Scouters Earn Certificates in Council Training Course
Shenan a Council commissioners enroll in the scout master's training course led by Ray Garrabrandt with two qualifying for certificates. Recipients include George Reading Lochester and George Lee Sheetz of Woodstock along with five others: Laurens Jones Winchester S D Crute Woodstock Ted Lowery Charick Town and R C Gem mill Sr Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenana Council
Ray Garrabrandt
George Reading
Lochester
George Lee Sheetz
Woodstock
Boy Scout Movement
C.b.miley
Arthur Golightly
Boyce
R. G. Hopper
Luray
Robert Wolfe
Strasburg
T- A. Lowe
Charles Town
D. Crute
Extension for Hog Slaughter Period Amended
War Food Administration extends the suspension of can or permit requirements for slaughtering hogs and delivering pork. The initial three month pause from November 17, 1943, to February 7, 1944 was extended to March 17, with Amendment 12 to Food Distribution Order No. 75 marking termination points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Italian Hostage Crisis Report From Rome
A Swiss dispatch from Rome notes the son of Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio among those seized by Nazis and Fascists. Other figures including Theon de Reyes and Marshal Pietro Caviglia are mentioned as detained. A German communique threatens retaliation with executions and reports heavy partisan losses in Piedmont as fighting nears Turin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Badoglio
Chiasso
la Suisse
Theon de Reyes
Rome
Piedmont
Turin
Bombing Run Targets Berlin and Aulnove Strike
Allied air forces carried out a major bombing raid over Berlin and occupied territory, following a prior assault on Aulnove near the Belgian border. Mosquitos aided the effort as American heavy and medium bombers and fighters massed in the skies along France and the Netherlands coasts. The operations incurred the loss of five bombers and one fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occupied
Aulnove
Lyon
France
Berlin
Netherlands
Ration Calendar Details Through Spring and June
The Associated Press ration schedule covers meats fats and processed foods with red and blue stamps valid through May 20 and June respectively. Sugar stamps 30 and 40 allow five pounds, with validity through February and April changes. Gasoline and fuel oil coupons detail gallon limits by region with multiple series through June 21 and later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jacme
Rocky Mountains
Far West
Detectives Testify On Lonergan Trip And Brandy
New York records show detectives William Prendergast and another officer testified about Lonergan on a train trip from Toronto to New York. He reportedly drank three half pints of brandy during the journey while authorities contested his alleged confession and duress claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warne Lonergan
William Prendergast
Edward Broderick
Lonergan
Prendergast
Toronto
Fort Erie
Buffalo
N. Pets
Broderick
Ella Snapp Reported in Critical Condition at Cedar Creek
Mrs. Ella Snapp widow of Dc W Snapp has been seriously ill for a month at her home on the Cedar Creek grade near Opequon post office. Friends report her condition as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Snapp
Dc. W. Snapp
Cedar Creek
Opequon
Friends
U S Policy On Speaking Freely Sanctions Open Talk
Dewey cites continued friendship and the right of peoples in allied nations to hear opinions about them. Price and Eden endorse the stance. Stettinius’s Florida visit is cited as confirmation of the policy against political censorship and for plain speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Eden
Florida
Stettinius
London
Allied Forces Press Burma Advance Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied units including Gurkhas and Kachins pushed toward Myitkyina and pressed on along the Ukhrul sector inside Indian borders. Wingate, in command of the rear-front operation, announced success, while air strikes pounded Japanese columns as forces moved toward Imphal and Sumprabum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imphal- Tiddim Road
Myitkyina
Burma Road
Imphal
Sumphrabum
Shadarup
Kamaung
Mogaung
Ukhral
Wingate
Orde Charles Wingate
Burma
Kunming
China
Salween
Upper Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
John Kerr Students Present Scrap Program On Air
John Kerr School students will air a scrap drive program at 6 30 tonight on the local station. Students from Mrs Otis Sargent and other rooms will take part with talks and songs detailing how scrap is collected and processed. Friday will feature Handley High and elementary students collecting for the monthly scrap drive for a special 8S Flag contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr School
Otis Sargent
Evelyn Pearman
Mary Bell Bear
Ridgely Jackson
