George Sanders Installed Head of Lions Club
George T. Sanders was installed president of the Winchester Lions Club with appt ceremonies by past president C. F. K. Other officers installed included J. Ben Cather Ralph G. Hengeveld and James Alexander as vice presidents Earl Mason as secretary and treasurer Robert Lewis tail twister James Galliday Lion Tanner and Bryant R. Harbrandt H. C. Sheetz Jr J. Walter Robert Smith Ray Garter Knee Warren Eddy and Charles Anderson as board members William R. Wheatley retiring president became an ex-officio member of the board After the pin transfers Mr Sanders and Mr Wheatley exchanged pins The outgoing president submitted a detailed report and the incoming president outlined objectives and asked for MCC support A Shenandoah Council committee was appointed to assist Red Cross related work and a donation of 60 was raised for 300 victrola records for Newton D Baker General Hospital The district Lions conventions in Roanoke were noted with Winchester winning the state attendance award for the tenth year in a row with 97.10 average attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Sanders
Winchester Lions Club
Apte
J. Ben Cather
Ralph G. Hengeveld
James Alexander
Earl Mason
Robert Lewis
Tail
James Galliday
Lion Tanner
Bryant R. Harbrandt
H. C. Sheetz, Jr
J. Walter
Robert Smith
Ray
MCC
Sooned
Bryant R. Harper
L. E. Hill
Shenandoah
Government predicts three years before all can buy new cars
Defense Transportation Director J. Monroe Johnson said it will take at least three years before everyone who wants a new car can obtain one. He urged car owners to conserve and reserve new autos for essential drivers such as doctors police taxi drivers and war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wshington
Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Strike News Details on Targeted Japanese Plants
A Tuesday airstrike damaged Super Fleet units with limited observer reports. Tracked hits were seen at the Mit subishi Aircraft Company Kama migahara plant near Gifu and Kawasaki Aircraft Company's Akashi plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitsubishi Aircraft Company
Kamamigahara
Gifu
Kawasaki Aircraft Company
Akashi
Mrs Morris Succumbs in City
Mrs Kitsa Morris 77 widow of John Morris died at 4 45 this morning at her son Theodore Morris 308 W Boscawen Street due to heart attack She born September 20 1867 in Kastraki Greece and lived in Altoona PA before nine months She was a Greek Orthodox Church member Survived by three sons Theodore Alex Morris Pittsburgh George Morris Altoona and a daughter Demetra Papras Altoona The body will rest at Jones Funeral Home then be taken to Altoona for funeral services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitsa Morris
John Morris
Theodore Morris
W. Boscawen Street
Kastraki
Greece
Kostas Zaferou
Moris
Altoona
Theodore
Alex Morris
George Morris
Pittsburgh
Demetra Papras
Jones ‘Funeral Home
Ration Calendar Shows Stamp Validity Through Summer
The ration calendar lists meat, fats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil stamps with their valid dates. It notes stamps E2 to J2, N2 to S2, and others as valid through specified summer months and August or September deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
OPA
Exiled Poles Refuse Posts in Unity Government
London reports the Polish exile government says interior minister Moczislaw Thugut refused a post in the Warsaw government of national unity. It notes 71 year old Wincenty Witos may also decline to join the new administration, citing diplomatic sickness and a paralytic condition. A Moscow broadcast says Polish leaders including Bierut and Mikolajczyk left Moscow for Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moczislaw Thugut
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
National Unity
Warsaw
Wincenty Witos
Moscow
Witos
Praesidium
Executive Council
Boleslaw Bierut
Polish National Council
Mikolajiczyk
Poland
Polish government in exile vows loyalty despite withdrawal of recognition
London dispatch reports Poland's government in exile claiming full support from Polish armed forces in the western allied zone. It says the future fate of Poles will be shared, condemns the Moscow group as self appointed, and asserts elections are impossible while Soviet forces and secrecy police remain in Poland. The exile urges continued toil and tears toward civilizational rebirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Poland
Free World
National Unity
Moscow
Warsaw
United States
Britain
Tropical Storm Off Nova Scotia Heads Toward Landfall
The weather Bureau said the storm's centre would pass near the southern tip of Nova Scotia early today. Coastal telephone and electric service were disrupted as the tail end of the northeaster hit Cape Cod and offshore islands with heavy rain totaling 1.17 inches and rising. North Truro on Cape Cod reported winds of 52 mph with gusts to 60 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
North Truo
Local Banks Offer E Bond Purchase by Phone
Winchester and Frederick County residents are urged to buy E bonds through their banks via telephone. Purchases can be charged to accounts and bonds mailed to buyers. World War I veterans are asked to cash adjusted service certificates to fund E Bonds, an effort supported by American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mrs Colfelt Dies After Long Illness At 67
Mrs Madge Colfelt 67 wife of Edward D Colfelt died at 8 last night at 7 North Stewart street after a long illness. She was born in Stephens City daughter of the late George W Chapman and Harriett Shaw Chapman and lived in Winchester two years. Survived by husband two children William Colfelt Washington DC and Mrs Robert Williams at home two sisters Mrs Edith Kelly Norfolk and Mrs O L Funk Strasburg a brother Ewell Chapman and a brother in law W J Colfelt of Middletown. Also two grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Jones Funeral Home Strasburg with Rev Crim officiating Mount Hebron buried. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Colfelt
