Kick-Off Breakfast Opens Boy Scout Fund Drive
Judge Burr P. Harrison spoke at a kick-off breakfast for the Boy Scout Fund Campaign at the Golden Glow. Dr. Ronald S. Wilson chaired the drive with Horace C. Brown introducing the speaker. Saint officials noted $1 800 pledged so far and plan final reports Friday. Col. Ashby Miller could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Boy Scout Organization
Ronald S. Wilson
Horace C. Brown
Col. Ashby Miller
Shenandoah Area Council
Miller
Thesairive
Amr
Winchester
Stont
Basil F. Starkey
Shoke
Starkey
Harrison
Judee Harrison
Ration calendar updates for foods and fuel stamps
The notice lists validity dates for ration stamps across meats fats processed foods sugar and home canning, airplane stamps, and gasoline fuel oil coupons. It mentions indefinite validity for many stamps and specific end dates such as February 28, 1945 and November 1, 1945 for various classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously to Pvt William Martin
Mrs Pearl V Martin receives the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to her husband Pvt William Martin for wounds in action in France on August 8 that led to his death the same day. Martin served in the Medical Corps and worked for American Viscose Company in Front Royal prior to enlistment. His widow resides at 18 Peyton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Martin
Pearl V. Martin
United States
Pvt
Martin
France
Front Royal
Pearl Martin
Peyton Street
Crime protection compared to Scouting activity urged by judge
Judge Harrison argued that Scouting offers more security than locks guns bank vaults or insurance against crime. He warned crime will amount to little if boys are eliminated from it in his view of protecting youth through organized scouting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Winchester Police Court records list six drunks fined
Judge W. Rice presided as Stanley Porter of Ridgeway Street Clifton Forge 50 Charles Porter of Grant County Kentucky 45 Clarence Walker of Richmond 51 Gerald Luttrell of Cross Junction 31 William Shenholt of Opequon 39 were charged drunk and fined five dollars plus costs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
W. Rice
Stanley Porter
Ridgeway Street
Clifton Forge
Charles Porter
Grant County
Clarence Walker
Richmond
Gerald Luttrell
Cross Junction
William Shenholt
Opequon
Dewey campaign tightens as election lists show 1 025 Senate and 432 House candidates
President supporters cite Dies committee subversive lists to claim Roosevelt and the New Deal are in radical hands. Bricker plans an eastern swing from Ohio while parties battle for expected gains in Senate and House. Dewey extends voting hours in New York and adds a Baltimore stop as CIO PAC and Citizens PAC report spending 883,616 through Oct 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Dies Committee
House
Maine
Senate
G. O. P. House
Dewey
Albany
New York
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
CIO Political Action Committee
National Citizens Pac
Period Of Ill Health Fatal To S. G. Fawcett
Steward G. Fawcett a longtime local citizen and former Eagle's Meat Market associate dies at 122 South Cameron Street after a period of ill health. Born December 9 1874 in Frederick County he was in his seventieth year and unmarried. Survived by three sisters and several nieces and nephews Funeral services set for Thursday November 2 at 3 p.m. from his residence with Rev R W Vanderberry officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steward G. Fawcett
Eagle’s
Cameron Street
Frederick County
Benjamin S. Fawcett
Mary Wisecarver Fawcett
Fawcett
Mamie Fawcett
Dora F. Keyser
Laura Fawcett
Emory Keyser
Winchester
David Snook
Lewntown
Allen Keyser
South Pacific
Richard Keyser
Philadelphia
Frances Pope
Arlington
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mrs. Olcott Dies in Washington D C at 89
Mrs. M Isabel Olcott mother of J W Olcott Clarke county agent died at her 2311 Connecticut avenue home Washington D C after ten years illness. She was born in 1854 in Bamarscota Maine and had lived in Washington for 33 years. She is survived by her son J W Olcott of Berryville and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are planned tomorrow at a Washington funeral home with burial at Glenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Isabel Olcott
J. W. Olcott
Clarke County
Connecticut Avenue
Washington, D. C
Olcott
Woodward and Lothrop
Washington
Cavalry Baptist Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Not All Japs Are Clever at Leyte Well
Leyte Philippines October 31. Major General Jim Bradley notes some Japanese tactics are clever but recalls a sergeant who set up a machine gun at a water well. Japanese soldiers approached for water and were killed one by one, with twenty killed in two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Philippines
Jim Bradley
Nippon Subsided as U S Forces Claim Pacific Gains
The report notes heavy Japanese losses with at least 12 ships wrecked on Manila Fields and 12 shot down over carriers Saturday and Sunday. Airfields cratered, a Nippon oil tanker hit by a 1,000 pound bomb, fires on hangars, and 19 enemy planes downed in the Cebu area. Admiral Nimitz announces a new Mine Craft post with Rear Adm. Alexander Sharp named to lead Pacific mine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Leyte
Cebu
Pacific
Nimitz
Alexander Sharp
Atlantic
Middletown School News Rolls Through Student Activities
Senior play Oh My Stars to be staged November 17 1944 at 8 PM in the Middletown High Auditorium with a large cast led by Mrs Brumback. Senior officers include Cleo Lamarr and Nancy Long plus a broad report on Junior-Senior Banquet Ring day and class officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Lamarr
Nancy Long
Louis Sperry
Mr. Hoover
Norris
Jean Shiley
Robert Evans
Ester Thompson
Oleta DeHaven
Doris Wright
Colleen Coffelt
Future
Homemakers Club
Lois Sperry
Esther Thompson
Betty Ross
Miss Watson
F. F. A. News
Middletown
F.F. A
Joe Jenkins
James Clem
William Dalton
Donald Grim
James Kelly
Clyde Brumback
Stephens City High School
Firm grip on Philippines declared by MacArthur
General MacArthur announced a firm grasp on the Philippines as invasion forces push forward. He pledged not to relax the grip until Bataan and Corregidor rise again, praising the troops for their determination fortitude and courage in his field order.
