Virginia Woolen enters state tourney in Richmond
Corner on Sports notes Virginia Woolen joins the State tournament in Richmond after a strong city softball season. The Woolen club has a .300+ batting average and two losses this season, with Larrick likely to start. Nervousness could block their progress but they aim for final rounds. The city league plans a closing entertainment featuring the Nehi Trophy for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen
Richmond
U. S. Engineers
Royal Crown Cola
Purcellville
Im Larrick
Virginia Cot
Winchester
Magnesium Blast Destroys Quaker City Iron Works
A series of magnesium drum explosions sparked a five alarm fire at the Quaker City Iron Works in Philadelphia. The blasts rocked two blocks, sent workers with burns to hospitals, and forced nearby buildings to shutter windows as fire crews fought the blaze from a distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quaker City Iron Works
Jemen
Rks
Middletown Court Fines For Licenses and Game Violations
Game Warden reports cases in Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards court in Middletown. W. D. Cheely fined 2 for two unlicensed female dogs plus costs 4.25. E. Allan Cooley fined 10 for no license plus costs. Paul G. Cooley fined 15 for illegal gray squirrel in closed season and no hunting license, plus costs 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Erle Edwards
W. D. Cheely
Middletown
E. Allan Cooley
Abe
Paul G. Cooley
Escaped Clarke Prisoner Caught
Elias Wines who broke from Berryville jail Wednesday night was recaptured at the bus terminal by State Trooper Mitchell. Wines, serving 30 days for drunken and dis orderly, escaped through a screen window during a disruption involving Clyde Hagans who also tried to escape. Wines was awaiting a bus to Romney when arrested and returned to Berryville jail.
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Elias Wines
Berryville
Mitchell
Wines
Clyde Hagans
Romney
Ration Calendar and Stamp Validity Note
Wartime ration details list four stamp books and coupon periods for meats fats and foods. Various stamps indicate indefinite validity or specific end dates through 1945. Some lines mention shoes and fuel oil with region and date limitations and new period usage from ration boards.
In Memoriam for Rufus C. Wolford
In loving memory of Rufus C. Wolford who died August 19 two years ago. The writer, his wife, speaks of deep sorrow and lasting memory. A personal memorial notice dated 8 19 11.
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Rufus C. Wolford
Brunswick Plays White Sox Here Sunday
Three local baseball teams battle tomorrow with one home game at Rouss Park as the Winchester White Sox face Brunswick Md. A 2 30 start marks the day while Park travels to Staunton to meet Woodrow Wilson Hospital nine and the Midletown Minks visit Front Royal All-Stars at Warren County High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester White Sox
Brunswick (Md
Rouss Park
Winchester Park
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Midletown Minks
Front Royal All-Stars
Warren County High School
Sox
Brunswick
White Sox
Lovettsville
White Post
Boyce
Sam Ensogna
Luby
Kenneth
Park
Chester Park
Sandy Baker
Rouss Fire Company
Service Club
Brumbaugh
Soldier's Diamond
Tiffamey
Michael
Mentzer
Keller
Minks
Rappahannock
Rappahannock All- Stars
Judy
Baltimore Livestock Market Quotations August 19
Market reports from Baltimore show steady to higher cattle and hog values with mixed grades. Slaughter steers and heifers steady. cows mostly steady, canner and common weaker. bulls strong. Hogs active with mixed weights, top barrows and gilts near 15.0 to 16.3 dollars. Sheep and lambs also steady to higher, with practical top around 15.25 and light offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimoore
Chicago cattle hog and sheep markets from week ending Friday
Salable cattle 500 with calves 200 show higher prices than Friday last week. choice steers up 25 to 50, all others 60 higher. Top heifers 17.25 sealed 855 lbs. Sheep 2,000 to 3,000 with an initial downturn wiped out. week’s top 14.35. Hogs 500 on offer with no steady market. various weight ranges quoted from 11.13 to 14.75.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices Mixed
Chicago grain quotes show steady to slightly lower opening as liquidation trims week end positions. Wheat values range from 1.49 to 1.54 a bushel with September through July contracts listed. Oats open at 0.64 to 0.71 a bushel with December and July maturities noted.
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Chicago
Pravda Declares Warsaw Revolt Doomed as Red Army Presses
Pravda denounces the Warsaw revolt as doomed from the outset and defends Soviet operations in the Polish capital. The paper faults foreign criticism, asserts continuous Red Army fighting at Warsaw Wall, and notes Allied bombers delivering supplies to Warsaw fighters. Gen. Bor follows London orders over Lublin authority.
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Moscow
Pravda
Warsaw
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Bor
London
Lublin
Committee of National Liberation
Rome
Mediterranean
Hussein David Yaltchin
Konstantin Demidov
Red Cross July Activities Reported by Local Chapter
At a recent board meeting the local Red Cross accepted Mrs. J M Steck Jr resignation as home nursing chair. July reports show extensive volunteer hours across staff assistance canteen nurses aides motor corps arts and skills sewing knitting dressings water safety camp hospital and garden work. Meeting attendance included C Vernon Eddy C P McVicar John Scully Jr Walker Bond Mrs S Brooks Stuart Bell Jr Miss Mary Jane Gravy Rev W L Dudley and the executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
J. M. Steck, Jr
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Motor Corps
Arts and Skills
Reading
Camp Kakanda
Lupton’s
Times Square
C. Vernon Eddy
C. P. McVicar
John 8. Scully, Jr
Walker McC. Bond
C. Brooks
Stuart Bell, Jr
Mary Jane Gravy
W. L. Dudley
Soviet Offensive Pushes in East Prussia and Baltic Region
Soviet forces pressed a large scale assault across East Prussia from Augustow to the Niemen river, with more than 150000 troops reported in action. A crossing at Sandomierz opened routes toward Silesia and Warsaw, while Baltic units crossed to link Lakes Pskov and Peipus and advanced toward Tartu. German casualties reported as 1000 in a Baltic sector clash.
