Mrs Anna Pierce Dies in West Virginia
Mrs. Anna Iya Pierce 61 died at 3 45 am at Kingsters Hospital Virginia after two weeks illness. Born in Frederick Virginia she was daughter of the late A Sh and Eliza Shade Ware. She lived in Martinsburg with her husband Daniel EB Pierce and was mother and stepmother to several relatives. Services will be held from her late home and Whitacre Methodist Church with burial in adjacent cemetery.
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Anna Iya Pierce
Kingsters Hospital
Frederick
Equity Neat
A. Sh
Eliza Shade Ware
Luther Pierce
Irtha Harrell
Tona Shepherd
Hazel Spicker
Martinsburg
Howard Pierce
U.S. Army
Louise Collins
Richmond
Della Jennings
Baltimore
Edrd Ware
Oscar Ware
M. T' Dunn
Winchester
Clem
Middletown
T. L. Ware
Martinsburo
325Th Raleish Street
Martinsra
Joseph Collis
U. B. Church
Hoffrichter
Christian Church
Adioinine Cemetery
Students Collect Scrap Thursday in Douglas County
Students from Douglas schools will collect scrap Thursday with Handley coordinating Friday efforts at both high and elementary levels. The winning school per pupil will receive the Scrap Flag as part of a city wide salvage drive amid a national paper shortage urgings.
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Douglas
Handley
Donald Nelson
Lee Grant
Winchester Civilian Defense Council
Grant
Matt Salvage Committee
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Richmond
America
Ar Production Board
Lvage
Donald M. Nelsop
Food stamp and fuel coupon schedules detailed
The notice lists valid and expired dates for red and blue food stamps covering A8 through J8, with May 20 and June deadlines, plus sugar stamp validity for five pounds and fuel coupons including 9 A through C variants with regional limitations and June expirations. It outlines new May 1 renewals and indefinite validity for certain stamps.
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Associated Press
Pena
Elseere
Rocky Mountains
Mrs Ella Snapp Dies At Opequon Rites Friday
Mrs Ella Headley Snapp widow of Charles W. Snapp prominent Opequon farmer died yesterday afternoon. Survived by daughters Mrs H M Rhodes and Mrs E D Funkhouser, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral from the Opequon home Friday at 1 30 pm with services at St Paul Lutheran Church at 2 pm. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Ella Headley
Snapp
Charles W. Snapp
Opequon
Shenanoounty
H. M. Rhodes
Ametown
D. Fuinkhouser
Opeqton
St. Paul Lutheran Church
F. L. Roof
Oliver McDonald
Robert Bywaters
Percy Hershman
Robert Snapp
Granville Snapp
Ofen Snapp
Easter Holiday Observed by City and County Schools
City students begin break on Wednesday evening April 5 with classes resuming the following Tuesday morning. Frederick County schools close on Good Friday April 6 and reopen Monday at the usual time.
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Frederick County
CIO Unions Targeted as Communist Leadership Alleged
A congressional report charges CIO unions with entrenched Communist leadership and predicts a 2 million dollar political action budget this year. It claims Hillman and Murray influence among many unions and cites a broad list of affected craft and industrial groups across the United States.
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Eer
Political Action Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
American Communications Association
International Federation of Architects, Engineers
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
International Union of Fishermen and Allied Workers of America
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
International Woodworkers of America
Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific Coast
Japanese air losses mount as Allied forces gain in Burma
Allied reports show Japanese planes downed and damaged in air battles, with 133 lost and 16 more probably destroyed while Allied losses total 33 ships and planes from March 1 to 28. Lt General Stilwell notes 5 423 Japanese killed in northern Burma since October 26.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Mountbatten
Imphal
Chin
Tiddim-Imphal
Woodrum Backs Adequate Postwar Military Establishment
Representative Woodrum of Virginia, named chair of the postwar military policy committee, said a secure peace requires an adequate force after the shooting stops. He outlined agenda items on procurement training reserve components unity of command and postwar missions for Army Navy and air bases. The panel planned early hearings after Easter recess.
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Washington
dRep
Woodrum
Rayburn
House
Army
Navy
National Guard of the
United States
Naval
Reds Reach Key Positions as Soviet Drive Advances
Moscow reported Red Army units seized Kolomea and Linkovtsy and cut off German forces retreating from Proskurov. Zhukov’s first Ukrainian Army took Gvozdets near Kolomea and neared Czernowitz, as 9,000 square miles of Steppeland near Odessa fell. Encirclement of Kovel was noted with German air supply, while Nikolaev and Slobodka faced heavy fighting.
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Rumania
Moscow
Linkovtsy
Kamenets-Podolsk
Rom Proskurov
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Red Army
Gregory K. Zhukov
Gvozdets
Kolomea
Czernowitz-Lwow
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Nikolaex
Stalin
Steppe
Odessa
Black Sea
Slobodka
Voronkov
Nerous
Byeltsi
Fortresses Jab Into Germany and Deep Bombardment Reported
U S bombers of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces claim 37 000 tons of bombs on Germany since February 1 and destruction of 16 major factories as they press over western Europe. Only light opposition reported as crews hit airfields and ground targets while advancing through Chartres Chateaudun Reims and Dijion Paris region.
