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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1944

Page

2

Thurston Clevenger Tops Jasper Handicap Tourney

Thurston Clevenger rolled 400 to capture first prize of 22 dollars in the Bob Jasper Handicap at Health Cater Alleys. George Eagle took second with 11 dollars, Lester Lamb finished third, and Nick Nichols won fourth with 378 for 450 handicap. Consolation prizes went to Studebaker Champ star Stud Funkhouser and others in a crowded field of 37 bowlers.

Thurston Clevenger Bob Jasper United Tores Clevenger Yoll Eagle Jos Guy George Eagle Friendship Fire Mier Lester, Lamb Novick Nick Nichols Clearbrook Woolen Funkhouser Studebaker Speedbailer Segames Jack Boyd Glaize Bro Kirby Pop” Dellinger Sprize Han

Furnace Rally Benefit March 28

The Rev. E. H. Jackson and Tony Green sponsor a social at 414 M. Kent Street from 6 to 10 p m Tuesday March 28 to benefit the Furnace Rally of John Mann Methodist Church. Chicken salad homemade rolls coffee and pie will be served.

E. H. Jackson Tony Green M. Kent Street John Mann Methodist Church

Bowling March 17 High Individual and Team Scores

High indial game Amor Anderson Bell Clothes 127 Sencindiver G A A 121 Berry Jr Women 120. High individual set Renner Bell clothes 336 Anderson Bell Clothes 324 Jasper Ellis 324. High team game Star Office 510 Clearbrook Woolen 508 Bell Clothes 505. High total pin fall Star Office 1487 Bell Clothes 1478 Eiks 1434. Standings show Bell Clothes leading followed by Star Office Clearbrook Woolen and others in a local bowling league.

aAnderson Bell Clothes Sencindiver Berry, Jr Renner Bell Lothes Anderson Jasper Ellis sStar Clearbrook Woolen Star Office Eiks W &G& Bell Clothes Woviges Beta Sigma Phi

My Mother's Hands Birthday Verse Tribute

A poem praises a mother's tireless labor from dawn chores to sewing and crochet. It notes worn but gentle hands that comfort and care, honoring a birthday on March 24th by Charlotte Hausenfluck.

Sis Charlotte Hausenfluck

Reds Continue Their Advance

Soviet forces drive along a broad front in Ukraine and Galicia advancing from the north and east toward key rail hubs. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army reportedly breaks German counter moves around Tarnopol and pushes toward Kovel and the Prut river region as Third Ukrainian Army combats near Voznesensk and Nikolaev.

Czernowitz Bucovina Zhukov Lwow Ukraine Tarnopol Proskurov Red Army von Mannstein Berlin Kovel Warsaw Moscow Zhukova Gowen Kopchintse Prut River Rumania Mikulintsi Tremboloya Rodion Y. Malinovsky Voznesensk Bug River Nikolaev Odessa Konstantinovka

Star Coverage Aims At Local National World Events

The Star invites readers to follow its complete coverage of local national and world events across pages and platforms. Readers gain access to in depth reporting, analysis, and updates from correspondents and editors across regions.

the Star

United Steel Workers Launch Campaign to Break Little Steel Formula

The CIO United Steel Workers began a major drive after months of preface work to press 14 demands in talks with the War Labor Board. Key asks include a 17 cent hourly wage rise, guaranteed annual wage, vacations, and a joint fund for workers in the armed services.

Washington CIO United Steel Workers of America Philip Murray War Labor Board

Meeting of Churchill and Eisenhower with U S paratroopers

The scene shows Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower observing a glider and parachute airlift. Paratrooper Laddie Valek from Cleveland and others test gear as American sky soldiers deploy under multi colored chutes. Churchill and Eisenhower discuss the pivotal role of these troops in Europe.

Laddie Valek Cleveland Ohio Churchill Valeri Eisenhower Chuchill America Sky Hitler Europe

Market Quotations New York Stocks Mixed On Slight Gains

Stocks showed only fractional gains as investment support arrived for liquors and select odds and ends. Earnings helped names like Foster Wheeler Allied Mills Zonite Brooklyn Union Gas and others reach new highs while overall bonds and commodities held a narrow course.

New York Thursay Foster Wheeler Allied Mills Zonite Brooklyn Union Gas Santa Fe Delaware & Hudson Atlantic Coast Line Southern Pacific Southern Railway Barber Asphalt Park & Tilford Schenley U.S. Steel Sears Roebuck Chrysler and Eastman Kodak

Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices

Chicago March 24 steady tone in grain pits with local traders driving activity. Opening prices show Wheat May 1.73 1 8, July 1.69 3 4, Sept 1.68 3 8, Dec 1.68 3 8 and Oats May 81 7 8, July 79, Sept 75 5 8 to 3 4, Dec 75 3 4. Rye May 1.20 1 2 to 1 4, July 1.29 7 8, Sept 1.28 7 8, Dec 1.29 3 4 to 5 8.

