Maritime Commission to Acquire 90 Percent of Dollar Line Stock
The Maritime Commission announced an agreement with Dollar Steamship Lines of San Francisco to obtain 90 percent of the company's voting stock. It expects to keep operations under company control and ensure uninterrupted service and employment for offshore and onshore personnel.
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Washington
The
Maritime Commission
Dollar Steamship Lines of
San Francisco
Commission
Soldiers Leave Training Ground for Virginia Move
Long columns of trucks guns and men rolled southward from the Pennsylvania Military Reservation in the Blue Mountains toward Virginia. The 111th Field Artillery left its training area this morning, with the 54th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters and the 110th Regiment scheduled to depart for Maryland tomorrow.
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Gap
Virginia
One Hundredth
Eleventh Field Artillery
Pennsylvania
Blue Mountains
Fifty-Fourth Field Artillery Brigade
Maryand
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock
Market reports detail mixed prices for poultry eggs and butter in Baltimore and Philadelphia and steady hogs cattle calves and sheep in Chicago. Quotations include ranges for steers heifers cows hogs lambs and miscellaneous items with station totals and per hundred weights.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Local Markets Report From The Star
Local wholesale market listings show prices for flour and bran, with 12 and 24 pound bags. Prices vary by bag size and weight, including patent brands and corn products, reflecting daily market conditions.
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Star
Stock Market Rally Fueled By Rail and Steel Shares
New York lists show a late rally as rails, steels, motors, and related issues lead gains. Trading momentum shifts with hopes of a federal railroad announcement and European news boosting sentiment. notable movers include Santa Fe, U S Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Goodyear, and Westinghouse with several declines seen in American Tobacco and National Dairy.
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New York
Association of American Railroads
Washington
Wall Street
Europe
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Great Northern
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse
Johns Manville
Western Union
Anaconda
Kennecott
Allis Chalmers
General
Grain futures rise as corn and wheat edge higher
Chicago futures show wheat and corn up 1 cent or more amid talk of possible changes in ocean freight rates boosting exports. Closing prices see wheat around 64 1 2 to 66 1 2, corn 53 1 8 to 51, oats up 1 4 to 1 2, with soybeans and rye also moving. Cash grain bids in Chicago and Baltimore futures quotes reflect varied grain values and delivery terms.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Annual Picnic of Burnt Church Sunday School
More than 150 members and friends of the Burnt Church Presbyterian Sunday School near Albin attended the annual picnic in Wright's woods yesterday. Bryan Stotler led the program and P H Gold supervised many activities. Children played games while softball was organized for adults. supper came at about 6 o'clock.
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Presbyterian Burnt Church
Albin
Wright’s Woods
Bryan Stotler
P. H. Gold
Senate panel probes Pennsylvania campaign expenditures
Washington reports that the senate campaign expenditures committee will investigate more than half a million dollars spent by competing Democratic factions in the May 17 Pennsylvania primary. The panel cites difficulty separating Earle ticket costs from Earle’s candidacy and reviews Georgia assistance to Camp supporters amid federal officeholder neutrality rules.
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Washington
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Earle-Jones
Earle
W. L. Miller
S. Davis Wilson
Thomas Kennedy
Georgia
Irish and Scots Battle Arabians in Holy Land Clash
In the Sharon and Acre fronts British forces the Irish Guards and the Black Watch clashed with an Arab guerrilla band. Two days of fighting left about 65 dead and hundreds wounded on all sides with five British soldiers killed and thirteen wounded. A Flying Officer and an RFC airman died when a plane crashed near the battle zone.
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Jerusalem
Britain
Acre
Sharon
Kalkilyeh
Irish Guards
Black Watch
Royal Flying Corps
Acrebate
Allen Horse Is Champion (Continued from Page 1)
The results list multiple classes at the Clarke County hunter show. Top horses include Clifton's Diana owned by Dr. L. M. Allen of Winchester and Hunter's Choice owned by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh of Berryville. additional placements cover Best Pony and Pony Jump with Queen of Sheba and Star Girl earning multiple firsts.
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U. S. Randle
Fairfax
Clifton
Chatelaine
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Jane
Ben Diablo
John Hay Whitney
Upperville
Hunter's Choice
George P. Greenhalgh
Berryville
Sport Marvel
David L. Belding
Anacostia
D. C
Stanley Green
U. Leesburg
Clarke County
Diana
Hunter
E. L. Redman
Middleburg
Randle
U. S
Ray
Shoemaker
Harrisburg
O Neal urges parity for farmers at federation picnic
Edward A. O Neal president of the Farm Bureau Federation called on labor and industry to back parity for farmers with other groups. He urged coordinated programs and cooperation to avoid a power scramble and to stabilize the economy. He said agriculture would meet prices and production with others when fairness guides policy.
