Mission to Washington Sparks a Wartime Espionage Dream
Miss Sarah Anderson, working in Mr. Frazier's private office, is ordered to fly to Washington at 5:15 PM with a top secret file marked X about a revolutionary new bomber. She balances danger and flirtation with Capt. Manning as the mission looms, promising possible war-winning impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ees
Sarah
Mr. Frazier
Freckles
Capt. Manning
Sid ! Manning
Manning
Mysterious Noise Sparks Midnight Escape at Farm Hall
A frightened observer recalls a door knob turning and footsteps fleeing as Sid Manning nears the hall corner. The fragment describes a man who left his farm to live in the hills, and a 1944 Gazette tease hints at continued coverage tomorrow. The tense scene mentions denim blue pants and alarming suspicions about Americans returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Manning
the Gazette
Guam Native Wears U S Pants Three Years
OROTE PENINSULA Guam July 26 Delayed The ancient Chamorro wore a pair of U S blue pants since December 1941 as a symbol of personal independence. The Japanese, who conquered Guam, urged him to remove them but he refused. They intensified pressure but he persisted, now enduring years of harassment.
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Orote Peninsula
Guam
Local Women Among Winners In Wilson BeV Contest
George Rector announced prizes for original BeV BeV flavored recipes in the Wilson $7500 contest. Mrs. Anna Faigley and Mrs. E F Huddleston won awards for creations using Wilsons BeV. Opal Couch of Orchard, Neb., won the $1000 first prize among 23,000 entrants from 48 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rector
Wilson and Co
Chicago
Anna Faigley
Crescent Rd
E. F. Huddleston
West
Washington
Wilson
Rector
Opal Couch
Orcharde Neb
Potatoes Sold in Old Bags With No Price Gap
An amendment to 1944 prize support for Irish potatoes announces that deliveries in renovated used bags may be priced the same as those in new bags. No differential for used bags of uniform appearance after cleaning and mending. A 10 cent per hundredweight deduction remains for deliveries in other used bags.
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WFA
Shedd-Bartush Foods Opens Detroit Margarine Distributorship
Shedd-Bartush Foods announces a Detroit distributorship for Keyko Margarine under lines including Thousand Island Dressing French Dressings Peanut Butter and Muffin Mix. The truck and staff tour local outlets as demand grows in Virginia and surrounding regions.
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Soma
Shedd
Shadd
Shedd-Bartush
Detroit
Shawn Charleston
Erst Virginia
Pratt
Thousand Island
South Italy Crop Prospects Boost Exports Pause
In a San Francisco report, Henry F. Grady says southern Italian crops are thriving, reducing relief food exports to Italy. He notes war damage is limited to towns but not crops, with the 1944 harvest about 20 percent above Allied estimates, delaying relief shipments until fall.
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San Francisco
Italy
Henry F. Grady
Grady
Lines
Rome
Naples
Allied Control Commission
Rifle Fans Find Good Sport at Playland
Playland on Summers Street near the Bus Terminal offers a rifle range with a range of air and standard pistols for target shooting. Visitors can enjoy a relaxing, inexpensive amusement gallery with mechanical devices and friendly competition in a period-appropriate community entertainment setting.
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Playland
Summers Street
Sherwood
France
Playlanc
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Huge Nazi Casualties Revealed by OWI
London reports 900000 German casualties since latest Allied campaigns in France Italy and Russia with 300008 Allied prisoners of war. July bomb tonnage by British and American air forces reached 152531 tons, more than double the prior monthly average and nine times 1943. Sherwood said all theaters are fighting toward Berlin and the master plan is unfolding with a powerful continental impact.
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London
France
Italy
Kexin
Robert E. Sherwoerd
U. S. Office of War Information
Europe
Sherwood
Seine
Loire
Arno
Vistula
Berlin
Normandy
North Africa
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Conlesater
Charleston
Charles Giles
The
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SMALE
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Sigmon
Raichardson
Moore Co
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Atiecarers
Printing Publications Office
Woodyard Commercial Printers
Hole St. Charleston
Medicals Council of the
Red Army
U. S
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Sanders
Tielene Curtis
Stevens Beauty Shop
Summers
Greenbrier Theatre
Kenya
Howard
Sayet
Iy Elek
Cowt—Co
Cowen Drug CO
Adu
Cohen Drug CO
Oty
F Lewcomers
F. BR
Bacon Greenshoro
Chapman
Staten Island
N.Y
Ros
Grant Untington
W. Va
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Danville
C. L. Ketlenberger
Max Kessler
Norfolk
W. B. Long
Birmingham
Ala
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New Castle
Keyko
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Kenawhe Blvd
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Mgr
Kanawha Machine & Welding CO
Virginia
Shedd-Bartush Foods
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Geary
Dae
Ture
ST Work
Jay
Ae Raa
Democratic Club
16Th Ward
Democratic
Domorrow
McGuigan School
South Ruffner
OWI
Kanawha Gasoline CO
Western Electric
Coffman Optical
Labneat Ok
Summersville Lumber Company
Columbia Avenue
General Tire
Kraft System
J. E. Ratliff, Inc
General Tire Stent
John Lucenti
Atlas Tire Sales
Kelly Springfield Tire Co
Washington St
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