Ralph Manuel Receives Battlefront Promotion to Captain
Mrs. Jane J. Manuel has word that Lt Ralph E Manuel has received a Battlefront Promotion to captain effective August 16 1944 He is the son of Mr and Mrs C B Manuel of this city twin brother of Capt Robert L Manuel of Camp Livingston La He recently earned the Bronze Star Combat Infantryman Medal Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster for wounds in the African and Normandy campaigns He is with the 47th Infantry Ninth Division engaged in France Also another brother Carlton H Manuel serves as Specialist l c U S Navy Shore Patrol in Baltimore Md
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane J. Manuel
Ralph E. Manuel
Manuel
C. B. Manuel
Robert L. Manuel
Camp Livingston
France
47Th Infantry
Carlton H. Manuel
U. S. Navy
Baltimore
65 000 Ships Built In Five Years Navy Report
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced that the United States built 65 000 vessels of all types in five years, totaling about 9 000 000 tons. Warships total around 1 150 while landing craft and auxiliaries make up the rest, with combatant ship totals trebled since the prewar fleet of 383.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
United States
Company 115 Completes Training With Chemical Warfare Drills
Company 115 participated in firing and assembly for worship at noon. In the afternoon they practiced chemical warfare instruction with personnel from the Chemical Warfare Section under Capt Baker. The unit handled two problems including dispersing a striker mob and clearing a weapons site using gas and tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Warfare
Third Service Command
Baltimore
Baker
Company 115
Co. 115
Ration Calendar Items For Meats Fats Shoes Gasoline
The notice lists ration stamp validity details for meats fats and oils blue and red stamps and gas coupons with regional differences. It notes stamps A8 Z8 Ab D5 G5 L5 and sugar book stamps 30 32 33 40 with dates through September February and canned goods through February 28. It also mentions shoe stamps airplane 1 and 2 and gas coupons 11 A 12 A and B 3 B 4 C 3 across regions and oil coupons period four and five usable on receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices August 30
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets report steady or active trade. Cattle and hog prices hold firm with varying ranges for steers, cows, hogs, and calves, while sheep show steady demand and mixed lots across regions. Market receipts include apples, butter, eggs, and overall stock quotes from Baltimore and Chicago exchanges.
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Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago grain quotations ease in quiet trade
Chicago August 30 grain futures edged lower in a thin session. Oats led the decline with opening prices down as much as three quarters of a cent. Wheat oats rye and barley futures showed small declines across contracts.
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Chicago
Rye
Ninth Blood Donor Clinic Opens
Ninth Blood Donor Clinic opens to 807 donors as Lt. Daniel Carr Jr U S M C R appeals on radio and at Palace and Capital Theatres. Canteen Corps led by Mrs Eugene Cooper and Mrs Harry Benham staffs daily lunches and donor support. call 3831 to volunteer and donate in Winchester Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Carr Jr
U.S.M.C.R
Pacific
Palace
Capital Theatres
Eugene Cooper
Harry Benham
Winchester-Frederick County
Army
Navy
Stock Market Report Leads With Peace Bond Favorites
The New York market showed prices firming with peace rated issues drawing strong bids. Leaders included South Porto Rico sugar and International Paper at year highs alongside U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Goodyear Macy Montgomery Ward Kennecott Western Union A Woolworth Westinghouse Phelps Dodge American Can and Certain Teed. Reorganization rail bonds revived as commodities remained hesitant with curb interest seen in Electric Bond & Share Cuban Atlantic Sugar American Cyanamid Cities Service and Mock Judson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Electric Bond & Share
Local Markets Corrected Daily in The Star
Local markets are listed as correct each day and The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Heroic Figure Of Two Wars Dead
Chief Pharmacist's Mate Paul B. Binder who won the Croix de Guerre for leading 800 blinded Frenchmen through gas at Bougainville has been killed in action in the South Pacific. A former golf pro and insurance salesman, Binder enlisted in 1942 and served with Marines on Guadalcanal. He was 50.
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Reading
Paul B. Binder
South Pacific
Navy Department
Binder
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
British forces push north in Italian fronts near Florence
British Eighth Army advanced about five miles north from Pontassieve in the Arno bend east of Florence as German units withdrew to stronger defenses in the northern Apennines. Florence remained quiet with minor artillery fire and Fifth Army activity limited to patrols.
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Appenines
Eighth Army
Pontassieve
Arno River
Florence
Fifth Army
Noted War Scribe Injured by Motorcycle in Paris Parade
Hal Boyle Associated Press war correspondent was struck by a motorcycle during an American infantry parade down the Champs Elysees. He escaped bomb and shell fire in North Africa and Europe before this accident sustaining ripped back ligaments and two days in hospital. He wrote his dispatch before X rays and doctors reported no spinal injury.
