Quotes from St Luke on Keeping Nations at Peace
Roanoke VA August 23 Delegates at the Virginia Department American Legion final session heard J Fred Johnson Jr of Florence Alabama urge strength and readiness arguing it is folly to stay weak if the US wants to avoid future wars He cited St Luke to support a strong armed nation and discussed opposition to neutrality and non belligerency.
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Roanoke
United States
J. Fred Johnson, Jr
Florence
Ala
Virginia Department
American Legion
Johnson
G. K. “Link” Linkous
Danville
John M. Galt
Falls Church
11Th Judicial Circuit
Alabama
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
Legion
St. Luke
Mr. Johnson
Hitler
Hirohito and Co
Louise Himelright Granted Divorce in Frederick Circuit Court
Louise C. Himelright was granted a full divorce from Lor ing S. Himelright on desertion grounds. The couple married in December 1931 at Star Tannery and lived there. two children go to grandmother Maggie Brill with visiting rights for the father. Louise may resume her maiden name Louise C. Brill. neither may remarry before six months.
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Louise C. Himelright
Loring S. Himelright
Frederick Circuit Court
Burr P. Harrison
Star Tannery
Maggie Brill
Lend-lease aid totals and deadly robot bombs highlighted in policy debate
The president discussed extending the lend-lease act to June 30, 1945, noting $4.045 billion in supplies for the quarter and over $28 billion since 1941. The report frames aid versus losses, cites England bomb damage, Soviet and Chinese casualties, and UK military deaths, arguing the war’s outcome rests on battles won rather than dollar figures.
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Germany
United States
England
Russia
United Kingdom
Paris Liberation Pleases Pershing
General John J. Pershing praised the liberation of Paris as a great step toward Berlin. In a statement via the Office of War Information he noted Paris as the heart of France and tribute to the Americans who fought in 1917 and 1918 and 1944 with British Canadian and French allies.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Paris
Berlin
Office of War Information
Pershing
France
WACS Join Staff In France At Army Headquarters
A second WAC detachment has joined the forward echelon communications zone at an army headquarters in France. The unit includes telephone operators dental technicians mess personnel clerical workers and secretaries assigned to the Army Signal Corps. Operators were flown from the United States to England before arriving in France.
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France
WAC
Army Signal Corps
England
Red Army opens major offensive across Iasi region and Balkans
Russian communique reports four day two pronged drive by Malinovsky Tolbukhin fronts sweeping through 350 towns. Iasi fell after swift street fighting. 25,000 Germans and Romanians killed, 12,000 captured. Other towns including Mironeasa and Targu-Frumos seized. Constanta raid and oil refinery set ablaze.
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Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Romania
Germany
Red Star
Iasi
Prut
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Stalin
Malinovsky
Mironeasa
Targu-Frumos
Ungheni- Targe
Tinghina
Crimislia
Tarutino
Volintiri
Danube
Red Army
Constanta
Black Sea
Warsaw
Estonia
Local Markets Note on Market Listings
Local markets listings are printed daily with accuracy but the Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
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The
Star
Market quotes reveal steady Baltimore and Chicago livestock
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets show steady to active trading. Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices are quoted with ranges. demand remains solid, with shifts in dairy and sausage bull prices noted.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
W.f.a.—Office of Distribution
Chicago Livestock Chicagoo
Einstein Aboard Sailboat Capsizes at Saranac Lake
Noted physicist Albert Einstein and companions were rescued after their sailboat capsized in lower Saranac Lake yesterday. No one was injured and all were quickly saved.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Albert Einstein
Stock Market Report Highlights Mixed Advances in 1940s Trade
Stock market session in New York shows comeback tendencies for motors, air transports, and select industrials. Briggs Manufacturing and Braniff Airways reach yearly peaks while others like Southern Pacific, Boeing, and Sears show declines. bonds drift higher and commodities slip as forward issuers such as Glen Alden Coal and Puget Sound Power move.
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New York
Briggs Mfg
Braniff Airways
Chrysler
General Motors
Graham-Paige
Hupp Motor
Willys-Overland
Bendix
International Harvester
Eastern Air Lines
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Southern Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Boeing
Sears Roebuck
Goodrich
Westinghouse and Texas Co
Glen Alden Coal
United Aircraft Products
Creole Petroleum
Puget Sound Power
Wessels Receives Silver Star for Myitkyina Assault
Brig Gen Theodore F Wessels won the Silver Star for gallantry in the Myitkyina capture in North Burma Gen Joseph Stilwell awarded it Wessels led the final assault after Frank Merrill was relieved and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Theodore F. Wessels
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Wessels
Frank Merrill
Stimson Praises Universal Military Training
Secretary of War Stimson described universal military training as the most important provision for national defense in a letter backing a new citizens committee for universal service. The Aug. 22 statement emphasizes training as essential for future defense.
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New York
Stimson
Congress
Citizens’ Committee For Universal Service
Grain futures fall as rains dampen cotton market
Chicago reports a bearish grain day with prices opening lower across wheat rye and corn contracts. Wheat Sept Dec and May slid. corn Sept Dec May and July also posted declines as rains in the eastern corn belt add to selling pressure.
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Chicago
Meeting to Set Wages for Corn Cutters in Clarke County
The Labor Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday night August 23 at the Clarke County Agent J. W. Olcott office to set a price wage for the fall corn cutting. The notice also mentions the Peeder Calf event in Winchester on the 13th and a county agents’ meeting held last night at I. Fred Stine’s Winchester office.
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Labor Advisory Committee
Clarke County
J. W. Olcott
Winchester
I. Fred Stine
Frederick County
Yugoslav Partisans Capture Lebani
Yugoslav partisans claim capture of Lebani in ongoing operations led by Marshal Tito as reported from London. The report notes continued advance and resistance in the region with unspecified details and dates.
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Lebani
London
Fug
Marshal Tito
Stronghold Lebani Falls as German Garrison Routed
Tito's broadcast claims the heavily fortified Lebani stronghold 25 miles south of Nis on the Belgrade Sofia line was trapped and wiped out with heavy losses. He says 100 truckloads of war material were captured in the operation.
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Lebani
Nis
Belgrade- Sofia
Tito
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