Edward D. Colfelt
North Stewart Street
George W. Chapman
Stephens City
Harriett Shaw Chapman
Marlboro
William Colfelt
Washington, D. C
Robert Williams
Edith Kelly
Norfolk
O. L. Funk
Strasburg
Ewell Chapman
Winchester
W. J. Colfelt
Middletown
Colfett
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Turkey On Watchful Beach Over Dardanelles Question
The Associated Press reports Russia seeks modification of the Montreux Convention affecting the Dardanelles and questions Turkish Kars ownership. Turkey fears a UN protest possibility under the San Francisco charter if Russia presses claims. A 1941 Germany link is noted via documents found at Berchtesgaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Turkey
United States
Britain
Russia
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Kars
San Francisco
United Nations
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Rotary To Install New Officers In Winchester Meeting
The Rotary Club of Winchester will hold a 1:00 p.m. meeting on Thursday June 28 at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall to install new officers. The current president will summarize the year’s activities before passing the gavel to new president L. J. Liostrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Winchester
L. J. Liostrom
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Fort Meade Urges Relatives to Stay at Home
The Army and Fort Meade officials asked relatives not to come to camp to meet returning soldiers. They said a large visitor influx disrupts discharge schedules as the personnel center aims to move men through in 24 hours for furloughs and two to three days for discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George G. Meade Md
Army
Fort Meade
Answers to the Daily Quiz list of correct responses
The page presents the quiz answer key with ten items. It includes The Ford Company, a Russian musical instrument, Berlin, Parlor Spider Fly, Goebbels, The Monroe Doctrine, Is not, Whales, Smaller War Plants Corporation, and Trans-Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ford Company
Berlin
Goebbels
Trans-Pacific
Moroline Hair Tonic Ad Promises Easy Grooming
Keep hair in place with Moroline Hair Tonic. Tame unruly look and add lustre. Large bottle offered at 25 cents. Sold everywhere.
Rent Control Regulations Explained by OPA Official
About 75 real estate brokers and property owners heard Lunsford Loving outline upcoming rent control rules in Winchester and Frederick County effective July 1. He stressed compliance over merits and noted automatic rent increases are limited to two exceptions while other increases require approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunsford Loving
OPA
Winchester
Frederick County
Loving
Corporation Court
Leopold May Suit Belgian Throne
Belgian Communist Party spokesman predicted King Leopold would abdicate before week’s end. Dr Albert Marteau said communists accept abdication and would not oppose its formalities in Belgium or Germany. An airplane trip by Belgian bar deans to discuss legal aspects was delayed by weather. Friends hope Leopold abdicates with dignity and returns to his Brussels palace with his wife and four children. Marteau welcomed the retention of Prince Charles as regent until Prince Baudouin turns 18 in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Communist Party
Leopold
Albert Marteau
Germany
Marteau
Prince Charles
Prince Badouin
E Bond Drive Still Falls Short of Quota
Washington reports the Series E Bond drive lagging with about one billion dollars unmet of the four billion quota as the campaign extends a week to July 7. Individual sales near seven billion while corporate sales exceed fourteen billion, already surpassing the drive's targeted corporate total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Have you bought that Extra E Bond for Winchester's Mighty Seventh
A playful prompt asks readers if they purchased the Extra E Bond tied to Winchester's celebrated Seventh Army unit, hinting at wartime bond drives and local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mighty Seventh
Keel of 500th Ship Laid At Fairfield
The Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard laid the keel for its 500th ship, the S. S. Biddeford Victory, at 8 a.m. today, making the yard the first in the U.S. to reach that total in wartime production. The yard has built 384 Liberty ships, 30 LSTs, and this Biddeford keel marks the 86th Victory ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bethlehem-Fairfield
United States
J. M. Willis
S. S. Biddeford
Fairfield
Biddeford
S. S. Maritime Victory
Succession Has Close Shave
Washington June 27 By a one vote margin the House Judiciary Committee approved President Truman’s recommendation to place the speaker of the House next in line for the Presidency after the Vice-President. The 10 to 9 vote was in executive session and the bill goes to the House floor. Rep Sam Rayburn is the present speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
Congress
House
White House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Strong Earthquake Recorded Off Northern California Coast
A strong earthquake, likely near the May 19 epicenter off northern California, registered at 6 10 40 a m Pacific War time today at the California Institute of Technology. A seismological lab spokesman said the quake occurred under the ocean and possibly felt in the Eureka area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
California
California Institute of Technology
Eureka
Ca'if
35 000 Sorties Flown By Escort Planes
