service led by Mrs A C Halvosa. Children, Juniors, Youth and Adults perform Bible verses songs and a candle lighting ceremony. Certificates from Winchester Training School will be awarded to many named participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodist Church
A. C. Halvosa
Kate Kern
Jesus
Wilbur R. Johnston
Louise Avey
Margaret Pangle
Doris Sartelle
Ralph Harry
Mary Louise Vanderberry
Winchester Training School
J. Scott Atkinson
C. E. Babb
Roy Bageant
Mildred Cameron
James F. Fauver
Henrietta H. Fuller
Wilbur Johnston
John A. Kern
Claud Oates
Clatice Oates
Margaret Ann Pangle
Ruth Pangle
Willi Peer
Jane Rosenberger
Mary V. Rosenberger
Donald Sartelle
R. W. Vanderberry
Madeline Whitmire
Allied Bombers Hit Northern France Airfields
Several hundred RAP heavy bombers attacked airfields at Rennes Laval Le Mans and Fliers in northern France as part of the Normandy campaign. Eight heavy bombers were missing and night fighters shot down four German planes. Coastal aircraft and naval forces continue anti submarine operations.
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Normandy
Fliers
Rennes
Laval
le Mans
France
Air Ministry
Supreme Headquarters
Channel Islands
Junkers
Brest
Flers
Onl
Caen
Rennes Laval
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Woolen
Triangle Brand
Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
Wall Street
N.Y
Michigan Ave
Stock Market Report
Rommel
Carentan
Cherbourg Peninula
Ste. Mere Eglise
Gen. Bradley
Col
Wm. Crabill
Philip W. Barnhart
A. P. Barnhart
North Braddock Street
United States Army
Air Corps
Moore Field
Mission
Texas
Handley High School
Logan D. Massey
Ralph B. Snapp
Fairmont Avenue
U. S. Naval Trai Center
Great Falls
Ill
Naval Service
Julian F. Blanchfield
Harry Blanchfield
Blanchfield
501St Armored Field Artillery
Homer Allen
Washington, D.C
Bernice Blanchfield
Clarence
Shorty” Foreman
Seaman 2-C
New London
Connecticut
South
Loudoun St
Seaman Foreman
Naval Radio School
Auburn
Ala
Old
Reds
Handley
VPI
All Stars
Southern States Cooperative
Virginia Livestock Market
Julian A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
East Boscawen Street
Harry March and
Pareers
Tean of Christ
the Mainteter
Reginald W Vanderberary
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
William White
Main
Marlboro Streets
Main Street
C. I. Brumback
Carmel Boyer
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