News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Lt. (JG) John Zombro Jr promoted to lieutenant junior grade on June 1 and now on active duty in the Pacific aboard the U S S Saratoga. He trained at Northwestern and Harvard, married wife in Needham, Mass, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zombro of Boyce Virginia. Pfc. Charles Boyles serves in Germany with the 60th Engineers, overseas since July 1 1944, with four battle stars ETO Ribbon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyles of Winchester Route 2. wife and 18 month old Barbara Jeanne live on Baker Knight Street. First Lieutenant Willie Cather of the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers has just returned from China. He has been flying with the unit.
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John E. Zombro, Jr
John Zombro
Boyce
Clarke County
Zombro
Pacific
U. S. S. Saratoga
Boyce Agricultural High School
Washington and Lee University
Chicago
Ill
Vrsity
Seattle
Wash
Needham
Mass
J. O. Green
Charles Boyles
Germany
60Th Engineers
England
France
Belgium
Pfc
Boyles
Harry Boyles
Winchester
Route 2
Barbara Jeanne
Baker Knight Street
Aberdeen
Camp Reynolds
Pfc. Boyles
Wilfred
Willie)Cather
14Th Air Force
Flying Tigers
China
Local Heroes Return From War Fronts With Honors
Lt. Cather, bombardier-navigator on a B-25, has earned the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross and returns home on a 30 day fur lough visiting his parents at 302 West Boscawen. He entered service in 1940 and earned wings in 1943. Lt. Cather will report to Miami after furlough for reassignment. On board the destroyer U S S Miami, Boatsman Second Class Conrad I Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Loring Wright of 602 South Cameron, is on a 20 day leave. He helped the ship in the Pacific, visiting ports from Port of Spain to Eniwetok, and surviving many Jap air attacks while supporting air campaigns in the Pacific. The Miami fought in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea and remains proud of its record and crew.
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Alburquerque
New Mexico
Columbia
S. C
Cather
Miami
Fla
Conrad I. Wright
Loring Wright
South
Cameron Street
Pacific
Handley High School
Evening Star Ofice
U. S. S. Miami
Wright
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Panama Canal Zone
Honolulu
T. H
Majuro
Eniwetok Atolls
Marshall Islands
Utithi Atoll
Carolinas
Siapan
Marianas
United States
Formosa
Bonin Islands
Volcano Islands
Ryukyu Islands
Indo-China
China
Philippine Sea
British Are Studying American Life At Princeton University
British servicemen and women attend a three day Princeton University course to understand the average American. Conferences, classes, and chats with American student naval officers happen in dorms. Questions focus on the American political system and the English language in America. Institutes followed an Oxford American course model devised by Alexander Leitch and Willard Thorpe.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Congress
House
America
Oxford
Alexander Leitch
Willard Thorpe
Be Sure Drinking Water Is Safe
Dr. I C Riggin warns vacationers against drinking from isolated wells springs or untreated water sources. Boil water at least fifteen minutes in isolated areas to prevent typhoid infection and other hazards. City supplies are generally safe but vigilance remains essential when traveling.
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I. C. Riggin
Local Help In Meat Control Needs Local Help In Meat Control
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said easing slaughtering rules hinges on local authorities cooperation to curb meat black markets. An amendment to the OPA extension bill allows certification of non federally inspected plants as sanitary to ship across state lines and supply the armed forces. Local officials must assume responsibility to ensure meat reaches legitimate markets at legal ceilings.
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Washington
Anderson
Representative Patman
Tex
Patman
OPA
Added
Shark nearly one ton caught near Bermagui
A white shark weighing about a ton was netted near Bermagui Australia. Inside the stomach were three quarters of a large seal, around 20 sea birds, and various fish.
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Bermagui
Australia
Market Quotations Mixed as Gains Appear Limited
New York July 3 market quotations show modest gains in rails utilities and industrials amid overall apathy. Investors await possible Washington action to curb speculation. fractional advances noted for Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Western Union A American and Foreign Power American Water Works U S Steel General Motors Sears Roebuck Glenn Martin Johns Manville.
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New York
Washington
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Western Union
American and Foreign Power
American Water Works
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Glenn Martin
Johns Manville
Chrysler
Consolidated Eaison
Electric Power and Light
J. C. Penny
Grain futures drift lower at Chicago opening
Chicago July 3 grain quotations show general declines in early trading. Rye leads with heavy volume and a May contract drop up to two cents due to Board of Trade restrictions. Wheat oats rye and barley prices listed for July September December and May contracts with modest moves.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Rye
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Market data from Baltimore and Chicago dated July 3 details unchanged produce and eggs quotes. Cattle and calves show mixed variation with beef cows at 11.00 to 12.00, hogs steady with ceilings around 15.30, and sheep activity steady with spring lambs 15.50 to 17.00. Chicago reports salable hogs 6,500 and cattle 7,000 with ceilings and top prices indicating firmness.
Livestock Market Steady With Broad Demand Across Classes
Strong best 17.00 and steady to strong in most classes with broad clearance. Kill ing classes steady. weighty cutter cows 9.00 down. heavy sausage bulls 13.50 and heavy fat bulls 15.00. Vealers 16.00 down. Salable sheep 500. total 2,500. market moderately active and fully steady. Native spring lambs 16.00 16.35. bucks about 1.00 less. medium and good 14.50 15.0. common lightweights 13.00. shorn lambs and yearlings scarce. shorn aged ewes 8.00 down to 6.50.
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Chicago
Indian Heads U S Troops In Berlin
Private First Class Harvey Natchees of the Ute Indian Reservation, a Silver Star recipient, becomes the first American to enter central Berlin amid Allied advance. The 2nd Armored Division and supporting British forces push toward the Kaiser’s Palace as Berliners greet the U S troops.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
Harvey Natchees
Ute
Turburan Zhlendorf
London
Tiergarten
Kaiser’s Palace
Natchees
Vast Nazi Records Give Army Picture
The Allied seizure of about 2,200 tons of German army files, taken from Berlin and moved to Saalfeld, will help map the dead maimed and missing, identify who served under top Nazis, and trace many Allied prisoners as 8 to 12 million cards are sorted by units.
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Saalfeld
Germany
Hitler
Meiningen
Berlin
Thuringian Plain
Magistrate Fines Himself After Parking Ticket Incident
In Moline Illinois Police Magistrate Stephenson, who handles traffic violations, found an overtime parking ticket on his car at City Hall. He returned to court and fined himself one dollar, then delivered a silent lecture.
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Moline, Ill
Stephenson
City Hall
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Ture
Shenandoah Valley
National Bank
U.S
Harold G. Brown
Carl T. Cather
Frank Armstrong, JR
Exec
Vice Pres
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
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P. W. Boyd
Stewart Bell
Claude R. Cammer
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Allen T. Hawthorne
J. W. Richard Farmer
Eugene B. Cooper
Hi. B. McCormac, Jr
Virginia Woolen Company
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E. G. Rusk Trust
Robert D. Glaize
H. K. Benham
Harry F Byrd, JR
Winchester Star
Clifford D. Grim
W. Nelson Page
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stock Market Report
Baltimore
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WFA
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Chicago Livestock
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Potsdam
Louis P. Lochner
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