National Newspaper Week Plans Highlight Free World News
John B. Long, general manager of Californa Free Press Torch of World, chairs National Newspaper Week with theme praising full and uncensored coverage of UNCIO and Poland. He contrasts with Potsdam blackout and calls for free exchange of news as part of peace agreements. The piece notes war correspondents and home front efforts, from War Bond ads to morale drives.
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Cisco Uncio World
United Senate
John B. Long
Californa
World Long
National
Cranston Winsma
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Doyle L. Buckles
Alaama Press Association
Vernon T. Sanford
Oklahoma Press Association
Hutchinson
New Jersey 'S Association
Walter C. Johnson
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
UNCIO
San Francisco
State Department
Senate of the
United States
Congress
California
Long
Arthur Vandenburg
Michigan
Grew
Poland
Vandenberg
America
Special Services At Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mount Carmel Baptist will be open all day today and hold special services this evening at eight o clock. The public is invited to attend.
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Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel Baptist
ePublic
Millions Celebrate Victory Across the Nation
The west coast led jubilant celebrations as crowds in San Francisco and Times Square cheered the end of the war. Emblems of the Axis powers were destroyed and Japanese Americans joined in the revelry as 2,000,000 people packed Times Square amid ticker tape snow and fireworks.
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San Ncisco
Hirohito
Hitler
Mussolini
Times Square
Ration Calendar Details for Meats Fats and Shoes
The notice lists book and stamp group validity dates for red stamps G2 to U2 through August to November and blue stamps Y2 Z2 through Aug 31 to Sept 30. It covers sugar Book four five pounds through Aug 31 and next stamp Sept 1. It notes Shoes Book three stamps valid indefinitely with certain coupon limits and mentions OPA plans.
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Associated Press
OPA
Services Marking War's End Planned At Boyce Church
Church schedules prayer and thanksgiving services at Boyce Methodist Church this evening at 8. The church remains open for meditation all week. Sunday at 11 a.m. Holy Communion will be administered. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Boyce Church
Boyce Methodist Church
Special Thanksgiving Service At First Baptist Church Tonight
Special thanksgiving services at First Baptist Church in this city this evening at 7 15 will run until 8 00. The public is invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
1St Baptist Church
Revival to Open at Burnt Factory Church
A revival meeting opens at Burnt Factory Church Monday August 20 at 8 30 PM and runs through Friday August 24 with a closing service Sunday August 26 at 8 PM The Rev F T Fulcher will preach each evening The public is invited to attend and fellowship.
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Burnt Factory Church
F. T. Fulcher
Taylor Elliot Buried at Covington
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Covington Virginia for the late Taylor Elliot who died of a heart attack in Rockingham Memorial Hospital Monday August 13 at 9 30 o clock. He was 74 years of age. The deceased was the oldest brother of Mrs. W M Thomas of the city. She and her son Fred accompanied by Mr and Mrs Douglas Barnett will attend the services from this city.
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Covington
Taylor Elliot
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
W. M. Thomas
Fred
Douglas Barnett
Roosevelt's Grave Without Visitors
Roosevelt's gravesite in Hyde Park, New York, stood in quiet as a lone sentry marked the moment of victory. Nearby, villagers remembered their wartime leader, with Supervisor Elmer Van Wagener noting happiness the war is over but regret Roosevelt did not live to share the celebration.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson Valley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elmer van Wagener
Roosevelt
Truman orders postwar reconversion amid surrender talks
President Truman directs demobilization and reconversion after Japan's surrender. Allied leaders halt hostilities as MacArthur moves to arrange surrender terms. U S Navy reports cruiser Indianapolis sunk with 833 lost. Draft inductions drop to 50 000 monthly while younger personnel join occupation forces.
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Ers
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Truman
MacArthur
Manila
U. S
Navy
Indianapolis
Communists Press in China North of Yellow River
Unconfirmed reports from Chungking say Chinese Communists aim to seize key cities north of the Yellow River including Peiping Tientsin and Tsing- Oo with Shanghai and Nanking seen as vulnerable while Shanghai held by underground forces and Sixth Army veterans prepared to move to the city.
