William White Veteran Teacher Dies at 80 in Mountain Falls
William Franklin White 80 a veteran public school teacher died at his home near Mountain Falls after illness since February 8. He taught in Back Creek area schools at Russell Grove Friendly Grove and Mt Williams before retiring in 1928. Born November 12 1863 he was unmarried and survived by a brother a sister a niece and two nephews. Funeral at St Johns Lutheran Church Mount Williams Monday at 11 with Rev E B Smith. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body at Omps Funeral Home until funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin White
Mountain Falls
White
Back Creek
Maurice M. Lynch
Russell Grove
Friendly Grove
Mt. Williams
Isaac Frye White
Joanna Bucher White
C. Hi. White
J. Luther Clowser
Hayfield
Estella Switter
Warren H. Clowser
Baltimore
William H. Cl
Rome's Railway Yards Bombed
Allied sources report heavy bombers attacked Rome's railway yards at Lit torio and Tiburtina while Liberators hit the main Viterbo airfield, with escorts of fighters. Early word says railway yards were well covered and the airdrome bombing was effective, targeting freight traffic to Allied fronts.
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Weeples
Rome
Littorio
Tiburtina
Viterbo
Transfers Move 53 Men to Dundalk Maryland
Fifty three personnel are being moved to Dundalk Maryland and will report there. Two others registered elsewhere will depart with the local group tomorrow. They are James William Cheshire of Romney West Virginia and Charles Edward Hurley of Detroit Michigan.
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Dundalk
James ‘William Cheshire
Romney, W.“Va
Charles Edward Hurley
Detroit
Mich
Ration Calendar Details Stamp Validities and Dates
The AP outlines ration calendar notes for meats fats processed foods and sugar with stamps Y Z A8 B8 C8 K L M and blue tokens. It lists expiration dates through 1946 and regional variations for gasoline coupons with different values and validity by region.
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Associated Press
Asoline
Elsere
Tiddie West
South Ha
Mos Ne
Martinsburg and Charles Town Face Off in Tournament
Martinsburg Bulldogs meet arch rival Charles Town in a tournament semifinal after Martinsburg defeated Harpers Ferry 36 to 22. Shepherdstown faces Berkeley Springs in the other semifinal at 7 30 with finals set for Martinsburg gym tomorrow night at 8.
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Martinsburg
John Cobourn
Bulldogs
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Hedgesville
Shepherdstown
Berkeley Springs
William Eaton Died At W Va Home and Rites Held
William G. Eaton 82 died of a heart attack at his home near Lehew Back Creek Valley. Survived by sons Floyd and Merle, sisters Maggie Pugh and Sally Griffin, and his wife Maggie Jackson predeceased him. Funeral at Gaurrier Funeral Home Lehew with burial Timber Ridge Christian Church.
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William G. Eaton
Shiloh
Lehew
Back Creek Valley
Hampshire County
Capon Bridge
Eaton
Joseph and
Mary Eaton
Maggie Jackson
Floyd W. Eaton
Richmond
Merle C. Eaton
Maggie Pugh
Akron
Ohio
Sally Griffin
Hooks Mills
Gaurrier Funeral Home
W. Va
Timber Ridge Christian Church
C. R. Line
Lonergan Panel Dismissed in Murder Trial
New York March 3. The Wayne Lonergan murder trial ends as Judge Freschi dismisses a special panel of talesmen. Defense counsel Broderick is given one week to show cause for contempt. Hogan moves to send all case records to the appellate division for action. A new trial date will depend on contempt proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wayne Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Frank S. Hogan
Appellate Division
Hogan
Broderick
Freschi
Boiler Explosion at Alexandria Damages Government Plant
A boiler explosion at a government plant in Alexandria caused about 50 000 dollars in damage. John Hopkins Hall said a department inspector would investigate and that the building is used by the Federal government. He warned the blast could have killed hundreds if daytime. No injuries were reported.
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Richmond
Alexandria
John Hopkins Hall
Labor and Industry
Hall
Unlicensed dog fined in Civil Court case
Arthur Boyce of Highland Avenue faced a civil court ruling by Judge John Rice for an unlicensed female dog. The court imposed a fine of 36 dollars plus 4 dollars 25 cents in costs.
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John Rice
Arthur Boyce
Highland Ave
Bill For Dividing Surpluses Dead in Senate Vote
The bill to divide surpluses, proposed for a two year run, faced strong Senate opposition led by Senator Leonard G. Muse. The amendment passed 6 to 5, backed by Norris and Battle, with arguments that war prosperity and loan company failures would recur two years hence.
