Market Quotations New York August 17
Peace favored stocks recovered as investors discount a European Allied victory. Buyers reinvested idle cash amid reconversion fears, while gains varied. Notable movers included American Radiator United States Steel Santa Fe Southern Pacific Chrysler General Motors. Calvin B. Foster AWOL case noted as Romney police hold him for authorities.
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Southern Pacific
U. S. Rubber
Chrysler
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda
Oliver Farm
Eastman Kodak
Westinghouse
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report August 17
Livestock prices and market activity listed for Baltimore and Chicago. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves show varied shifts with steady or unchanged prices for many classes. notable figures include top fat steers around 16.00 in Baltimore, hogs 14.75 to 15.30, and lambs up to 15.25.
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WFA
Office of Distribution
Chicago
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Local Markets Note on Daily Market Listings
The Star notes that local markets listed are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in the publication. The notice urges readers to verify figures and details independently.
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Six Additional Paralysis Cases Reported Statewide
Six new poliomyelitis cases were reported today increasing the state total since June 1 to 250. Cases included a 10 month old white boy and a six year old white girl in Dickenson county, a 16 year old white boy in Charlotte county, a second Page county case, and two negro boys aged 5 and 12 in Lynchburg. Waynesboro buried its first poliomyelitis death, and Lynchburg reported its third death, a five year old boy Roger Walker.
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Waynesboro
Colleen Burnet
Richard LeRoy Burnet
Hoy
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Lynchburg General Hospital
Chosen To Head Church Group
Mrs J T Prve of Wardensville Virginia was reelected president of the Women's Missionary Convention of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia Other officers chosen include Mrs A W Bischoff Richmond vice president Miss Ophelia Printz Luray recording secretary Mrs Chester Roanoke statistical secretary and Miss Vivian Cronk Salem treasurer
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Women's Missionary Convention
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A. W. Bischoff
Richmond
Ophelia Printz
Luray
Chester
Roanoke
Vivian Cronk
Salem
Invasion War Bond Drive Urges Continued Support
Soldiers march on the home front as officials urge continued Buy War Bonds campaigns to sustain wartime financing. Citizens are asked to contribute at local banks and post offices, ensuring resources for military operations and national defense.
Bombers From Three Theaters Strike Nipponese Forces
Allied air power from three combat theaters joined in strikes on enemy islands around the Philippines and in the Pacific. Raids hit Truk Atoll and Ponape in the Carolines, Wotje Maloelap and Mili in the Marshalls, and Pasa Island, with Chinese based planes targeting the Pescadores and Takao harbor. In Halmahera and Davao areas, ships and coastal facilities were damaged or sunk, while Saipan to China operations continued and Biak area fatalities rose to about 4,500.
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Wotje
Maloela
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Pescadores Islands
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China Coast
Mako Naval Base
Takao Harbor
Davao
Halmahera
Boeroe Island
Halmahra
Truk
Marianas
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Saipan
New China
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Allies Plan New War Moves With Roosevelt Churchill Talks
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, meeting as Allies, discuss future war plans while noting Germany’s potential collapse and stressing Japan isolation. Roosevelt argues to extend Pacific defenses and prevent any footholds in the Americas as postwar unemployment programs are studied.
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Wash
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Washington
Trial Justice Court Dismisses DUI Case in Marlboro
Case disposed by Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards with defendant Manuel Mello of Marlboro Virginia for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Verdict includes a $100 fine and court costs, with thirty days suspended.
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W. Erle Edwards
Manuel Mello
Marlboro
President Roosevelt’s nationwide trip ends in Seattle
The presidential party traveled July 13 to July 20 visiting 21 states from Hyde Park to Chicago Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona San Diego Pearl Harbor and Bremerton. Fateful events included Roosevelt’s Democratic National Convention acceptance and early war meetings with Nimitz MacArthur.
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Russian Army At Frontiers Presses German Defenses
Moscow reports position on the entire front favors the Soviets with plans for a drive to crush the Nazis in the center. Soviet bulletin claims heavy German losses including 118 tanks destroyed in the last 24 hours as they push northeastern Warsaw and toward Lake Pskov and the Baltic.
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