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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1944
Page
2
The public is urged to mail Christmas gifts by the deadline this Saturday to avoid disappointing armed forces overseas. Exceptions apply for soldiers overseas with unknown new addresses. Cards must be sealed prepaid first class. Restrictions cover size weight packing and prohibited items.
Funeral services for John R. Shepherd will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Boyce Methodist Church. The Clarke County farmer died at his Boyce home yesterday morning. Pastor O W Lynch will officiate with pallbearers Frank Pow, Mr. Gien Burch, Herman Law, Stanley Carper, L S Hayakey, and W Glassock. Interment will be in Meade Memorial Episcopal Cemetery at White Post.
Funeral services for four year old Ben EB Orndorff of Stephens City will be held at Stephens City Lutheran Church tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Rev. L P Tederick will officiate with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. The child died after a strep throat infection.
Emil Verban went 3 for 3 to finish at .412, edging Walker Cooper and Stan Musial for the best average among regulars. Mort Cooper struck out 12 in a near all time mark, while the Browns failed to hit and Sewell earned praise for rallying the Cardinals from a late slump.
The notice lists ration rules with stamps for meats fats and processed foods, blue stamps for processed foods, sugar stamps for five pounds, new shoe stamps effective Nov 1, and gasoline coupons 11 A and 13 A varying by region. It also notes oil and heating year coupons, with validity through dates in 1945 and ongoing indefinite use. The document assigns stamp blocks A through R and indicates regional applicability and future activation dates.
Vendella Jackson, colored, was taken into custody after being surprised in the Hotel Jack basement. He is held for action of the Grand Jury on breaking and entering charges. A yellow gold Elgin watch was found under a room board. Jackson, released from the penitentiary last April on a similar charge, may be involved in several summer housebreakings.
Mrs C C Rhodes supervisor announces cannery will reopen Wednesday night from 6 to 9 for people to can chickens to be mailed overseas to service members. Fowls should be killed 24 hours before canning time and appointments made by calling Stephens City 92. Cannery operates each Tuesday and Thursday for general canning.
Washington reporters noted Willkie's nonannouncement may shift Dewey support. Senator Willis R said Willkie could have influenced the race if alive, while his death might help Dewey by reducing party bolt threats. Hull dismissed speculation he would stay on. donations to the anti Roosevelt A D N C totaled 89342 with subpoenas planned. Sidney Hillman attacked the Republican Old Guard for nominating Dewey, claiming it hid a bad record and chose a candidate who forgets what happened.
Soviet First Baltic Army swings from Latvia toward Riga while artillery harasses the Memel bottleneck. Across Hungary the Red Army pushes along the Tisza from Debrecen to near Belgrade, crosses the river, and nears Szolnok, Szeged, and Budapest area as German and Hungarian forces suffer tank losses and prisoners.
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade met at the Golden Glew Restaurant to discuss plans for a Thanksgiving dance at the Armory honoring local football players. Martinsburg JET will participate. admission is 2.20 dollars per couple and 1.10 for a service man and his date.
Rain and mud stall the Allied drive toward the Po river as German resistance and artillery fire hold the Bologna Rimini route. British Eighth Army holds the Adriatic end, while Kessellring maneuvers strong forces between the Eighth and Fifth Armies.
Rev Miller from Nebraska warns that the United States may not receive repayment for lend lease aid to Britain and could be billed for British labor and services used for American troops. He cites an English record of man hours and items charged to the U S including move of troops across the Channel and even shoe polish and liquor.
An American Army commander offers Aachen 24 hours to surrender the city with all its contents or face its total destruction. The bearer must deliver an answer within 24 hours at the specified location.
Legion of Monticello Hotel Charlottes ville hosts two day gathering on October 21 22 with attendees from Robert Y. Conrad Post including E F Teering C F Schenck and E C Parker A report notes barn dances seeding larger crowds each Saturday An order for over 100 flags is issued to be placed by local merchants and private homes ahead of Armistice Day post officers urge sidewalk and residence flag displays
The list covers ten quiz answers including Philippines Turkey True True Minneapolis In water a set of bells and John Lathrop Motley. A related note says St Philip's Church in New York City is described as the richest Negro in the United States for its real estate portfolio and Harlem settlement impact. the church building cost $250000.
At least 22 people were injured when a crowded Chestnut Hill local train crashed into a parked five car train at a Philadelphia suburban station. The brakes reportedly failed during the morning rush hour, sending passengers into aisles as shattering windows closed in. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals while WAC lieutenant Ann Whitaker was found pinned under a seat.