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Europe
Doolittle
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Germany
8Th
9Th
Chartres
Paris
Chateaudun
Reims
Dijob
Final graduation at Illinois selective service school
The Illinois selective service school for men illiterate upon entry will hold its first normal graduation program this evening with 45 graduates ready for draft boards. Started in 1942 to reduce illiteracy based rejections, the program has housed about 75 graduates and 57 in service. Average graduate age is 27, none over 37. Louis A. Boening cites about 200 more in night classes.
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Chicago
Illinois Selective Service School
Selective Service
Louis A. Boening
Selective Sérvicé
Boeing
McLean gives away money in Windsor street stunt
Wealthy Toronto contractor Harry F. McLean halted traffic by tossing $5,000 in bills from a fourth floor window of the Prince Edward Hotel drawing 500 onlookers. He later handed a police desk sergeant a $5,000 burial fund check and distributed coins to hotel staff before repeating the act from the Norton Palmer Hotel.
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Windsor
Ont
Harry F. McLean
Toronto
Windsor Street
Prince Edward Hotel
McLean
McClean
Norton-Palmer
Orders Chaplin Trial To Continue
Federal Judge J F T OConnor ruled that count one of the Mann Act case against Charlie Chaplin would go to the jury after arguments on the defense motion for directed verdict. The judge instructed attorney Jerry Geisler to focus on count two, asserting count two should proceed to the jury.
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Los Angeles
J. F. T. O’connor
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Jerry Geisler
U. S
Charles Carr
Old-Timer Hall’s Vagrancy Charges Dropped
In Denver on March 29 Henry Hall aged 104 saw charges of vagrancy dropped after he produced $812 saved for a rainy day and for his old age. Hall born in 1839, was arrested on complaints from tenants in his rooming house.
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Denver, Corp
Henry Hall
Joseph
Hall
Urbana man released after no extradition sought
Charles William Schmid of Urbana Ohio was released this morning by Judge John Rice. Ohio authorities showed no desire to extradite him as an escaped convict from the Columbus Workhouse. He had been working in the city when taken into custody by Set. Francis Punk and E O. Rogers.
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Charles William Schmid
Urbana
Ohio
John Rice
Columbus
Set
Francis Punk
E. O. Rogers
Allied Planes Pound Japanese Targets Across Pacific
Allied air forces blitzed Kavieng and Wewak with heavy bomb tonnages from Dauntless dive bombers Avengers and Liberators. Operations hit Kavieng air field runways and bivouacs around Wewak Hansa Bay and Empress Augusta Bay. At Kaimana Australian crews attacked a Japanese merchant vessel and Bougainville ground action intensified nearby.
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Dauntless
Solomons
Solomon
Avengers
Kavieng
Fifth Air Force
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Kaimana
Dutch New Guinea
Kai Islands
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Scout Lake To Cover Three Acres At Rock Enon Bay
A preliminary survey shows three acres staked for a proposed Scout Lake at Rock Enon Bay Scout camp southwest of Gore. Heavy woods require lumbering with about two dozen trees to be removed. Plans include using a gasoline shovel and bulldozer to form a dam across Laurel Run, creating a lake up to 15 feet deep for fishing and water activities.
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Rock Enon Bay
Gore
Basil F. Starkey
B. W. Surber
Federal Hatchery
Leetown
W. Va
Laurel Run
W. W. Baker
George Readiriz
Phil Hunter
Croswell Henderson
Lurber
Starkey
Clarence Urffer
Berryville Council Advances Executive Secretary Plan
Berryville town council approved first reading of an ordinance to hire an executive secretary responsible to the council for collecting taxes water rents and town records. Final passage is set for the next regular meeting Tuesday night. The plan drops a dual role with a Chamber of Commerce paid secretary.
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Berryville
Chamber of Commerce
Burr P. Harrison
President Roosevelt Seen Secure Renomination Path
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt backers claim a first ballot renomination is possible with a 604 vote minimum from 1,176 delegates. They list 126 pledged from Maine Arizona New Hampshire New York and 17 states plus anticipated defections, noting steps in 11 states to line up solid support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maine
Arizona
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Connecticut
West Virginia
Nebraska
Vermont
Tennessee
Alabama
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Quads Born In Sloan Hospital In New York
Three girls and four boys were born today at Sloan Hospital for Women to Mrs. Harry Zarief. The mother and all seven newborns are reported doing exceptionally well with weights ranging from four pounds twelve ounces to five pounds.
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New York
Sloane Hospital
Harry Zarief
Dairymen Buy 64 Cars of Hay Under CCC Program
Dairymen in Frederick County and Virginia drought counties ordered 64 cars of hay under the Emergency Farm Labor program aided by the CCC. Virginia totals reached 5 442 cars with a drought area total of 11 460. The hay, partly cost borne by CCC, saved at least $15 a ton. Quality complaints stayed under 3 percent as the program aimed to prevent dairy herd liquidation and ensure milk for war areas.
