Wainwright Ready To Tell Corregidor Prison Story
Gen Johnathan M Wainwright ready to recount the pitiful last days of Corregidor and prison horrors following surrender. He awaits a War Department decision on when the report will be released. The general, 62, spoke after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Truman and touring Washington with wife and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Washington
Johnathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Divine Jble
Truman
Pica
Wainwright
White House
Fort Myer
Willome Tomer
War Department
Gendarmerie expanded wartime size and aims cited
Ishida said the Kempei Tai swelled to 13 500 regulars and 9 000 wartime volunteers, about three times its peacetime size, with investigations rising in the same proportion. He noted many bodies were destroyed not to hide evidence against the gendarmerie but because they were no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishida
Kempei-Tai
Fortune Telling book and dictionary advertised
The Winchester Evening Star promotes Fortune Telling with directions, a dreams dictionary, horoscopes, omens and superstitions. Order forms offer Fifteen cents for Fortune Tell and Twenty Five Cents for the Dictionary to be mailed to Information Bureau Washington DC with payment enclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune Tell
The
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Ratios Calendar and Stamp Notes From The Meats and Fats Book
The notice lists the Associated Press ration calendars for meats fats and sugar with stamps and valid through dates. It notes 2 red points per pound of used fats turned in and explains by passes and invalid stamps. It mentions shoes stamps and indefinite validity for certain airplane stamps.
Cheese Rationing Is Abandoned Nationwide
Washington reports the CPA removed all varieties of cheese from rationing effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The action followed Army notice that some military stocks of cheddar cheese may be used to meet overseas demands. A 40 percent cheddar set aside for September was eliminated and a prior order restricting foreign-typed cheese production to allow more cheddar was terminated.
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Washington
CPA
Fire damages rear of Food Center garage on N Loudoun Street
Four fire trucks responded to a morning blaze at the rear of the Food Center on N Loudoun Street. The incident damaged the building storage area and back walls, with two trucks, merchandise, and a refrigerator harmed by flames and water. cause under investigation. Insurance details noted for the building owner Mrs Mary Barton and some vehicles.
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Food Center
N. Loudoun Street
Winston L. McKay
E. W. Argenbright
B and C Baking Corp
Argenbright
McKay
Mary Barton
Answers to the Daily Quiz from Manila Page 1
Correct quiz responses include a minimum of 500000 jobs and a salary of 20000 per annum aired by Herbert H Lohman. The Germans claim it was hit and destroyed by Allied bombing. Public details note the President of the Senate and a consent.
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Manila
Herbert H. Lohman
The
Senate
Death Comes To H A Orndorff
Harrison Allen Orndorff a retired Frederick County farmer died at his home at 307 South Braddock Street at 6 30 this morning in ill health for three years age 71 He was born October 18 1874 in Wardensville W Va and lived mostly in the Opequon area before moving to Winchester recently He was a member of Wardensville Methodist Church Survived by his wife former Mrs Lloyd snee Sidhe Rose now at Camp Meade Md and Mrs Nellie Patterson of home and two stepchildren Raymond Snapp of Winchester and Mrs Jerry Kelley of Capitol View Md A brother Reese Orndorff Wardensville and three sisters Mrs Mollie Richard Wardensville Mrs Florence Slonaker Capon Bridge W Va and Mrs Edna Willhelm Martinsburg W Va also survive Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev S J Goode and burial at Wardensville Cemetery Pallbearers were Boyd Unger Herbert Larrick Fred Robinson Brown Lovett Ralph Marker and C Gough Flowers requested not to be sent.
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Harrison Allen Orndorff
Frederick County
Braddock Street
John W
Annie Hawkins Orndorff
Wardensville
W. Va
Opequon
Winchester
Aee
Lloyd Snee Sidhe Rose
Camp George Meade
Nellie Patterson
Raymond Snapp
Jerry Kelley
Capitol View
Reese Orndorff
Mollie Richard
Florence “.Slonaker
Capon Bridge
Edna Willhelm
Martinsburg
Jones Funeral Home
S. J. Goode
Boyd Unger
Herbert Larrick
Fred Robinson
Brown Lovett
Ralph Marker
C. Gough
Clarke County Grand Jury Returns Seven True Bills
In Berryville seven true bills were returned by the Clarke county grand jury. Foreman Geo H. Levi and six others charged Elsie Gaunt with stealing cash and gasoline coupons, Nellie Paterson Renner with similar thefts and an old count for aiding a break in. Separate indictments named Joseph Dodge and Harry Creamer for china theft from a lodge, William H. Tracy for assault, and Robert Hopkins for breaking and entering with cash theft.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Grand Jury
Geo. H. Levi
J. G. Burch
Hugh N. Copenhaver
Luther Thompson
T. C. Hall
Garland Canter
Elsie Gaunt
Charles C. Galloway
Nellie Patterson Renner
Renner
Oakley Sealock
Leonard Pierce
Sealock
Joseph Dodge
Will Convert RR Engine To Atomic Drive
Belleville New Jersey report describes converting a New York Central locomotive to an atomic power drive. Ralph Lucas claims a mercury turbine using atomic disintegration could power a locomotive for many trips, with a patent dated 1939.