Chicago Commission House

New Bomber Blow Dealt Germans In Cassino Update

Allied anti aircraft batteries claimed seven enemy planes shot down as the Cassino battle tally rose to 278 prisoners. Anzio rear area shelling increased while a German raid on the left flank was repulsed. Coastal Spitfires damaged Yugoslavian vessels including 15 small sailing craft and a Siebel ferry with one E boat damaged. No Allied planes were lost.

Cassino Anzio Pee Ene

Baltimore Produce Markets Report March 24

Baltimore stockyards quote mixed livestock given. Cattle steady with some cleanup cattle 6.00 11.00. calves 5.00 16.50. hogs active and steady at 14.60 to 14.60 for various weights. sows 14.45 14.95. sheep and fat lambs scarce with wooled lambs 16.50 17.50 and slaughter ewes 7.00.

Baltimore W.f.a.—Office of Distribution Il A. m

Chicago live stock market report handwritten notes

Chicago hogs and cattle sale figures show 7 000 salable hogs and 1 000 cattle with 300 calves. Hogs steady to 20 cents higher for good and choice at 350 to 550 pounds, cattle dull with trims 25 to 50 cents down, strictly good and choice steers steady to 17.00 top for 1206 lb, lower grades 11.25 to 14.00.

Chicago W. F.A

Market Report: Choice Heifers Steady to Firm Despite Daling Tone

Salable sheep 4,000 with lambs mostly steady and sheep scarce. Top western loaded lambs 97 lb fed at 16.60, 100 lb down 16.50. Utah head loads 200 medium lambs 14.75 to 16.25, native ewes 9.00.

Utah

More Canneries To Be Opened In Virginia War Drive

Richmond March 4 The wartime canning program in Virginia will expand with nearly every county included and more than 2 100 000 cans preserved last year. Thirty seven of fifty planned large canneries will be built in Amherst Buckingham Halifax Mecklenburg Pittsylvania Patrick Cumberland Pulaski Scott Amelia Nottoway Dinwiddie Albemarle Caroline Hanover Culpeper Rockingham Prince William Fauquier Fairfax Accomack Brunswick Prince George Bath Augusta Orange Lancaster and Sussex. Seventy canneries are already in operation and other centers will receive 800 plus pressure cookers.

Richmond Virginia D. J. Howard Amherst Buckingham Halifax Mecklenburg Pittsylvania Patrick Cumberland Pulaski Scott Amelia Nottoway Dinwittie Albermarle Caroline Hanover Culpeper Rockingham Prince William Fauquier Fairfax Accomack Brunswick Prince George Bath Augusta Orange Lancaster Sussex

Japs Driven From Important Centers

An army spokesman Maj. Gen. C. C. Tseng reports large scale operations in the south. He says the Japanese closed the Tientsin Pukow railroad to civilian traffic on Feb 26 and eight or nine trains daily, loaded with troops, are moving southward.

Southen C. C. Tseng Tseng Tientsin-Pukow Gen. Tseng

Certain Gas Stamps To Be Invalid

Old-style gasoline ration coupons of the B-1 EB and R types will be invalid for public use after March 31. Those coupons still on hand with expiration dates beyond March 31 may be exchanged for new coupons at local ration boards.

Washington

TWA Knits Ocean Routes In Record Flight Pattern

Transcontinental and Western Air Inc. reported 3159 cross ocean trips in two years under air transport command contracts. TWA president Jack Frye announced planes now fly over one million miles monthly, doubling the earlier average after two years and total miles reached 12,894,467.

Washington Western Air Inc Ocean Air Transport Command Jack Frye TWA

British Submarines Sink Japanese Warships This Year

The British admiralty reports eastern fleet submarines have sunk a Kuma class cruiser, a 7 000 ton aircraft carrier, eight supply ships and several small vessels since January. A second cruiser was torpedoed and two supply ships damaged. Kuma cruisers displace about 5 100 tons with 459 crew.

London British Admiralty Jane's Fighting Ships

Answers to the Daily Quiz

Correct responses listed for page 4 include names such as Bernard M Baruch and Nicholas III. a narrow arm of the sea. sixteen billion a year. Tschaikowsky. Little Eva. a yes. Switzerland. Chess. True.

Bernard M. Baruch Nicholas III Tschaikowsky Eva Switzerland

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