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Legislative Study Commission
Want To Help A Soldier Then Help To Furnish The Winchester USO
Local service drive seeks furnishings for the Winchester USO center aiding soldiers. Donors urged to contribute furniture, lamps, bedding, and bric a brac to support troops passing through town.
The Big Apple Probed for Prostitution and Liquor Sales
Mary Herring testified before a county House committee that The Big Apple in Norfolk was run as a prostitution and liquor operation owned by A. T. Duncan and rented from County Officer T. G. Casteen. Herring said Duncan paid Casteen 25 dollars weekly rent, and the venue hid a dance hall on Sundays. She described pay of 10 dollars weekly for two weeks then 50 cents per pint, with liquor sold by pint and drink. She also saw Casteen at the establishment and claimed a rival worker tried to raid her husband.
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Mary
Norfolk
T. G. Casteen Ant
House
A. T. Duncan
Casteen
Duncan
Mary Herring
War toll and bombing tactics cited by Home Secretary
Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison told a Sheffield audience the war has killed 50 324 British civilians and injured 163 075. He said renewed bombings on London are not as severe as the worst 1940 41 blitzes but have included major episodes. He noted metal strip decoys used to jam detectors were later copied by the Germans, saving many RAF bombers.
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Sheffield
Erme
Home Security
Herbert Morrison
London
Home Secretary
RAF
Luftwaffe
Naval Officer Is Among Missing
Front Royal Virginia reports Lt Commander John Lloyd Phillips Jr USN is missing in action. He had served in the Southwest Pacific area. His parents Mr and Mrs John L Phillips of Linden say two other sons are in service and four daughters in the WAVES.
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Front Royal
John Lloyd Phillips, Jr
USN
John L. Phillips
Linden
Navy Department
Phillips
Southwest Pacific
Champion Bull Brings $40,000
Prince Eric of Sunbeam, grand champion bull of the Aberdeen Angus show, sold at auction for 40 000 dollars setting a modern breed record. Ralph L. Smith of Kansas City bought the bull from Sam C. Fullerton of Miami Oklahoma to breed for his Chillicothe Maryland herd.
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Chicago
Prince Eric of
Sunbeam
Hercard
Ralph L. Smith
Kansas City
Chillicothe
Sam C. Fullerton
Miami
Oklo
Smith
Nazis Third Drive Fails as Allied Air Power Routs Traffic
Allied air forces sweep the Yugoslav coast destroying five troop trains four locomotives 18 motor transport vehicles and four staff cars along with other targets. Spitfires bag a second enemy E boat and a small schooner burns near Corfu. RAF bombings hit rail yards and harbor facilities northwest of Rome while P 39s torch a radio station. German shelling of the beachhead continues and a shell hits near Clark's party.
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Marshal Tito
Corfu
Rome
Montalto di’ Castro
Talamone
San Stefano
Italy
Oamueen
Aki Samed
Snes
Clark
Postpone Yeakley Rites Until Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Spence Yeakley, originally set for tomorrow, are postponed to Sunday. The service will be conducted at the late home near Albin at 4 o'clock with interment at Mt. Habron Cemetery.
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Sadie Spence Yeakley
Louisiana
The
Kev. BS
Albin
Mt. Habron
Bombs on Berlin by American Air Force and RAF
U S heavy bombers possibly eye Berlin as RAF crews fly 12 000 pound bombs for the first time. The RAF unveils new two ton bombs used on special targets while American bombers strike undisclosed objectives in the northwest Reich and Marauders target German airfields in northern France.
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Berlin
RAF
England
Germany
Nothwest
Reich
France
British US Bomber Daylight Raids Press Luftwaffe
Allied air forces launched another large scale attack on Germany and French targets. American four engine bombers escorted by RAF and US fighters struck aircraft factories near Paris and Meulan les Mureaux as RAF Mosquitoes attacked western Germany.
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London
Germany
France
Paris
Albert In
U. S
RAF
Europe
Air Ministry
Meulanm-les-Mureaux
Albert
Amiens
Channel 1
U. Ss
Britain
Chartres
Stuttgart
Man acquitted in slaying case wounded on Chicago street
John J. Williams one of three men acquitted last December in a south side gangland murder case was shot and seriously wounded while driving on a south side street. He is at Holy Cross Hospital where doctors work to remove ten shotgun slugs from his body. Williams refuses to name his attackers, saying only "Santa Claus."
