Star Tannery native Ray Rudolph KIA in France July 17
Ray J. Rudolph, 22, son of Mr and Mrs George Rudolph of Star Tannery, was killed in action in France on July 17. Born October 5, 1922, he attended Shenandoah county schools and joined the army in October 1942, serving overseas from March 1944 with the 29th Division. He held a leadership role in his unit until his death.
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Pic
Ray J. Rudolph
George Rudolph
Star ‘Tannery
France
War Department
Shenandoah County
Udolph
29Th Division
Ing
Ner
Clarke County probate notes for will of Charles H Phillips
Probate in Clarke County Court yesterday of Charles H Phillips death on October 11. The will dated June 28 1944 and a codicil September 6 1944 are proven. Executors named Robert O Leaker and J Edoma bond 180000. Bequests include 200 to Edgehill Cemetery West Virginia and 1000 to siblings and wife items. rest to nieces and nephews. Appraisers named Ware Hummer Burtner Ritter. Phillips formerly ran lighbor business in Berryville.
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Charles H. Phillips Ile
B. P. Harrison
Clarke County
R.M. Ware
Lewis F. Stolle
R. M. Ware
W. D. Wisecarver
Lewis A. Diehl
Daisy Gardner
Phillips
Robert O. Leaker
J. Edoma
George H. 5
A. B. Hummer
W. D. Burtner
H. N. Ritter
Berryville
Wartime Ration Calendar Announces Stamp Validity Dated
The Associated Press lists ration details for meats fats processed foods and sugar with stamp validity extending indefinitely for some blocks and new validations set for November first. It covers shoes airplane stamps gas coupons and fuel oil guidance across regions with end dates through early 1945.
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The
Associated Press
Navy
High School Football Riot Follows Blackjack Attack
In Matewan West Virginia on October 18 a Burch High School back used a blackjack to strike Matewan fullback Willis Steele, triggering a stadium riot. Officials ended the game as players from both sides clashed. the Burch student was expelled from team and school. Steele survived with non life threatening injuries.
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Matewan
W. Va
Burch
Willis Steele
Joe Hoffstetter
Rush Curry
Curry
Steel
Burchman
Steele
Glenn Taylor
James Blevins
Blevins
Revival In Progress At Greenway Church
Revival services begin at Greenway U B Church Double Toll Gate with Rev P W Fisher delivering the message on Monday night from Galatians 5 25. He describes a normal Christian as born again consecrated and spirit filled. Evening services start at 8 p m with future musical guests Emmett Dettra family and the Smith Gospel singers from Winchester and the public is invited.
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Greenway U. B
Double Toll Gate
P. W. Fisher
U. B
Shenandoah
L. P. Tederick
Emmett Dettra
Smith Gospel Singers
Winchester
Funeral Thursday for Mrs Minnie Lake
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Bowley Lake wife of Harvey J Lake will be held Thursday at 2 PM from Jones Funeral Home with Rev R W Vanderberry of Market Street Methodist Church presiding. Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers are R E Bun Cutter Clarence Orndorff Hoye Riley Dale Baker Harry W Cohenhaver George Patton Mrs Lake died suddenly yesterday morning while the family moved from 239 Millwood Avenue to a new home.
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Minnie Bowley Lake
Harvey J. Lake
Jones Funeral Home
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street
Republicans Claim Border States for New York Businessmen
A San Diego speech by Dewey's vice presidential pick Bricker attacks the New Deal as reactionary and not liberal. Truman counters Dewey distortion in San Francisco. Bridges slams Hillman PAC as destructive. Hannegan says Dewey's brain trust has no ideas and repeats falsifications. Brownell notes Roosevelt White House jitters. Kelley says Roosevelt will speak in Chicago before the election. Norman Thomas accuses Roosevelt Stalin Churchill of power politics. Pepper calls Dewey a clever lawyer aiming to win the government for big business.
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New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
San Diego
Dea
Truman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Truman Senate
Chicago
Bridges
CIO
Hannegan
St. Louis
Brownell
Philadelphia
White House
Kelley
Thomas
Norman Thomas
Stalin
Churchill
Pepper
D-Flo
Oberlin
Promoted to First Lieutenant in IX Tactical Air Command
Word has been received from an advanced IX Tactical Air Command Thunderbolt Base in France that Hubert P. Edwards of Clarksville Tennessee has been promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. The promotion, announced by Headquarters IX Tactical Air Command of the Ninth Air Force, notes Edwards as a P 47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot with W McColpin in close air support of American ground forces against the Germans. Ms Billie Edwards, his wife, resides in Clarksville.
