Flag Day Mighty Seventh War Bond Drive Shows Large Sales
A preliminary Flag Day report from Winchester shows War Bond sales totaling 1 785 300 with local groups exceeding quotas. Rotary Elks Kiwanis and Masons led in sales while two groups fell short. a street dance and bond booth events drew about 1500 people as pledges flowed through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Barney
Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester
Rotary
Elks
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
American Legion
Lions Club
VFW
Eagles
Bond Booth
Loudoun Street
Winchester Elks
Legion ‘Color Guard
Rev
B. Nelson
Iwee
Andrew Babb
W. W. Glass
Grant Pollock
Howard Cahill
Sonny Frye
Slim Sloan
Gloom Chasers
The
Betty Hengeveld
O'Sullivan
W. M. Shade
Capitol Theatre
Ethel Jolliffe
Hairrman
Jewish Women’s Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Winchester-Clarke County Garden Club
Beta Sigma Phi
Quota Club
VFW Auxiliary
Civic League
Eastern Star
United Daughters of the Confedracy
AAUW
County P.T.A
Frederick County
Winchester- Frederick County
Barney
Susan
Armory
Army Special Service Orchestra
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Ration Calendar Details Through Summer Months
The Associated Press outlines ration validity for meats fats and processed foods with Book four stamps expiring between June and September and new stamps effective August 1. Gasoline coupons update from June 21 to June 22 and fuel oil periods extend through August 31 as boards accept the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
OPA
Hazelwood Sailor Ship Refitted After Okinawa Kamikaze Hit
Vallejo Calif June 15 Scarred destroyer Hazelwood returns to Mare Island for refit after a Kamikaze strike off Okinawa April 29. Ten officers including Commander W P Duen and 67 of 299 enlisted men are dead or missing. The ship fought through Wake Tarawa Gilbert Marshall Peleliu and Philippine operations before joining the Third Fleet for Japan duty. Surviving Lt JG L E Legas described the near fatal battle as two planes crashed into the ship’s superstructure and a third dove in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Calif
Okinawa
Hazelwood
Mare Island
W. P. Duen
Abingdon
Bethlehem Yards
San Francisco
Tarawa
Gilbert
Marshall
Peleliu
Philippine Island
Third Fleet
Japan
L. E. Legas
Seattle
Wash
Duen
Legas
C. M. Locke
Lockeford
Harloe Receives Medical Degree at University of Virginia
Dr. John Pinckney Harloe of Charlottesville Va. graduates from the Medical School of the University of Virginia. He is the son of the late Dr. Walter W Harloe of Matoaka W Va and brother of Dr. Weldon M Harloe now serving with the armed forces on the West coast. He and the Raven Society members are linked to several Harloe relatives in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Virginia
John Pinckney Harloe
Charlottesville
Walter W. Harloe
Matoaka
W. Va
Weldon M. Harloe
Virginia University Medical School
Raven Society
John Harloe
Quiz Key Answers From Page Four
The list shows correct responses: 1 John Maki 2 Vice Admiral Ghormley 3 True 4 I believe in the United States of America 5 Aluminum 6 Cape Henry 7 Gastronomy 8 cite instead of quote 9 False 10 98.6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Maki
Robert Lee Ghormley
United States of America
Cape Henry
Attlee Sets Big Three Berlin Meeting for Prospective Conference
Major Clement R. Attlee said the Big Three will meet in Berlin. He disclosed in a letter to Churchill accepting the invitation to attend the prospective conference in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlee
Big Three
Berlin
London
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Labor
Churchill
Farmer fatally wounds wife then kills himself near Martinsville
Martinsville Virginia June 15 48 year old Patrick county farmer Jesse Dillon fatally wounds his wife mother of 11 then shoots himself as state troopers search for him. Dillon had threatened to kill his family and fled after wounding neighbor John Gilley. Children fled to John Hancock’s home as deputies and state police investigated.
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Martinsville
Patrick County
H. C. Birckhead
Jesse Dillon
Dillon
Birckhead
Gritz
Frank Mays
Quartet to Appear in Berryable at St Luke Church
Rev E T Johnson pastor of St Luke Baptist Church announces The Victory Four of Baltimore will perform at St Luke Baptist Church on Sunday June 17 with shows at 3 and 8 oclock. He notes the quartet is of high reputation and invites friends from Winchester Boyce White Post Millwood and nearby communities to attend.
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E. T. Johnson
St. Luke Baptist Church
Victory Four
Baltimore
Johnston
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Boyce
White Post
Millwood
Quarterly Meeting at John Mann Methodist Church
The first quarterly conference of John Mann Methodist Church opens the new conference year tonight at 8. Rev. C. E. Queen district superintendent of the Alexandria District will preside. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mann Methodist Church
C. E. Queen
Alexandria
Confreence
Army to slash 90 percent of contracts if Japan surrenders
Washington June 15 A DOD official said the Army stands ready to cut 90 percent of its contracts within 48 hours if Japan capitulates. Overall procurement would drop 32 percent from two front war levels by year end 1945, with munition production halted and food contracts kept.
