Naming Of Quadruplets Is Completed In Philadelphia
The Carminello quadruplets are out of danger at a Philadelphia hospital. The first-born Maureen, third Eileen, second Kathleen, and the fourth Michael were named after a Caesarean birth last Wednesday. Father Joseph Carminello, an SEC analyst, said he has received about 200 letters and many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpphia
Caiminello
Els Hospital
Tony
Maureen
Eileen
Kathleen
Michael
Joseph Carminello
Securities and Exchange Commission
Living Chicken Heart Tissue Survives in Lab
New York November 6. Living heart tissue removed by Dr. Alexis Carrel on January 17, 1912 from an unborn chicken persists in Pearl River New York Lederle laboratories. The tissue fed by a chicken blood embryo plasma at 103 degrees grows every 48 hours and is pared down. Scientists pursue kept alive tissue unconnected with a body for experimental value and death cause significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexis Carrel
Pearl River
N. Y
Lederle Laboratories
Carrell
Paul Hovermale Wounded In Action
Word was received by relatives in the county and Morgan county West Virginia that Paul Hovermale a native of Ridge West Virginia was seriously wounded in Germany about mid October. Prior to service he and his wife operated a dry cleaning plant in Washington Mrs Hovermale continues to manage the plant. Hovermale is the son of Mr and Mrs Avon Hovermale who reside near Ridge on the Virginia West Virginia line A sister Mrs C J Fawcett resides on the Cedar Creek Grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
W. Va
Paul Hovermale
Ridge
Germany
Washington
C. J. Fawcett
Cedar Creek
Artrip Soldier Wounded In France Now Hospitalized In England
Sgt Woodrow Artrip, wounded in August in France and later back in battle, is reported as a patient in an English hospital undergoing treatment for a nervous breakdown. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Artrip of Fenwick West Virginia. His wife Olive M Artrip resides at 315 Piccadilly Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Artrip
France
England
Floyd Artrip
Fenwick
W. Va
Olive M. Artrip
Piccadilly Street
Japanese drive toward Liuchow halted near Kwansi hub
Chinese high command reports Japanese forces converging on Liuchow in Kwangsi province halted about 45 miles from the target. Contact with Yungfu is cut as three enemy columns press toward Liuchow while Kweilin faces continued resistance and a potentially sealed fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hunan-Kwansi
Yungfu
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
China
Kweilin
Kwelin
Kwangsi
Plan Drive For Scout Funds Among Colored People
Samuel N. Giles, Scoutmaster of the colored troop 34 in Winchester, announced a drive to raise funds among colored people for Shenandoah Area Council. Troop 34 helped develop Rock Enon Lake and spent a week there in July aiding camp success. Giles names organizers and begins solicitation immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel N. Giles
Colored Troop 34
Winchester
Shenandoah Area
Rock Enon
Giles
Margaret Turner
Sadie Finley Carter
Ester Davis Cook
Kirk Gaskins
Mary Belle Rhodes
William Brown
Spotts Brown
Daisy Grimes
Charles Williams
Lucy Parker
John Ash
Mary Burkes
New Turnip Champ Crowned in Shenandoah County
W. H. Galloday presented a turnip weighing 8.5 pounds and 27.5 inches in circumference to The Star Office, raised by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Estep of near Quicksburg in Shenandoah County. The giant vegetable can be viewed at the Commercial and Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Galloday
Star Office
Lawrence Estep
Quicksburg
Shenandoah County
Commercial and Savings Bank
Stalin outlines two front strategy at Moscow celebration
Stalin says 11,200,000 Germans killed or trapped and 75 divisions held by the Second Front. He credits Allied efforts with driving Nazis from Russia and Europe, notes Tehran conference results, and declares fighting now on German soil as Soviet and Allied forces close pincers.
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Red Army
Arctic
Balkans
Baltic States
Stalin
Soviet Union
Italy
France
Belgium
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Tehran
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Heavy Aerial Raids Continue On The Reich
London reports a massive Allied air assault as over 1 800 American bombers and fighters target oil refineries in Hamburg Harburg and industrial zones in the Ruhr Valley. British Lancasters and Halifaxes strike Gelsenkirchen while Stuttgart is hit twice by Mosquito and other forces.
