200 Entries In Slogan Contest At Kiwanis Luncheon
Delmar Robinson announced about 200 entries received for the Apple Slogan contest in city schools. Judges will be chosen soon. $100 prizes to the best slogans. L S Harbaugh led Sixth War Loan Drive meeting. he urged continued Kiwanis support. Croswell Henderson showed a film Photography Fights. Officers from Capitol District clubs to attend a Washington peace meeting December 7 with Winchester attendees expected.
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Delmar Robinson
Kiwanis Committee
Robinson
L. S. Harbaugh
Kiwanis
Chage
Harbaugh
Kiwanis Club
Croswell Henderson
Capitol District
Washington
H. S. Pifer
R. H. Kerlin
Early Christmas Mailing Is Urged
Postmaster General C Walker urges early mailing due to wartime shortages. He cites manpower and transport limits, notes 50 000 postal workers in armed forces and 300 000 railroad workers serving, and asks press radio advertisers civic groups and Americans to mail in November and mark gifts Do Not Open Until Christmas.
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W. Nelson Page
C. Walker
The
Star
Walker
Posta Serice
Postal Service
Two Winchester Women Are Winners
The Winchester Elks Club awarded the first of fourteen turkeys in two weeks as part of a War Bond drive. The prize went to Mrs. Hazel M. Nelson of 12 Richard Avenue and Mrs. Alverna W. Dolan of North Braddock. Dolan’s husband serves overseas in the army.
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Winchester Elks Club
Hazel M. Nelson
Richard Avenue
Alverna W. Dolan
North Braddock
New Hitler Photo Declared Fake
London based report notes a Berlin photograph claimed as Adolf Hitler appears faked. The London Daily Express cites photo-microscope testing showing the subject's ear measuring larger than in earlier images, arguing ears stop developing after age twenty one and undermining the photo's authenticity.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
London Daily Express
FBI
The
Express
Hitler
Weather Delays Allied Pushes Toward Julich and Venlo
Weather slows Allied advances as mud snow and rain hamper tanks and air power. British forces move toward Venlo in the Maas Meuse bend while US Ninth Army struggles against Tiger tanks near Koslar and Julich.
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Battenheim
Point Blank Range
Aachen
Roer
Julich
Kostar
H d
Venlo
Maase
Meuse
Amerika
Normandy
Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ruhr
First Army
U. S
Second
Hoverix
Gereensweiler
Cologne
Metz
U.S. Third Army
Germany
Saarbrucken
Tenth Armored
Kesslingen
Reich
Rhine
Alsace
Colmar
Rhine Valley
Mulhouse
Belfort
Dwight Eisenhower
Seventh Army
19Th Army
Lower Vosges
Saverne
Strasbourg
Weithersweiler
Birkenwald
44Th Infantry
New Jersey National Guard
Jacob L. Devers
Sixth Army
Vosges
St. Die
Meurthe
Third Army
Dunsdorf
Merzig
Rohrbach
Angweiler
Bisping
Mittersheim
Dieuze
Magincé
Bambaderstroff
St. Lo
Wiisweiler
Heistern
Scout Drive Nears Quota With Full Reports
Frederick Clarke Drive for Scout funds nears its goal as McCroy’s and Legett’s Dept store join firms with 100 percent employee contributions. Total raised reaches 5800 dollars with divisions led by J A Holinger Mrs Robert Barton L G Sjostrum W R Strader reporting full or near full totals. Stephens City plans to report soon and Rev Ronald Wilson expects final totals to exceed the target.
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McCroy’s
Legett’s
Frederick Clarke
J. A. Holinger
Robert Barton
L. G. Sjostrum
W. R. Strader
Stephens City
Henry Snenan
Ronald
Wilson
Cadet C. Herbert Schutte Jr Tops Augusta Academy Ranks
Cadet C. Herbert Schutte Jr son of C H Schute 317 Courtfield Ave earned 93.2 and placed 22nd in a cadet corps of over 400 at Augusta Military Academy for the month officials reported. This marks high scholastic achievement.
