City Softball League Opens 1944 Season Monday Night
The Winchester City Softball League will start its 1944 season Monday evening at Rouss Park. Otis Sargent was tasked with drafting a two-park, three-night-a-week schedule, with teams including Sullivan Rubber Co and South End Fire Co among others. Recreation officials urged contact with managers or the Winchester Recreation Department for rosters, as Sam Preston spoke on future park and pool developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Park
George Washington Hotel
Otis Sargent
George Eldon
South End Fire Co
H. Hart
National Fruit Product Company
P. L. Ayres
U. S. Engineers
James E. Czel
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester Recreation Department
North Soutoun Street
Sam D. Preston
Recreation Council
Local Red Cross nurses train in new hemoglobin test
Mrs. A C Halvosa Mrs George Reading and Mrs Richard Cren shaw of the Red Cross Nurses Aide Corps attended a blood donor center session in Washington for instruction in a new hemoglobin testing method. They will assist Mobile Unit staff at upcoming clinics. Winchester clinic dates are June 16 17 at South Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with appointments June 10-16 at Blood Donor Headquarters Room 22 over Peoples Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Halvosa
George Reading
Richard Crenshaw
Red Cross Nurses Aide Corps
Washington
Red Cross
Winchester
South Loudoun St., Presbyterian Church
Blood Donor
Nazis Move 45000 Troops From Denmark to Italian Front
A Swedish report says 45,000 Nazi soldiers have been sent from Denmark to the Italian front. Only seven divisions are left in Denmark, with gains noted by Handels- Och Sjoefartstidning and relayed to O. W. I. via a Swedish article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Denmark
Goteborg
Sweden
Handels-Och Sjoefartstidning
Japs Hanging On Grimly
A World War II dispatch reports a Japanese defense on Biak Island near New Guinea with fierce fighting. It cites air force interceptions and claims several enemy ships and landing craft sunk or damaged, while U S monitors note Tokyo's altered claim of an aircraft carrier destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biak
New Guinea
Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Tokyo
Miss Etta Grim Died Here Today Rites Friday
Miss Etta May Grim a 69 year old Winchester educator and church member died at 11 05 AM at 706 S Loudoun St after a long illness born June 26 1874 she taught in the county and at a local dry goods firm survived by four Grim siblings funeral Friday June 2 at 3 30 PM at her home with burial Mt Hebron Cemetery pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta May Grim
S. Loudoun Street
Charles Arthur Grim
Eliza Jane Carper
Frederick County
Winchester
Trial Justice Court Clears Speeding Docket
Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards disposes cases Linden Singhass Rt. 1-A speeding $5 costs James A. Masters Jr Martinsburg West Virginia speeding $5 costs $4.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court For Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Linden A. Singhass
Rt. 1-A
James A. Masters, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Maryland Will of Edward D Grove Recorded in Circuit Court
A copy of the last will of Edward D Grove who died in Frederick County Maryland has been recorded in the Circuit Court here. The terms name his widow Katie E Grove as the sole beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Grove
Frederick County
Maryland
Katie E. Grove
Police recover Chrysler stolen from Boyce Garage
City police said a Chrysler stolen last Thursday from the Boyce Garage operated by J. F. Burch was recovered at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. No arrest was made. George W. Trenary went to Point Pleasant to recover the car for Burch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
J. F. Burch
Point Pleasant
W. Va
George W. Trenary
Burch
Big Oil Refinery In Romania Fired
Britain based American planes hammered railway yards in Belgium and France along the Pas De Calais area as U.S. forces claimed 66 Nazi planes shot down with 11 bombers and nine fighters lost. About 1,000 American aircraft from Mediterranean bases attacked war plants near Linz and Wiener Neustadt and enemy concentrations in Yugoslavia.