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Belleville
N. J
New York Central Railroad
Ralph Lucas
U.S. Industrial and Development Co
Elmira
N. Y
New York
San Francisco
Soe Ges
Lucas
Kilgore Drops Unemployment Plan In Favor Of Federal-State Aid
Senator Kilgore abandons a $25 weekly unemployment benefit plan and urges federal money to supplement state programs when benefits run out. He argues uniform duration is fair and opposes longer, uneven payments. Separately, backers push a full employment bill stressing private enterprise as the core of jobs policy with a federal role only if needed.
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Washington
Kilgore
W.W. Va
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R.mich
Taft
Ohio
Brides to Wed in Paris Gowns from Paris Designers
Paris romance unfolds with three Army brides tying the knot overseas in a triple WAC wedding. The brides, a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead, will wear gowns by Schiaparelli Patou and Molyneux of Paris in a ceremony planned for Saturday.
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Paris
Schiaparelli, Patou and Molyneux
Vastly Crowded Camps Reported in Java
An Allied information office release states 19,000 women and children are crowded in five Batavia area camps in the Netherlands East Indies. Two thousand are seriously ill. Allied medical teams are delivering medicines and relief to internees and war prisoners.
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Melbourne
Java
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Langley Field To Stay In Operation
Langley Field in Virginia will remain active under Continental Air Forces after a shift from planned inactivity. Senator Byrd reported no further War Department details on the transfer, noting the earlier deactivation order covered about 15 other airports.
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Washington
Army
Langley Field
Virginia
Continental Air Forces
Byrd
D-Va
War Department
Rites Wednesday For A. P. Pugh
Upton J Pugh 75 died yesterday at his Gore home son of Smith J and Annie Pugh. Survived by wife Minnie, daughter Mrs Clara Pugh Whitacre Winchester, sons Arthur M and Amithe Pugh Gore, seven grandchildren. Siblings include Jesse of Winchester and four sisters in Winchester Baltimore. Funeral at Bethel Baptist Church Wednesday at 2:30 p m with Dr E T Clark and Rev C J Anderson officiating.
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Upton J. Pugh
Gore
Smith J
Annie Pugh
Minnie Pugh
Clara Pugh Whitacre
Winchester
Arthur M. Pugh
Amithe Pugh
Jesse Pugh
Laura Ashby
Mary Lockhart
Sarah Vanderbuli
George Shagee
Baltimore
Harold Pugh
South Pacific
Bethel Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
C. J. Anderson
Earerfwik
Erson
Douglas Whitacre
Bryan Kerns
William Wolford
Lee Smith
Carson Miller
Molden Electric Joins Hotpoint Selective Dealer Network
The Molden Electric Company in this city announces it is appointed a Hotpoint Selective Appliance dealer. When appliances are available again, the local store will display a range including pre war items and new designs intended to save time and ease housekeeping. A large portfolio of personalized kitchen plans from Hotpoint designers has been received. Interested persons may visit the store at 15 South Loudoun Street to review the plans.
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Molden Electric Company
Hotpoint
Crese
Hotpoint Kitchen Planning Division
Loudoun Street
Firemen To Meet Wednesday Night
Fire Chief E. W. Argenbright has called a special meeting of the Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. All officers of the four local companies are requested to attend to discuss the proposed new alarm system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Argenbright
Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association
Mrouss
Plastic Surgery Uses In Defects Facial and Injury Context
Advances in plastic surgery focus on restoring function and appearance, often for birth defects like cleft lip and prominent ears as well as facial injuries from car accidents. Early treatment yields better results, with nose corrections via internal incisions, splints, and grafts, and birthmark management using radium or electric methods and skin grafts when needed.
