Buying Still In Control Of Market
Buying continued to control the stock market's trend yesterday, with many leaders adding to Tuesday's gains. Advancing issues ranged from fractions to a point or more in motors and utilities, rails, oils, and other sectors as volume remained light.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
Chrysler
White Motors
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Case Harvester
Western Union
Consolidated Edison
Public Service of N. J
Westinghouse
General Electric
Philip Morris
Owens-Ilinois
American Locomotive
Standard Oil An. J
Chicago
New York Flour and Grain Prices and Poultry Quotations
Market notes show New York flour prices steady with various grades listed for 400 to 200 pound lots. Rye flour and cornmeal quoted with specific weights. Butter and eggs receipts reported with first sale prices and adjustments for shipper and jobber margins. Poultry prices steady with wholesale levels and minimal changes across dressed and live markets.
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New York
Aus
Buffalo A
U. S
Blind producer leads KC plant output at Aircraft Accessories
Clarence McPherson, blind finisher at Aircraft Accessories Corp. in Kansas City Kansas, topped production on three separate days. Randolph C. Walker, president, praised McPherson and other blind workers in a statement on rising output.
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Kansas City
Kans
U.P
Clarence McPherson
Aircraft Accessories Corp
Randolph C. Walker
McPherson
Military Families Share Weekend Visits Across Posts
Whitehall Gerald Auchman of the U S Naval Training Station Sampson spent the weekend with his wife Howard Hildreth Coast Guard and with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Hildreth Stanley Briggs of the U S Navy stationed in New York spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Briggs John Brooks Military Police stationed Fort Jay spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs John Brooks Pvt Robert Golden transferred from the Field Artillery to the Railroad Battalion in New Orleans before that stationed at Camp Cooke California He notes in a letter dated August 5 that he has just seen his first rain since leaving home in April.
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Gerald Auchman
U. S Naval Training Station
Sampson
Howard Hildreth
Coast Guard
Albert Hildreth
Stanley Briggs
U. S. Navy
New York
Albert Briggs
Pfe
John Brooks
Military Police
Fort Jay
Robert Golden
Field Artillery
New Orleans
Camp Cooke
Cal
Golden
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Hadhivf
Battle for Randazzo Intensifies in Sicily
Allied forces push toward Randazzo north of Mount Etna as German resistance stiffens and air bombardment intensifies. Paratroop units of the Goering Division are said to be reduced drastically, while Allied engineers clear roads and build bridges to move guns and materiel for a decisive push.
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Milazzo
Randazzo
Mt. Etna
Verdun
Goering Armored Division
Tunis
Bizerte
Sicily
Associated Press
Harold V. Boyle
Castellammare
Bay of Naples
Tthe
Cape Vaticano
San Giovanni
Naples
Isle of
Capri
Mt. Vesuvius
Italy
Berlin
Rome
Turin
Milan
Genoa
Messina
Augusta
Palermo
Syracuse
Greenwich Families and Camp Edwards News
Greenwich residents Mrs John T Garrett returns from Camp Edwards Mass. Misses Helen and Louise Roberson spent the week end in Ridgfield Springs with sister Mrs Murry Ames and family. Langdon Ames accompanies Mrs Ames returning to Beech Hill. Mrs Michael Mullen of Brook visits August with sisters Thelma, E Gardephe. Serge Mullen, once stationed at Fort Bragg, heads to a Georgia camp after brief visit with Mrs Mullen.
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John T. Garrett
Corporal Garrett
Camp Edwards
Greenwich
Helen
Louise Roberson
Ridgfield Springs
Murry Ames
Army Finds Plenty in Name Army Finds Plenty in Name
Camp Shelby Miss UP A private in the Japanese American combat team had his glasses mailed from Hattiesburg to the correct Pvt Ishikawa after postal clerks found 14 Ishikawas in ten companies. The misdirection could have hit Nak m ura or Tanaka groups, with many sharing common first names like Takashi and Thomas.
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Camp Shelby
Miss. UP
Hattiesburg
Optician
Ishikawa
Nakamura
Tanaka
Takashi
Thomas
Yanks Keep Post Offices Busy
Army post office headquarters with American Fifth Army shows heavy mail flow. Officers and 14 enlisted men processed 1,340 postal money orders totaling over 106000 in one day, a new record for their size. Money orders average over 250000 monthly. handling 50 to 60 mail sacks daily and selling 2000 air mail stamped envelopes daily for a month.
