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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1944
Page
6
Radio notes list tonight's programs with Ray Milland and Gracie Allen in a campaign bit on the Carnival. Dorothy Shay debuts My Uncle Chi Hua Hua and Morton Gould conducts Runnin Wild Speak Low and a Music in the Air medley on the Carnival.
Mrs. Forquer gave a ride to a sailor who kept his face turned away as he joined her car. The hitcher, Ralph, Seaman First Class, returned from 17 months away, asking for ice cream and sharing a cone before thanking his mother at Evans near Greeley.
Court settles suit Warren S Clows er versus Mary Ann Clowser et al. approving a 2100 dollar bid by Thomas Rosenberger for 60 acres near Hayfield as fair price and orders money distributed among heirs.
Washington May 8 Senator Vandenberg charged the new tax simplification bill trims taxes for many but raises income taxes for families with two or more children. He spoke at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the unanimously approved House measure.
Pi Ray E. Loring, manager of the Amateur Trapshooting Association, announced the 1944 Grand American trapshoot will be August 23 24 and 25 on a bring your own shells basis. About 1000 marksmen are expected with teams from the armed services returning after last year.
Louisville May 9 A M Edwards Jr gasoline enforcement officer for the District Office of Price Administration said license numbers of 325 out of state automobiles were recorded at the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. He noted licenses came from New York to California and investigators could not check all, but logged numbers will be sent to State OPA headquarters for relay to local boards for appropriate action.
A Bern dispatch quotes Fascist officers claiming Italian coastal commandos based in Corsica and Sardinia landed on the Ligurian coast in recent days for patrols ahead of an invasion. Some reports say casualties occurred while others returned with fortification information. Rommel met Kesselring in Italy after inspecting French defenses.
Allied airmen push heavier bomb loads into the Netherlands East Indies as Hollandia advances begin April 22. Bombs hit Timor and Boeroe as Liberators and Beauforts raid Koepang, Penigei, and Schouten islands while a Liberator is lost after combat with 15 enemy fighters.
In Sioux Falls a tombstone statue marks an AWOL soldier at the Army Air Forces radio school. Maj. C. T. Flota devised the effigy and notes AWOL incidents have fallen to near zero as the statue remains on display.
In the Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards Frank Himelright of Star Tannery was found in possession of illegal liquor and sentenced to thirty days with a $50 fine suspended for one year plus $3.85 court costs. H wb Sisk of Culpeper was fined $10 for speeding with $4.25 costs.
An unyielding rule governs Jones Funeral Home offering services to all families regardless of financial circumstances. The notice emphasizes inclusive support and ongoing commitment to serve communities with dignity and care.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour totals ending at 8 a m at .50 inches. May to date 2.67 inches year to date 15.50 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches with monthly averages from 1913 to 1943 listed for each month.
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