Virginia Sawmills Support War Effort Through Production
A Virginia forest service survey shows 3,265 sawmills in the state producing 115 billion board feet of lumber in 1942. Small mills, often isolated, account for three quarters of the lumber and keep Virginia ranked fourteenth in U S production. The industry employs a quarter of wage earners and pays a fifth of wages.
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M. C. Howard
Virginia
Howard
Arlington County
Shenandoah and
James Rivers
George Washington National Forest
RAF Pilots to Be Enshrined at Westminster Abbey
London December 13 375 RAF pilots who died in the Battle of Britain will be enshrined in Westminster Abbey after the war. This honors the sacrifice that led Prime Minister Churchill to say so few owed so much to so many.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Westminster Abbey
Divorce by Desertion Virginia Court Order
In Winchester 1943 Ida Fisher Lycett seeks a divorce from Cramer Lycett on desertion grounds. The defendant is nonresident. he must appear within ten days after publication. Order to publish weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and post at courthouse door.
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Cramer Lycett
Ida Fisher Lycett
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Virginia
Corporation Court
Balkans War Turmoil Dominates Weekend Reporter
The article highlights the Balkans as a dramatic theater in the ongoing conflict, calling it a pivotal and fiery frontline. It stresses the significance of events there during the weekend and urges readers to follow developments closely.
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Pevente
Balkans
Europe
Wanted to Rent Small Farm and Farm Help
Classified ads show wants for a small farm with good land and buildings on cash or share rent. Also seeks experienced farmhand with milking herd and field work, with house electricity and furnishings provided.
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M” Care Star
FORD
Boyce
Balkan Upheavals Shape Postwar World Says Analyst
The piece analyzes Tito in Yugoslavia as a rising force in the Balkans with growing Allied support while rival governments in Bulgaria and Hungary face pressure amid Nazi defeat. It notes Tito’s guerrilla strength, Moscow backing, and a Kurdish shift in regional power as Allies target Nazi infrastructure.
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Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Wastce
Josip Broz
Tito
Balkans
Peter
Moscow
Cairo
Mihailovich
Hitler
Sofia
United States
Rumania
United Nations
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H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance
Loudoun Street
Dial
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Farmers “° Merchants National Bank
L. M. Allen
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Ember
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Rouss Ave
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Brunswick, Md
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G. W. Forney
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Bath
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Gray Ave
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Cross Junction
Anna Clark Pierce
White Spitz
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Shenandoah Ave
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Peyton St
George H. Ritter
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N. Cameron St
Retreat Grove
Walkersville
Maryland
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Marble View
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Jock
Penhurst
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Walkersville, MD
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