Proper Storage For Wheat Crop Vital Says Funk
The Virginia AAA notes many farms must store wheat on the farm due to crowded warehouses. Farmers may secure a loan at about four dollars per bushel for No 2 wheat with CCC approved farm storage. A storage advance of seven cents per bushel is offered to help cover building or remodeling storage costs.
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Funk
Eee
U. S. of Agriculture
Ificas
Ity Credit Corporation
Virginia
CCC
AAA
F. M. Punk
Frederick County
AAA Committee
PLC
Forms for service men to transfer cars issued
Andrew Bell secretary of the Chamber of Commerce says he has a supply of forms for men who are prospective draftees or about to enter the armed services. These forms allow families to dispose of vehicles by sale or transfer if necessary. The Selective Service Board has been advised they are available upon request from license agents but only for service members, not the general public.
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Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Selective Service Board
Missioner
C. F. Joyner
Four Japanese Destroyers Fired at Kiska and Aleutians
Report notes four army bomber attacks and navy support from June 21 to 23 as combat continues against shore targets. Evacuations move Whites from Unalaska and Umak amid war risk, with Dimond advising broader native evacuation from western Aleutian Islands.
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Kiska
Zimmerman
Umak
Unalaska
Dimond
Navy
Aleutians
Isands
Help the Boys Keep In Touch With Home While Training
Service members are advised to send letters and care packages to stay connected with families during training. The Star urges regular correspondence to boost morale and maintain links to home.
Coal stockpiles fall short of wartime protection needs
Washington reports a May gain of 5,579,000 tons in soft coal stockpiles, but officials say current storage is insufficient to guarantee wartime fuel protection. June 1 storage averaged 49 days for the nation, with higher production yet urges households to stockpile 60 to 120 days to cover shortages.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Solid Fuels Office
Interior Department
Harold J. Ickes
3 More Ships Continued From Page 1
Attacks reported last week add to the tally of ship sinkings for the Week of June 28 to July 4. Of 20 sinkings announced, 11 were U S ships, two were British, three Panamanian, one Norwegian, one Yugoslavian, one Brazilian and one Latvian. Seven fell off the U S East Coast, bringing that regional total to 143. Caribbean total stands at 109, with three more in the Gulf of Mexico raising the war total to 28, and two off South America lifting that count to 22. Canadian waters saw 15 sinkings, leaving that total at 35.
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U. S
U.S
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
South
Canadian
Wavell and Auchinleck Confer in Cairo Command Change
Field marshal Wavell arrived in Cairo and opened talks with General Sir Claude Auchinleck who is the new British commander for the Middle East.
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India
Cairo
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Britain
Middle East
General Auchinleck
C H Strasnider Not Convicted
The Star reports that C H Strasnider was not convicted and notes the request from 12 North Loudoun Street for clarification in today’s edition.
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C. H. Strasnider
North Loudoun Street
Star
Air War Flare Continues Over China With New U S Bombers
Allied forces in China pressed air war against Japan with long range U S bombers crossing 13 000 miles to strike Nanchang Hankow and Canton. Japanese retaliation hit Henyang and Kwangsi with night raids but caused little damage as AVG fliers in new aircraft held the skies. Chinese forces retook Shwang Kiangsi and British PM Churchill pledged full support in the ongoing United Nations effort.
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Hankow
Nanchang
China
Henyang
Oo Aneiaia
Ohien
Wayter
Kwangsi
Kweilin
Lingling
Hengyang
Twenty-Third
United States Air Force
United States
Canton
AVG
Shwang
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Churchill
Free China
Britain
Col Small Leaves Maine University For Armed Service
Dr George William Small professor of English at the University of Maine and coast artillery reserve colonel is called to active duty at Fort Monroe Virginia effective July 15 He previously served as a captain in the last war with six months in France A graduate of Tennessee and Oxford he taught at Johns Hopkins Washington University and Texas He coached tennis and led Maine to prominence on New England courts His wife died in Chie and he has two children William Chiles Small and Eleanor Stephens Small
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Bangor Daily News
Bangor
Maine
George William Small
University of Maine
Coast Artillery Reserve Corps
Fort Monroe
France
Small
Tennessee
Oxford
England
Johns Hopkins
University of Washington
Seattle
University of Texas
Newid
Colonel Small
eve _ Pamaeanormuel M. Chiles
Chiles
Kernstown
William Chiles Small
Eleanor Stephens Small
Hitler's Big Push In Russia Opens With Nazi Offensive
Nazi forces press a broad offensive west of the Don as Soviet counterattacks near Orel and Belgorod surge. German claims of crossings near the Don threaten Moscow Rostov railway while Rommel’s lines face RAF and U S air strikes.