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C. Herbert Schutte, Jr
C. H. Schute
Courtfield Ave
Augusta Military Academy
Government May Operate Phones During War Labor Actions
In Washington and Detroit picketing was orderly as workers entered exchanges at a trickle. Ohio workers rejected a War Labor Board order, while Washington operators ignored a WLB message about protecting critical service. Led by women, the Ohio strike expanded to 29 cities amid wage grievances and living expense concerns. Local dial service remained largely unaffected with only priority calls routed. Government seizure of lines or presidential action were discussed as possible outcomes.
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Washington
Detroit
Esman
Ohio
War Labor Board
WLB
War Labor
Dayton
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Mary E. Gannon
Officers must buy their own replacement uniforms
The unit provides a uniform allowance but commissioned officers in replacements must purchase their own uniforms with no commission to reimburse.
Nine Senators to Confer on International Peace Organization
Nine members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet with Acting Secretary of State Stettinius tomorrow to discuss developments toward an international peace organization. The group, led by Chairman Connally, has long consulted with Hull on peace plans and will hear the latest from the State Department.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stettinius
Connally
D-Tex
Hull
George
Elected Master and Officers Named for White Hall Grange
White Hall Grange members elected officers for the coming year during a Monday night meeting. New executive committee members include J. W. Smith three years, Mrs. C. D. Dye two years, and J. M. Strother one year. Reports from attendees about the national Grange convention in Winston-Salem, N C were presented, followed by a social hour.
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White Hall Grange
Ashley S. Brumback
Middletown Grange
J. B. Lewis
C. D. Dye
Luther Hart
H. A. Blandford
R. P. Smith
Pauline Lewis
A. W. Wright
L. C. Ellis
Ceres
Betty M. Smith
Pomona
Julia Blandford
Flora
J. M. Strother
J. W. Smith
the Grange
Winston-Salem
N. C
George Rosier Elected President of 4-H Club
At the Round Hill 4-H Club meeting George Rosier Jr was chosen president for the coming year. Other officers include Jack Lillis vice president Janice Stine secretary Garland Cather treasurer Betty Bradfield and Edwin Baughman reporters Betty Cochran assistant secretary Katherine Castleman Maurice Carpenter recreation leaders Nelson Carpenter Jack Larrick and Roy Cather boys leaders Winnie Carper and Edith Cather girls leaders A Christmas package drive for member Davis Baughman overseas was approved and a prep committee appointed.
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Round Hill 4-H Club
George Rosier, Jr
Jack Lillis
Janice Stine
Garland Cather
Betty Bradfield
Edwin Baughman
Betty Cochran
Katherine Castleman
Maurice Carpenter
Nelson Carpenter
Jack Larrick
Roy Cather
Winnie Carper
Edith Cather
Janice Stim
George Rosier
Edwin Baugh
Davis Baughman
Armed Forces
Carpenter
Recreation
Handley High School
First Baptist Church
Winchester
Desperation and Losses in Pacific Air War
A wartime dispatch notes heavy Japanese losses in Tuesday air engagements against B 29 bombers. Observers report no new tactics or defenses by Japan and suggest the new effort may have been experimental and not decisive. The 20th Bomber Command tally includes 13 Super Fortresses lost to enemy action or unrecovered after June 15.
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Comand
M F Castleman funeral Friday in Berryville
Funeral services for Maurice Francis Castleman will be held Friday at 3 p m at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev G Peyton Craighill He died Tuesday evening in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness He was a farmer at North Hill Clarke County survived by wife Nellie Osburn Castleman four sons David Albert Harold Laurence a daughter Carroll Birmingham pallbearers named and interment in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville
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Maurice Francis Castleman
John H. Enders
Berryville
G. Peyton Craighill
Millwood
Castleman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
North Hill
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah
Lily A. Livingston
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Nellie Osburn Castleman
David
Albert
Harold
Laurence
Carroll
Birmingham
Sam Thomas
William Burter
Ralph Dorsey
Mason Osburn
Ralph Ware
Kenneth Levi
Green Hill Cemetery
Eisenhower Orders Court Martial Over Cigaret Black Market
In Paris on November 23, Gen. Eisenhower ordered a court martial for service personnel involved in cigarette black market activity. The Supreme Commander vowed a full investigation and aims to equalize cigarette distribution. Communications Zone HQ plans five packages weekly to combat troops and two to rear areas. Officers and men in rear areas have had no cigarettes for two weeks to protect seven packs weekly for combat troops.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Negro Trusty Killed By Mob in Tennessee
A 17 year old negro trusty at the Tennessee State Training and Agricultural School was seized and killed by a mob after the superintendent's daughter was slain and his wife injured. The report named James Thomas Scales of Nashville as the slain trusty.
