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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1944

Page

2

Funds Sought For Boys Club To Aid Winchester Youth

Officers of the Heart Athletic Club appeal for donations and pledge responses to fund a boys club in Winchester. Letters explain the club’s warted aim to foster welfare and good citizenship as activities begin. Sacred Heart Catholic Church basement provides rent free space with plans for boxing wrestling tumbling badminton ping pong and showers and supervised activities.

Winchester Ws Sacred Art Catholic Church

County Soldier Listed Among Missing in Action

A Department release identifies another fifteen Virginia soldiers missing in action in the European theater. Staff Sergeant Harry T. Hamilton is named with next of kin listed as his mother Hannah M. Hamilton of Route 1 Winchester.

Virginia Sefore Associated Washington Harry T. Hamilton Hannah M. Hamilton Winchester

Drunk Driving Case Sentences In Baltimore Judge John Rice

Civil and police court records show Mangie Decker of 726 Fayette Street Baltimore fined $100 with thirty days in jail suspended for driving drunk and hit and run. Howard C. Fox of Mt Williams Virginia cited for no operator's license fined $5 and costs $5.25.

John Rice Mangie Decker Fayett Street Baltimore Howard C. Fox Mt. Williams

Five Winchester Men Report to Camp Lee for Service

Five Winchester men reported this morning to Camp Lee for U S Armed Forces service. The men are Robert Paul Everhart Bennie E McDaniel Merideth E Royston Jr Kenneth L Coffelt and J Prank Loy.

Winchester Camp Lee United States Armed Forces Robert Paul Everhart Bennie E. McDaniel Merideth

Allied Forces Advance Across Italian Front Along Lake Trasimeno

The Eighth Army pushes northeast of Perugia toward Morro, Castiglione Del Lago, and Chiusi while German forces mount delaying actions with artillery and mortars. French Fifth Army clears villages as Americans advance toward Ombrone crossings near Pagānico.

Palma Pianosa Elba Perug- Noccera Umbra Morroighway 77 Camand Um- G Perugia Anibal Asimeno Magione Lake Trasimeno Eighth Army Castiglione del Lago Princip Chiusi Fifth Army Gio Ucello Montenero

Ration Calendar for 1945 Food and Fuel Stamps Update

The Associated Press reports ration adjustments with stamps for meats fats and processed foods extending validity. Sugar stamps 30 31 32 remain valid for five pounds, and home canning stamp 40 5 remains through late June. Gasoline 10 A coupons cover gallons until August 8 in Northeast regions, with 11 A good for 11 gallons to June 21.

Associated Press

Original War Bond Poster Used To Boost Sales In City

An original war bond poster by 21 year old Dorothy Hawthorne is being auctioned for the Fifth War Loan drive in Winchester and Frederick County. Fifty copies were distributed in city windows, and the UNC Chapel Hill graduate’s poster will be sold to the highest bidder in war bonds next Thursday June 29. The poster, titled Dig Deeper Buy More War Bonds, was created in UNC graphic design class and displayed by the Winchester Lions Club where Hawthorne’s father serves on the bond committee.

Winchester Frederick County Dorothy Hawthorne Allen T. Hawthorne South Stewart Street War Finance Committee Hawthorne Department of Art University of North Carolina Winchester Lions Club Hoye Riley Leonard Sirbaugh Loudoun Street Miss Hawthorne Handley High School Stephens College Columbia Chapel Hill Pan Hellenic Council Pi Beta Phi U. N. C. War Art Center Art Department Army Posters Unit Govhegre

Pacific Battle Among Greatest War Victory Report

London papers lead with the American smash at the Japanese fleet, calling it one of the war’s greatest victories ahead of the invasion story. The report highlights the decisive blow and bold advance shaping Allied strategy.

London

Grave Situation in Hengyang Threats Rise in China

June 22 report from Chungking states Japanese forces advancing from Changsha toward Hengyang along the Canton Hankow line have reached within 33 miles of the vital railway junction, heightening perceived danger to the area as the Chinese high command warns of a grave situation.

Chungking Hengyang Changsha Canton-Hankow

Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four

Answers list the quiz results with seven items: 1 Sidney Hillman 2 five senses 3 Julius Caesar 4 Russia 5 George A Hormel Co 6 Crocodiles 7 Benjamin Disraeli Love. The trailing line offers a fragmented remark about a scholar and a negation.

Sidney Hillman Julius Caesar Russia George A. Hormel & Co Benjamin ‘Disraeli

Venice Star Daily Local Sports Highlight

Local sports feature showcases Venice Star Daily coverage of team matchups and standout players, highlighting nearby clubs, stadiums, and scores with energetic, period-voiced narration.

Venice Star Daily

E Bond Sales Lag in Clarke County War Drive

Clarke county wartime bond drive reports overall progress but E bonds lag. Total bonds sold reach 101,475 with 238,525 still to be sold. E bonds amount 19,900 or 20 percent of a 50,000 quota, with 10,000 already sold and 40,000 yet to be sold. A night booth at Harris Pharmacy begins June 24 staffed by the Junior Women's Club to aid purchases. House to house canvass by the same group continues.

Bill Shackleford Berryville Clarke County Harris’ Pharmacy Shackleford

Bombers and artillery push toward Cherbourg

Allied forces press the Cherbourg drive with General Bradley directing the assault. German resistance centers around Octeville and Du Pouleabout as crews rush to destroy port facilities while airfield prospects look promising for Allied medium bombers. Poor weather, rough seas, and stubborn fortifications shape the tough beachhead fight.

Bradley Supreme Command St. Croix-Hague le Theil Cap de la Hague Point Barfleur Vichy Supreme Headquarters Cherbourg Associated Press Don Whitehead Whitehead U. S Stalingrad

Sailors Offer Cash to End Wright Strike

A U S S Coos Bay crew claims 41 200 pennies to buy off Wright Aeronautical strikers at Lockland Ohio. They urge workers to end the walkout and resume armament production to end the war, pledging monthly support until victory.

Associated Press U. S Coos Bay Coog Bay Fleet Post Office San Francisco Calif U.S. S. Coas Bay Wright Aircraft Corporation U.S.S. Coos Bay P.S

Jewish clubs staff bond booth on Loudoun Street

Three civic clubs shared duties at the Loudoun Street bond booth as war finance officials promise early results. B n a i B r i t h and Jewish Women’s Club reported 1150 dollars in sales by noon with Red Team yesterday posting 34700 dollars and Rotary planned for tomorrow.

Civic Club Loudoun Street War Finance Committee B'nai B'rith Jewish Women’s Club Veterans of Foreign Wars Rotary Clab Harold Brown County Court House Robert Grove JBT National Fruit Boy Scout Troop 3 Ray Garrabrandt Gibson White Godfrey O’rear Edward Miller Ross Knee Richard Wolfe Tom Leetch Edie Manuel Joseph Giuliani

Fuehrer Returns To Mountains

Reports from the underground in Germany say Adolf Hitler set up a temporary headquarters near Le Mans after the Normandy landings, then withdrew to Troyes and Berchtesgaden to avoid being linked to another defeat. Rommel reportedly suffers a recurrence of intestinal fever and health issues threaten his duties.

London Germany Adolf Hitler le Mans Normandy Troyes Paris Berchtesgaden Erwin Rommel

Curb Market Opening Draws Few Attendees

County agent Fred Stine said the curb market opening yesterday drew little response. Eight farm people offered produce while only a handful of buyers were on the grounds. The market will be held each Wednesday on the city parking lot at Boscawen and Kent streets.

S. Fred Stine Boscawen Kent Streets

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