Memorial Rites Held At Old Stone Church
Annual reunion at the Old Stone Church near Green Spring honors pioneer Lutheran roots. Rev. F L Roof of Stephens City delivers sermon on Blessed Families from Genesis 28 14. Service follows a noon basket luncheon with hymns and readings.
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Greenspring
F. L. Roof
Stephens City
Trinity Lutheran Church
L. O. Shirley
United Brethren Church
Roof
Twg
Christ
T. Christ
Sempeles Car Badly Wrecked On Route 50
Miss Florence Jones sister of Mrs John Sempeles sustained a broken arm and Mr and Mrs Sempeles and Mr and Mrs Thomas Kontos received minor cuts and bruises when Mr Sempeles car left the road near Middleburg and struck a fence while returning from Washington. They were taken to Winchester by Leesburg ambulance and treated at hospital with all feeling much better today.
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Florence Jones
John Sempeles
Sempeles
Winchester
Leesburg
Dallas Bank Opens Public Viewing of 431-Foot Tower Construction
About 20 000 foremen and guests tour the site as the Dallas Mercantile National Bank builds a 30 story tower. A 50 foot grand stand plus 26 foot addition, a counter for visitor totals, and a photo contest with a $100 prize accompany the project.
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Hugh Williamson
Dallas
Dalas
R. L. Thornton
Ercantile National Bank
Texas Sumer Sun
Stuart Mut
Plans Expected In Near Future For Boyce High School
Supt. Archie F Robertson of Berryville said plans for the new Boyce high school are expected from Richmond next week. A letter from the State architect in Richmond said the documents would be forwarded soon after August 15.
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Berryville
Archie F. Robertson
Boyce
Richmond
Bader May Receive New Metal Legs
London reports RAF wing commander Douglas Bader, shot down over German territory, may receive a new set of artificial legs from London via a Red Cross offer. The legs he wore were said to be broken when he went down.
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London
Douglas R. Bader
International Red Cross
English Channel
Bader
Canners see higher prices due to Army Navy demand
Army and Navy demand for canned apples and apple sauce could push prices up this season. A 1941 pack share is estimated at 141 312 cases of apples and 68 502 cases of applesauce for the Army and 53 010 for applesauce for the Navy. Invitations to bid will go out in August with simplified contracting rules.
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Army
Navy
Winchester
England
Office of Production Management
Division of Purchases
Army and Navy
Central
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
Division of
Armed Services
Synthetic Plants For Rubber Are Being Considered
Washington reports Leon Henderson told the House Banking Committee the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may allocate a considerable sum for synthetic rubber plants. He said allocations would go to companies owning different rubber processes while testifying on the price control bill. He added no plan to curb stock market speculation or interest rates was contemplated.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henderson
Office of Prices Administration
House Banking Committee
Patman
D-Tex
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Market Quotation Roundup
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets show mixed results with cattle and calves mostly steady to higher in Baltimore. Hog prices remained steady with a few weight classes up slightly, while spring lambs weakened modestly and ewes and wethers held near prior levels.
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Baltimore
Truckersey
Baltimore Livestock
U. 8
Dept. Agri
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U. S
Washington
Private Wood Promoted to Second Lieutenant at Fort Belvoir
Private Richard J. Wood, 26, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Wood of Bluefield West Virginia, became a second lieutenant in the Army signal corps at Fort Belvoir. Inducted June 23 at Camp Lee, he completed seven weeks of engineer training with Company A Second Battalion after transfer to Fort Belvoir on June 29. A graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute with an electrical engineering degree, he had ROTC training and previously worked for Appalachian Electric Power Company in Pulaski Virginia.
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Fort Belvoir
Richard J. Wood
Army Signal Corps
A. D. Wood
Bluefield
W. Va
Camp Lee
Wood
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Ala
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Pulaski
Miller School P T A Plans Tuesday Meeting
The Miller County School Parent Teachers Association announces a meeting Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the school. All teachers and patrons are urged to attend.
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Parent- Teachers Association of
Miller County School
Moderate trade as stocks hold gains amid cautious buyers
New York August 16. Market showed uneven recovery with limited volume about 100000 shares. Investors parked cash awaiting Roosevelt Churchill conference outcomes and any wider implications of the 8 point policy statement.
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New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
al Chem
Ane Mae
Special Funds For Tanks And Other Ordinance
Washington reports Secretary of War Stimson called tank and ordnance production essential for national security. A joint Senate House committee agreed to provide a 75 million dollar special fund, restoring part of a 1.347 billion defense package while stripping a 1 million civilian police fund and cutting ship facilities at New Orleans to 8 million and Norfolk warehouse to 0.8 million.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate
House
Adams
D-Cole
New Orleans
Norfolk, A
Partly Encircled Phrase Used by Germans
New York August 16 German radio referred to fighting in the southern front as partly encircled Soviet units and noted heavy attacks on retreating Soviet forces along the front. The broadcast claimed 15 ferries across the Dnieper River were destroyed by German artillery.
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New York
Ukraine
CBS
Berlin
Odessa
Nikolaev
Dnieper River
Wilde lecture in Washington on The English Renaissance
Oscar Wilde spoke in Washington D C on September 23 1882 for Co G M A on the subject The English Renaissance delivery noted as a lecture in the 1880s era.
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Oscar Wilde
Washington, D. C
Washington
Dives In Quarry But Brings Bomber Home
A weary pilot relates a daring low level escape during a raid on power plants near Cologne. He dived into a sandstone quarry to avoid flak, damaged a propeller, skimmed a church spire and struck a telegraph post, then belly landed with a disabled undercarriage while tending a wounded rear gunner.
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London
Cologne
Yester
Germany
Holland
Knapsack
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed on Page Four
The page lists ten quiz answers. Items include True for question one and Twenty two for question two, Mortician for question three, Pennsylvania for question four, Harrison for question five, False for question six, Jonathan for question seven, Arrows for question eight, 1932 for question nine, and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo for question ten.
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True
Mortician
Pennsylvania
Harrison
False
Jonathan
Arrows
Victor Hugo
Army bars civilians as fifth columnists in war games
The War Department forbids enlisting civilians in unauthorized fifth column actions for the simulated border incidents in Arkansas and Louisiana exercises. Officials say the plan would disrupt realism and military jurisdiction, risking civilian disputes and false arrest suits.
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Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
War Department
Washington
Ben Lear
Second Army
Walter Krueger
Third Army
Army
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F. L
Bruceman
John Smith
Leslie Shirley
Julian Larrick
Association
W. H. Crim
Harley Bailey
U.S. Fries
Treaster
Oak Grove Park
Pappy
Glaize
Thomas
Credit Jewelers
N. Loudoun
Dallas Bank
Chapman Motor CO
Farm Bur
Greenway U. B. Church
Rees
Shenandoah
Stock Market Report
AT & T
Anaconda
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con Edison
Elec
Genl Motors
Goodyear
Int Har
J Manville
Kennecott
M Ward
Nail Dairy
NYC
Packard
Penn RR
Republic Steel
Sears & Roebuck
Southern R
Soof NJ
Texas Corp
Union Pac
US Steel
Western Union
Woolworth
Nstores Co. Inc
Pale
Royal Air Force
Funeral Home
Y Owe Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
Stokol
Ees Hessar Ook
Mervel W. Adams
Piccadilly St
Servici
Bourquin
Northern
Virginia
Pine Motor CO
Braddock & Cecil Sts
DODGE
Orb Care
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
N. Y
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