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IX Tactical Air Command Thunderbolt
France
Hubert P. Edwards
Clarksville
Tenn
IX Tactical Air Comand
Ninth Air Force
Edwards
W. McColpin
Billie Edwards
Navy reports massive Western Pacific damage by Halsey and Spruance fleets
The Third Fleet under Admiral Halsey and the Fifth Fleet under Admiral Spruance destroyed or damaged hundreds of Japanese ships from June 6 to October 16, including 205 ships by submarines, raising total Japanese losses to over 1,100. The strike series aimed to constrain Japan’s sea movements and pressure western Pacific bases, with openings in the Philippines Formosa Ryukyus Palau and Marianas.
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Navy
Forrestal
Third Fleet
William F. Halsey, Jr
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Western Pacific
Formosa
Philippines
Ryukyus
Palau
Marianas
Japan
Pacific
Jurors Called In Corporation Court Winchester
Grand jury summoned for Monday October 23 at 10 in Winchester Corporation Court. J B Hershberger J Richard Kremer R E Avey Jay H Loudoun H L Patton Wesley R Weakley L E Patton. Petit jury named for Tuesday October 24 at 10 in Winchester Court. Harley C Bailey Andrew J Bowen Robert M Boyd Leslie A Elliott Harley Adams W Glen Nichols Hunter H Carver Henkel B Carpenter Charles A Anderson Leslie L Hershman Perry W Jones.
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Corporation Court of Winchester
J. B. Hershberger
J. Richard Kremer
R. E. Avey
Jay H. Loudoun
H. L. Patton
Wesley R. Weakley
L. E. Patton
Harley C. Bailey
Andrew J. Bowen
Robert M. Boyd
Leslie A. Elliott
Harley Adams
W. Glen Nichols
Hunter H. Carver
Henkel B. Carpenter
Charles A. Anderson
Leslie L. Hershman
Perry W. Jones
Last Rites Held For John Bryan
Funeral services were held for John Stewart Bryan 72 president of Richmond newspapers and former William and Mary chancellor at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Brook Hill. A college prayer service followed at the Wren Building in Williamsburg. Classes at William and Mary were suspended for the day.
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Richmond
John Stewart Bryan
College of William and Mary
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Brook Hill
Robert Carter Jett
Southwestern Virginia
Lewis Carter Harison
Emmanuel Church
Wren
Williamsburg
Daniel J. Blocker
Bryan
Rites Friday For Mrs. Funk
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Hortense Funk widow of Harry C. Funk will be held Friday at 2 PM from her residence 101 South Loudoun street. The Rev T J Hawkins will officiate. Interment is in Mount Hebron Cemetery family mausoleum. She died yesterday morning after a two week illness.
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Georgia Hortense Funk
Harry C. Funk
South
Loudoun Street
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron
Punk
Felix and
Olivia Reese McCloskey
Williamsport, Pa
Berlin Reports Reds In East Prussia Evacuations Near Wilno Line
Berlin announced evacuation near the Wilno Instrburg railroad as Moscow reported heavy bombing in East Prussia and ranges of Tilsit. Russian forces moved on Riga captured areas in Latvia and bombed Ventspils while fighting raged in Belgrade. The bulletin noted no Hungary mention but cited northern Transylvania advances and carpatho Ukraine proximity.
