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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1944
Page
7
Pittsburgh March 22 Vincent Valent reports his hen laid a record nine ounce egg more than three times the average weight. The feat drew attention as a local curiosity and was weighed at a nearby store.
Residents near Cercola Pollena-Trocchia Portici Tor del Greco flee as lava streams threaten coastal towns. Authorities at Cercola evacuation centers supply food while Lt Col Poletti coordinates relief. Rehousing plans target Sorrento. moving households blocked by crowding in Naples.
About 10 German warplanes attacked London in three waves in the heaviest assault since February. Bombs also fell in East Anglia and southeast England as nine planes were shot down. Rescue workers dug through ruins at Middat as authorities warned the death toll would likely be lower than in February.
Soviet reports say forces expanding from Old Poland toward the Prut and near Lwow, while hammering 80 villages in Bessarabia and closing on Nikolaev, Odessa’s Black Sea approaches, as German lines crumble under heavy Soviet advances.
Realty transfers include Elizabeth L. Massie to Merle R. Phelps for lot 232 Penn Avenue with $10 consideration. Virginia Woolen Co to Jennie L. Dwyer for Lot 31 in Va Woolen Addition on North Street with $10. Kidwell et al to Otis R. Stotelmyer for Lot and frame dwelling 682 N Loudoun Street with $10. Boundary details and other deeds listed in Frederick County and surrounding areas with specified acreage and improvements and nominal sums.
The report recalls a discussion on wartime boundaries and German consent prompted by a question from Geoffrey Mander. Churchill refuses further comment, signaling caution amid postwar boundary reassessment debates.
Mrs. Naomia Grimm Perry 73 of Winchester died at home after years of illness. Survived by husband five sons and six daughters all residents of Winchester or nearby areas. Sister Jennie Madigan of Boyce also survives. Funeral Friday at 2 from the home with Rev. Dr. E T Clark officiating. Burial Mt Hebron. Pallbearers listed.
Twenty nine U S soldiers died and eight were injured in an accidental explosion during training in England. Names were withheld until families could be notified. The incident was announced in London.
In Baltimore on March 22, 35 of 38 shipyard workers accused of falsifying welding records in a $1,000,000-a-year fraud pleaded innocent. They were ordered held for hearings March 30 before a U.S. commissioner. One woman did not appear due to illness. Bail set at $1,000 each. eight posted bond.
The Stonewall High School senior class in Clearbrook presents an all women version of Little Women in the school auditorium on Friday April 28. Cast includes Cornelia Gordon Jane Meiz Elizabeth Crim Ada Russell Reva Carter Dora Alice Lamp Frances Bageant Anne Kerns and Rebecca Lodge.
Reports describe Hungary in a rapid 36 hour coup with German forces advancing toward Bucharest and occupation fears spreading to Romania. Ankara sources note a tightened southeastern defense under a German general as Tito’s partisans seek links with Hungarian opposition to resist Nazi forces.
Allied aircraft including P-47 Thunderbolts P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs conducted a heavy air raid on Berlin with close escort and support from th and Ninth Air Forces. The operation emphasizes coordinated fighter and bomber strengths in the ongoing air campaign over Germany.
London date line reports Prime Minister Hideki Tojo warned the Japanese Diet that Japan faces a grave war position with battles ahead likely to decide its fate. He cited heroism of soldiers in warding off early American onslaughts while predicting tougher new attacks based on material superiority and stressed urgency on the home front and air power.
Clouds of smoke drift over the valley as fighting intensifies. The first German attack on Castle Hill held by New Zealanders began at 5:30 A M and was repelled by Allied artillery and mortars. About 30 German prisoners were taken.
Allied martial action around Cassino continues with Fifth Army advances in the southern town sectors and eastern Monte Cassino slopes. British forces strike two German points on the slopes but face heavy resistance as German parachute troops and armored grenadier units reinforce the defense. Prisoners captured rise to 238 as fighting persists amid shell and mine barrages and stubborn hill assaults.
City police said this morning they had nothing new to report regarding the dead baby girl found last week wrapped in a cardboard box on the National Cemetery grounds. Dr. H S Pifer coroner said bacteriological tests were being run to determine if the infant was alive at birth or premature, and no laboratory report had been received yet.
The body of James Robert McKinnon, 55, of Akron, Ohio, who died when a trailer truck left the road at Sunnyside, rests at Omps Funeral Home. Relatives detained in Washington had not arrived by 2:30 p.m. Dr. H I Pifer said investigation not complete to determine if a heart attack preceded the crash.
Republicans meet in Harrisonburg on Saturday April 8 at 1 p m to nominate a candidate for Congress this fall and select two delegates and two alternates to the Republican national convention in Chicago. W C Deming district chairman says the convention will also name a Presidential elector and elect party officers and representatives. Frederick county will have 15 delegates and 15 alternates. Winchester 19 delegates and 19 alternates. A mass meeting of Frederick county Republicans is called for Monday April 3.
Mrs Ida Bell Luttrell 81 widow of Marcellus Luttrell died yesterday at a daughter’s home near Martinsburg W Va She would have turned 82 on Friday Born March 24 1862 she was the daughter of Charles and Anna May Deeds of Kansas Surviving are daughters Catherine Luttrell Martinsburg Bessie Files Stotlers Cross Roads and a son W P Luttrell Stotlers Cross Roads A service will be held at the Senecadiver home Friday at 11 30 then at Shockeysville Methodist Church at 1 with Rev Ring officiating Interment follows in the adjacent cemetery.
James P. McCoy must appear in Corporation Court on Monday March 27 to show cause why he has not maintained his infant son as ordered. The contempt motion was brought by Mildred McCoy.
Cleatus F. Dick was granted a full divorce from Madaline Dick on desertion grounds. The suit, filed in Corporation Court and decided by Judge Burr P. Harrison, notes the Hagerstown marriage in 1937 and that six months must pass before remarriage. Madaline may resume her maiden name Madaline Davis. Virginia Estella Baylis received a partial divorce from Joseph Franklin Baylis Jr. on cruelty grounds. they wed in West Virginia in 1934.
Judge Burr P. Harrison orders the partial decree merged into a full divorce in the case of Edgar G. Burch versus Madge E. Burch.
New Delhi reports Japanese troops launched a major offensive in northern Burma and crossed into Manipur at one or two places. Allied communique notes raiding parties only. Mountbatten HQ says allied forces repulsed a heavy attack near Maungdaw Buthedaung area and advanced toward Akyab, capturing a hill feature south of Buthedaung.
Boston March 22 The Boston Traveler quoted inventor John Hays Hammond Jr saying Germans obtained information for radio controlled glider bombers from the U S Patent Office at 10 cents per patent The paper cites secrecy lapses and a cited admiral who allowed publication Hammond says the initiative was missed and monuments are being erected for fools
A mortar-like explosion rocked the Umatilla ammunition storage depot near Pendleton at 9 30 last night. Five to six people reported missing. Col A B Buyers said casualty names would follow. Shock was felt 30 miles away and Hermiston reported negligible damage. no sabotage suspected.
Warden Waden F. W. Pingley announced 3000 rainbow trout have been released in county streams. About two thousand went to Back Creek above Gore last Wednesday and the rest to Paddy Run. The bag limit is 15 trout and the season opens April 20. The stock came from the federal Lee town hatchery in West Virginia.
Thomas Ryan aged 74 of Charles Town died after a lengthy illness. Born in Winchester June 1 1869 he was a longtime meat dealer. He leaves a widow and one son funeral services set for tomorrow in Charles Town.
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