GAUM June 27 Rear Adm. Calvin Thornton Durgin announced escort carrier planes flew 35 000 sorties in support of the Okinawa campaign, more than all prior such sorties in the war. He praised the feat while noting 279 Japanese planes were shot down and 63 pilots and crewmen were lost to antiaircraft fire, none to enemy aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAUM
Okinawa
Calvin Thornton Durgin
Durgin
Controversy Over FEPC Funds Roils Senate Night Session
The Senate faces a high stakes debate over continuing the Fair Employment Practice Committee with $466 200 requested for the next year. Majority Leader Barkley warns of a potential filibuster as opponents led by Bilbo push to block restoration of FEPC funding. The chamber also approved $39 670 215 for the OWI, far beyond the House’s $18 million figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Fair Employment Committee
Barkley
FEPC
Bilbo
D.miss
Office of War Information
OWI
House
Japan to Take Over All Communications In War Mobilization
San Francisco dispatch reports Japan announced a planned control of postal telegraph telephone and radio networks amid war mobilization. The measure requires emergency powers with effects beginning July for overseas listeners and September for domestic use while reforms reorganize advisory organs into a single 55 member committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tokyo
Federal Comunications Commission
Japan
Shanghai
Japanese Finance Ministry
Army 85-Point Score May Be Cut
Washington June 27 Capitol Hill expects the Army to cut the 85 point discharge score to 80 or 78. Final decision will rely on War Department field reports. The plan keeps the existing weighting of points, with one point per month of service and foreign service, five points per battle, twelve per child under three. No points for service after May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
War Department
House Military Committee
Japs Found Near General's Tent
Melbourne dispatch reports Japanese attackers tried to kill General Sir Thomas Blamey and senior officers on a Borneo beach Sunday night. Infiltrators reached within 20 feet of the general's tent before guards killed two and stopped the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Sir Thoma Blamey
Borneo
Blathey
Enemy Property Not To Be Returned
High government agencies have agreed that German and Japanese property seized in this country at the outbreak of war will never be returned to the owners. The alien property custodian, the State Department, and the Treasury reached the decision. Custodian James E. Markham submitted the information to the senate subcommittee studying Axis war potential. Chairman Kilgore of West Virginia made the views public during hearings on postwar policy toward the defeated powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinggton
State Department
Treasury
Big Public Works Program Planned
Chicago reports that administration leaders plan a five billion dollar federal public works program to sustain post war employment. Burton F. Miller of the American Road Builders Association says the plan covers roads river and harbor projects public buildings post offices and other public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burton F. Miller
American Road Builders’ Association
Miller
Local Sports Shine in The Evenire Star Daily
The Evenire Star Daily highlights local sports figures and events with game scores and upcoming matches. Readers get a snapshot of team standings, athlete profiles, and community sports news from the city and region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenire Star
Delegates Return From Conclave
Secretary of State Stettinius and other U S delegates to the San Francisco Conference returned to Washington welcomed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee headed by Senator Connally. The group, including Connally Vandenberg and international diplomats, said the United Nations Charter has been completed and ratification must follow to activate the world organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stettinius
United States
San Francisco
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Capitol
Vandenberg
World Organization
Labor disputes leave thousands idle across multiple plants
About 100000 workers at Ford plants and 22000 at Packard plus 7500 Budd Wheel and 9000 Hudson sites idle. Goodyear strike remains with 16700 CIO United Rubber Workers at Akron. A CIO glass workers show cause hearing looms in Washington. Pittsburgh truck drivers end three day stoppage. In Pennsylvania 1000 at Raybestos Manhatten US Asbestos Division idle. 900 at Vulcan Iron Works Wilkes Barre. Other long strikes persist in Toledo Connellsville Decatur Marion and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Packard Motor Company
Budd Wheel Company
Hudson Car Company
CIO United Rubber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Washington
CIO Glass
Pittsburgh Press
E. T. Leech
Pennsylvania
Manheim
Raybestos—Manhattan Company
U .S
AFL
Wilkes-Barre
Vulcan Iron Works
Egyptian Animal Mummies Reveal Beliefs About Afterlife
Ancient Egypt practiced embalming of animals and birds alongside humans. Animal mummies suggest roles as offerings to deities, companions for the deceased, or potential food for the afterlife.
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George Sanders
Lions Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Rotary
Cpl
Jerome Rubin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lovell General Hospital
Fort Devens
Mass
Rubin
International
Quebec
Quincy
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
DIAL
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Valley Avenue
Morton Downey
Coca-Cola
Coke
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