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Konigsberg
Wilno-Insterburg
Berlin
Moscow
East Prussia
Junkers
Tilsit
Niemen
Riga
Latvia
Ventspils
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Transylvania
Ronasec
Carpatho-Ukraine
Poand
E A Timbrook Dies In West Virginia
Ephram A. Timbrook died at Weston State Hospital in Barboursville West Virginia on Monday at 3 30 p m He was 63 and had lived at the hospital 18 months Survived by children Stanley Thurston Homer and Flossie along with many siblings Funeral at Zore Baptist Church near Augusta on Thursday with interment in Mt Zion Cemetery Friends meet at Omps Funeral Home at 12 30 p m for procession to the church
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Ephram A. Timbrook
Weston State Hospital
Barboursville
W. Va
George Timbrook
Rock Oak
Illness
West Virginia
Stanley Timbrook
U. S. Army
France
Thurston Timbrook
Homer Timbrook
England
Flossie Timbrook
East Piccadilly Street
William Timbrook
Kerby
Rube Timbrook
Winchester
Ferdie Timbrook
Romney
Leo Timbrook
Cumberland
Thomas Timbrook
Weston Timbrook
iMd
Lula
Baker
Gore
Maggie Simon
Flato
Winnie Pickmen
Philadelphia
Zore Baptist Church
Augusta
Mr. Clark
The
Baptist Church
Mt. Zion
Omps Funeral Home
Allied Push Near Antwerp and Metz Presses German Lines
Allied forces push toward Antwerp and Belfort while Crerar’s Canadians advance near Breskens. British Second Army seizes Ventary after house to house fighting and closes on the Reich frontier. Eisenhower reports mop up of Aachen and Siegfried line segments as Third Army nears Metz. In the Vosges, progress south of Bruyveres and Le Thillot persists amid counterattacks.
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H. D. Crerar
Tizendijke
Breskens
Allied
West Kapelle
Walcheren
Holland
Berlin
Rhine-Runhr Valley
Miles C. Dempsevy
Ventary
Reich
Associated Press
Ned Nordwess
Canal de Doorn
Eisenhower
Aachen
U. S. Third Army
Ancy-Sur-Moselle
Metz
Wes Gallagher
Vosges
Bruyveres
le Thillot
U S Raids Continue as Pacific War Moves Across Isles
Allied forces report ongoing air and naval pressure on Japan and the Philippines. Nimitz notes substantial losses for Japan with 800 plus planes and 50 plus ships sunk or damaged. Ulithi Lagoon landings secure four islands while Seventh Air Force Liberators strike Haha Jima and nearby harbors.
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Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Nimitz
Imperial Fleet
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
South China Sea
Imperial Home Fleet
Japan
Ulithi Lagoon
Palaus
Ulithi
Mormog
Ryukyus
Formosa
MacArthur
Tokyo
Seventh Army Airforce Liberators
Haha Jima
Bonin Islands
Okdoura
Indian Hollow Mission Closes Summer Session After 25 Years
The Indian Hollow Mission near Frederick County closed its summer season with a Thanksgiving themed program led by Rev J. Floyd Wine and Rev Cephas Fahnestock. Adolph Richard Willie Cochran and others performed while prize readings acknowledged top readers and attendees.
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Indian Hollow
H. W. McVicar
Frederick Countty
J. Floyd Wine
Cephas Fahnestock
Adolph Richard
Willie Cochran
Norman Cooper
J. S. Duckwall
Pearl Carper
Agnes Wigginton
William C. Miller
Highland Avenue Mission Choir
Ralph Sheffle
McVicar
Kiwanis Guest John Sloat Addresses Winchester Club
John I. Sloat cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank spoke at the Winchester Kiwanis meeting about opportunities for returning soldiers after the war. Dr. H. S. Pifer and John J. Warner reported on the Capital District Convention in Baltimore October 5–6. The club plans a joint Nov 15 gathering with Martinsburg and Handley football teams at Sarah Zane Hall. Arthur R. Curnick from Daytona Beach visited.
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John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Winchester Kiwanis Club
James R. Reardon
Sloat
H. S. Pifer
John J. Warner
Winchester
Baltimore
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kiwanis
Handley and Martinsburg
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Arthur R. Curnick
Daytona Beach
Fla
Missing Pfc. Ralph Driver In Action Since September 8
Reported missing in action near Millwood Pfc. Ralph Driver son of Lucy M Driver is with the 7th Armored Division part of Lt Gen George S Patton's Third Armored Division. His brother Floyd Driver died the same day from injuries after a runaway horse accident in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Ralph Driver
Lucy M. Driver
Millwood
7Th Armored Division
George 8. Patton
Third Armored Division
Pfc
Driver
Floyd Driver
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rotary To Hear Talk On Apples
William Rooker technical director for the National Fruit Product Company will be the guest speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club meeting tomorrow at 1 o clock. He will address the club on Apples with Wilkie Hunt in charge of the program.
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William Rooker
National Fruit Product Company
Winchester
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