Winchester Frederick County Town Meeting Series Launched
The Winchester and Frederick County Junior Board of Trade forms a committee to promote public discussions. The first session on November 17 features Dr Dabney S Lancaster of Virginia as the initial speaker on Education in the State of Virginia at the George Washington Hotel open to all.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Inchester Junior Board of Trade
Arthur Humphrey
Dabney S. Lancaster
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richmond
Lancaster
State of Virginia
George Washington Hotel
Aphrey
Americas
University of Chicago
United States
Trapped Japanese Naval Force Wiped Out in Surigao Strait
American warships guarding the Leyte invasion report the Surigao Strait trap of the Japanese fleet destroyed. The action sank battleships Yamashiro Mogami and several destroyers, with additional ships possibly lost near Ormoc. The Sunken ships reduce Japanese naval strength in the South China Sea and hinge on rapid repairs for any recovery.
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Adm. Kincaid
Leyte
Surigao Strait
Tenth Fleet
Sime Waters
Yamashiro
Mogami
Adm
Sprague
Ormoc
Ande
McArthur
7Th Fleet
Surigao
San Bernardino Straits
Nindoro
Palawan
Singapore
Srength
South China Sea
Observance Of Girl Scout Week Opens In Winchester
The Winchester Girl Scouts launch Girl Scout Week with hospital service emphasis. Senior Troop 11 has donated two hours daily as hospital aides and last Christmas packed fruit for patients. Activities include hospital runs 4 to 6 pm, linen room help, and daily bedside deliveries at Winchester Memorial Hospital. A radio review airs Monday, pageant Thursday, and a first aid skit Friday for student nurses.
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Winchester Girl Scouts
Roosevelt
Girl Scouts of
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Christ Episcopal Church
Hallowe'en
Baptist Church
Nurses’ Home
Scout Workers Plan Tea and Booth for Boy Scout Fund Drive
Frederick County volunteers organize a two day drive led by Rev Ronald S Wilson to outpace Winchester’s 6000 goal. Mrs Barton and Mrs Allen Richardson chair a 4 pm Monday tea for final plans and staff the Junior Board of Trade booth Tuesday to Thursday 1:30 to 5:30 pm to answer questions and collect donations.
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Frederick Clarke County Boy Scout Fund
Ronalds. Wilson
Volunters
Winchester
Boy Scout Fund
Barton
Allen Richardson
Fire Erupts in Dead Tree on Braddock Street
Fire companies responded to an alarm at noon today extinguishing a blaze that started in a dead tree on the lawn at 413 North Braddock Street. The cause was not determined and no damage resulted.
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N. Braddock Street
Regulation Tightens Penalties on Slaughterer Subsidy Deals
The government now plans to outlaw paying above the top of the subsidy range and impose penalties beyond existing subsidy deductions. Under current rules subsidies span $5 to £20 per head with deductions for excess payments but no criminal mispricing. The proposed plan adds a legal penalty for above-range transactions.
Olney White Squirrels Are Albino Gray Squirrels
The white squirrels in Olney Illinois are not a separate species. They are albino specimens of the common gray squirrel.
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Olney
Illinois
United States
Touch Football Game Sunday Practice and Roster Update
The touch football game moves from last Sunday to tomorrow with a 3 p.m. kickoff at Rouss Park. Players must arrive by 2:30 for jersey distribution. Green Waves and Blue Devils rosters include Frank Patton Thurston Cleven ger George Weldon Morris Lake Bobby Cullers Walter Swanson Scoots Robinson Bill Jones Roland Keller Spooky Taylor Junior Gibbs Bill Moore Ray Nening Buddy Crim Joe Kohr Dick Crisman James Winefield Bobby Grim Jimmie Czel Bill Anderson Carroll Mason. The previous postponement followed many plans to watch the RedSkin Brooklyn game in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Park
Green Waves
Frank Patton
Thurston Clevenger
George Weldon
Morris Lake
Bobby Cullers
Walter Swanson
Scoots Robinson
Clarke County Sets General Election Officials by Precinct
Clarke County Electoral Board released lists of judges clerks and registrars for the general election on November 7 broken down by precinct including Mt Airy Pierce s Russell Lindsey Berryville Shenandoah Millwood Morgan s Mill White Post and others with named individuals serving as judges clerks or registrars.
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Clarke County Electoral Board
Mt. Airy
J. C. Tapscott
L. W. R. Bell
B. W. Tapscott
Pauline Saunders
Jude Longerbeam
David Bell
Pierce
J. L. Shenk
I. K. Moorehead
Roy A. Campbell
H. A. Clevenger
J. H. Gruber
Russell G. Kaplan
Russell's
Landon Kackley
Byrd Locke
Edgar Kackley
Oscar Carr
Beatrice Kackley
Harry L. Boxwell
Lindsey
J. P. Cornwell
E. Massey Weir
Clifton Poston
B. S. Morgan
Phyllis Hawkins
W. E. Dearmont
Berryville
George H. Levi
G. P. Sponseller
J. H. Carlisle
Evelyn Carlisle
Louise Wisecarver
Albert A. Cox
Shenandoah
Irvine Price
George S. Johnston
Howard Hough
Tyson Hough
Harry Turner
Shade Moore
Millwood
Ed. Read
W. C. Jones
Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist
The Rev. T. J. Hawkins will teach the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church tomorrow at 9 45. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
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T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Local Markets and Market Corrections
The Star notes daily local market data is correct but cannot guarantee against typographical errors. It states the paper does not assume responsibility for any typos that may appear.
