Blood Donor Clinic Seeks 1400 Volunteers in Winchester
Registration opens at 10 a.m. today at Peoples Drug Store for the four day Blood Donor Clinic set to begin August 30 at the Presbyterian Church Annex. Officials require 1400 volunteers, about one tenth of the city, with Shenandoah County and nearby areas pledging support. An information center operates at the War Activities Booth on Loudoun Street, and a banner highlights the drive. Volunteers aged 18 to 59 may donate. 18–21 require parental consent.
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Peoples Drug Store
Presbyterian Church Annex
Loudoun Street
Frederick County
Shenandoah County
American Red Cross
Winchester
Mattie Hook
Gore
Stewart Bell, Jr
Lasma
Ernie le
Sicily
Normandy Veteran In Fatal Mishap
A 23 year old veteran of the Normandy invasion Pvt. Virgil T. Pearler of Mooreland Indiana died in an automobile accident on a quiet Long Island road. He had just been returned to the United States to recuperate at a Long Island hospital from motorcycle crash injuries near Cherurg. He was strolling near the hospital when a car struck him and the driver left the scene.
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New York
Long Island
Virgil T. Pearler
Mooreland
Ind
Cherurg
Produce Market Quotation from Baltimore August 21
Market report shows dull fruit with apples at 1s 21-2 and Rambos 1.75 to 2.25. Poultry receipts light with roasters and fryers about 20-29 cents per pound. Eggs total 1,449 cases with steady market. Butter rated 75 to 98 cents.
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Baltimore
Bubas
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices in Baltimore and Chicago Markets
Baltimore market reports list cattle trading steady with last week, hogs and calves active though mixed, with steers, heifers, cows and bulls priced across wide ranges. Chicago figures show salable cattle and calves steady to weak, hogs fully steady, lambs and sheep demand steady with top prices near 15 dollars.
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Baltimore
WFA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Washington Spring
Sorareare
Back The Attack Buy War Bonds Signage
Public wartime pledge urges support for victory through bond purchases. The call to action emphasizes national finance through Liberty Bonds and defense funding, portraying citizens as essential contributors to the war effort.
Stock market drifts with selective gains and losses
In New York trading a quiet opening gave way to a selective session with fractional changes. Top gainers included American Telephone, Consolidated Edison, North American, Northern Pacific, Philip Morris, J C Penney, General Electric, Kennecott, Sears Roebuck and International Harvester. Laggards featured U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Motors, Santa Fe, Great Northern, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, Standard Oil New Jersey and Sperry. Bonds and commodities were spotty with occasional gainers Electric Bond and Share, Cuban Atlantic Sugar, and N J Zinc.
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New York
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
North American
Northern Pacific
Philip Moris
J. C. Penney
General Electric
Kennecott
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Great Northern
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Standard Oil (Nj
Sperry
Electric Bond & Share
Cuban Atlantic Sugar
N. J. Zinc
Local Markets Report Notes Typo Caution
Local markets pages carry daily listings with a disclaimer that the Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify figures and details.
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The
Star
Peace Through Joint Action Backed by Force
Hull argues that a peaceful world depends on unity and readiness to employ force if diplomacy fails. He notes conferences on food and relief as steps toward security and urges that any postwar peace organization rely on self restraint and clear joint action to prevent breaches of the peace. He calls for rapid, adequate force and proposals to share Dumbarton Oaks conclusions with all nations and peoples for study and debate.
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Hull
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Congress weighes back pay proposal amid pending votes
Congress and a battle over plans to add increased federal backed payments for jobless veterans and war workers. Leaders favor a September 15 recess for reelection. House committees push ahead with probes including Hillman hearing PAC chief Hillman testifying next week and a postwar military policy study on war surpluses. Army hospital conditions and Axis prisoner treatment are also under inquiry.
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Campatzon
House
Hillman
Anderson
Congress
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Strother Elected President Of Stonewall District Council
B F Strother was elected president of the Stonewall District Council of Religious Education at the 31st annual convention held at Rest Methodist Church north Clearbrook. Officers chosen for next year include Esther Ridgeway vice president and Joseph L Jolliffe treasurer with divisional superintendents named for children intermediate young people and adults.
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B. F. Strother
Stonewall
Ada Woore Robinson
William F. Bull
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street
Gladys Goode
Blanche Stipe
Young People’s
Jesse B. Lewis
Grace Clevenger
Strother
Galilee Disciples Church
Grimes
E. McVay
Galilee Church
High Altitude B-29 Raid Hits Yawata Industrial Area
First daylight attack against Japan proper since the Doolittle raid yields heavy losses for Japan. Tokyo cites 80 planes, four B-29s missing. follow-up raid damages 12 planes. Tokyo confirms additional damage. Stilwell reports heavy cruiser losses and MacArthur notes Japanese aircraft withdrawals.
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Europe
Japan
20Th Airforce
Yawata
Kyushu
Tokyo
Joseph Stilwell
Gen. MacArthur
Allies Inch Toward Westward Push Across Pacific
MacArthur announced Halmahera as the key to advancing westward without costly frontal assaults. Neutral air attacks continued on Rota and Pagan in the Marianas, with Tokyo saying Rota Yap and Wotje were hit. Chinese forces pressed the Nanpin offensive denying Japan control of the Kow-Canton railway and advancing near Lungjing in southwest China.
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Philippines
Allied
New Guinea
Halmahera
Moluccas
MacArthur
Rota
Pagan
Marianas
Tokyo
Yap
Wotje
Marshalls
Hinan
Japan
Kow-Canton
Yunnan
Tengchung
Lungjing
China
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City
Plamsa
Normandy
Miller’s Drug Store
Southern States Cooperative
Maeve
H. S. Auditori
Middletown, Va
the Times
Rhone Valley
Marseille
France
Ceannes
ST. Raphael
Italy
Antibes
Rhone
Toulon
Avignon
International
Baltimore Livestock
Stock Market Report
Seeeare
Haldeman
BF Goodrich Stores
E. Piccadilly St
B. F. Goodrich Tires
Dr. Clendening
Daily In the Star
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Arral
Jepsid
Long Pops
Cloverdale Spring Company
Newville, Pa
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