New York crowds attend the funeral of Wendell L. Willkie at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Willkie and Edward Willkie arrive. a Roosevelt slate flower tribute is delivered. Attendees include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Col Sumner Waite, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, and Gov. Leverett Saltonstall. The service opens to 1,600 on main floor and 800 in balcony. the body moves to Rushville, Indiana for burial after Lt. (j.g.) Philip Willkie returns from convoy duty.
British and Greek forces occupied Corinth today and entered the city without opposition. Some 250 members of the collaborating Greek security battalions were surrounded yesterday morning. No German troops were met in Corinth, at the isthmus joining the Peloponnesus to the Greek mainland. Allied land forces of the Adriatic began attacking Sarande.
Los Angeles obituary notes Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson laid to rest on Forest Lawn slope in a white marble sarcophagus amid thousands of followers. Funeral services at Angelus Temple concluded earlier with a 400-foot cross formed in flowers and a 150-voice choir singing as pallbearers moved the 1,400-pound casket. Attending mourners included her son Rolf, her mother Minnie Kenedy, and Harold McPherson.
A certificate of appraisal filed in Frederick County shows the estate of the late B F Arthur Sr valued at 22880 76 with 30 acres of residential property near Winchester listed at 18500 and 463 shares of various stocks valued as No Value The Shenandoah Valley National Bank serves as executor Appraisers were Peyton J Marshall Lewis N Barton and Harry W Copenhaver.
The will of Goodwin H Williams who died June 18 1944 at Airley Clarke County was probated on Thursday in the county clerk's office. James P Briggs non resident witness testified. The will leaves all real personal and mixed property to his children share and share alike. Edw McC Williams administrator with the will annexed filed an heirs list naming Thos N Williams Ellen Lane Williams Ashe Nancy Williams Peyton Edw McC Williams and Lloyd Williams Moore. Appraisers named are Ralph N Dorsey H N Ritter Boyd N Dorsey Howard H Bell and Ralph M Ware.
Pvt. Charles E. Kubichar of Camp Pickett Virginia was arrested by State Trooper Thomas J. Starrett Saturday at 6 30 PM on Route 522 one mile south of Double Toll Gate Clarke County He was driving a 34 ton U S Army truck northward at 70 miles per hour the vehicle and about 200 in U S Government equipment were seized and turned over to Front Royal Remount Depot The soldier said he was en route to his home in Pittsburg
Clarke county agent J. W. Olcott announces three soil conservation meetings with E. W. Mundie from Blacksburg. Sessions start at 8 00 at Berryville Court House October 11 Boyce High School October 12 and White Post Parish Hall October 13 to hear Clarke farmers views on joining the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District.
Allied reports say Aachen remained encircled with German troops braced for a tougher assault. Canadians struck at the Schelde pocket with a seaborne landing, advancing 2.5 miles and taking the Nieuwlandsche Molelin Biervliet rail line. The 3rd Army trapped 3,555 prisoners between Metz and Nancy as Seventh Army pressed toward Belfort, while Berlin claimed all out assaults on Lorient and St Nazaire.
Market notes show dull produce with steady poultry and eggs in Baltimore. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices in Baltimore and Chicago reflect modest gains and steady demand, with notable ranges for beef bulls vealers hogs and yearlings and a strong finish for certain stockers.
New York stock trading opened with modest resistance and continued selling that trimmed many leaders. Major decliners included Bethlehem Steel Chrysler U S Rubber Goodrich United Aircraft American Smelting Du Pont Allied Chemical Montgomery Ward Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio. Gainers featured Southern Railway Texas Corporation Sears Roebuck General Electric DeCere and Consolidated Edison. In curb trading Fansteel Aircraft Accessories Cities Service and Republic Aviation edged down while Todd Shipyards fell on heavy selling.
Chicago grain prices showed little activity and were mostly steady with a slight drift lower in early trading. Wheat ranged from 1.47 1/4 to 1.63 3/8 for December, corn around 1.11 1/2, rye near 1.08, and barley about 1.02 to 1.04 for December and May contracts.
Choice Colorado yearlings traded around 13.35 with vealers at 16.00 down. Slaughter cattle 10.00 to 13.00. Salable sheep 3 000, total 4 000. Market opened slowly and not established on natives. early slaughter mostly steady. Fed yearlings fully steady. One load good yearlings 12.10 and another load 12.85 for charge yearlings.
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