Middletown Defeats Boyce in Frederick Clarke Baseball League
Middletown remains undefeated at top of the league after a 5 1 victory over Boyce. Stephens City edged Stonewall 13 9 to move into second place behind Gore after Berryville upset Gore 4 3.
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Middletown
Esee
Stephens City
Sorte Eeeense Sreeseeeeenee
Sainesboro Ee
Berryville
Stonewall
Boyce
Gainesboro
Gore
Gore High School
Frederick Clarke Baseball
Stonewall High
Berry Ville
Dalton
J. Clem
O'Leary
Clem
Boros
Smith
Orndorff
Stine
Lamp
Hutton
Driver
Arme
Clarke County
Jenkins
Emmons
LaFollette
Williams
British To Study Pay For Women
London May 10 Churchill announced a royal commission would study equal pay for equal work by men and women. The issue, debated in Parliament last March, touches teachers’ pay.
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London
Winston Churchill
Free Churches To Open For Prayer
London May 10 free churches across the United Kingdom will open for prayer services the moment news breaks of the Alfied invasion of western Europe. Churches listed include Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Moravian Wesleyan Reform Union and Churches of Christ.
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London
Church of England
United Kingdom
Europe
Methodist
Baptist
Presbyterian
Moravian
Wesleyan
Reform, Union
Churches of Christ
Approve Tire And Tube Purchases From War Board List
The War Price and Rationing Board released approved tire and tube purchases for numerous individuals and firms across Virginia and West Virginia. Names include Elliott Motor Lines, Huff, Borden, Plumly Lumber, Novick Transfer, Snapp, Kerns, Wolford, Baker, Sampson, Beverley Estate, Sanitary Laundry, Boyce, Patterson, Louderback, Edith Huff, Kremer, DeHaven, Harris, Carper, Mason, Perry, Sampson Stephens City, Foreman, Crawford, Whitacre, Armel, Haymaker, Kenney, Woodrow Line, Brill, Great American Tea, Ormdorff, Smith, Slonaker, Cooper, Newcome, Riggleman, Clarke, White Post.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Truck Elliott Motor Lines
J. H. Huff
City
H. C. Borden
Middletown
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Novick Transfer Co
Alfred L. Snapp
Theodore M. Kerns
Bloomer
M. J. Wolford
Gore, Va
Lee Baking Co
Winchester
Walter E. Sampson
Wm. Beverley
Sanitary Laundry
Henry W. Boyce
RFD
Elwood Patterson
Page G. Louderback
Edith Huff
Luther Kremer
Elmer L. DeHaven
James L. Harris
Stephenson
Ernest T. Carper
Woodrow Line
Whitacre
Hugh T. Brill
Brucetown
Great American Tea Co
E. V. Ormdorff
Charles H. Smith
Othel Slonaker
Robert A. Cooper
George W. Newcome
W. L. Riggleman
Stephens City
Ee I. Clarke
White Post
Local visits and weekend travels around Middletown
Middletown residents and visitors spent weekends with relatives in Washington D C Harrisonburg and Baltimore. Names include Rogers Milani Murray Parker Wright Hodgson Long Matthews Yates Keeler and Kline with trips to Madison College Camp Lee and the Way Side Inn. A Romania note discusses inheritance laws shrinking farms to garden size.
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Middletown
B. E. Rogers
Bobby and Mary Jr
Josephine Milani
Washington, D. C
Maggie Moore Murray
C. Parker Murray
Way Side Inn
Christiane Wright
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Judy Hodgson
Loretta Miller
Washington
Nannie Miller
Margaret Matthews
R. N
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Emory Matthews
W. D. Walker
Fruitland Park
Fla
Virginia Casson
Evelyn and
Rachel Long
Louise Tyler
Edna Long
Eleanor Yates
Silver Spring
Vaun Miller
Dorothy Ann Cornwell
Wada Lee
Baltimore
Shelby Keith
Harrison H. Keeler
Camp Lee
C. W. Keeler
Edgar M. Kline
Kline
Main Street
Navy officers meet in San Francisco signaling renewed Pacific push
The Associated Press reports a San Francisco meeting of Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey with Admiral King likely pressing a nonstop Pacific campaign. Nimitz receives a second Distinguished Service Medal for Pearl Harbor era commands. Movements target Truk and the Mariannas to open supply routes for MacArthur’s forces from Hollandia New Guinea.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Navy
Japan
Halsey
Nimitz
Tokyo
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
South Pacific
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
West Coast
United States
Admiral King
Pacific
Tokyo Alls
Truk
Caroline Island
Marianna Island
Carolines
Ponape
Mariannas
General MacArthur
Hollandia
New Guinea
Rural Life Sunday Program Announced for May 14
H A Snapp president of the Frederick County Council of Religious Education announces the Rural Life Sunday program at Mt Olive Church on May 14 at 3 p m The Rev L C Messick hosts with responsive reading and prayer Dr T G Shuey Staunton principal speaker introduced by Rev EF B Smith Music by Gore Quartet The public is invited.
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H.A. Snapp
Frederick County
Handley Library Notes on War Era Books
Summary of multiple book notes including Destination Chungking by Hans Suyin about a Chinese couple in war torn China, The Silence of Sea by Vercors from Nazi occupied France, Hotel Berlin 43 by Vicki Baum, Abraham Lincoln's Wife by Anne Colver, Diet Does It by Gayelord Hauser, The Signpost by E A Robertson, This Is Our China by Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and a note on borrowing from Handley Library.
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Chungking
Hans Suyin
China
Peking
Suyin
Poa
Shanghai
Free China
France
Vercors
Berlin
Vicki Baum
Abraham Lincoln
Anne Colver
Washington
Mary Todd
Lincoln
Gayelord Hauser
Dr. Hauser
Ireland
E. A. Robertson
Chiang Kai-shek
Soong
Handley Library
The House of Cobwebs Opens with a World of Mystery
The opening sentence pulls readers into a strange web of mystery, hinting at a chilling experience. Mary Reisner crafts a mood that invites curiosity while withholding key details.
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Mary Reisner
First Girl Scout To Christen Ship
In Savannah on Friday the world’s First Girl Scout will christen the Liberty ship S. S. Juliette Low named for the founder. The godmother is Mrs. Samuel C. Lawrence of Charleston West Virginia, niece of the founder. Mrs. Bruce McIntosh of Miami Florida chairs the Juliette Low Region for Girl Scouts.
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Savannah
S. S
Juliette Low
Samuel C. Lawrence
Charleston
W. Va
Bruce McIntosh
Miami
Fla
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Traveling salesman asks for bed in hotel room
In Pittsburgh a salesman registering at a downtown hotel asks the clerk if the room has a bed, revealing his skepticism with a surprised remark.
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Pittsburgh
Help for Itch and Simple Skin Rash Remedies
A guide lists common itch relief options including medicated powders and oatmeal based products. It discusses soothing creams and gentle cleansers to ease tender, irritated skin and reduce scratching sensations.
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Clearbrook
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Front Royal
Main St
Olga Stoker
Ryan
Armstrong and
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
Romania
Rural Life
R. A. F. Haven
R. A. EF
Plymouth
England
Mass
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
E. E. Harbaugh
Mer
Valley Avenue
Handley Library Notes
Mont
IVA Ch
Collery
South
Loudoun St
Montgomery Ward
Sie
Mientéomers
Loudoun ST. Ward
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