Mollie Adams dies after long illness at 83 in Stephens City
Mrs Mollie Weaver Adams 83 widow of Alex Adams prominent Stephens City merchant died at Memorial Hospital after a six year illness from a heart condition. Born January 9 1861 she was a daughter of William H and Miranda Kerns Weaver and the last survivor among nine siblings. Surviving relatives include five nieces and three nephews. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM with Rev Walter Smith officiating and burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named Julian Steele Maurice McDonald Lee Sowers William Weaver Leslie Orndorff Carmel Boyer.
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Mollie Weaver Adams
Alex Adams
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
William H
Miranda Kerns Weaver
Maurice McDonald
D. W
Green Hill Cemetery
Julian Steele
Lee Sowers
William Weaver
Leslie Orndorff
Carmel Boyer
Dies Committee Pursues CIO Ledger Records
Sidney Hillman, head of the CIO, received a Dies committee subpoena at Atlantic City demanding submission of financial records by May 8. Ferguson argued the law forbids labor unions or corporations from contributing in elections, while Hillman condemned what he called an abuse of congressional power.
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Ferguson
Dies Committee
Sidney Hillman
Atlantic City
N. J
Hillman
CIO
America
Martin Dies
PrehistoricLion Once Roamed Much of Europe
In ancient times the lion spread across a large portion of Europe, indicating its extensive historical range before declines and regional extinctions.
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Europe
City Housewives Save 15457 Lbs Of Waste Fats
Winchester housewives donated 15457 pounds of used household fats to the wartime effort from 1943 to March 1944. Mrs. Robert Grove praised residents and urged continued turn ins at neighborhood grocers. In March 3174 pounds were handed in. yearly totals per month are listed. Fats, turned into soap and glycerine for explosives, support national health and war needs.
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Winchester
Robert Grove
Hollywood Couple Appears At Schools And Lions Club
Dick Mitchell Walt Disney cartoonist and Evelyn Danielson Snow White contest winner visit Winchester. Civic Club shifts meeting to 6 30 pm for their dinner with the couple. The pair also appear at Handley High and Virginia Avenue School programs with songs from Snow White and a carton technique demo.
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Dick Mitchell
Walt Disney
Evelyn Danielson
Winchester Lions Club
Civic Club
Hollywood
RKO Pictures
Walt Disney Studio
Handley High School
Virginia Avenue
Seven ‘Dwarfs
Priest Becomes U.S. Citizen After Nazi-Era Flight
Father Cyril Johann Fischer a Franciscan monk born in Austria was naturalized in Santa Barbara California. Once on the Gestapo death list he fled Austria in 1938 after Nazi threats and propaganda work. He later traveled through Hungary before reaching the United States.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Cyril Johann Fischer
Gestapo
Naturalization Court
U. S
Fischer
Germany
Vienna
Munich
Innsbruck
Order
Austria
Hungary
America
War Mother Nominee: Mrs Edgar Whiting of Winchester
Winchester nominates Mrs Edgar Whiting for Outstanding War Mother of 1944. She served as a World War I nurse, oversees seven sons and a daughter, with four sons and a son-in-law in service. Active in Red Cross work, Civil Defense, blood drives, War Stamps, bonds, and Victory Book Campaign. She managed a farm and a Victory Garden while serving and supporting troops.
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Air Corps
United States
Britain
Winchester
Washington
Red Coss
Civil Defense Office
Red Cross
Victory Exchange
Edgar Whiting
Col
Edgar M. Whiting
United States Army
Yan
Baltimore May 2 Market Quotations for Livestock and Produce
Produce prices and dairy figures from Baltimore show apples, eggs, butter totals and steady to dull activity. Livestock quotations list cattle, calves, hogs, sheep with price ranges for various weights and grades, noting moderate receipts and steady or slightly varied tones.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
WFA
Chicago
Colorado
Anti-Sense Society Initiates Get Wet at St Lawrence
Fresh coeds at St. Lawrence University will be initiated into Aleph Semek Gimel an Anti Sense Society formed in 1907 to satirize secret societies. The group colors are red on pink and the call Meow meow Ach Himmel. Initiates will serenade men’s dormitories and revive the traditional water buckets.
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Canton
N. Y
St. Lawrence University
Aleph Semek Gimel
Stock Market Report Mixed Early Gain Fades
In New York May 2 selected stocks rose modestly at the open but failed to sustain gains. Investors cashed profits as a recent rally cooled, with American Bosch Goodrich Sears Roebuck N Y Central Great Northern Anaconda American Telephone and Johns Manville showing strength while Motors and steels slipped along with Santa Fe Southern Pacific Dow Chemical General Electric Phelps Dodge and Texas Co. Bonds and commodities remained steady.