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Fifth Army
Army Post Office
Johnny Yank
Army
Apos
Bombing of Hamburg Reported Fatal and Devastating
Stockholm reports that Allied bombing of Hamburg destroyed 11 of the citys forty districts and killed at least 50000 people. Hamburgs Tageblatt editor calls the city partly alive and describes the bombardments as terriffic beyond any in world history, noting the population remains unshaken.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Hamburg
Hamburger Tageblatt
Berlin
Time and Place For Everything Chattanooga Billboard Incident
A Chattanooga outdoor billboard owner, F A Maxwell, faced vandalism when children threw mud at pictures of Hitler Mussolini and Hirohito in an advertisement. He responded by painting a taunt inviting the boys to continue, and they did.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
F A. Maxwell
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Okey
Local News Notes of Returned Visitors and Appointments
Salem Miss Frances Perrin returns from Troy after visiting Miss Mildred Hayner. Prof and Mrs Kenneth Streeter come back from Maine after several days away. Mrs Leo Derkowski of Albany visits her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Reilly. Paul Hiehborn returns to Boston after visiting his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Frank Wurm. Sgt Harry Gillette of U S Coast Artillery on furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Everett Gillette. Alba Gillis U S Army Air Corps son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Gillis earns air medal with twenty raids over enemy territory. Lieut Allen Orton son of Dr and Mrs Zenas V D Orton, stationed at Stewart Field West Point, to attend Army Air Forces School in Orlando Fla. He left for his new post Tuesday.
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Frances Perrin
Troy
Mildred Hayner
Kenneth Streeter
Maine
Leo Derkowski
Albany
Charles Reilly
Paul Hiehborn
Boston
Frank Wurm
Harry Gillette
U. S. Coast Artillery
Cape May
N. J
Army Air Forces School
Orlando
Fla
Lake area visitors and summer cottages tied to families
Shushan Mrs. Bert McDougal of Lake Worth Florida guests of cousins. Liston Rich Howard Green and Anita Green of Troy stay in a Lake Lauderdale cottage this week. Corp William Hakala of Barton Air Base Florida on furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs David Kakala of Jackson. Mrs Kittie Mindenann of Milwaukee Wisconsin visits son-in-law Sumner Lind family two weeks. Ella Scott and sister Mrs Harry Thomas of Rochester are guests of nephew Harold Scott and family at Lake St Catherine Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Joseph Costello and son Robert and others from Brooklyn vacation with Postmaster and Mrs Prindle.
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Bert McDougal
Lake Worth
Fila
Liston Rich
Howard Green
Anita Green
Troy
Lake Lauderdale
Corp
William Hakala
Barton Air Base
Florida
David Kakala
Jackson
Kittie Mindenann
Milwaukee
Wis
Sumner Lind
Ella Scott
Harry Thomas
Rochester
Harold Scott
Lake St. Catherine
Joseph Costello
Robert
Thomas Costello
Marion Costello
Brooklyn
Prindle
Food Guide Given Troops In Pacific
Americans at home eat fresh Victory Garden produce while troops in the Pacific learn to harvest edible weeds and roots. Dr. E. D. Merrill of Harvard wrote Emergency and Poisonous Plants of the Islands of the Pacific, a War Department manual detailing edible and poisonous native plants with English and Latin names and 113 pen and ink illustrations. Foraging men must consult the handbook to know which parts are safe to eat and in what way.
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Washington
Pacific
E. D. Merrll
Harvard University
War Department
Pacific Islands
Poisonous Plants and Edible Alternatives on Pacific Islands
A reader notes a mix of toxic and edible plant parts on Pacific islands. Fleshy roots and leaves like elephant ear can be eaten when processed, while only a few plants are poisonous including castor bean. Palm trees and tree ferns yield edible cabbages, and native foods include peanuts, lima beans, and small tomatoes.
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South Pacific
Pacific Islands
Seven Army Flyers Die in Crash Near Walla Walla
Seven crewmen aboard two four engine bombers from Walla Walla Army Air Base died in a crash near Walla Walla Washington and another near Happner Oregon. In Paterson Washington three men parachuted to safety with only minor injuries. The Happner bomber burned. Base officials issued the report.
Townsend Club to Meet With District Attorney Speaker
Thomas J. McGinis announces Townsend Club No. 2 meeting in W. Georgia tomorrow at 3 pm with Earl J. Wiley, district attorney, as principal speaker. Lake Okeechobee, Florida, noted as the second largest lake entirely within the United States.
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Foster and Adams Open
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