Community scouts push to meet six thousand dollar quota
The Frederick Clarke count Boy Scout Fund drive aims to raise six thousand dollars led by Judge Burr Har and driven by volunteers. Key figures include drive chair V Ronald S Wilson and Shenandoah Area president Col Ashby Miller who broadcast Camp Rock’s story to boost support.
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Burr P. Har
Uoter Boy Scout Fund
Winchester
Frederick Clarke
Boy Scout Fund
Harrison
Boy Scout
Ronald S. Wilson
Col
Ashby Miller
Shenandoah Area
Étail
Camp Rock On
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J. Hotinger
Toeir
Ed Molden
H. C. Keets
Ray Manning
Dick Lineburg
Woody Glaize
Charles Ilton
Leonard Sirbaugh
D. Louderback
Ed Startzman
Fadstone Crim
Earl Crowser
L. E. Hill
George Weldon
Arthur Humphrey
Wayne Omps
Kurman Mason
George Readingharles Clark
Joe Kohr
Bob Schenck
Fordary
Warren Daugherty
Leroy Ahill
Charles A. Getzendamer
N. John Camer
W. W. Baker
Alton Hott
C. W. Atkins
Roy Larrick
Frederick County farmer's market closes after week long season
The Frederick County Board of Agriculture reported the market closed this morning after seven weeks. Grover Schlack, chairman, noted the market opened Wednesdays at 8 am and usually sold out by 9 am. Peak single day intake reached about 500 dollars with about 12 farmers typically participating.
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Frederick Countyard of Agriculture
Grover Schlack
E Market Committee
Unty Board
Klack
Mr. Schlack
International aviation control debated among 50 nations
Civil Aviation discusses economic control of a vast industry with a proposed international authority. Debates focus on how much sovereignty to cede over commercial flying, provisional air routes, and technical standards. An interim council exists awaiting a permanent body.
Early school supplies in post Civil War era
J Acording to T D Clark in his history of the Southern Country Store a child starting school needed slate slate pencils foolscap paper ink a pencil steel pens and a dictionary. Slate and pencils were essential with large slates costing a quarter and small ones fifteen cents as some places provided the only writing surface.
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J. J. A. Acording
T. D. Clark
What do V E Day and V J Day stand for
The terms V E Day and V J Day refer to Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan, marking the end of World War II in Europe and in the Pacific theater. The acronym explanations emphasize European and Japanese theater victories, used in wartime and postwar reporting.
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Japan
Halloween in Winchester Sees Quiet Halloween Night
City reports say Winchester had a comparatively quiet Halloween as teens away for the holiday tale of mischief faded. Local disturbances were minor with garbage cans piled on Tenneyson Avenue and gates missing from posts while porch chairs dangled from telephone poles.
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Winchester
Tenneyson Avenue
4H Meeting In Berryville
A Berryville Virginia 4 H Club meeting is set for Friday November 3 at 8 pm in Berryville High School. Col Titus of Woodrow Wilson General Hospital was to speak but will not attend. The program will feature Clarke County 4 H Club activities and is open to the public.
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Berryville
Berryville High School
Col. Titus
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Clarke County
Funeral Monday for Grace Mason
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Guildfield Baptist Church at Millwood for Grace Harris Mason revered citizen of the community who died at her home Monday morning. Interment in Little Chapel Cemetery in Clarke county.
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Millwood
Grace Harris Mason
Mr. Laws
Winchester
Little Chapel Cemetery
Clarke County
Jap Planes Strike Navy Carrier Raiders Brew Up Losses
The carrier raiders claim 1,132 enemy planes destroyed before takeoff while 2,594 enemy planes are listed as definitely destroyed. Another 252 are rated probably destroyed or damaged. Many rescued American airmen are to fly again in new Hellcat fighters.
Three Die Yesterday at South Boston Market Incident
A trio died yesterday at the South Boston market amid tobacco sales. Officials reported $44.44 as the season’s top average per hundred pounds. A clerk’s quick action saved ownership records and variable papers from loss.
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Boston
Wilkinson
Allied push through Maas area as Germans pull back
Allied columns advance along the Maas in heavy mud while German forces withdraw toward Rotterdam Arnhem line. Canadian troops report 18 000 prisoners and 850 square miles liberated since Oct 6. American Seventh Army seizes St Benoit Laveline and Les Polieres in Vosges foothills.
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Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Nijmegen
Holland
Maas
Rotterdam
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Canadian First Army
Leopold Canal
Antwerp
Widen
Seventh Army
Vosges
France
St. Benoit
Rambervillers
Laveline and
Les Polieres
Bruyeres
Roosevelt and Dewey in Campaign Clash Over Policy
The Times Dispatch and New York Times publish extended exchanges with Roosevelt and Dewey. The piece argues Dewey embraces Roosevelt’s reforms and criticizes his own platform as chaotic. It contrasts Roosevelt’s world leadership with Dewey’s foreign policy stance and notes election logistics.
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Dewey
Chicago
Walter Lippman
John Foster Dulles
Hull
Dulles
Mr. Dulles
Hiteler
Poland
Germany
Italy
Japan
Drew Pearson
Franco
Spain
Count Rene de Chambrun
Laval
J. Henry Schrader
Hitler
Office of Price Administration
Canadians Drive Inward On Walcheren Front
The Allied assault on Walcheren intensified as Canadian forces breached the causeway from South Beveland and pushed toward the island. British troops landed on the southern coast while Canadians battled through a bomb crater, with more of Walcheren reportedly flooded to hinder German defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Knocke
Vlissingen
Flushing
Walcheren
Beveland Island
Berlin
Antwerp
Beveland
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