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Frederick County
Southern Gotive
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
CCC
T. K. Wolfe
Richmond
A. Gordon Willis
Culpeper
Nephritis Fatal to Billy Meers
Billy Meers a 4 year old boy whose chronic nephritis attracted national notice in January died today after receiving continuous plasma transfusions totaling 352 pints, the largest amount recorded for this disease. He lapsed into a coma Monday as donors from across the United States contributed blood and plasma and offers of aid.
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Dallas
Billy Meers
Billy
Dutch Lowlands Flooding Tells of German Plan
London report says Germany started flooding the Hollands to counter Allied invasion plans. Evacuation of civilian populations proceeded in South Holland Zeeland Island and surrounding areas, with inundation under way south of Helder and in Beemster Polder near Amsterdam.
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London
Hollands
Netherlands Information
Europe
South Holland
Zeeland Island
Helder
North Holland
Amsterdam
Beemster Polder
Holland
Information Bureau
Pickett Romance Crosses Ocean at Anzio Beachhead Wedding
A US Army nurse and Signal Corps lieutenant wed in a hospital tent near Anzio after a 19 month romance that began at Camp Pickett Virginia in 1942. Lt. Thomas G. Rose and 2nd Lt. Genevieve Clarke exchanged vows amid candlelight and improvised instruments as nurses and G I s watched. The bride wore her uniform and cut a 25 pound cake with a trench knife after the ceremony.
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Naples
Signal Corps
Camp Pickett
Thomas G. Rose
Lancaster
Genevieve Clarke
Allison Park
Rose
Sicily
Anzio
Carl J. Simon
Canton
Eugene Wentz
Pittsburgh
G. I
Hopkins Undergoes Operation in Rochester
President's adviser Harry Hopkins, age 58, underwent a nominal operation at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Mayo Clinic bulletin at noon called his condition satisfactory after weeks of observation for a nutritional disturbance.
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Ropkins
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Hopkins
Churchill Demand Vote of Confidence
Churchill refuses to distinguish between a domestic policy vote and a general war policy vote. The House debated a challenged government wage principle as Education Minister Butler warned the Keir amendment could threaten it. Eden moved for adjournment after the vote, stirring Labour cheers and press debate on government credibility.
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Churchill
House
Harold Butler
Cazalet Keir
Islington
Labor
Anthony Eden
London
Daily Telegraph
The
Daily Sketch
Commons
Help the USO Provide A Home Away From Home
A fundraising appeal urges readers to support the USO in supplying lodging comforts for service members and families during wartime. The notice highlights the need for donations to fund rest spaces, meals, and transportation assistance at military hubs.
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USO
Revival Services Grow At Montague Avenue Church
Pastor John Teter reports rising attendance and interest at this week's revival in the Montague Avenue church. Ev H Wark Curry delivered sermons including The City of Twelve Gates and The Meanest Person in Winchester with special Junior Choir music. Public invitation extended to worship with Montague Avenue church members.
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John Teter
Montague Avenue
Ieev
H. Wark
Curry
City of Twelve Gates
Ene
Winchester
Greek Colony Aims to Reach 1000 for War Fund
The Greek Society of Winchester raised 568 dollars at a Monday meeting for the Red Cross War Fund and added 150 dollars from absent members. John Semples told the fund committee the colony will try to hit a final total of 1000 dollars.
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Greek Society of Winchester
Red Cross War Fund
John Semples
War Fund Committee
Rotary Talk On Victory Gardens At Winchester Meeting
Archie Frye will discuss Victory Gardens at the Winchester Rotary Club meeting tomorrow at 1 PM in Sarah Zane Hall. Two new members T. S. Thomas and George Weldon will be introduced.
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Archie Frye
Winchester Rotary Club
T. S. Thomas
George Weldon
Sarah Zane
Trial Justice Court Dismissal and Fines In Frederick County
The Court of Trial Justice W Erle Edwards and James Donald at Kernstown disposed cases. A s ault and battery upon Norman Tisinger resulted in $10 fine plus $6.15 costs. W D Smallwood of Acton Heights Winchester fined $1 plus $4.25 costs for an unlicensed male dog in Frederick County.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
James Donald
Kernstown
Norman Tisinger
W. D. Smallwood
Acton Heights
Winchester
Frederick County
Induction Policy Ties Older Men to War Service
A policy statement notes that men directed into essential civilian work and refusing such duties face Army call to active service. Those placed in special labor units would be compelled to serve, linking industrial labor to military requirements.
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers printed on page 4 list Palestine as question one and February 9 1942 at 2 a m as question two. The rose is answer three. The four regions travel to Colombia Ecuador Peru and Chile are listed as question five. The British answer is question six and India is question seven. Four seasons are Spring Summer Autumn and Winter, with Alabama for question nine and Lapidary as question ten.
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Palestine
The
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
India
Alabama
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Ella Snapp
Adams Farm
Bunker Hill
Gerrardstown
Clyde V. Mauck- L. Hoffman
Audt
J. L. Jolliffe
Reds
Chaplin
Ohio Man
Berryville Council
Quads
Ocean
Harry Hopkins
Victory Gardens
Trial Justice Court
Nucht Collins
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
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