Stranded American Fliers Escaped Nazis Via Underground Helpers
Three U S airmen survived a damaged Liberator crash in occupied Europe and hid with underground aid for a week in rural areas. They shared civilian clothes, poker games, meals, and cautious tours as German patrols loomed, aided by locals who risked their lives. Two other airmen were killed. two more reached Sweden after a 9 hour voyage from Bornholm.
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Bornholm
Market Quotations Stock Report Highlights Mixed Opening
New York April 19 The market showed a tentative rebound after a poor start but overall remained unsteady following yesterday's heavy selling. Rails cut losses to post small advances while major industrials drifted down. Investors avoided new commitments as invasion jitters eased.
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Glen Alden
Prayer Service Tonight at Grace Lutheran Church
The Rev. E. B. Smith of Gravel Springs parish will lead the regular mid-week prayer service at 7 30 this evening in Grace Lutheran Church and will deliver an address. Everyone is cordially invited.
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Gravel Springs
Grace Lutheran Church
Fruit Growers Meet To Discuss Harvest Aids
Orchardists gather for a third monthly meeting to plan camps for harvest, with A H Teske and W S Campfield speaking on productive problems and society activities. Growers urged to bring up issues to advance the fruit industry. Letgeo of fruit, Mr Stine said.
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VPI
W. S. Campfield
Virginia State Horticulture Society
Fruit Growers Association
Letgeo
Stine
Livestock And Produce Markets At Baltimore And Chicago
Market activity shows steady to slightly lower prices across cattle hogs and sheep with receipts moderate. Slaughter steers and vealers hold steady while hogs 200-270 pounds fetch 13.75 to 14.30 and sows 12.50 to 12.85. Chicago reports steady to slow trade with hogs 200-270 pounds at 13.75-13.85 and cattle 12.00-17.00 for various grades.
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Slaughter lamb bids drift lower as western woolled lambs scarce
Sheep buyers show slow bidding with prices about 25 lower on slaughter lambs. Best early bid lands at 16.15, with asks steady around 16.25 to 16.50 for most good and choice fed wooled western lambs. Overall sheep supply remains very scarce.
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Galable
Detroit Expects Labor Surplus After War
Washington reports that unemployment may rise in Detroit before year end as the automobile industry plans partial or complete demobilization. Nine prewar car makers, urged by the War Production Board, will draft a single reconversion plan as job cuts loom from war-ending Germany or Japan.
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Japan
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Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Grain futures slip at opening led by rye declines
Chicago grain quotations show futures down at the open with rye leading losses. Wheat May at 1.73 3 8, July 1.68 1 2, Sept 1.66 1 8. oats May 82, July 78 1 8, Sept 73 3 4. Rye May 1.29 to 1.28 7 8, July 1.27 to 1.26 7 8.
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Wingfield Brothers Abroad in World War II Service
News of our men reports Pfc John Wingfield a machine gunner arrived safely somewhere in the South Pacific and seeking mail through his parents Mr and Mrs D P Wingfield 18 W Gerrard St. He joined in November 1942. His brother Pfc Kirthwood Wingfield enlisted December 1942 and serves in the infantry at Camp White Oregon after working for Virginia Coal Company.
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Kirthwood Wingfield
D. P. Wingfield
W. Gerrard St. John
South Pacific
Kirthwood
Camp White
Oregon
Virginia Colon Company
Infantry
MacArthur Stands On Scotch Wins WCTU Applause
EVANSTON IL April 19 General Douglas MacArthur refused Maj Richard Bong a case of Scotch whiskey as a reward for shooting down 27 enemy planes. WCTU president Ida B Wise Smith called the ruling a moral leadership moment praising Bong for total abstinence and noting Rickenbackers whiskey gift was declined in favor of soft drinks.
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Richard S. Bong
America
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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Ida B. Wise Smith
WCTU
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Local Sports Highlight Featured In Evening Star Daily
The Evening Star Daily highlights regional sports coverage with updates on teams and players. Local athletes and game results are summarized in a compact sports brief for readers.
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Evening Star
Bishop inducted by York prelate in Washington ceremony
Dr Angus Dun 51-year-old dean of the Episcopal Theological School at Harvard was consecrated as the fourth bishop of Washington. The rite, held in the national cathedral on Mount St. Alban, was led by Archbishop Cyril Garbett of York and eight bishops.
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Yale area bishop consecration marks new diocesan era
The article notes the consecration of a new American bishop, first since 1871, with a three hour ritual. Bishop Dan becomes leader of 30,000 communicants in the region including Columbia and surrounding counties, succeeding Bishop James E. Freeman who died last summer.
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Dan
U of Columbia
James E. Preeman
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