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East Prussia
Moscow
Berlin
Augustow
Poland
Niemen River
Lithuania
Sandomierz
Silesia
Warsaw
Estonia
Third Baltic Army
Pskov
Peipus
Tartu
Valgermesa
Revival Services In Millwood
The Rev. George Helsley of Home Mission Tabernacle Nain Virginia will lead revival services nightly at 7 30 from August 22 to September 6 at the old Shiloh Baptist church in Millwood Clarke County adjoining Mrs. Mary Randolph property. Public is invited.
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George Helsley
Home Mission Tabernacle
Nain
Virginia
Old Shiloh Baptist Church
Millwood
Clarke County
Mary Randolph
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct quiz answers list across topics with locations names dates and historical facts. Includes Ypsilanti the quote about leaving without anyone knowing, a no response, Cormorant, Western Marblehead, and the flag history from 1795 to 1818. Also references Harold L. Ickes and Ancient Egypt.
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Ypsilanti
Western
Marblehead
Harold L. Ickes
Ancient Egypt
Fall of Toulon Indicated as Allies Advance North
American forces pressed toward the Rhone valley from the Toulon area with advance troops beyond Salernes and Draguignan. The eastern flank remained relatively stable as German resistance diminished in Cap Benat. a German general was captured by the 36th Division within 48 hours.
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Carces
Salernes
Seventh
Rhone
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Argens
Maritime
Alps
Salenes
Draguignan
Cannes
Cap Benat
Toulon
Waugh Thomas
Wheel Stolen From Bicycle Near Capitol Theatre
Wade Emmert reports a rear bicycle wheel stolen Friday night while he attended a show at the Capitol Theatre. He parked near the theater and later found the wheel in an alley behind the venue. The theft prompted a police report.
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Wade Emmart
W. Piccadilly Street
Capitol Theatre
Emmert
Mrs J W Keffer Dies At Mountain Falls
Martha Keffer 88 widow of J W Keffer prominent Frederick Shenandoah county merchant and magistrate died at Mountain Falls after long illness. Funeral Monday 4 PM at Mountain Falls Methodist Church with Rev Courtney Anderson. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Survived by husband nine children and several grandchildren. Attended Disciples of Christ since girlhood.
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Martha Keffer
J. W. Keffer
Frederick
Shenandoah County
Mountain Falls
David Cooper
Frederick County
Keffer
Strasburg
Richard Keffer
James Keffer
Winchester
William D. Keffer
Henry Williams
Nebraska
M. E. Hildebrand
George Lemley
Mountain Falls Methodist Church
Courtney Anderson
Allies push toward Paris as German pockets shrink near Seine
Allied forces storm across northern France driving a chaotic German retreat toward the Seine. Canadian First Army nears Cabourg and Dives sur Mer while American Third Army closes the Dreux to Paris corridor. News blackout imposed as 40,000 to 100,000 Germans struggle to break free from the Normandy trap.
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France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Transocean Agency
Berlin
War Ministry
Rin
Falaise
Normandy
George 8. Patton
Seine
Bure
Dreux
Patton
Paris
Argentan
St. Pierce
Dives
Livarot
George S. Patton
Supreme Headquarters
Chartres
Orleans
Guenther von Kluge
Seventh Army
15Th Army
Seine River
Second Army
First Army
Cabourg
Dives-sur- Mer
Caen
le Havr
Supreme Command
Third Army
Rerack
Winchester Gets Cold Wave Not Permanent
Winchester residents welcomed a cool spell that the weather man says will last through today and tomorrow. Clarke and Frederick counties slept under blankets for the first time in weeks as the hot stretch finally broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Clarke County
Frederick County
Paris near fall as Allied forces pin German armies
The report notes limited Allied air operations to avoid friendly fire as Patton’s Third Army traps German Seventh and Fifteenth Army units between the sea and the Seine. With Paris’s position obscured, victory hinges on destroying those German formations rushing south, predicting Paris’s collapse by its own weight.
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Paris
Sea
Seine
Seventh Army
15Th Army
von Kluge
Dewey asks end to wartime labor restrictions after war
Gov Thomas E Dewey warns that government control of labor during wartime could destroy the right of collective bargaining if kept after hostilities end He notes no major NYC strikes since Pearl Harbor and links peace gains to Allied victories abroad as he urges action by next Labor Day.
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Albany
Thomas EB. Dewey
Philip Pearl
American Federation of Labor
A.P.L
New York City
Pearl Harbor
Dewey
Tuscany
Normandy
Brittany
Provence
Pacific
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
J. M. Steck
Soviets
Mt. Falls
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