Keep the invasion rolling Buy War Bonds today
A brief wartime appeal urging citizens to support the war effort by purchasing War Bonds. The message emphasizes ongoing military action and asks readers to contribute financially to sustain operations and national security.
Pvt Robert P. Stevens Dies of Wounds in France
Pvt. Robert P. Stevens died of wounds received in action in France on September 12. He was the son of Mrs. Agnes F. Turner of 329 National Avenue and husband of Mrs. Alpha F. Stevens of 14 Glaize Avenue. Initial reports said he was wounded on September 12, later telegram confirmed he died the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Stevens
France
Agnes F. Turner
National Avenue
Alpha F. Stevens
Glaize Avenue
Stevens
Area Soldier Wins The Bronze Star
Staff Sgt. Glenn L. Crane of Capon Bridge West Virginia received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations. Crane, a crew chief with the Marauders nicknamed Sad Sack, aided sixty combat missions without a single mechanical failure. He trained at Keesler Field after graduating from Capon Bridge High School and enlisted in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
France
Glenn L. Crane
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Crane
Grover Co. Crane
Famerly
Silver Streaks
Reginald Vance
Fredericksburg
Ninth Air Force Headquarters
Army Air Forces
Set
Capon Bridge High School
Air Corps
Keesler Field
Miss
Gore Demonstration Club Meeting Planned
The Gore Home Demonstration Club will meet Wednesday after noon November 1 at 2 oclock at the home of Mrs. Stanley Biggert. The demonstration will feature home crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Gore Home Demonstration Club
Stanley Biggert
Couple Aided Allied Attack on German Armored Division
A French girl and her English speaking husband provided information that allowed American forces to devastate a German armored division near Apignon. They fed weekly reports to London via a concealed radio, helping pinpoint positions and guide Allied bombing, with German officers billeted at their home during four years of occupation.
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Castres
France
Apignon
Germany
Leeds
London
Bordeaux
Mar
Oseille
Oradour Sur Glane
U. S
Cars Collide On Boscawen Street In Petersburg
A 1933 Ford sedan driven by Elvin Lee Borrer of Petersburg West Virginia came from Indian Alley onto Boscawen street and crashed into a 1940 Packard convertible driven by Mrs Dorothy R Mc Quire of 105 North Braddock street yesterday at about 11 45. The Borrer car sustained about 1000 in front end damage while the Mc Quire vehicle had about 100 in damage. No charges were filed by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Lee Borrer
Petersburg
W. Va
Indian Alley
Boscawen Street
Dorothy R. McQuire
North Braddock Street
Community Choral Club Presents Benefit Concert
The Community Choral Club of this city performed before Foxcroft school faculty and students near Middleburg Va. Miss Charlotte Noland arranged the program. Proceeds funded a sidewalk from Dawson's Corner to Grant School in Middleburg. A return engagement is hoped soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxcroft School
Middleburg
Charlotte Noland
Dawson’s Corner
Grant School
Martinsburg Airport Dedication Invite For Winchester Official
Andrew Bell secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce received an invitation from the Mayor City Council and Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce to attend the Martinsburg Municipal Airport Shepherd Field dedication exercises Saturday November 4 at 1 PM. He stated he expects to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Martinsburg
Shepherd Field
Bell
British Troops Hold Maas Lines Amid German Pressure
British Second Army reports no German rout after heavy traffic to bridges over the Maas. On the east flank American troops regain ground in the Maas bulge, as Germans cling to Lieseel. In seven days 8,049 prisoners taken by British and Canadian forces. Maizieres-les-Metz mostly seized by the U S Third Army. Sixth Army Group sees slight gains from Lunaville to the Swiss border, prisoner toll rising to 108,855.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maas
Hollandsch Diep
Second Army
Holland
Maas Bulge
Lieseel
First Army
Germany
France
U. S. Third Army
Maizieres-les-Metz
Metz
Father
Sixth Army
Luneville
Quiz Answers From September 30 1944 Page Four
Correct responses list for the daily quiz: 1 date September 30 1944 2 Connecticut 3 Vice Chairman of the War Production Board 4 Siberia 5 reason he gave so that no one would kill him 6 Soviet Russia 7 Sirius 8 Abraham Lincoln 9 False he is a citizen 10 Kor.
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Connecticut
War Production Board
Siberia
Soviet Russia
Sirius
Abraham Lincoln
Kor
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SILCO
Civil & Police Court
James C. Hagerty
Charles H
Sue Jefferson Watdl
Ohmond, Virginia
Old South
A. Gerald Bush
S. G. Fawcett
Nippon
Middletown School News
Harry McCauley
Mary Steele
Ester Thomson
FFA
Editorial
Junior News
Harry Dicks
Rosemarie Hottlewell
Eugene DeHaven
Mary Love Ritenour
Charles Ross
Sponso
Brumback
Allan Cooley
Richard Clem
Elizabeth Jenkins
Gladiola
Kathryn Watson
Anna Virginia
D. Clare
White Palace
Robert Stevens
Maul Armored Division
Maas River
Peoples Drug Store
Kapaioua Street
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