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Chicago
John J. Williams
Sonny Boy
South Side
Holy Cross Hospital
Williams
Edward Schwenn
Frank O’farrell
Daughter Born To Betty Grable
Hollywood reports actress Betty Grable and bandleader husband Marry James welcomed a daughter named Victoria Elizabeth after a Caesarean at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The 7 pound 12 ounce newborn is said to be well, with James present at the hospital.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Husby
James
George Harris
Cedas of Lebanon Hospital
Miss Grable
Victoria Elizabeth
Miller's Hearing Postponed After Doctor Orders Hospital
Robert I. Miller 67 year old attorney facing first degree murder charge had arraignment delayed as his physician ordered hospital care. Miller, freed on $15,000 bond, claims self defense in the shooting of Dr. Robert E. Lind in downtown Washington last week. Defense attorney H Mason Welch said Miller could be arraigned next Monday or sooner once rest is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert I. Miller
Alexander Leonardo
Miller
Robert E. Lind
H. Mason Welch
Liberty
Dr. Lind
Japanese shipping suspended after allied sinkings in Far East
Allied air and submarine action totaling nine ships and 75 000 tons has forced Japan to suspend shipping between Formosa and Hongkong and disrupt routes between Japan and Formosa. A prisoner reported Formosa Hongkong service halted after three 5 000 ton steamers were sunk, two by submarines and one by planes. Japan adopted a longer route from Japan to Formosa after six 10 000 ton ships were sunk.
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Chungking
Formosa
Hongkong
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Rescue of 11 American fliers in Alps
German news agency reports 11 American airmen were rescued from the snow in the Alps of eastern Austria after last week's raid on Germany. The list includes Lts. Marturano Voskav Olsen Panuha and Sgts. Henderson Dunlop Wilkins Norton Asherk Behn among others.
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Bern
Switzerland
DNB
Austria
Germany
Marturano
Voskav
Charles Olsen
Joseph Panuha
Ernest Henderson
Dunlop
Charlies Wilkins
John Wilkins
John Norton
Philip Asherk
Paul Behn
Traffic Resumed On Southern Ry After Fatal Collision
Traffic on the Southern Railroad main line near Fairfax Virginia resumed early today after a rear end collision of two Chesapeake and Ohio coal trains killed five trainmen. Victims from Charlottesville included engineer William R. Turner fireman Rm. Bs. Wright oiler Emmett C. Jameson and Henry Morris. Witnesses Henry Stabler and Edward Wagner said one train halted by a block signal was struck from behind as it began to move.
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Washington
Southern Railroad
Fairfax
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charlottesville
William R. Turner
Rm. Bs. Wright
Emmett C. Jameson
Henry Morris
Tiv
Henry Stabler
Edward Wagner
Finland War Exit Hopes Remain Uncertain
Acting Secretary of State Edward Stettinius said at a press conference the United States still hopes Finland will exit the war. He offered no details on the current peacemaking effort but suggested negotiations may yet succeed.
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Washington
Edward Stettinius
United States
Finland
Roosevelt Comments on Voting Bill Controversy During News Conference
President Roosevelt questioned whether soldiers would vote under existing law or the legislation under consideration. He spoke after a Senate House compromise preserved state rights and proposed a short federal ballot where allowed by state law. He did not know if the bill would repeal service men poll tax and registration exemptions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate House
Senate
Italian Workers Defying Allies Strike Aimed In Naples
In Naples on March 3 Italian labor leaders told Allied authorities they would go ahead with a 10 minute strike the next day in defiance of a demand to call it off. The protest targets Prime Minister Churchill and the Badoglio government as war zone restrictions loom.
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Naples
Churchill
Badoglio
Socialist Action Parties
Grecian Civil War Ends Amid Allied Mediation
A peace agreement ending Greece's civil war was signed by Zervas Elas factions and agreed to unite against the Germans. Leaders met in a Greek mountain retreat with British and American officers aiding. The pact calls for immediate ceasefire and release of all prisoners within 15 days.
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Cairo
Greece
Zervas
Edes
Elas
Bomber Crashes Near Capital in Maryland Swamp
An Army B-26 Marauder crashed near Tuxedo Maryland while attempting an emergency landing. The two occupants were killed and the plane burned in a wooded swamp minutes from an open field. Names of the victims were withheld pending next of kin.
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Washington
Tuxedo
Bolling Field
Pees
Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four
The list provides the correct responses to quiz questions. Items include Harmness, Financial panic, Albumen, Joel Chandler Harris, Peter, a statement about a large crowd of soldiers and sailors at a dance, Cayenne, George Bernard Shaw, Paraguay and Bolivia, and Milk.