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Chungking
China
Yellow River
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsing- Oo
Hsuchow
Pulaw
Lungha
Hankow
Shanghai
South China
Sixth Army
Burma
Yenan
Chu Teh
Chiang
18Th Army Group
Suiyuan
Charhar
Je‘hol
Linching
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yard Party At Friendly Grove Community Hall
A yard party will be held at Friendly Grove Community Hall on Wednesday August 15 at 8 oclock. Sponsored by the Friendly Grove 4 H Club. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
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Friendly Grove Community Hall
Friendly Grove
4-H Club
Local Market Prices and Commodities Report
Daily market listing showing prices for sacks, bags and cwt weights across patent brand and feed products. Includes Wheat, Corn, Corn Meal, dairy feeds, mash formulas, poultry, turkey, and livestock prices such as steers, heifers, cows, lambs, hogs and pigs with per hundredweight or per head figures.
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Eailen
Odeeee
Pesterdey
Miss Truman Expresses Thrill Over Surrender News
Margaret Truman, 21, daughter of the President, telephoned her Washington parents from Independence after hearing the surrender news by radio. She said she was thrilled to death and spent the evening quietly at home with her grandmother Mrs. G. W. Wallace.
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Independence
Margaret Truman
Washington
White House
Margaret
G. W. Wallace
What does the Marine Corps do summary
The Marine Corps is the land fighting branch of the Navy, an independent service for admin purposes. It maintains a mobile force for shore operations, guards American interests abroad, protects navy yards and bases, and has marine detachments aboard ships. Boot camp lasts 8 to 12 weeks. advanced training follows basic training. Under the Selective Service Act those under 19 receive six months of training before combat duty.
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Marine Corps
Bez
Navy
Corps
Marine Corps Headquarters
Short Patent Brann Feed Prices and Varieties Listed
Prices for various bag weights and feed types appear, including 10 lb and 25 lb bags with per hundredweight and per barrel rates, plus notes on corn meal cracked corn ground corn starter and grower blends, egg mash and bran. Butter creamery is listed with a price.
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Secesee
Local Graded Egg Market Report listing prices
Market notes show local graded egg prices for large extra white and brown eggs with grade A medium and other grades. Prices listed include 41 39 36 and related grade designations for whites and browns.
72nd Annual Church Meeting at Front Royal
The 72nd annual session of the 2nd Ketocton Association colored Old School Baptist Church opens three day meeting at Second Bethlehem Baptist Church Front Royal on Friday Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. Sessions continue Sept. 25 26 at the Mil ler Mountain View estate north field with entrance on 6 street. Elder Andrew T. Flurry of Washington VA is host pastor with ministers A L Cooper E R Terrell F J Alston J A Armstrong Isaac Goos dall and others from Elm City Millwood Front Royal and Alexandria as attendees.
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2Nd Ketocton Asociation
Old School Baptist Church
Second Bethlehem Baptist Church
Front Royal
Miller “Mountain View
Andrew T. Flurry
Washington, Va
Second Bethlehem Church
A. L. Cooper
Virgilina
E. R. Terrell
F. J. Alston
J. A. Armstrong
Elm City
N. C
Smith W. W. Timbers
R. L. Fletcher
James Bailey
Herndon
W. H. Thomas
Alexandria
Isaac Goosdall
Willie Williams
Millwood
C. D. Robinson
May Register Properties Friday Extend Registration Deadline
Rent control officials announced an extension for late rental unit registrations due to the surrender holiday. Helpers for property owners will be at City Hall Courtroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 17 to assist with registrations.
Meets His Former Carrier In France
In Compiegne area France Technician John F Hoover says he recently saw Ralph Bussiere formerly of this city and a former carrier for the Washington Post in Hoover s section. Bussiere 18 is a member of the Seventeenth Airborne Infantry.
