Another Carrier Is Christened
NEWPORT NEWS Va June 28 Another mighty aircraft carrier of the Essex class the Randolph was towed into the James River from her graving dock. The new flat top seventh ship of the Essex class built at Newport News yards since Pearl Harbor was christened by Mrs. Guy M. Gillette wife of Senator Gillette of Iowa who said I am thrilled to death to be the sponsor of such a marvelous ship. Attending as ma 트 trons of honor were Mrs. E A Meritt and Mrs. Joseph A Green wife of Maj Gen Green commander of the anti aircraft command. Mrs Gillette was accompanied by her husband and 15 year old son Mark. Senator Gillette said in the postwar picture there will be a need for a navy far in excess of anything we envisioned a few years ago. We have such a navy constructed and now we must maintain it.
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Newport News
Randolph
James River
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Pearl Harbor
Guy M. Gillette
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
E. A. Meritt
Chevy Chase
Joseph A. Green
Richmond
Green
Anti-Aircraft Command
Berryville Briefs Spark local notices and events
Community items from Berryville Boyce and Clarke County highlight meetings births and local concerns. Officials from Clarke County and nearby towns issue updates on public works school events and small business happenings.
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Fast
Advertises Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick aid to digestion by increasing bile flow. Claims relief within about thirty minutes and promotes the product price of 25 cents. Encourages readers to use the pills to feel better and avoid artificial aids.
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Carter
James Franks Killed In Fall At Baltimore Shipyard
James C Franks 50 died Monday in a fall at Bethelem Steel Shipyards Baltimore He lived in Uniontown Pa a native of Lehew West Virginia He worked at the yard for two years Survived by his first wife Zada LaFollette three children and his second wife Elinor Adams Franks The funeral will be Thursday June 29 at 2 PM at his brother L W Franks Lehen burial Timber Ridge Christian Church cemetery Rites by Rev C H Anderson Pallbearers listed
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James C. 50
Bethelem Steel
Baltimore
Franks
Unionstown
Lehew
W. Va
William and
Rachell Franks
Zada M. LaFollette
Phyllis Franks
Billie
Bobbie Lehew
Elinor Adams Franks
Uniontown
Hunter
Dave
Ben
Charlie
Winchester
Bud Kansas
Park
Colorado
Aggie Larrick
Carson Davis
Yellow Springs
L. W. Franks
Lehen
Timber Ridge Christian Church
C. H. Anderson
Ilo Franks
Eston Franks
Alston LaFollette
Letcher Larrick
Alston Farmer
Alfred Anderson
Winchester Bond Race Keeps Edge For Massachusetts Town
Winchester Massachusetts maintains a small lead over local buyers in E bond sales through June 24. Winchester reports E bond sales at 112,966.75 dollars, while the local total is 84,862.50 dollars. The Winchester quota reached 29.6 percent versus 28.3 percent for the local effort.
Soviets Advance Toward Minsk in Baltic Push
Soviet forces push from the southeast toward Minsk with Rokossovsky’s army about 75 miles away. They surround a German group near Bobruisk and Mogilev while Red air power supports battles in Mogilev. A new Tupolev Two bomber is aiding rail and fortifications as Karelia is liberated and the Murmansk–Leningrad railway tightens.
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Minsk-Gomel
Rokossovsky
Minsk
Tottering
Orsha
Vitebsk
Bobruisk
Mogilev
Red Army
Georg Fedorovich Zakharov
Red Air Force
Karelia
Murmansk-Leningrad
Petrozavoosk
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Leningrad
Old Offender Given 11 Months in State Farm
Cliff Lofton arraigned in Police Court and sentenced to 11 months with costs after being suspected of a long pattern of offenses. Other cases heard by Police Justice John Rice include Ralph Sherman for DUI and license issues with suspended jail time, Stella Shirer for DUI, Roy Shiner for drunkenness, and several minor charges against Wingate Guthridge Stafford Ash with fines and costs.
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Cliff Lofton
State Farm
John Rice
Ralph Sherman
Middletown
Stella May Shirer
Marlboro
Winchester
Roy A. Shiner
Parkway
Harry S. Wingate
Berryville Rt. 1
Douglass Guthridge
Philadelphia
John H. Stafford
Strasburg
James Ash
East Lane
Information For Bond Purchasers
Wendell Barney, chairman of the Winchester-Frederick County War Finance Committee, outlines how bonds can be credited to any civic group. Pledges may be made before the Fifth War Loan Drive ends, with a new pledge card keeping the stub. The card balances are matched by issuing agencies, and a phone line at the Loudoun Street booth handles pledges by calling 6660.
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Wendell Barney
Winchester-Frederick County
Loudoun Street
War Casualties Detailed in Early Campaign Totals
The first two weeks show 40 459 casualties with 5 287 killed 23 079 wounded and 12 183 missing. Fatalities are 13 percent of total with Americans 12 7 British 13 5 and Canadians 12 9. Washington cites 225 382 American casualties in all theaters by June 22 including 178 677 Army by June 6 and 46 705 Navy to June 22. Churchill reports British casualties over four years total 667 159.