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Washington
Howard Bruce
Germany
Bruce
If Alive Hitlers Punishment Described Worse Than Death
General Eisenhower said Hitler would face worse punishment than death if alive, hunted in disguise and underground. He noted Russian doubts Hitler is dead and argued a tyrant who ruled 250,000,000 people would endure a hidden, daily menace rather than escape.
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Hitler
Paris
Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
No Services At Clearbrook Church
The Rev. J. Allen Messer announced no preaching at Clearbrook Presbyterian Church until the first Sunday in July. Messer normally supplies the church on the first and third Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook
J. Allen Messer
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Mr. Messer
Bay Size and Ports in San Francisco
The bay is nearly 40 miles long and 3 to 12 miles wide with at least 40 ports.
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San Francisco Bay
Bay
Finals Begin At University Va
The University of Virginia holds the first commencement section in Cabell Hall with about 65 medical graduates to receive doctor of medicine degrees. Arts and sciences and other departments finish exams. full graduation occurs June 25. Alumni events and a Law School alumni gathering follow. Dr Staige D. Blackford will speak. The medical class gifts a portrait of Dean Harvey E. Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Cabell Hall
College of Arts and Sciences
Law
Engineering
Alumni Association
Law School Alumni Association
Staige D. Blackford
Harvey E. Jordan
Vacation Bible School Opens at Stephens City
Trinity Lutheran Church will host a two week Vacation Bible School in Stephens City school from June 18 to July 2, Monday to Friday 9:00 to 11:30. Programs for ages preschool through over 12 include We Live For Jesus Serving Jesus We Want To Serve and The Story of Gods People. Closing program July first Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Jesus
Raymond L. Booze
Stephens City Lutheran Parish
May Allow Families to Join Yanks in Europe
The War Department said dependents and fiances of servicemen in occupied Europe may join them when conditions permit. Rep. Margaret Chase Smith noted the department will relax restrictions. She had proposed wives join husbands on extended stays and include fiances who would marry and stay with their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Europe
Margaret Chase Smith
John W. Martyn
Stimson
Epidemic Reported In Tokyo Amid Outbreak Concerns
A Tokyo epidemic report notes outbreaks of infectious diseases and typhus inoculations by roving medical units. Broadcasts described the outbreak as small relative to prior winter illnesses, while officials say sanitation efforts proceed in orderly fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Super-Forts Hit Osaka Amagasaki Amid Weather Hampers Raid
A force of 520 B-29s fought thick weather that broke up formations on a mission to Osaka and Amagasaki Japan to drop 3000 tons of incendiaries. Tokyo acknowledged fires at several points as gen Curtis LeMay predicted the raid could weaken Nippon's war industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
Guam
Japan
Osaka
Amagasaki
Tokyo
Nippon
Curtis E. le May
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Okinawa
Osaka Targets War Production Plants in Broad Sweep
The campaign identified multiple targets across Osaka including Kwyo precision works Wakayama iron works strong engineering works machine tool and bearing works chemical plants electrical and textile factories as part of a broader industrial assessment for wartime output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Kwyo Precision Works Company
Wakayama Iron Works
Strong Engineering
Wenchow Under Attack as Chinese Countermoves Reported
Chinese forces say they attacked Wenchow in Chekiang province after advancing 175 miles from Foochow and forcing the Japanese garrison toward retreat. Concurrently Maj. Gen. McClure reports Ishan retaken near Liuchow with Japanese withdrawals along the Tatang corridor as fighting continues around the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chinese High Command
Foochow
East China
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Shanghai
Wu River
Robert B. McClu
Tatang
Liuchow
Ishan
Post War Interstate Route Commitments Detailed
The plan designates Bristol on route 60 and 168 from Newport News to Richmond, route 250 to Staunton, and route 60 to the West Virginia line. It also includes either route 211 or route 55 between Washington and route 11 in the Valley for formal commitment to the interstate network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Newport News
Richmond
Staunton
West Virginia Line
Washington
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Dorothy B. Lawrence
Highland Avenue
Patricia Jackson
Germain Street
C. Louise Greenawalt
Euclid Avenue
Retail Merchants’ Association
Christie Fansler
Margaret Hodgson’s
Gladys Good
Bell Clothes
Julia Beavers
Workingman’s Store
Philippines
France
Clarke County
J. P. Harloe
John Mann
Army
University
Vacation Bible School
Cet B. Miller
Singer
Star Office
P. O. Box
Cumberland
Maryland
G. S. Miller
North Cameron
George Washington Hotel
Monticello Hotel
A. D Henderson
N. Cameron St
U. S. W. M. C. Regulations
Stuart M. Perry
Apply Capital Restaurant
Capital Restaurant
Miles Music Co
Maine
Good Corfusion
Phorte
Barr
H. Schroeder
Robert St
E. W Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly
Maytag Gasoline Motor
Thomas Bennett
Kernstown
Cear
Northern Virginia Power Company
Virginia Ave
Kerr St
Fairmont
N. Kent St
Etta L. Loy
Charles St
Cornwell's Grocery
Berryville Ave
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