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Russia
Berlin
Don
Hitler
Orel
Moscow
North Africa
Egypt
el Alamein
Alamein
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Offic
Bri
Rommel
Cairo
Auchinleck
Tobruk
River
Moscow-Rostov
Kursk-Kharkov
Voronezh
Rostov-on-Don
Kursk
Rostov
Caucasus
Maori Troops in Night Battle Near El Alamein
In Cairo July 6 British army forces near El Alamein reported Maori troops of New Zealand, part of the Nile front, conducted a bayonet assault under moonlight. They helped seize a strong point from Rommel’s Axis forces, closing to about 70 miles from Alexandria at the Nile delta.
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Cairo
New Zealand
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
The
Nile
Mrs Flowers Died After Long Illness at 40
Mrs Laura B Flowers aged 40 died yesterday morning at 6 36 at Memorial Hospital after several years of illness. She was wife of Walter J Flowers and mother of two daughters Rowena and Mrs Miller. Funeral at Rest Methodist Church Tuesday at 4 with Rev John Teter officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Remains at Jones Funeral Home until 9 30 Tuesday then at Mrs Sells home Rest.
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Laura B. Flowers
Memorial Hospital
Walter J. Flowers
Bunker Hill
Rowena Flowers
Harry
Moulden
H. B. Sells
Rest
E. A. Cizek
Baltimore
Joyce Miller
Bunker
Methodist Church
Flowers
John Teter
Indict Myers In Dual Slaying In Lynchburg Va
Grand jurors in Corporation Court indict Warren Guy Myers 61 for the murders of City Attorney T Gib son Hobbs and Delegate T Franklin Daniel. Judge Edward Meeks of Amherst to try the case with tentative July 21 and 22 set by Judge Charles E Burks. Counsel to Myers says readiness by that date may be doubtful. date to be settled by telephone conference this afternoon.
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Lynchburg
Corporation Court
Warren Guy Myers
T. Gibson Hobbs
T. Franklin Daniel
Charles E. Burks
Aubrey E. Strode
Edward Meeks
Amherst
Burks
T. W. Messick
Roanoke
Myers
Messick
Commonwealth
W. T. Spencer, Jr
Meeks
U Boat Attacks Swedish Convoy in Baltic Waters
A submarine attacked a Swedish convoy 100 miles south of Stockholm in Baltic coastal waters today. the torpedo missed and exploded on shore, and Swedish forces responded with depth charges on the submarine.
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Stockholm
Baltic
Nelson Defends Rubber Outlook Before Senate Panel
Senator Nelson of Iowa told the committee action would be deferred until he could present more objections within a week. Senator Norris of Nebraska accused the War Production Board of not pursuing synthetic rubber from alcohol, to which Nelson strongly denied and promised further testimony. A program approving 700000 tons of synthetic rubber was cited as sufficient for essential needs.
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Iowa
Nelson
Norris
Ind
Neb
War Production Board
Sion
Fourth of July Parade Draws Hundreds of Local Youths
The Junior Board of Trade hosted a Saturday Fourth of July parade with 400 to 500 children carrying American flags. A Boy Scout color guard and McIinee Municipal band provided spectacle while Patty Ann Bixby and Judy Grove won the patriotic poster contest with Owen Paul Glass runner up. Trade certificates were awarded for top prizes.
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Boy Scouts
McIinee Municipal Band
Patty Ann Bixby
Judy Grove
Owen Paul Glass
Junior Patterson
Kirby Reed
Parade winners honored at Capitol Theatre party
Andrew Beil, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, served as sole judge of the contest. After the parade the Junior Board and the Capitol Theatre hosted a big party for all participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Beil
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Theatre
Essentials Of Living To Be Scarce In US By Year End
United States Agriculture Secretary Claude R. Wickard warned at the Inter American Agriculture Conference in Mexico City that by year end Americans will find it difficult to buy anything beyond the essentials of living. He said other nations are making sacrifices as the United States does.
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Mexico City
United States
Claude R. Wickard
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
The
Farmers urged to boost war production for essential goods
Secretary Wickard warned that U S supply lines rely on allied farms for rubber oils and minerals while ships remain scarce. He noted two and a half million tons shipped to Britain and Russia under lend lease and stressed converting factories and farms to produce war materials. He cited shortages of ships for sugar coffee and bananas and pointed to Argentina wheat stocks as a factor.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Rubber Reserve Corporation of
Wickard
Argentina
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Lo.rpers Ferry
W. Va
Col. Small
Omps Funeral Home
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Board of Trade
Turne A Anderson
Cary
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Loudoun St
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