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London
Germany
Eighth Airforce
Hamburg
Harburg
Ruhr
Stuttgart
Reich
Gelsenkirchen
U. S
15Th Air Force
Bolzano
Brenner Pass
Italy
Mediterranean
Vienna
Yugoslava
Nazis Driven Back Across Maas and Aachen Front
Allied forces push along the Maas front from north of Antwerp to the sea capturing large Dutch areas and many prisoners. American troops retreat briefly near Hurtgen and Vossemack but counterattack into Schmidt. Allied advances bend German defenses from Meijel to Metz while airpower pounds targets and mosquitos sink barges crossing the Maas.
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Antwerp
3Chelde
Aachen
Hurtgen Forest
Vossenack
Schmidt
Schmudt
Maas
S-Hertogenbosch
Moerdijk Bridge
Willemstad
Rotterdam
Tholen Island
St. Philipsland
Walcheren Island
Veere
Middleburg
Moerdijk
First Army
Hurtgen
Meijel
Holland
Metz
Vosges
Arnhem
Marshal Montgomery
Rites Held Saturday For Goldie Johnson
Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 PM from Upperville Baptist Church for Goldie Johnson a former Stephens City resident now of Upperville He died Thursday at Winchester Memorial Hospital He is survived by his widow a daughter and several siblings Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upperville Baptist Church
Goldie Johnson
Stephens City
Upperville
Johnson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Laura Johnson
Herman Williams
Gordon Mason
Middleburg
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Front Royal
Battle over Virginia literary fund freeze heats on eve of vote
In Richmond on election eve the heated fight over the proposed constitutional amendment to cap Virginia's literary fund at ten million dollars drew strong turnout. School officials from the Valley and Northern Virginia met in Front Royal, voting to oppose the measure while local Democratic leaders urged committee members to back the freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Valley of Virginia
Northern Virginia
Front Royal
Clarke Reaches War Fund Goal in Virginia Drives
Virginia war fund officials report 16 counties and eight cities have topped their campaigns. Staunton Roanoke Waynesboro Lynchburg Charlottesville Williamsburg Danville and Hopewell are among those reporting quotas met. Appomattox oversubscribed first. King George county reported 214 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia War Fund
Staunton
Roanoke
Waynesboro
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Williamsburg
Danville
Hopewell
W. Tayloe Murphy
Virginia Fund
Appomattox
King George County
Voter outreach and education actions amid 55 Richmond precincts
The federation of parent-teacher associations through its executive committee plans to mobilize workers at 55 Richmond precincts to urge voters to oppose the amendment. Governor Darden proposes using the literary fund excess over 10 million dollars to strengthen the teacher retirement fund and to establish four funds for student loans to pursue higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations
Richmond
Darden
Sgt Harry Sirbaugh Wounded in Germany
Sgt Harry C. Sirbaugh son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Sirpaugh Route 3 Winchester is recovering in a French hospital from wounds from a shell near him in Germany on October 7 He says the wound is in his right leg and his buddy near him was wounded too He entered service May 5 1943 and went overseas October 20 1943 after stationed in England
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Harry C. Sirbaugh
Clinton Sirpaugh
Winchester
France
Germany
War Department
Sgt
Sirbaugh
Set
England
Boy Scout Drive Nearing Goal
The local Boy Scout Drive for funds nears completion with $4000 of a $6000 goal raised. Scout Executive B. F. Searkey reports $1800 from the Special committee led by H. C. Brown, $429 from the Retail committee led by W. R. Strader, and $1400 from the Industrial committee led by L. G. Sjostrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Searkey
Shenandoah Area
H. C. Brown
W. R. Strader
L. G. Sjostrum
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Artrip
B. F. Goodrich
E. Piccadilly St
Miller’s Drug Store
Garland Spilman
George Washington Garage
The
Clarke
Harry Sirbaugh
Boy Scout
J. A. Hotinger
Ene
Robert Barton
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
John W. Davis
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Department of Commerce
America
American Steamship Companies
War Shipping Administration
U.S. Lines
United States Lines
Steamship Organization
North Atlantic
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