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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1944

Page

5

Watch Trends In Crucial Areas In Election Returns

Washington Nov 7. Election statisticians expect big city returns to signal likely outcome as Roosevelt Dewey race hinges on key states. Watch New York Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Detroit and other urban margins to gauge victory chances in New York Illinois Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Alexander R. George Washington Roosevelt New York Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Detroit Pennsyyvania Illinois Ohio Michigan Dewey New York City Cook County Chi Cuyahoga County Wendell Willkie Prairie State Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Jersey Boston Hudson County Kentucky New England South Vermont Georgia South Carolina California

Local Sailor Wolfe Wins Boxing Crown at Bainbridge

Seaman Franklin L. Wolfe, a Sunnyside resident, entered the U S Navy last August 19. A photo from September 29 shows him after winning the regimental lightweight boxing crown. In four bouts following his title he went 2 0 with two draws. Wolfe writes he likes Navy life and would enjoy hearing from friends.

Pranklin’ L. Wolfe Sunnyside U. S. Navy Wolfe the Star Navy

In Memoriam for Steward G Fawcett and Valley Bell Boyce

Expressions of thanks for sympathy, car use, and floral tributes follow the death of Steward G Fawcett. A memorial note recalls Valley Virginia Bell Boyce who died November 5, 1939, with a loving verse from her family.

Steward G. Fawcett Virginia Bell Boyce

Joanna Novel Of War Time England At City Library

Helen Ashton uses Joanna to explore a privileged woman’s awakening during wartime crisis. On the Riviera with her artist husband the heroine confronts emptiness, then seeks purpose back in England with her RP son. The novel traces a shift from leisured prewar life to a focused, realistic existence. May be borrowed from Handley Library.

England City Library Joanna Helen Ashton Riviera Miss Ashton Handley Library

Crippled Children’s Clinic This Week

The Children's Orthopedic Clinic sponsored by the District Nurses' Association will be held Friday and Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Dr Funsten of the University of Virginia Hospital will examine ages 12 to 21 Friday 3 to 5 and all under 12 on Saturday 9 to 2. No appointments.

District Nurses’ Association Winchester Memorial Hospital R. Funsten University of Virginia Hospital

Laing Promoted to Corporal at Cherry Point

Gordon L. Laing son of Mr and Mrs Elmer O Laing 610 South Braddock Street has been promoted from private first class to corporal at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina He serves as an aviation machinist mate at Cherry Point prior to entering the Marine Corps in October 1943 he worked before enlistment

G. L. Laing Gordon L. Laing Elmer O. Laing South Braddock Street Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point N. C Laing Marine Corps

Soldier Leroy Elliott Serves with 390th Bomb Group in WWII

Cpl. Leroy Elliott of Winchester is a B-17 pilot with the 390th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force. The unit has flown over 200 bombing missions from the French coast to Roumania and helped destroy more than 500 Nazi aircraft. The 390th has a Presidential Citation for strikes at Schweinfurt and the England to Africa shuttle raid on Regensburg.

Th Air Force England Leroy Elliott Eighth Air Force F. Elliott Winchester 390Th French Roumania Cpl Elliott O'Sullivan Rubber Company Luftwaffe Berlin Ruhr Schweinfurt Germany England-to-Africa Messerschmitts Regensburg

Weekly price column on shotgun shells and cucumbers

Price ceilings updated for shotgun shells to prevent 25 percent box premium. Cucumber ceilings suspended for country shippers and wholesalers until January 1 1945 due to hurricane damage lowering supply. Miscellaneous prices for cranberries nuts turkeys and beans available from War Price and Rationing Board. Roosevelt fortune question section lists family wealth sources and inheritances.

Office of Price Administration War Price and Rationing Board OPA Florida

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