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Compiegne
France
Luxembourg
Germany
John F. Hoover
Ralph Bussiere
Poy
Hoover
Washington Post
Busiere
Seventeenth Airborne Infantry
Home Coming Week at St. Luke Church Parryville
Rev. E. T. Johnson announces a week of events at St. Luke Church Parryville with a rummage sale social at Ruth Paige's home, lawn party at Carter Dixon's, a hay ride from Berryville to Boyce, and special services featuring Heavenly Gospel Four of Washington and rallying group reports.
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E. T. Johnson
St. Luke Church
Parryville
Ruth Paige
Carter Dixon
U and I Club
Berryville
Boyce
St. Luke
Heavenly Gospel Four of
Washington
To Bury Mr. Glass In Berryville
Funeral services for George Baker Glass, retired Clarke County farmer, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from the Villerian Church with R. K. McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville. Pallbearers include Carlton Lindsey, R. A. Grubbs, Grover Carter, Thomas Jones, Edward Berlin, M. W. Jones Jr. Honorary pallbearers are Fred Morris, Dr. A. P. Osborne, George Morgan, William Moore, Morris, and Alfred Bradford.
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George Baker Glass
Clarke County
Villerian Church
Winchester Workers Return to 8 A. M. Friday
Winchester and Clarke County observe a holiday with many offices closed A two day holiday was announced at Clearbrook Woolen Company while Winchester Knitting Mill resumes tomorrow The National Fruit Product Company and P W Plumley Company also close The Yellow Cab and Newlin Taxi services suspend operations Accidents reported in county include a two vehicle collision near Serryville Pike and another rear end crash on Gainesboro Pike with no injuries
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Nounced
O'Sullivan
Clearbrook Woolen Company
Winchester Knitting Mill
Irow
Ralph Pifer
Winchester
National Fruit Product Company
P. W. Plumley Company
Rationing Board
Yellow Cab
Newlin Taxi
Clarke
Clarke County
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick
Robert L. Culler
Highland Avenue
Serryville Pike
Vacation Church School at E Rest Church
The Vacation Church School at E Rest Church chided Sunday with an graduation service where 37 children received certificates. Rev. Emory Ellmore and Rev. Wilson Sneed led the program with Miss Wilma Schlack and Miss Afsha Clark on the faculty.
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Wilson Sneed
Emory Ellmore
Shéed
Wilma Schlack
Afsha Clark
Ellmore
White Hall Methodist Church
Sneed
Auto Collision On Route 522 Near Double Toll Gate
Collision on Sunday evening about 6 near Double Toll Gate Route 622 involved Alvin Hooke of Opequon in a 1936 Chevrolet sedan and Ernest L. Whitmire of Winchester in a 1939 Chevrolet. Damage estimated at $100 to Whitmire and $35 to Hooke. Hooke fined $106 plus costs for operating under the influence in Warren County.
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Double Toll Gate
Alvin Hooke
Opequon
Ernest L. Whitmire
Winchester
Thomas J. Starrett
Whitmire
Hooke
Warren County
America Faces Greatest Task on Market Supply
The article notes the country must boost production, aiming for at least 600,000 automobiles to be produced for the rest of the year, a higher target than the initial estimate of 250,000. It predicts no immediate food shortage, with shortages to be resolved gradually.
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America
Answers to the Daily Quiz print page
Correct responses listed for the Page 4 quiz include Fir and pine trees as Q1, a weekly wage of thirty dollars for Q2, July 14 for Q3, 45.00 tons for Q5, True for Q6, California for Q7, False citing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Treasury Dept for Q8, Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo for Q9, and heat application to destroy bacteria in milk for Q10.
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California
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Dept
Carlos Romulo
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Thiel
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The
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Miss Truman
Dr. Bundesen
Mr. Glass
Gainesboro Pike
Sunnyside
Robert C. McKee
East Piccadilly Street
Harvey Hawkins
County
Margaret Hawkins
Rest Vacation Church School
Celotex Corporation
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron ST
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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Morton Downey
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