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Paris
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Champs Elysees
Boyle
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
France
North Africa
Kansas City
Great Mass of RAF Bombers Darken Germany Frontlines
Overnight raids by more than 1,000 heavy bombers hit Stettin Konigsberg and Berlin Hamburg while U S and Mediterranean forces struck Hungarian rail hubs Moravska Ostrava and northern Italy planners. Russian front aims and supply line disruption cited.
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Radio
Stettin
Air Ministry
Konigsberg
Berlin
Hamburg
U. S
Italy
Romania
Szeged
Szolnok
Balkan
Czecho-Slovakia
Moravska Ostrava
Europe
Mediteranean
Yugoslavia
France
Lithuania
Leipaja
Moscow
East Prussia
Russia
Baltic
Germany
Kiel Canal
Lyon
Low Countries
9th Blood Donor Clinic Call for 1400 Volunteers
A community appeal announces the ninth blood donor clinic seeking 1400 volunteers to register now, urging participation to support local patients.
Unreconstructed Rebel Mrs Hiett Celebrates 100th Birthday
Flora Baker Hiett, longtime Falls Church resident and Frederick county native, marked her 100th birthday with friends at The Falls Church. She recalls Civil War battles, praises women’s work, and rejects makeup smoking and drinking, while her family and church groups organized the celebration.
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Flora Baker Hiett
East Falls Church
Arlington
Frederick County
Falls Church
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Henry T. Unverzagt
U. S
Medellin
Columbia
South America
William Lee Unverzagt
Pentagon
National
Winchester
Glendobbin
The
Valley Female Institute
John S. Miller
J. E. Jilkins
Joseph T. Hiett
Lee Hiett
J. T. Unverzagt
Hiett
United States
Salvation Army Opens Boys Club at Headquarters
Captain Clyde Koon announces a new Salvation Army Boys Club at 303 South Loudoun Street. The club begins Thursday at 3 30 PM and will offer Bible study manual training and handicraft for boys ages seven to seventeen.
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Clyde Koon
Salvation Army
South
Loudoun Street
Unable To Secure Full Time Vocational Teacher
W R Legge supervisor of vocational education for Northern Virginia says he cannot hire a full time vocational agriculture teacher for Gore and Gainesboro. In response, Gore High School principal Paul D Beables and Gainesboro High School principal Fred C Braithwaite will oversee instruction at their schools as an emergency measure.
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W. R. Legge
Northern Virginia
Gore
Gainesboro
Paul D. Beables
Fred C. Braithwaite
Boy Playing War Fatality Shocks Lansing
In Lansing on August 30 ten year old Donald Stanaway died after a playmate, fourteen year old Robert Owens, fired a rifle during a pretend war game. Coroner Ray Gorsline ruled the death accidental, saying Don was shot through the heart by a shot misfired during a kids’ play.
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Lansing
Mich
Donald Stanaway
Dennis Coggins
Don
Donald
Wave
Keep the invasion rolling Buy War Bonds today.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to contribute by purchasing war bonds to support the ongoing military effort. The message emphasizes collective duty and timely funding to sustain operations.
Doubles Win Streak Highlight Bowling Night
The doubles team of Russell LaFollette and Troy Rhea won three of four matches against Dr. Allen Hawthorne and Lloyd Mead. LaFollette opened with a 139 and Rhea a 144 in the first game, leading to a 771 set. The night featured a dramatic second match with shifting leads, final 765 to 733, and a decisive third set 722 to 675. Hawthorne posted a 152 game and 392 set as part of a 753 for his team, while LaFollette and Rhea totaled 699. The event marked a strong return to bowling after a months long layoff.
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Russell LaFollette
Troy Rhea
Allen Hawthorne
Lloyd Mead
LaFollette
Rea
la Follette
Rhea
Cccosil
Hawthorne
Mead
Answers to the Daily Quiz Quiz Sheet
The listing provides quiz answers: about six million. former King of Albania. the Graf Spee. Army bombers. on the hips. True. False he is part of Mexico. Nikola Donisetti. Great Britain.
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Albania
Graf Spee
Mexico
Nikola Donisetti
Great Britain
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Ralph Manuel
Stock Market Report
Springers
Iraeneemat Eenees
Stephano Brothers, Pia. Pa
Eran
Bementate Ieee
E. Piccadilly
B. F. Goodrich Tires
Angers
U. S. Signal Corps
International
Scotts
Scott
Jno. S. Solenberger & Co., Inc
N. Loudoun St
Rio
U.S. A
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
DIAL
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Valley Avenue
Coca-Cola
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