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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1945

Page

2

Rites Yesterday For Mrs Ridings of Martinsburg W Va

Funeral services for Virginia Ridings 84 widow of amin F Ridings were held at her Martinsburg home, with Rev Dr F R Wagner and Rev Dr W F Gruver officiating. Interment followed at Rosedale Cemetery. She is survived by eight sons, one daughter, thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Virginia Ridings Amin F. Ridings Martinsburg W. Va F. R. Wagner St. John’s Lutheran Church W. F. Gruver Paul Ridings Rosedale 8&J. John's Lutheran Church George M. Shriver B. of L. BE P. O Pythian Sisters Loyal Star Fannie Grand Raleigh F Charles W Harry C Noble B Raymond H William Paul Cleo E. Ridings Alvin C. Ridings Winchester Fort Eustis

JET Halloween Dance Open to Costumes Next Wednesday

Ed Molden, chairman, announced this morning that persons may attend the JET Halloween Dance in costume next Wednesday night. He noted this is not a masquerade but costumes are allowed along with street attire. Tickets are selling rapidly.

Ed Molden Molden

Special Services for WSCS Observed at Braddock Street Church

The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Braddock Street Methodist Church announces a week of prayer and self denial. Friday 7 45 p m worship and dedication of gifts to missions in the church school house. Quiet Day led by Mrs Myrtle Ellett at Mrs John H Rosenberger 124 West Boscawen Street Tuesday 3 p m.

Woman’s Society of Christian Service Braddock Street Methodist Church Church School House Myrtle Ellett John H. Rosenberger West Boscawen Street

Injured Woman Identified in Winchester Crash

The article reports the death of Miss Manuel from a Sunday morning crash near Winchester. Born June 14, 1930, in Luray Virginia, she moved with her family to Frederick County and then Winchester where her father works for Northern Virginia Power. She was a Handley high school ninth grader with many friends. Three of her brothers serve in the U S Navy Jason Manuel and others. Funeral plans are set for Sunday at Jones Funeral Home and Mount Hebron Cemetery. Other injured in the accident remain hospitalized and are listed as Jane Mathias Natalie White and Michael Purtlebaugh with injuries described as fractured rib and minor head injuries.

Luray Manuel Mabel S. Vaughan Frederick County Winchester Northern Virginia Power Company Handley High School Navy U. S. Navy Thomas L. Manuel Irving Buck” Manuel Robert E. Manuel Thomas Robert U. S Tokyo Laura Manuel Rileyville

OPA Maintains No Plans To Cancel Ration Stamps

The Associated Press notes ration details showing Meats Fats four stamps and other book stamps with expiry dates through late year. Sugar four stamp 38 valid through December for five pounds. Shoes stamps remain valid indefinitely.

Associated Press OPA

Charles Carter Held On Seven Larceny Charges

Charles Lee Carter, 18, of Freemont Street, alleged in Winchester police court on seven larceny counts. Victims include St Paul AME Church, Max Baker, Lockhart's Second-Hand, Southern Inn, a Cameron Street church, Radio WINC, and Baker's Antique Shop. Police say a warrant was sworn by J W Baker after he saw Carter leaving with a handbag. The case is set for Police Court at 10 AM Saturday.

Charles Lee Carter Freemont Street Winchester St. Paul Ame N. Loudoun Street Max Baker Grey Avenue Lockhart Southern Inn Alfredo DeMazzon S. Cameron Street WINC South Braddock Street Baker S. Loudoun Street Francis Funk Carter J. W. Baker Noah Carter

M F Lowery Dies at 43 in Stephens City

Maynard Frederick Lowery a carpenter aged 43 died at 5:55 this morning at his home near Stephens City from nephritis after six days illness. He was born May 22 1902 in Frederick County son of Emma Loy Lowery and the late Charles Lowery. Survived by wife Ollie Mildred Ritenour and eight children, siblings, church member at Opequon Methodist. Funeral Monday at 2:30 at Stephens City Methodist with Rev. Teter and Rev. Day officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery.

Maynard Frederick Lowery Stephens City Frederick County Emma Loy Lowery Charles Lowery Opequon Ollie Mildred Ritenour Wayne Elwood Elmer Ross Perry Jerry Lowery Helen Phyllis Jean Lowery Luther Lowery Papermill Road Richard Lowery Middletown James Lowery Apple Pie Ridge Julia Ruth Nellie Kernstown Sale Newlin Robert Collier John Teter Earl C. Day William Sargent Don Luttrell S. L. Shackleford Julian Steele Frank Huffman Ollie Snyder Green Hill Cemetery

Mustering-out pay rules for sailors released under circular 92 1943

Under War Department Circular No 92 of 1943 men aged 38 or over released to the Enlisted Reserve Corps at their own request to seek essential industry work are not entitled to mustering-out pay unless they served outside the continental U S or in Alaska.

