World War II Memoirs Dominate Postwar Reading Tug
HAL BOYLE notes postwar readers favor memoirs and battle stories. Top titles include Churchill’s The Gathering Storm and The Stilwell Papers. Ernie Pyle’s dispatches and All Quiet on the Western Front shape war literature, with Gettysburg rivaling Bastogne in lasting library appeal.
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Absins
Mama Eaten
Churchill
Winton Churchill
Stilwell
Vinegar Joe
Cordell Hull
Henry L., Stimson
George Patton
Ike
Stephen Crane
Erich Maria Remarque
Ernie Pyle
Mister Roberts
Gettysburg
Bastogne
Dennis Sees Crisis Developing in Two Party System
New York August 4 The general secretary of the Communist party in America says the rise of the Progressive party signals a developing crisis within monopoly's two party system. Eugene Dennis told the party's national convention the Communists will wage a campaign in support of Presidential Candidate Henry A Wallace and the Progressive party. He added the Communists will run a limited number of their own candidates, though they do not seek to take over the Progressive party.
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New York
Communist Party In America
New Progressive Party
Eugene Dennis
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Dennis
Comunist Party
Wallace Progressives
Glass to Speak At Homecoming of Rock Enon Church
W. W. Glass former Winchester mayor and local historian will speak at Rock Enon Christian church homecoming. He will give a historical sketch of Rock Enon Springs and the church. The program features music, recitations, and a round table discussion. Services begin 10 a.m. with Bible school. worship and communion at 11 a.m. Basket lunches will be served at noon.
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W. W. Glass
Rock Enon
Lightning can strike same spot many times say experts
An expert explains that lightning can strike a single location repeatedly, even 10 100 or 1000 times, unless the object struck is destroyed. The claim that it never happens is false.
Sgt Lohr Reburial Set for Saturday
Reinterment services for Sgt. Banks Lohr of Mt. Pleasant Pa. will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday from the Zimmarman funeral home in Mt. Pleasant. Lohr 22, was killed in action in Germany on March 13 1945. He is survived by his mother Mrs C J Nicklaus two sisters Mrs Grace Barr Tyrone Pa and Mrs Maxine Foster Stephens City and a brother William Lohr of R1 Winchester. He was a Stephens City High School graduate.
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Sgt
Banks Lohr
C. J. Nicklaus
Berryville Ave
William Lohr
Mt. Pleasant
Zimmerman
Pennsylvania City
Lohr
Germany
R. 1
Winchester
Maxine Foster
R. 2
Stephens City
Grace Barr
Tyrone
Stephens City High School
Piped Radiant Heat Used in Brooder Houses Expanding
URG August 4 report notes radiant heat as a growing method in poultry brooders with 2000 or more houses adopting it. Harry Moore of Virginia Tech cites benefits such as reduced litter and disease risks, uniform temperatures, and labor savings, while acknowledging ventilation and warm room cooling challenges. Several installations exist near Harrisonburg and Roanoke.
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Harry Moore
Virginia Tech Poultry Department
Moore
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
What does JANGO stand for
JANGO stands for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization. Jan goes. The teen age daughters of armed forces officers helped in war work in the national capital. A popular activity is junior nurses aide work. There is a Tulsa Oklahoma branch.
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N.N. A
Army
Navy Guild Organization
Tulsa
Okla
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