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Washington
Churchill
House of Commons
Goats and Cakes Top Freder ick County Sale in Bonds
Rabbits Funkhouser of Frederick county led a sale bid with J T Frye of Wardensville paying 500 in war bonds for a goat. The goat changed hands four more times ending with Robert Buck Eagle at 100 in bonds. Bonds also bought two home made cakes and two horn rings with various bidders from Berryville Bayard and Boyce. A fat cow weighing 1150 pounds topped the livestock at 13 75 a cwt in bonds. consignors include H A Clevenger Ed Anderson Robert Lee Withers and others from Frederick county.
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Funkhouser
Frederick County
J. T. Frye
Wardensville
W. Va
Frye
Robert “Buck” Eagle
Frank R. Simpson
Bayard
George H. Eagle, Jr
Benjamin Crampton
Berryville
Frank Simpson
Bonnie Lou Carlisle
Robert Eagle
Roy Carlisle
Lillie Boyce
M. H. Hausenfluck
Boyce
John M. Fishpaw
H. A. Clevenger
Summit Point
Ed Anderson
Robert Lee Withers
J. M. Fishpaw and Son
Frank Ridgeway
White Post
Julian Everly
T. Newton Cather
J. H. Funkhouser
R. A. Cooper
Lester Dailey
Alfred Snapp
Bud Walker Given 8 Years for Chicken Larceny
William A. Bud Walker was sentenced to eight years in the State Penitentiary for larceny of chickens valued over fifty dollars. He waived a jury trial and was represented by Harry Kern. Walker had prior prison terms for store breaking in 1927 and felonious shooting in 1930, with additional minor disorderly conduct charges on record.
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William A
Bud” Walker
Walker
Harry Kern
Hanover Dress
New Yorker Pick Dominates Early Presidential Nominating Talks
At the 1944 Republican convention Dewey supporters push for Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York with Bricker urged as potential second. Stassen supporters bow out as Dirksen and Saltonstall back Dewey and Bricker. Delegates crowded in sweltering heat as Dewey momentum grows toward the first ballot.
Willkie Congratulates Dewey On Nomination Telegram Blocked
Wendell Willkie tried to send a congratulatory telegram to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey after his nomination at Chicago. Wartime restrictions prevented Western Union from delivering the message. Dewey thanked Willkie for the gracious wire from Albany and good wishes.
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New York
Wendell Wilkie
Thomas E. Dewsy
Willkie
Western Union Telegram Company
Wilkie
Dewey
Chicago
New York State
Albany
Wisconsin
Griswold endorses Dewey in wartime leadership call
Griswold praised Dewey as a racket busting prosecutor and reformer who modernized New York tax policy and secured $164 million in state funds. He argued Dewey’s team with the Legislature offers a model program for veterans and a revitalized federal government if elected President.
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Griswold
Roosevelt
Dewey
Deweys
New York
Washington
Bond Sales Near $20,000 Reported Today
The Civic League and two patriotic groups manned the bond booth today and had sales and pledges totaling $16,725 by 1 PM. The Winchester Greek Organization reported $6,775 in bond sales for yesterday.
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The
Civic League
United Daughters of the Confederacy and
Daughters of the American Revolution
Winchester Greek Organization
Tanks Shattering German Defenses
British forces press the cross peninsula operation near Caen advancing six miles since Monday. Allied air and ground actions cripple German reinforcements with dozens of tanks and troop carriers knocked out and a second German general captured in Cherbourg as Allied casualties rise in the invasion's first weeks.
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Montgomery
Cross-Peninsular
Caen
Esquay
Oden
Orne
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Vichy
Cherbourg
Robert Stattler
Supreme Headquarters
Police Search For Missing Keg Of Beer
City police hunt for a missing one half barrel of Budweiser believed lost between Virginia Storage and the Terminal Tavern. Howard Fauver said Clifton Thomas was sent to fetch two kegs, with one en route back to the tavern and the keg not believed broken.
Allied Air Arm Speeds Up Battle at Caen Front
Communique No. 45 reports 3,000 Allied sorties as weather clears allowing air superiority over the eastern bridgehead. Casualties reach at least 24 162 with Allied progress against remnants hemmed in on the peninsula and potential advantage for Gen. Bernard Montgomery near Tourville six miles southwest of Caen.
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Cherbourg
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tourville
Caen
Rommel’s Communications Into Caen and Nazi Divisions
Fragmentary notes describe German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s orders and Allied defenses around Caen. Reports reference German communications into the city and the deployment of divisions to trap or contain efforts by Allied forces.
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Erwin
Services for Mary Bell Gaynor Thursday in Berryville
Mary Bell Gaynor dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 PM at John H. Enders funeral home Berryville conducted by Rev. George Hiightner of Berryville Methodist Church. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. Wife of Joseph Gaynor of near Gaylord.
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John H. Enders
Berryville
Mary Bell Gayenor
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gaynor
Joseph Gaynor
Near Gaylord
George Iiightner
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Leonard W. Wall
Edward Martin
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California
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Sergeant’s Sale
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U.S. No.1
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