Carolyn Copenhaver
Donna Lou Anderson
Nancy Redd Quarles
Joyce Binner
Bobby Henry
Diané Laign
Jacquelyn Mapp
John Williams
Jimmy Robertson
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Handley High School
Barkley says Democrats ready to meet New Deal issue
Oklahoma City reports Sen. Alben W. Barkley declares the party will confront the New Deal versus anti New Deal split in the Second Oklahoma Congressional District. He appears for W. G. Stigler as Democrat nominee while E. O. Clark seeks the GOP nod in the tomorrow special election. Gov. Bricker calls the vote a key test of sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Alben W. Barkley
D.ky
Oklahoma
Senate
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Arkansas
Josh
Ed H. Moore
Bricker
Wichita
Kas
Mustangs Reported as Fighter-Bombers in France Raid
London dispatch says U S Ninth Air Force Mustangs, the world fastest planes, were used as fighter-bombers in a strike on Creil rail center France on Sunday. It marks their first official use in Europe as fighter-bombers, replacing underwing fuel tanks with bombs to perform bombing and strafing alongside fighter duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. SS
Ninth Air Force
Creil
France
Mediterranean
Western Front
Arrest Made in New Jersey Shotgun Murder Case
Alice Marlowe of Millwood Clarke county has learned that New York and New Jersey authorities arrested a suspect in the shotgun murder of Charlies Tyler her son by a former marriage. Tyler was killed at his New Jersey place of business. he was formerly a dining room operator in Millwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Marlowe
Millwood
Clarke County
New York
New Jersey
Charlies Tyler
Tyler
Ten Die As Bomber Crashes At EAU GALLIE
Police Chief Hugh Dewitt reported ten airmen killed and one injured when a four engined bomber plowed through telephone and telegraph lines onto Florida East Coast Railroad tracks at Eau Gallie Florida. The crash disrupted coastal communications for over an hour and delayed trains for hours while repairs were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Gallie
Fla
Hugh Dewitt
Florida East Coast Railroad
Florida East Coast
Fight Flare Over Agriculture Bill In Senate
Senate debate erupts as House approved Agriculture Department bill of 567 995 779 faces protests from Senator Russell and Senator Aiken who warn the lunch program and Farm Security Administration would die. House dissatisfaction grows over another 8 billion dollar independent offices bill amid battles over senatorial confirmations and TVA funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Russell
D-Ga
Aiken
R.-Vt
Farm Security Administration
House
Woodrum
D.-Va
Rankin
D.-Miss
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Treasury
Virginia Valley Central Congregational Conference Meets at Bethlehem
The fourteenth mid year session of the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference will be held at Bethlehem Church in Tenth Legion on Thursday. Roy A. Larrick presides at 10 o clock. Rev. G H Veazey is host pastor. The theme is Victory Through Christ. Rev D M Spence leads opening worship. Rev F C Lester delivers address on College North Carolina. Afternoon worship led by Rev R E Newton. Rev R A Whitten and Rev Charles Storrs speak on Elon College needs and The Open Door in China. Delegates present reports and committee meetings occur at noon. Local delegates include Mrs T W Mathews Mrs R A Larrick Mrs R A Whitten and Mrs Emily Jones. Annual session with Winchester church on Aug 9 and 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Church
Tenth Legion
Roy A. Larrick
G. H. Veazey
D. M. Spence
Elkton
Elon
Our College
Charles Storrs
Philadelphia
Chris
China
T. W. Mathews
R. A. Larrick
R. A. Whitten
Emily Jones
Winchester
U S Commandos Reported Beaten
London March 27 German high command claimed an American commando force landed northwest of La Spezia on the gulf of Genoa but was wiped out. The group counted two officers and 13 men. Berlin released the communique with no Allied confirmation and delayed by over an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
la Spezia
Gulf of Genoa
Rome
Berlin
Public Cooperates With Postal Rates
Postmaster Nelson Page reported strong public cooperation with the new postal rates effective yesterday. First class mail rises to three cents per ounce local and inbound. Airmail rates increased to eight cents per ounce except for armed forces via APO or fleet post offices remaining six cents per half ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Page
APO
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Miami
Seattle
Presque Isle
Maine
Minneapolis
Furnace Rally Benefit At Douglas School