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Nashville
Ten
Tennessee State Training and Agricultural School
Reformatory
Paul Treanor
W. O. Baird
Baird
Treanor
James Thomas Scales
Favors Waiving Senate Action on Crop Insurance Bill
Senator Thomas new agriculture committee chairman suggested waiving committee review and placing the House approved crop insurance bill on the Senate calendar. The House already voted 254 to 16 in favor of reviving federal insurance on wheat cotton and expanding to cover more crops against various hazards.
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Washington
Thomas
Strategy Mapped By Staff Chiefs
New York November 23 President Roosevelt has never overruled his admirals and generals on strategy Admiral William D Leahy says in his first interview as the President's chief of staff He cites Newsweek saying the President often expresses opinions but accepts plans from his chiefs of staff and that differences have been resolved with agreement
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New York
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Admiral Leahy
Newsweek
Tax bill can be cut after the war says Barkley
Democratic leader Barkley predicts the current federal tax bill of about 45 billion dollars can be cut roughly in half after the war. He says a sound economy with jobs for all could yield a national income of 125 to 150 billion dollars or more with wise cooperation.
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Washington
Barkley
Two More Deer Killed on Final Deer Season Day
A large morning hunt count yielded two deer at Gore by John LaFollette and Daniel O Gano. F W Pingley reported a doe and spike buck found dead. meat unfit for use. No guilty hunters named. no accidents in three days. Turkey sightings noted with no kills reported.
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C. W
F. W. Pingley, Jr
Chiang Accepts American Plan For China Defense
Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announced in Chungking that Chiang Kai-Shek has accepted the general concept for disposing Chinese forces to meet the Japanese threat and that the plan will go into effect. He said the Japanese will not be defeated by island hopping but on the Asian continent, and that American sea and other forces would operate in China. Wedemeyer indicated troops could come via multiple routes and stressed a land and sea approach to gain a foothold in China. He noted Tokyo's recent leadership changes in China would not markedly alter tactics and praised Chinese war minister Gen. Chen Cheng after two productive meetings.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wedemyer
U. S. Army
China
W. Stilwell
Pacific
Asia
India
Wedemeyer
Tokyo
Shunroku Hata
Yasuji Okamua
U. S
Chen Cheng
Lewis Opponent Denied Plea in UMW Presidential Bid
In Washington a federal court rejected Ray Edmundson's request to order the United Mine Workers to place his name on the ballot to challenge John L. Lewis. Justice T Allen Goldsborough ruled there is no jurisdiction and Edmundson must exhaust union remedies first, with an appeal planned from Springfield, Illinois.
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Washington
Ray Edmundson
John L. Lewis
T. Allen Goldsborough
Edmundson
United Mine Workers
Springfield
Ill
Justice Goldsborough
District 12
Illinois
Cincinnati
Third Army Off To Flying Start In Bond Drive
Inductees of the new Third Army advance in rank through 6th War Loan bond sales. Local stores report several Privates First Class and Corporals, with sales over 400 dollars in some cases. Mary Butler becomes sergeant after 150 in bonds. Christine Fansler earns captain with 400. Zolpha Baker reaches major with 500. Public praise echoes for the group’s efforts.
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Third Army
Main Street
Madison Walker
Mary Butler
Penny’s
First Army
Germany
Christine Fansler
Margaret Hodgson
Zolpha Baker
Worths
Fire destroys Clarke County farm buildings in Virginia
Flames last night consumed four double corn houses a small barn and a shed on the Clarke County farm of Mrs. Alice Sommaripa eleven miles from Berryville along the Shenandoah river. The Enders Fire Company arrived too late to save any structures with losses placed around one thousand dollars. Mrs Sommaripa, visiting in New York, could not be reached and the fire’s origin remains undetermined.
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Berryville
Alice Sommaripa
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
John H. Enders
Clifton Poston
Sommaripa
Renee
New York
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