Jacob Metz Dies at Kernstown Rites Tomorrow
Jacob Metz, longtime resident tied to Kernstown, dies leaving widow Annie Ebersole Metz and two sons William R. Metz of Akron and J Earl Metz of Winchester. Survived by brother Crisfield Metz and three sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 from Jones Funeral Home with Rev C A McDonald. interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers: Joseph Hodeson Paul M Haldeman Roy Bayliss Daniel Metz Paul Genning Claude Kline.
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Annie Ebersole Metz
Prederick County
Opequon Me
Democratic Party
Ithety
Ernstown
Frances E. Hamilton
William R. Metz
Akron
Ohio
J. Earl Metz
Winchester
Crisfield Metz
Chambersburg
Adam Barr
Hagerstown
Annie Haldeman
Elizabeth Edy
Alabama
Jones Funeral Home
C. A. McDonald
Mit
Hebron
Joseph Hodeson
Paul M. Haldeman
Roy Bayliss
Daniel Metz
Paulllen- Genning
Claude Kline
Clarke county groups plan citizenship promotion goals
The Clarke county executive committee and federation goal committee met in the office of Miss Margaret Yow el to set goals for promoting citizenship. Members include Mrs. C. T. Hardesty Mrs. B. B. MacKay Mrs. Oscar Car for the executive committee and Mrs. Julian Gascock chairman Mrs. James Hawkins and Mrs. Francis Aylor for the federation group.
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Federation Goal Committee
Clarke County
Margaret Yowel
Clark County
Answers to the Daily Quiz Rome 2
Answers list includes Cateract Leo T Crowley Cicero v Duil Postage stamps Switzerland Shakespeare cloud varieties and the number twenty two.
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Pace
Rome
Cateract
Leo T. Crowley
Cicero
V. Duil
Switzerland
Shakespeare
Ratior Calendar explains ration stamp validity through early 1945
The notice lists ration details for meats fats and processed foods with stamp validity through February and March 1945. It covers sugar, shoes, gasoline, oil, and various B and C series coupons including regional rules and expiration dates. The guide specifies unit values and regional differences for 8 A 10 A 12 A type coupons.
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Rocky Mountains
Middle West
East
Far West
South
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Higher in Firm Start
Opening grains show a firm undertone with fractional gains in moderately active trading. Wheat May 1.72 July 1.69 Ma Sept 1.687 8 December. Oats May 80 July 77 5 8 Sept 76 1 2. Rye May 1.32 1 4 1.31 Sept 1.29.
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Chicago
Germans Claiming More Sinkings
London reports Nazi radio claimed ongoing attack against a Murmansk bound convoy sank 10 destroyers and escort vessels and five merchant ships. The broadcast said Allied convoy losses in recent days totaled 12 ships totaling 83 000 tons and 14 destroyers and escorts, but Ally confirmation was not provided.
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London
Murmansk
Know Your Government Bonds Series A 1945 Certificates
United States Treasury notes describe Certificates of Indebtedness Series A 1945 dated Feb 1 1944 due Feb 1 1945 with semiannual interest Aug 1 1944 and Feb 1 1945 not callable before maturity bearer form in $1000 to $1 000 000 denominations offered at 100 percent price and accrued interest for corporate and individual investors and banks as collateral or public money deposits.
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United States of America
Treasury
Baltimore Market Quotes Livestock And Produce January 31
Livestock and produce quotations from Baltimore show steady to mixed trends. Apples and eggs dull on ordinary stock. cattle, hogs, and sheep liquidity ranges given with price bands for steers, heifers, calves, barrows, gilts, sows, and lambs. Local stockers and feeders support steady tone amid broad price spreads.
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Baltimore
MD. Pa
Va. W. Va
Chicago Livestock Market Report Summary
Chicago livestock market notes show salable hogs at 30 000 with active trades under 240 pounds and strong to 25 higher for under 200 pounds. Weights above 200 pounds steady. sows up to 10 higher. Top good and choice 200-300 pounds at 13.75. 160-190 pounds 12.65-13.65. sows 350-550 pounds 12.00-12.25 with some 12.35 posted.