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Harmness
Financial Panic
Albumen
Joel Chandler Harris
Peter
Cayenne
George Bernard Shaw
Paraguay
Bolivia
Milk
Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
Baltimore March 3 Quotations on produce indicate firm markets for large young chickens and fowl with little movement in poultry and eggs at 1,216 cases and butter around 9,012 pounds. Readable items include potatoes and sweet potatoes with stable quotes and no change in the overall market.
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Baltimore
Baltimore cattle and hog market trends report
Market report from Baltimore at 11 a m shows cattle steady with some price ranges for various classes, calves steady with veal values, hogs active with mixed weights and top barrows and gilts near 14 30, sows steady, no sheep available and demand for good wooled lambs around 16 50 to 17 50.
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Baltimore
Mare
WFA
Office of Distribution
Chicago hogs cattle calves and sheep market report
Salable hogs 11 000, cattle 2 000, calves 600, sheep 2 000 with totals 22 500, 2 500. Prices listed by weight and class across weights and grades. Trade steady to slow, with cows and vealers steady, slaughter lambs weaker, closing trade 25 higher than week earlier.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Colorado
Montana
Chicago Grain Quotations Early March Open
Chicago March 3 grain market opens firm with commission houses bidding wheat while rye gains from local traders. Opening prices show May wheat 1.71 1 4, July 1.68 1 the rest quoted for September December oats and rye futures across May July September and December.
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Chicago
Stock Market Report in New York March 3 1944 highs and hesitations
Selectivity dominated trading as some issues hit peaks for the year while many leaders showed indifference. Paramount Pictures and General Motors reached 1944 highs. Chrysler, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Standard Oil NJ, Texas Corp, Bethlehem, Engineers Public Service, Sears Roebuck and Douglas Aircraft gained support. Downticks included Great Northern, U S Steel, Goodrich, Kennecott, J I Case, Pnites Aircraft and Western Union. Bonds and commodities were narrow with modest curb advances for United Gas, Cities Service, Electric Bond and Share, Pantepec and International Petroleum.
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New York
Ea S
Paramount Pictures
General Motors
Chrysler
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Texas Co
Bethlehem
Engineers Public Service
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Great Northern
U. S. Steel
Goodrich
Kennecott
J. I. Case
Pnites Aircraft
Western Unon
United Gas
Cities Service
Electric Bond & Share
Pantepec
International Petroleum
Real estate transfers noted in Frederick County records
Frederick County Realty transfers include Katharine M Richards et al to Edward O Carpenter for 148 acres near Round Hill in Stonewall District for 10 dollars. John L Glaize et al to Randolph Robinson for Leetown School property two acres 10 dollars. Charles L Nicodemus et al to William M Richards for interest in gas station lot near Valley Turnpike for 5 000 dollars. W E Edwards special commissioner to Zirkle E Williams for 205 acres in Back Creek District for 2 dollars. Elmer Lamp to Lewis Andrew Lamp Jr for 140 acres on Senseng Road south east of the city for 10 dollars.
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Frederick County
Katharine M. Richard
Edward O. Carpenter
City
Round Hill
Stonewall
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
J. G. Beverley
John L. Glaize
Randolph Robinson
Leetown
Charles L. Nicodemus
William M. Richards
Valley Turnpike
W. E. Edwards
Zirkle E. Williams
Back Creek
Elmer Lamp
Lewis Andrew Lamp, Jr
Chimney Fire Reported on South Loudoun Street
Fire companies responded yesterday evening around 5 30 to a chimney blaze on South Loudoun but the flames were apparently extinguished and no stops were made by the trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Loudoun
Fire Companies Hold Routine Monthly Meetings
The Friendship Fire Company and the Rouss Fire Company held regular monthly meetings last night. Only routine business was transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Rouss Fire Company
Governor rejects clemency request in Woodall case
Governor confirms he will not interfere with the sentence after reviewing the petition presented by Duval and the facts of the case. He expresses regret over not favoring the petition and communicates his decision in a Wednesday message.
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Union
Woodall
Duval
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William White
Mutual Insurance
Byinmgs
J. A. Hotinger
N. Leudoun
Dial
William Eaton
Lonergan
Civil & Police Court
Big Apple
Robert M. Green
Pal
Baltimore Livestock
Rye
Stock Market Report
Gelay
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
O’sullivan
Valley Pike Ave
Winchester
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