Delay and Postwar Farm Price Support Plans
Delay discusses projections that farm prices will fall as wartime needs fade. It notes past price support tools such as loans, government purchases, and subsidies, and lists commodities likely to retain postwar support obligations including corn, wheat, cotton, rice, tobacco, peanuts, hogs, eggs, and milk among others.
Veterans invited to train as piano tuning technicians
The National Piano Manufacturers Association invites ex servicemen to train as tuner technicians at government expense. A 26 week prep course plus a year of practical factory experience is offered in Los Angeles Chicago Cincinnati and New York with subsistence pay during training.
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The
National Association
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Veterans’ Administration
National Piano Manufact- Associa
Mrs. Katie Mills 76 Succumbs in Winchester
Mrs. Katie R. Mills widow of James B. Mills died yesterday at 5 30 PM in Heist Nursing Home Winchester after a year of illness. Born February 13 1869 in Winchester to Robert and Lydia Henry she was a lifelong Episcopal Church member and a member of the Patriotic Order of America and Rebekah lodge. Survived by son John H. Mills and three daughters Elizabeth Kern Ida Mills Gertrude Mills with a Navy grandson John L. Mills S S stationed in Philadelphia. Funeral Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church with interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Katie R. Mills
James B. Mils
Heist
Winchester
Robert and
Lydia Fogle Henry
Warren County
Episcopal Church
Patriotic Order of America
Rebekah Organization
John H. Mills
Washington
D. C
Elizabeth Kern
Ida Mills
Gertrude Mills
John L. Mills
S. S
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Jones Funeral Home
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Abe Levin
Samuel Miller
Edgar Mason
Everett Kline
Harry Brill
Leslie Carper
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Byrd Forecasts Daylight Time Repeal Pass
Senator Harry F. Byrd announced in Washington that he expects the daylight savings repeal bill to pass and take effect by late September or early October. He cites widespread letters and talks with House and Senate members showing support for repeal.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Senate
House
Funeral Services Held For Roy A Hosafiook In Linville
Rev. Robert A. Whitten assisted at the Linville Virginia funeral for Roy A Hosafiook prominent Rockingham County citizen who died of a heart attack Saturday night He served as treasurer of the Virginia Valley Central Conference of the Congregational Christian Church with Ray A Larrick of the city as president expected to attend as well.
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Robert A. Whitten
Linville
Roy A Hosafiook
Rockingham County
Virginia Valley Central Conference
Congregational Christian Church
Ray A. Larrick
Larrick
Ministers Meet After Summer Vacation Period
The Winches Ministerial Association held its ember meeting with Rev. E W McDowell and Rev. Nathaniel Habel introduced as new Themakers. Herbert Wilkens joined as associate member. Committees were named for the year with plans for fall and winter church programs and a union Thanksgiving Day service. Homer Alberti to address the October meeting.
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E. W. McDowell
Church of the Nazarene
Nathaniel Habel
First Baptist Church
Winches Ministerial Association
Ember
Herbert Wilkens
Shenandoah Area
R. W. Vanderberry
Inter-Church
T. J. Hawkins
W. E. Eisenberg
L. G. Bridgers
C. R. Line
Walker McC. Bond
8. L. Flickinger
Clyde Koon
H. Anderson
J. S. Ducknall
Norman Cooper
R. B. Nelson
R. S. Wilson
E. T. Clark
R.S. Wilson
S. L. Flickinger
John Teter
Homer Alberti
Association
Four Accidents Reported in Stephens City
Four accidents were reported with minor injuries. One driver from Halltown, M C Sowers, operated a Costello truck and escaped injury. The Costello truck and another vehicle sustained about 300 and 400 dollars in damage respectively. Reckless driving tickets were issued to R E Good of Harrisonburg after he pulled into an alley from Rt. 11 and backed into Joseph Bowers Mt Jackson’s truck, each vehicle incurring around 75 dollars damage. No injuries were reported.
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Gen. Wainwright
Yanks
Associated Press
H.A. Orndorff
Clarke Grand
DU Pont
Allon
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock ST
Artry
Louis Zamperini
Torrance
Calif
Marshall Islands
Honshu
International
T.mi J. A
A. P. Pugh
Hotpoint Agency
Molden
By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D
Christopher R. Dix
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Doctor Dix
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Fred Neher
Katie Mills
Rev. Whitten
Evening Star
D. Clare
White Palace
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron ST
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Richmond
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