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Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Montana
Stock Market Report Shows Widespread Caution and Mixed Action
In New York on January 31 stocks moved unevenly with many leaders at a standstill as prices edged higher only in spots. Traders stayed cautious amid tax questions war loan drive and foreign news while General Electric subsidiaries edged to new highs for 1943 44. Notable gainers included General Motors Eastman Kodak and Bethlehem Steel with occasional losses for Western Union Southern Pacific J C Penney Montgomery Ward Kennecott and American Smelting. Bonds and commodities stayed narrow as the curb market disclosed an Air Force activity following a partial interrogation.
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New York
General Bronze
Cudaloy
Packing
Consolidated Lau
Pullman
American Distilling
Plain
Bethlehem
N. Y
Golf Club To Meet Feb. 7
The Winchester Golf Club annual meeting will be held February 7 at the George Washington Hotel at 8 o'clock to nominate three members for directors for the coming year. The Board urges all members to attend.
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Winchester Golf Club
George Washington Hotel
War Bond Rally Draws Celebrities and Veterans in Shenandoah Valley
A Handsey high school rally Sunday featured Columbia Pictures stars Leslie Brooks and Edgar Buchanan with four war veterans as they urged support for the Fourth War Loan Drive. Local figures like Grant Pollock introduced speakers while Cpl Billie Dorris Lt William Middledorf and Lt James Dyer recounted campaigns and escapes. Budgets secured pledges as the event at George Washington Hotel opened by Mayor C R Anderson and closed with music from Handley and McIlhree bands and a color guard from Veterans groups.
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Handsey High Senest
Leslie Brooks
Edgar Buchanan
Columbia Picture
Shenandoah Valley
Grant Pollock
Ward Schofield
Warner Brothers Pictures
M Brooks
Mr. Buchanan
Cpl
Billie Dorris
Buna
William Middledorf
James Dyer
Europe
Midledorf
France
Vergil Kennedy
Virginia
Lamar Keen
C. R.anderson
George Washington Hotel
Edward Schofield
Handley and
MclIiwee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Local Markets Noted by The Star Daily
Local markets are reported daily with standard caveat by The Star that typographical errors may occur and responsibility for those errors is not assumed.
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The
Star
Local Retail Market Flour and Poultry Prices
Local market lists flour prices for patent and common brands by bag size and per 100 pounds, plus price ranges for corn meal feed bran middlings mixed feed and scraps. It also lists livestock and dairy product prices including hogs steers calves lambs and butter with several unit measures and weights. The page ends with a wartime appeal to buy war bonds and support USO and war efforts.
Jap Plane Losses Mount in January as Allied Strikes Hit Rabaul
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Japan lost at least 546 and probably 717 planes in January, with Rabaul, New Britain, suffering the heaviest losses. Allied air forces claimed 97 losses in the same period, while Allied crews pressed a persistent campaign, destroying 149 enemy planes in one week and pounding Bougainville and Madang as ships and aircraft were reduced to wreckage.
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New Guinea
Raul
Southwest Pacific
Thirteenth Army Air Force
Navy
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville Island
Madang
New Ireland
U. S
Cape Gloucester
Would Strip Jap Of Ability To Make War Again
Washington sources say the United States strengthens aims to impose a 'peace on Japan' with a three point plan to erase wartime economic power. Proposals include halting heavy industry conversion to munition production, restricting merchant ships to 1 000 tons and allowing only fishing and small trading, and allowing farming to support the population. The article notes postwar measures to strip Japan of empire and punish war criminals, plus possible retention of naval bases in Pacific islands while controlling industry and transport.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific
Asia
Philippines
Bonin Islands
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Kernstown
Clarke Grout
Associated Press
Pinkham
Pollow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marshall Islands
U.S. Navy
Kwajalein Harbor
U. S. Navy
International
U.S. Treasury Department
Stock Market Report
Golf Club
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