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The
Star
Local Butter Prices and Feed Details Extracted
A dated price list shows Creamery butter with various bag sizes and per cwt rates across brands, including Patent Brand. Also listed are Corn Meal prices by cwt and several feeds with limited availability. The text ends with a botany aside on Amorphophallus being near black in color.
Milkweed Pod Collection Plans Announced in Frederick and Winchester
H. Denis Hoover, chairman of the Frederick County and Winchester Milkweed Pod Collection Committee, outlines collection sites in Frederick County public schools and Winchester Handley School. Principals will list pickers and bag counts. all bags must be turned in Oct 30 to Nov 2. Payments go to the schools after totals are counted.
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H. Denis. Hoover
Frederick County
Winchester
Archie Fry
Handley School
H. Denis Hoover
Croswell Henderson
Soil Conservation Commission
When A Fellow Wants His Daddy
Four year old Jimmy Young of Corinth Mississippi rode an unaccompanied Memphis bound train to reach his soldier father Pfc Homer Young at Fort McPherson Georgia. He traveled without a ticket or notification and arrived in Memphis alone with no known relatives. The grandfather John Brady followed later by train to Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jimmy Young
Corinth
Miss
Jimmy
Homer Young
Fort McPherson
John Brady
Scarcity of Farm Labor To Continue Into 1945
Brig. Gen. Philip G. Bruton of the War Food Administration predicts farm labor shortages will persist next year and after the war. He expects continued need for foreign workers with some curtailment and plans to ask Congress for a smaller 1945 WFA labor office appropriation. The 1944 appropriation was 30 million dollars.
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Washington
Philip G. Bruton
War Food Administration
Congress
WFA
OPA Spanks Ogden Utah Gasoline Coupon Evasion
Workers digging a foundation struck a gasoline well and firemen said leakage from nearby tanks caused the spill. People pumped gasoline into car tanks without surrendering coupons under OPA warning.
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Ogden
Utah
OPA
Northern Virginia Game Wardens Report September Arrests
State summary shows 99 arrests by Northern Virginia game wardens in September primarily for game violations. 314 dogs killed, 861 dog licenses inspected, 2 804 hunting and fishing licenses inspected. Frederick county warden F W Pingley made three arrests, 35 licenses inspected, three dogs killed. fines totaling 50 dollars plus costs. W R Thompson named warden in Clarke county.
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Virginia
Frederick County
F. W. Pingley
W. R. Thompson
Clarke County
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices Reported Oct 28
Produce prices remain steady with apples and eggs firm in Baltimore market. Livestock quoting 11 a.m. shows cattle, hogs, and sheep mixed changes from a week prior, with slaughter steers, heifers, and bulls varying and calves and lambs showing price shifts. Chicago quotes reflect a generally steady to higher trend across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed regional notes.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Montana
Montans
Stock market mixed as selective recoveries lead trading
New York reports selective recoveries dominate today's brief stock market session as demand remains light before the weekend. Investors cautiously reinstate accounts where possible hoping the week's reaction improved the list's technical position.
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New York
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Higher Across Pits
Chicago grain prices opened higher as futures markets firmed across wheat corn oats rye with May July and December contracts showing gains. Wheat May 1.59 33-8, corn December 1.12, oats December 66 1 2, rye December 1.12 1 4. Trading aimed to steady positions before the weekend.
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Rye
Answers to the daily quiz page
Answers list the correct responses for questions on Page 4. It includes names Hull Stimson Morgenthau, a quoted line, Gulf of Riga, True, trusts, Scotty, The Compleat Angler, a line about freemen, Cromwell’s era, and the Union of South Africa.
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Hull
Stimson
Morgenthau
Gulf of Riga
Trusts
Scotty
Oliver Cromwell's
Union of South Africa
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JET
D.S. Lancaster
SILCO
Garland Quarles
Hubert Cather
G. T. Binner
Victor Hartzell
In Sturm
Henry Covinga
Roy Cather
H. L. Lyles
D. L. Kinter
C. D. Whitfield
J. T. Kremer
Daily Slonaker
E. P. Browning
White
W. E. Bridgeforth
W. W. Baker
Hugh Peters
Phil Sprenkle
William Hendrie
Horace Browne
Lynwood Kight
Rosalind Kater
Edna Koch
Elizabeth Grim
Elizabeth Renner
Mildred Jones
Ruth Pizzano
Luaicille Sencindiver
Fred Hyde
Robert B. Grove
Godfrey Zirkle
William Stine
Earl Clowser
Sue Shelack
Arthur Lewis
E. T. Clarke
Mabel K. Robinson
T. F. Jakimier
Frances Jones
Herbert Watson
John Hepfer
Paul Thompson
Paul Sybert
Fer Booth
Braddock Street
Clarke Election
Golden Rule Bible Class
U.S
China
China Sea
Formosa
Jluzon
Sea
Philippine
Islands
Japan
Mindanao
Chester W. Nimitz
Okayama
Heito
Luzon
Manila Bay
U.S. Navy
Ae Creamery
Chicago
DU Pont
Speed-Easy
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Robert Lee
Valley Pike
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