War Department Army United States Alaska

Heroism In True Sea Tradition NAHA Okinawa Typhoon Rescue

Survivors of an army freighter sunk by a 25 mph typhoon near NAHA recount rescue by two tanker sailors. As the freighter ran aground amid 40 foot breakers, those on deck clung to ropes and rails while the two unidentified crewmen hauled 26 men from the sea. Survivors await transport off the storm whipped island.

Naha Okinawa Frank Filan Associated Press Filan William Jennings Standard Oil of New Jersey

Chinese factions still warlike in civil conflict flare

General Fu Tso yi accused Mao Tse tung of provoking civil war as Communist forces attack central government troops between 150 and 250 miles west of Peiping. He said over 100000 Communist reinforcements are moving into the area and that five cities have been evacuated to avert war.

Chungking China Mao- Tse-Tung Chiang Kai-Shek Fu Tso-yi Peiping Mao Suiyuan Inner Mongolia Liangchen Lungshenkewang Fengchen Yangkao Tienchen Shansi

Truman set to deliver notable Navy Day speech in New York

President Truman will speak tomorrow in New York on foreign policy as part of Navy Day. The 25 minute address, broadcast on all networks, will begin at 1 30 p m Eastern Standard Time in Central Park. The appearance follows his earlier 9 minute French speech aboard the Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Washington Truman New York White House Franklin D. Roosevelt Brooklyn Navy Yard Eben Ayres Central Park Pennsylvania Station

Fruit Growers To Meet Tonight In Winchester

The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association will meet tonight at the County Court House in Winchester at 7 30. Dr Earl L Overholser head of the Horticulture Department at V P I is expected to outline the work of the department. The meeting aims to attract a large attendance from local fruit growers.

Frederick County Fruit Growers Association, Inc County Court House Winchester I. Fred Stine Earl L. Overholser

Millner To Speak At Martinsburg Handley Grid Banquet

Wayne Millner former Notre Dame All American end and NFL end coach will speak at the 21st annual grid banquet for Martinsburg and Handley high school teams in Martinsburg West Virginia on November 15. Kiwanis clubs sponsor the event with Harry Mammann as program chair and arrangements coordinated by Dudley DeGroot and Sid Carroll.

Martinburg W. Va Wayne Millner Notre Dame Washington Redskins Martinsburg Handley Winchester Kiwanis Harry Mammann Millner Dudley DeGroot Sid Carroll Redskins

Westinghouse Has New Troubles

Westinghouse Air Brake Company threatens legal action against CIO Local 610 officers over a three day work stoppage that idled 11 500 Pittsburgh area workers at Westinghouse plants and Union Switch and Signal. Union leader Calvin Fulmer says workers offered to return but company officials refused to meet.

Pittsburgh Westinghouse Air Brake Company CIO Pittsburgh Area Union Switch and Signal Company United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Smith-Connally George A. Blackmore Calvin A. Fulmer Fulmer

Local Markets Note on Daily Market Listings

Local markets are published daily with current listings. The Star assumes no responsibility for typographical errors that may occur during publication.

The Star

Local Graded Egg Market Report

Market notes show graded egg prices and movement with several lots described as large extras and mediums. References to standards and pullets traded indicate activity in the local market alongside mentions of price levels and supply terms.

Rites Saturday For Mr Hess Former resident dies at Front Royal

Funeral services for Charles Broadway Hess 50 a Clarke county native and World War I veteran will be held Saturday at 11 from Jones Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by widow Margaret Bauserman, a son Charles Robert Hess, his mother Mrs Amanda Moore Hess, and brothers John Hess and Herbert Hess plus three sisters.

Charles Broadway Hess Aleshire Quartermaster Depot Front Royal Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Amanda Moore Hess Covington John A. Hess Clarke County Church of Christ Margaret Bauserman Martinsburg Charles Robert Hess John Hess Martinburg Herbert Hess Berryville James R. Dokeman Lala Elliott Shinnston Nannie Jones

McNutt Asked To Probe Unrest In Philippines

President Truman urged Paul V. McNutt to promptly investigate agrarian unrest in the Philippines. He asked particularly to examine a guerrilla army tied to tenant demands for fair share and stable government, urging careful, nonrepressive remedies with Commonwealth and U.S. cooperation.

