WAAC Recruiting Emphasizes Pay Benefits And Roles
Lt. Jameson B. Dowdy explains WAAC members receive notable pay from $600 to $4,000 plus full maintenance and medical care. She highlights rapid advancement, unequaled benefits, and 90,000 behind the lines jobs awaiting women aged 21 to 44 at the Winchester recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Jameson B. Dowdy
WAAC
W. Boscawen St
Dowdy
Eliney
Winchester
United States
Lt. Dowdy
French Committee Of National Liberation Faces Internal Strife
The French Committee of National Liberation shows signs of internal conflict as De Gaulle and Giraud fail to coordinate. Henri Bonnet urges unity and reports progress toward a unified France while British support and funding tensions influence the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of National Liberation
Ttle
France
de Gaulle
Giraud
M. Bonnet
Algiers
For Sale and Rent Classified Ads Snapshot
Classified ads list items for sale including car bluestone refrigerators sewing machines and lawn mowers. Rentals include 8 room houses furnished rooms and apartments with addresses in Winchester Virginia. Contact numbers and dates accompany each notice.
Visitors meet old friends at California Gift and Arts Show
Suzanne Hill visits the 18th semi annual California Gift and Arts Show in Los Angeles and notes attendees Bambi and Thumper while servicemen's gifts are featured among items that may seem out of place in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Hill
Bambi
Thumper
California
Los Angeles
Africa
WANTED notices seek radios rent poultry farm and help
WANTED cash buyers for late model table and console radios and phonograph combos. WANTED to rent with buy privilege a small poultry farm near Winchester. WANTED reliable high school colored girl to care for a 1 year old child. WANTED used electric irons ranges washing machines. WANTED girl to help in office and wait on trade. Apply Pingley and Carper Cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Music Co
Winchester
J. G. Garden
Paceton
W. Va
Prine
Baker and Anderson
Pingley and
Carper Cleaners
Giraud and De Gaulle in war council amid joint France talks
The piece notes Giraud’s resources and supplies, De Gaulle’s leadership in France’s resistance, and Eisenhower’s final say in Africa while Britain fields indirect approval. It highlights tensions within the French joint committee and the American military authority shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Africa
United States
Eisenhower
Fairview Ladies Aid Society Gathered at Derflinger Home
Canterbury Virginia June reports one of the largest attendances as Mrs Bessie Derflinger hosted the Fairview Ladies Aid Society. Mrs Journal Orndorff led an engaging program with poems. Fifteen members enjoyed refreshments. Nearby visits included the Painters with the Cline family and Arminto Madigan staying with grandmother Estelle Madigan in Winchester. Other travel included Mrs Earnest Litterman and sons visiting Monroe City Indiana. Guests and locals from Leesburg and Grimes appeared, plus Ritenour family members and Hartleys at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterburg
Bessie Derflinger
Fairview Ladies Aid Society
Journal Orndorff
Arminto Madigan
Estelle Madigan
Winchester
Earnest Litterman
Gale, Stanley and
Conley
Pearl Leech
Monroe City
Indiana
Mildred Shephards
Grimes
Arch Clevenger
Harry Ritenour
Lucious Ritenour
Leesburg
Dallas Hartley
Ellwood Ritenour
Rachel Hartley
Robert Hartley
Prague’s Medieval Architecture Rich in European Heritage
Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia, showcases a wealth of medieval architecture unmatched by many European cities. The historic core features detailed towers, churches, and palaces that reflect centuries of urban development and cultural influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Notice to creditors in Bran non estate case
Claimants against the Bran non estate should contact James Brannon as administrator. Pending claims must be filed with the administrator to be settled.
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Capitol
Today & Thurs
Williams
Sancy
Genuine Goodall
Palm Beach
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Hansbrough & Carter
Loudoun Street
Wal Est
THE
Hanover
Dressed Poultry CO
Baltimore, MD
Mayes Poultry
N. Cameron St
C. C. Mayes
N. Cameron St. Charles Bish
Farmers & Merchants
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
DIAL
Dewitt MacKenzie
Max Hill
Associated Press
Tokyo
London Daily Express
Daily Sketch
F. A. Shryock Co
Miles Music Company
Singer
Table Top
Wei
W. Clifford St
Parrment
Fairfax Inn
Bath and Garage
Sunnyside
W. R. Graham, Jr
Tennyson Avenue
Thomas A. Gibson
H. K. Benham
Garland W. Baker
Gettysburg
W. B. Snider & Son
G. Pingley
Phone Stephens Cig
Handley School
Delco
Marvin Miller
Capon Bridge
Rent St
Call Pine Motor Co
Pe Peyton St
E. Picadilly St
Loudoun St
Whities
Fort Loudoun
L. A. Clarke & Son. Inc
Herbert A. Solenberger
Leicester St
Sears
United Nations
Joint Committee
Vichy
Canterbury
Russell A. Smith
Cedar Grove
Country Club
Star Office
R. E. Buncutter
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Earl L. Mason
N. Loudom
Haldeman
MA Oe
America
Goowall Foster Johnson
Flicka
J Technicolor
Tahitt Honey
Simone Simon
Dennis O'Keefe
Lionel Stander
Danny Seymour
Shepherd
Cooper’s
Westminster
Cheney
LEE
Gray
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen
George W. Kurtz
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