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Salisbury
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
Labor and Industry
O'Neal
O’neal
Federation
Legion Leader Warns of Dictatorship If Tydings Loses
Baltimore August 19 Bruce T Barr retiring commander of the American Legion in Maryland warned that if President Roosevelt defeats Senator Millard E Tydings the American government will become a dictatorship.
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Baltimore
Bruce T. Barr
American Legion
Maryland
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
Urges Legion To Oppose Subversive Influences
Governor George H. Earle urged the Pennsylvania American Legion to oppose Fascism and Communism. The appeal was delivered by Charles I. Engard at the state convention as Earle vacationed in Central America, noting the ongoing nonmilitary conflict against subversive influences.
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Scranton
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania American Legion
War Veterans
Legion
Charles I. Engard
Earle
Central America
Count And Wife Conferring Again In Venice
Speculation grew in Venice that Count Haugwitz Reventlow and his wife may reconcile after a second talk in a hotel bar. The count, separated from Barbara Hutton with Danish approval on August 9, postponed his Budapest departure and arrived by plane the day before to meet her for an hour.
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Venice
Italy
Japanese Seek Million More in War Mobilization
Tokyo reports the War Office ordered all males in the recruit division aged 20 to 34 with no active training to stand ready. The move aims to mobilize about one million more troops as Sino-Japanese operations continue and Soviet frontier talks stall.
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Tokyo
Russia
Siberian
War Office
Japan
China
Hitler Observes Reich War Games in Grossborn Zone
Adolf Hitler arrived in the Grossborn area to watch the second army corps maneuvers and planned a two day stay near Settin by the Baltic coast. A new Nazi rule allowed all citizens to be drafted for civil air defense training.
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Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Grossborn
Germany
Settin
Baltic
Leeks Rail Firing 300 Office Workers in Chicago Strike
Railway layoffs target 300 office staff as 1300 trainmen strike spreads along the Chicago to Milwaukee corridor. Federal Conciliator Harry E. Scheck seeks settlement while loss of operating revenues is cited. Road serves 35 000 people across communities from Chicago to Milwaukee.
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Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Harry E. Scheck
Milwaukee
Pneumonia Fatal To Infant In Winchester Area
Charles Joseph Hill 14 months old son of James K. and Ruth Frances Hill of three miles from Winchester on Valley Mill road died at Memorial Hospital at 2 15 PM after pneumonia since last Friday. Survived by parents and one brother James Leslie. Funeral from Red Bud United Brethren Church at 4 PM Saturday with Rev. W B Obaugh officiating and burial in adjacent church graveyard. Pallbearers: John Feltner Schuyler Larkin Cecil Haines John Carver.
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Charles Joseph Hill
James K
Ruth Frances Hill
Winchester
Valley Mill Road
Memorial Hospital
Red Bud United Brethren Church
W. B. Obaugh
John Feltner
Schuyler Larkin
Cecil Haines
John Carver
Salvation Army Tent Services Open Tonight
The Salvation Army begins tent services at 7 30 tonight on the corner of Gerrard and 8 Kent streets. Captain M. M extends a cordial invitation to all to attend the meetings with the sermon theme I am the Way and The Truth and the Life. Special music by Mrs Hott Miss Lillian Jr and Miss Vivian Gibbons will feature the service.
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Salvation Army
Gerrard
Kent Streets
Capt. M. Me
Mrs. Hott
Lillian Jr
Vivian Gibbons
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Dollar Line
Braddock & Valley Ave
Pocahontas
W. B. Snider & Son
Sinclair
John C. Woolfolk
R&g
Ford
Tudor
Hughes Motor Co. ‘Used Car Dept
Loudoun
Cork
Bicker’s
Ford Coach
Eener
Seve Peseenss
Stock Market Report
al. Chem
Can
Am. Had
Am. Smel
A. T. and
B. and
Can. Edison
Genl
Cigar
Elec
Genl. Motors
Int. Har
J. Manville
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
Va.Car. Pict
Woolworth
W. F. Lamance
Laclede
John J. Pershing
William F. Lamance
Ella Lamance
Dr. Lamance
Willimsburg
Kas
Adella Duvall
Central Press
Senate Committee
United States
Lawrence S. Camp
Camp
Edgar B. Dunlap
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Walter F. George
Plain of Sharon
Holy Land
Virginia Motor CO
W. Gerrard St
Allen
Tydings
Hitler
Reich
Buncutter Tire CO
Complete Tire Service
Braddock & Germain
Sts
Goodyear Speedway
PY Tease Auto Supplies
Leeks’ Rail Peace
Harry FE. Scheck
Federal Conciliator
James Leslie
Salvation Army Tent Services
Chapman Motor CO
Chevrolet
Dodge
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
Pine Motor CO
Dodge & Plymouth
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