Washington Truman Paul V. McNutt Islands McNutt White House Mc*Nutt Philippines Manila Commonwealth United States

Public sale of C. W. Huntsberry farm in Frederick County

A deed of trust sale of a 100 acre tract on Timber Ridge near Gore Virginia will occur November 24 1945 at 11 AM in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester. The sale is by Harry R Kern trustee for C W Huntsberry et al due to default with terms requiring one third cash and the rest in one and two years at 5 percent interest secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Public notices dated October 26 and November 29 1941 and 1945 appear with deed references in Book 185 page 307.

C. W. Huntsberry Harry R. Kern Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia County Court House Winchester Timber Ridge Gore H. J. Berry

Chaplain Taylor to Preach at Loudoun Street Church Sunday

Maj Rodney T. Taylor chaplain U S Army will preach at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 am He is a former Sewickley Pennsylvania pastor who joined the Army in 1941 and served in the 29th Division 121st Engineers in Trinidad and the Ghanas then Harvard Chaplains School and the European theatre before terminal leave in December He is married to Jane Scully of Winchester and they have three children Jane Ann and Rodney Jr.

Rodney T. Taylor U. S. Army Loudoun Street Presbyterian Taylor United Presbyterian Church Sewickley Penn United States 121St Engineers Trinidad Ghanas Chaplains School Harvard University France England Ft. Meade Chaplain Taylor Jane Scully J. 8. Scully, Jr Winchester Jane Ann Rodney

Nips Slow To Obey MacArthur

The report says radium from Czechoslovakia intended for sale to rehabilitation hospitals. total seized valuables by occupation forces climbed toward a quarter billion dollars after a $3 million haul of silver bullion mercury tool steel batteries and zinc by the 97th Infantry in a warehouse raid near Iida on Honshu. The Matsuo Agriculture Association owned the warehouse. silver bullion reportedly belonged to the Mitsubishi Industrial Trust. Officers questioned joint occupation plans and had no idea when Allied troops from Britain China and Russia would arrive or their post arrival use. Maj Gen Richard Marshall told reporters it was news to him about British forces due January 1 and said the joint policy talks were ongoing with no directive for MacArthur.

Czechoslovakia 97Th Infantry Division Iida Honshu Eighth Army Matsuo Agriculture Association Richard Marshall MacArthur Tokyo Marshall

Troop Return for Kyoto Advance Guard Cited by General

General Krueger reports 1,500 of 4,000 Sixth Army troops eligible to return to the United States are at Nagoya awaiting passage. Washington indicates progress toward an Allied control council for Japan as Russia presses for a council with four power representation to oversee occupation policies.

Kyoto Walter Krueger Sixth Army United States Nagoya Washington Byrnes Russia Japan Control Council Great Britain China MacArthur

Virginia's Path to State School Reform Endorsed

State Schools columnist notes continuation from Page 1 discussing a spring special session of the Assembly. It argues Virginia does not need Republican guidance, only faithful adherence to sound, nonpartisan plans for the undertaking to improve state schooling.

Virginia

Ward Company Not Pleased Strike At Two Plants

Ward Company objects to lines struck by 2000 AFL workers at Aluminum Company of America Lafayette plant and 1700 CIO machinists at Caterpillar Tractor San Leandro plant demanding 30 percent raises and a closed shop. In New York CIO American Communications Association members halted Western Union telegrams 10 to 15 minutes as protest against delayed War Labor Board wage hikes for 7000 Metropolitan area workers.

AFL Aluminum Company American Plant Lafayette Ind CIO San Leandro Calif Cater Pillar Tractor Company New York Western Union CIO American Communications Association War Labor Board

Answers to the daily quiz from Page 4

Correct responses list for the page 4 quiz. Items include Greenland as answer 1, an Oak Leaf Cluster noting the second award, true for item 3, Philadelphia as item 4, James Buchanan for item 5, false for item 6, Disabled American Veterans for item 7, Cape Cod for item 8, and George Washington University tied to the term bug rug in item 9.

Greenland True Philadelphia James Buchanan False Cape Cod George Washington University

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Ridings WSCS Charles Carter M. F. Lowery John W Rosenberger & Co Braddock St J.C.B. A Grid Westinghouse Sheeer Sandibie Springers Hea Mr. Hess C. W. Huntsberry Farm Ward Company Handley Board of Trustees Clifford D. Grim Charles F. Coffman Wm. E. Cooper Boyd H. Hamman Charles H. Harper J. Sloan Kuykendall W. Nelson Page John I. Sloat George G. Snarr Tin Ford H. P Theresa Sora Ford Motor Company Shenandoah Motor CO Handey School
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