Weekly Price Column notices posted for food and shoe rulings
The notice directs eating and drinking establishments to return their forty item lists, post them without erasures, and file three copies with the War Price and Rationing Board. Grocery stores must compute ceiling prices for gift or holiday packages under specified formulas, with additional rules for packaging. New ceiling prices for substitute sole footwear effective September 28, 1944 are available at the War Price and Rationing Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
Allied and German Forces Near Aachen in Major Battle
The article notes heavy Allied air raids over the Reich and reports the Aachen sector as a major assault with German forces defending. It cites weather, mud, and logistics as key factors and mentions Eisenhower’s push toward a breakthrough with the First Army leading the effort toward Aachen and surrounding Siegfried defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aachen
Lithuania
Wood
Hitler
Reich
Eisenhower
Wanted Help Wanted Ads for Local Shops
WANTED dishwasher to work evenings apply in person Peoples Drug Store. Wanted to tent 5 or 6 room house no small children phone 3929. Wanted at once two waitresses one dishwasher top wages no Sunday work Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Drug Store
Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe
S. Cameron St
Miles Music Co
Aachen Views as Germany Faces War on Home Soil
The piece notes Aachen's experience as a symbol of German retreat and the broader impact of Hitler’s strategy. It argues that German towns endure bombardment and scorched earth tactics, anticipated to leave Germany devastated and likely to teach the world a harsh lesson about war. The outlook blends caution with hope for a future peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aachen
Cologne
Hitler
Reich
Germany
Wounded Third Time In Italy
Pfc Ralph Johnston writes his sister that he has been wounded a third time in Italy while fighting. He is receiving treatment in a hospital there for a wound to his left leg and met his nephew Staff Sgt Ralph Brown Jr at the hospital. Johnston is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Johnston of Charles Town West Virginia.
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Ralph Johnston
Hilda Slontemyer
North Cameron St
Italy
Ralph Brown, Jr
Pfc
Johnston
Frank Johnston
Charles Town
W. Va
Advertising pays for all only if tires checked
In Kansas City on October 9 a filling station manager G G Roller offered a guarantee: if tires not checked or windshield not washed the purchase is free. K E Van Cleaven bought items totaling 50 18 but later returned noting no tire check had taken place and Roller paid $50 18.
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Kansas City
G. G. Roller
K. E. van Cleaven
Roller
Hold Rites Tuesday For Geraldine Stern
Mrs. Geraldine Jackson Stern 23 died at her home 25 East Pall Mall Street on Saturday October 7. She was daughter of Mrs. Lucy Jackson and the late Robert Jackson. Survived by husband Floyd Stern of Baltimore and four Jackson sisters and one brother of Winchester. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from Cartwright Funeral Home with burial at Little Chapel in Millwood Clarke County.
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Geraldine Jackson Stern
East Pall Mall Street
Lucy Jackson
Robert Jackson
Floyd Stern
Baltimore, Md
Hattie
Adele
Annie
Sadie Jackson
Winchester
William Jackson
Cartwright Funeral Home
Little Chapel
Millwood
Clarke County
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REDS
Belgrade
Rumania
Marshal Tito
Negotin
Nis
Greece
Warner Bros. Capitol
Pha
Hunt
Joslyn
Buchanan
Beau Brumell
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Sring Us
Food Center
Lendour St
B. F. Goodrich
Ette
E. Piccadilly St
Tokyo
Honshu
Standard ‘Automobile
Virginia Financial Responsibility Law
J. A. Holinger
N. Loudoun
George Washington Garage
Lupton Orchard Service CO
DIAL
United States
Treasury Department
Farmers & Merchants
Winchester, Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
George W. Kurtz
Olga Stoker
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Avenue
Western
Europe
Poland
Balkans
Jupiter Pluvius
Aix-La-Chapelle
First Army
Legrett’s Dept. Store
C. B. Dolge Company
Westport
Conn
A. E. Arnette
West End
Berryville
Call
W. Hart St
S. Braddock St
Harts ‘Shaffer and Marks
Braddock St
Montgomery Wards
Boyd Ave
Hess
c/o Star
Hardman
M. L. Ragland
Gore
Millwood Ave
N. Loudoun St
Blue Sunoco
Solenberger’s
J. F. Bly
Fairview Ave
Fairmont
Loudoun St
W. P. Fannehill
N. Market St
Staunton
Charles Barnett
Kent St
Geraldine Stern
Westminster
Palace
Donald O'Connor
Peggy Ryan
Jack Oakie
Ann Blyth
Rosemary DE Camp
Rhone Valley
Duff’s
Sinatra
Susie
the Savoy
Krupa
Loudoun Street
Virginia
Axminster Rugs
Frank
Billy
Gray & Eddy
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Automobile
Earl L. Mason
Winchester, VA
Rees
Hansbrough & Carter
Diai
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