Stephens City High School Students Complete Red Cross First Aid Course
Sixty students at Stephens City High School completed a Red Cross Standard First Aid course taught by Mrs. C. C. Rhodes and Mrs. Elsie Hovermale. George Reading, Red Cross First Aid chair, announced the ceremony at Red Cross headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City School
Stephens City High School
Red Cross
C. C. Rhodes
Elsie Hovermale
George Reading
Glenn Barley
William Barr
Charles Bowen
James Brumback
Kenneth Cammer
Leonard Cooper
Frank Courtney
Joseph Fisher
Allen Larrick
Eugene Larrick
Jack Lillis
Jack Lemley
Maurice Lemley
Kenneth McDonald
Gardner Rickard
Thomas Ritter
George Rosier
Bobby Seal
Larry Taylor
Roy Lemley
Betty Lou Barton
Dorothy Billmyer
Elizabeth Cammer
Marthena Clevenger
Betty Cochran
Carolyn Courtney
Nancy Dodson
Maxine Driver
Emily Fawcett
Wanda Giles
Charlene Gregory
Josephine Jenkins
Edethel Pitcock
Jeannette Racey
Marguerite Ridgeway
Maxine Ridgeway
Marie Rinker
Shirley Seal
Weekly price column informs on wartime retail rules and prices
The notice column directs retailers to reclassify stores by 1943 gross sales, warns of June surveys, requires auction notices for used farm equipment, lists updated poultry prices and new pressure canners, raises alfalfa and clover seed prices with specs, and notes strawberry, pepper, ice box, and bread price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
War Price and Rationing Board
National
Utah
Kansas
Harry Peruvian
Arizona
Cimarron
New Mexico
Texas
Mrs. Margery V. Lewis 87 Dies in Washington Rites Friday
Mrs. Margery V. Lewis widow of J. T. Lewis 87 died at 11 40 p m at the home of her daughter Miss D C White 1419 Columbia Road N W Washington D C She was born February 17 in Capon Bridge W Va and had lived with her daughter for years Surviving are five children from a former marriage to Benjamin F White of Frederick County Winchester and Washington D C two stepsons Ernest and Henry Lewis of Winchester ten grandchildren three great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews The body remains at S H Hines funeral home Washington then goes to Omps funeral home for 4 o clock Friday services with Rev E B Smith Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery V. Lewis
J. T. Lewis
Frederick County
D. C. White
Columbia Road
N. W
Washington, D. C
George P
Joanna Kern
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Eso
G. M. Chadduck
Lou White
Washington
D. C
F. P. Kern
P. H. Riley
Herndon
Ernest
Henr Lewis
Winchester
S. H. Hines Funeral Home
Omps Funeral Home
Rev
E. B. Smith
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Clerics Hope Rome Will Be Spared
The U S Catholic hierarchy cables Pope Pius XII expressing confidence Allied ingenuity will save Rome from destruction. They say an open city declaration would be best for humanity and note possible failure, urging leaders to remember their historic responsibility in this critical hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Paus XII
Rome
Food allocated to tide Romans over first 20 days
The Allied Control Commission reports it has allocated enough food to feed Romans for the initial twenty days of occupation in Rome following the arrival of Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Allied Control Commission
Rome
Court Notices Reckless and Disorderly Conduct Fines
Judge John Rice presided Civil and Police Court actions disposing several cases. Kenneth R Hottle of Clear Brook Virginia cited for reckless driving fined 10 dollars and 4.25 dollars in costs. Wodrow Kerns of 431 North Main Street fined 5 dollars with 5.25 dollars costs for drunk and disorderly conduct. Lee Strawderman 509 South Caml- ya street fined 5 dollars with 6.25 dollars costs for drunk and E T Athey of Happy Creek Virginia fined 5 dollars with 6.25 dollars costs for drunk. Guy A Robinson of Mount Airy Maryland fined 6 dollars with 5.75 dollars costs for drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Kenneth Ray Hottle
Clearbrook
Wodrow Kerns
N. Main Street
Lee Strawderman
S. Camlye Street
E. T. Athey
Happy Creek
Allied Troops Press Forward in Italian Front Drive
Allied forces tightened a ring around key German positions as Eighth Army advanced through the central Italian front toward Rome. American, British, and Commonwealth units reported heavy fighting near Frosinone and Valmontone with German counterattacks led by Goering division and armored units. RAF and Allied aircraft disrupted retreating columns along highway routes, while ground forces captured and pressed toward Frascati and surrounding valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velletri
Rome
Alfedena
Sangro
Lanuvia
Valmonte
Fifth Army
Eternal City
Hermann Goering
Albert Kesselring
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Valmontone
Goering
Highway 6
Tenth
Liri
Frosimone
Eighth Army
Profi
Amara
Highwa
Carpineto
Frosinone
Subiaco
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S. J. Ritenour
Thurs
S. Cameron
Lee Ritenour
Admistrator
Roy Duvall
Nore
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
Etta Grim
Trial Justice Court
Romania
Montgolfier Bros
Pal
Tor
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
B. F. Goodriches
Thevenice Star Daily
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Civil & Police Court
Coca-Cola
Moscow
Manchester
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Valley Avenue
E. E. Harbaugh
Mar
CAG
Hear
Coke
Shenandoah Valley
National Bank
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eto Zdorovo
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