An entertainment event at Douglas School starts at 8 30 tonight to benefit the Furnace Rally of John Mann Methodist Church. Melissa Wright sponsor and Rev E H Jackson pastor invite all to attend. Refreshments will be on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas School
John Mann Methodist Church
Melissa Wright
E. H. Jackson
Nazi Stronghold Captured
Soviet forces closed on the Ploesti oil basin as Russians neared Bucharest and encircled Kamenetz Podolsk in Ukraine. In Poland and by the Dniester, Red Army units stormed through streets and besieged towns, while a Korsun pocket near the Dnieper Bend trapped 10 Nazi divisions amid talk of a Stalingrad ghost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumania
Ploesti
Bucharest
Rumanian
Dniester
Kamenetz Podolsk
Ukraine
Red Army
Proskurov
Poland
Bug River
Germany
Russia
Red
Tarnopol
Lwow
Mogilev
White Russia
Lea
Prut
Stalin
Ell
Ivan S. Konev
Stalingrad
Moscow
Prut River
Romania
Bessarabia
Pravda
Ivan
Konev
Korsun
Dnieper
Present For Highland Chapel Infant Dedication
There were 250 present at the membership services Sunday at the Highland Avenue Chapel. The Rev. Ronald S. Wilson took part in the services. Uniting with the church were 31 persons and 13 infant children were presented by their parents for the sacrament of Baptism and dedication to God. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willey, little Martha Ann and Earl Wesley, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Rogers and little Betty Jean and Phill Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Youngblood, little Mary Darlene, Mrs. Paul Herring, little Douglas Allen and Erma Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lake, little Joyce Elaine and Helen Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Lake, little Donald Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lake, little Barbara Ann and Charlotte Louise, and Mrs. Robert McKinney, and little Joan Marie. Membership booklets and baptismal certificates will be presented this Sunday, April 2nd. We continue to welcome any who wish to unite with the church or dedicate their children to God. The pastor invites all who love Christ and are church members to commune at the Lord's table this Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue Chapel
Ronald S. Wilson
Earl Willey
Martha Ann
Earl Wesley, Jr
Wallace Rogers
Betty Jean
Phill Eugene
Prank Youngblood
Mary Darlene
Paul Herring
Douglas Allen
Erma Virginia
Andrew Lake
Joyce Elaine
Helen Virginia
Maurice Lake
Donald Lewis
Elmer Lake
Barbara Ann
Charlotte Louise
Robert McKinney
Joan Marie
Christ
First Aid Class Starts Wednesday
First Aid instruction for Nurses Aides and Red Cross Motor Corps volunteers begins Wednesday March 29 at 7 30 p m in the Friendship Fire Company assembly room 12 E Cork Street George Reading chairman announced today First Aid education is increasingly important during the present shortage of doctors and nurses and those interested should call Red Cross headquarters for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Motor Corps
Friendship. Fire Company
Cork Street
George Reading
Answers to the Daily Quiz show correct selections
The page lists quiz answers with numbered items. Answers include Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky and topics like temperature increments every 15 degrees, statesman, Scottish, Illinois Law, and items such as electricity gas wood coal kerosene gasoline. Geographical entries include Borneo Great Britain and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Statesman
Illinois
Borneo
Great Britain
West Virginia
Japanese claim vitamin C in sweat media stir
New York report says a Japanese professor claimed vitamin C in perspiration. It notes the error of not using oxidase could overestimate, and that Americans actually lose only traces of vitamin C rather than large amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagoyaty
Army chaplain rides with 20th armored division on maneuvers
Lt Gabriel Ginascol, chaplain of the 20th armored division, accompanies troops on tanks and trucks. He shelters with men on bivouac, digs fox holes, and knows tanks inside out through hands on repair work. He aims to gain soldiers’ confidence by sharing real experience and practical help. The piece ends urging support for the Winchester USO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Campbell
20Th Armored Division
Gabriel Ginascol
Ginascol
Bostonian
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Capudine
Barkley
Mustangs
Clearbrook
Cedar Hill Road
Timberlake Farm
White Chester
Syracuse
Harry C. Brown
Congregational Christian Conference
U. S
Mass Meeting
Republican Party
Virginia
Roanoke
Seventh Congressional District
Harrisonburg
W. C. Deming
Republican Committee
Seventh Congressional District of
Highland Chapel
Haldeman
Japan
Yew DU Pont
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Praddock St
Peoples
Loudoun Street
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