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New York
Standard Oil
General Motors
Florida
Alabama
American Bosch
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
N. Y. Central
Great Northern
Anaconda
Americcatr Telephone
Johns-Manville
Standard Opf
Motors
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Dow Chemical
General Electric
Phelps Dodge
Texas Co
Pennroad
Puget Sound Power
Carrier Corp
Niagra Hudson Power
Republic Aviation
Glen Aniden Coal
Allied Bomber Raids Across Europe Hit Key Targets
U S daylight and night operations struck Nazi installations in Italy France Belgium and Yugoslavia. RAF and RCAF joined by Liberators and Fortresses bombed auto works tours plant and Toulouse factory near Paris rail yards at Brussels Liege Reims Troyes Metz and Sarreguemines while raid on Ludwigshafen diversionary. In the Mediterranean Wellington Liberators hit La Spezia Livorno Genoa and Alexsandria as Axis defenses failed to prevent damage. Three American bombers and three fighters did not return and five German planes were shot down.
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Britain
RCAF
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Paris
Mechelen
Brussels
St. Ghislain
Mons
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Mediterranean
la Spezia
Livorno
Leghorn
Genoa
Alexsandria
Milan
Popoli
Moricone
Florence
Rome
Metkovic
Yugoslavia
U. S. Army
Fig
Calais
Liege
Belgium
France
Reims
Troyes
Metz
Sarreguemines
Daily Crossword Clues Grid Feature Puzzle
A compact list of Across and Down clues for a daily crossword. The puzzle includes terms ranging from To spin and Steals to Poise and Narrow valley with various wordplay hints across 39 clues. Readers solve by fitting responses to the provided grid theme and letter counts.
Death of W. T. Carper with Thursday rites in Mount Hebron
W T Carper 66 died at 9 40 last night at his Carper s Valley home from a paralysis stroke suffered about a year earlier. He was born January 25 1877, a farmer and beekeeper. Surviving are his widow Rosella Anderson and one stepson Bernard Anderson. Funeral Thursday at 4 from Jones Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev E T Fulcher to officiate.
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W. T. Henkel Carper
Carper
Jones Funeral Home
Mount Hebron Cemetery
E. T. Fulcher
Brucetown
Chicago Grain Quotations May 2 Market Notes
Trade in all grains was light today with prices fluctuating. Opening prices show Wheat May 1.73 3 8 July 1.70 Sept 1.66 Dec 1.65 1 4. Oats July 78 1 2, May 74 3 8 to 1 2 Dec 73 5 8 to 3 4. Rye May 1.29 5 8 July 1.27 5 8 Sept 1.24 to 1.24 1 8. Also mentions Gilbert as a notable book collector.
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Chicago
Miss Lyda J Chapman 73 Died in Winchester Hospital
Miss Lyda J Chapman 73 died at 4 45 yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a heart illness four days. Born October 16 1870 in Winchester she worked in Leader and Timberlake stores and belonged to Rebekah and Pocahontas lodges. Survived by sister Mrs Minnie McDaniel and brothers James R Chapman Washington DC and W J Chapman Lynchburg. Funeral at 4 pm Wednesday Baptist Church with burial in Mount Hebron.
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Lyda J. Chapman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Joseph Chapman
Jefferson County
W. Va
Tate Frances Swanson
Rockingham County
Winchester
Old Leader
Miss Chapman
Rebekah and Pocahontas Lodge
Rebekahs
Mers
The
Baptist Church
Minnie McDaniel
James R.chapman
Washington, D. C
W. J. Chapman
Lynchburg
E. T. Clark
Mount Hebron
T. F. Timberlake
John I. Sloat
Harry Reed
Robert Jones
Joseph Morrow
Rolland McInturff
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Mexiana
Wayside Inn
Middletown
New Florida
California
Colgate Dental Cream
Colgate Tooth Powder
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Lions
Mrs. Whiting
Middle America
Stock Market Report
Daily Crossword
New York City
Poise
Sweden
Coe
W. T. Carper
Gilbert
Pope Sylvester
Lyda Chapman
Ayon
Montgomery
S. Loudoun
Fgomners
Brazos River
Texas
Goodyear Research
Goodyear
Auto Tire
Tire Service
Goodyear Service
Braddock St
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