Notice to readers for delivery issues and mail service
The Evening Star informs subscribers to report any delay or irregularity in paper delivery. Readers are urged to help maintain a perfect delivery system by notifying the office of problems. The Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with national representation via DeLisser Inc. in New York.
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Classified Ad Rates and Deadlines
Advertising copy must reach the office by 9 P M the day before publication. Transient rates are 50 cents per inch and contract rates are available on application.
Psalm Verse Seeks Hidden Paths in Deep Waters
Cited from Psalms 7 19 the verse speaks of God guiding travelers though vast seas and untraveled paths. It emphasizes faith amid uncertainty and the belief that divine ways remain unseen yet present along every voyage.
Mussolini Era Executions Film Claim Ties Ciano to Betrayal
Pietro Caruso, former Rome police chief now jailed, alleges Mussolini ordered a film of Count Galeazzo Ciano and other grand council members executed for betrayal. Ciano supposedly begged to contact Hitler, who reportedly dismissed the request. Caruso says Ciano was carried to the site and killed after a second shot.
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Pietro Caruso
Rome
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Grand Council
Ciano
Emilio de Bono
Caruso
Hitler
der Fuehrer
French Underground Resistance Expands Ahead of Allied Invasion
Reports indicate active French resistance groups have stepped up since the Nazi invasion. The liquidation of Philippe Pétain's propagandist by patriots signals broader mobilization aimed at disrupting transportation and hindering reinforcements as actual fighting spreads across multiple sectors.
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Phillippe Henriot
Vichy
France
Hitler
French Resistance Reported Delaying Nazi Conquest
The article praises French patriots who resist Nazi rule in occupied France, noting massive Nazi losses and Allied reliance on resistance efforts. It highlights Vichy collaboration as a failed path and warns of increased Nazi reprisals as militants keep fighting for home and freedom.
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Russia
France
Germany
Hitler
Price control urged to curb inflation after war
Reprinted editorial from Charlottesville Progress argues price controls and Stabilization measures are essential to limit inflation in the current and postwar economy. It cites Boston grocers’ wartime pricing and warns that inflation may persist after victory unless controls remain in place and carefully managed.
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Charlottesville
Pierce Co
Boston
Mass
Congressional Record
OPA
The Forrest Quotation Myth Debunked
A New York Herald Tribune note discusses the false belief that General Nathan Bedford Forrest uttered Get there fastest with the mostest men. sources trace the line to a 1905 Memphis article and show Forrest reportedly said get there first with the most men.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Sewanee Review
Robert Selph Henry
Memphis
Forrest
Harper's
D. W. Brogan
Evening Sun
Baltimore
Star reports Berryville and Clarke County events
The Star provides daily summaries of events in Berryville Boyce and Clarke County including local meetings weather and community notices highlighting notable actions and upcoming dates from regional residents and organizations.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
July War Stamp Sales and Red Cross Dressings Report
The July War Stamp drive began at the start of the month. Winchester Red Cross workers produced 9,000 surgical dressings in June. Total War Stamp sales to date amount to $1,206.55 as reported.
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Winchester Red Cross
Mrs Etta Reid Dies at Clarke County Farm
Five years ago Mrs. Etta Reid wife of Alexander Jolliffe a Clarke County farmer died.
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Etta Reid
Alexander Jolliffe
Clarke
Winchester Club to dedicate Virginia highway first aid station
The Winchester Rotary Club sponsors an emergency first aid station project with the first station to be dedicated tomorrow near Stephens City. Miss Harriet Adams, a Gainesboro 4-H Club member, is announced as the winner of the Winchester Frederick County Growth Work and Health Contest. She is 15 years old.
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Winchester
Stephens City
Harriet Adams
Gainesboro
Frederick County
State Firemen plan reorganization and National Guard recruitment
Twenty years ago the State Firemen decided to reorganize their society. Company I, 116th Infantry National Guard is recruiting men to go to the state camp at Virginia Beach. Tonight's net proceeds at the Empire Theatre will be turned over to the Apple Blossom Festival Committee to help pay off the deficit.
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116Th Infantry
National Guard
Virginia Beach
Empire Theatre
Apple Blossom Festival Committee
Death of Mr George G Baker
Mr George G Baker dies after a period of illness. The notice notes his long illness and death, with no further biographical details provided.
Quiz questions and page navigation prompt
A reader request presents seven quiz items on geography history and language with questions about water boundaries in the Philippines punishments in flagellation bullfighting terms Emerald Isle Liberia Dardanelles hours in a year Hitler regime and a capital in Maryland plus a final garbled line.
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Philippine Islands
Emerald Isle
Liberia
Dardanelles
Hitler
Germany
Maryand
Self forgetfulness and fate in Christian thought
Wendell Phillips on self forgetfulness guiding fate and achievement. The piece contrasts selfish striving with caring living, noting angels lift humble lives and immortality comes through unselfish acts. It emphasizes Christianity as love of neighbor over self.
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Wendell Phillips
This Area Leads In WAC Recruiting
Baltimore July 8 The Third Service Command led the nation in Women's Army Corps recruitment for June. Maj Jack B Dunn supervisor of WAC recruiting for the three state command said the command topped eight other commands and exceeded the War Department quota by about 25 percent. The Richmond district which covers most of Virginia led the three state command districts, while the Baltimore district ranked second in the district standings.
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Baltimore
Women’s Army Corps
Jack B. Dunn
WAC
Washington
War Department
Richmond
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Child’s death ruled accidental in Dallas peach tree hanging
In Dallas on July 8 a six year old boy Henry Waterman is believed to have died by hanging from a peach tree limb in his backyard. The body was found yesterday by family members.
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Dallas
Texas
Henry Waterman
Ehrlich
India
London Bomb Raid Triggers Terrific Impact and Casualties
The dispatch describes robot raiders attacking London, with bombs delivering 2200 pounds of high explosives. Officials report civilian and military deaths and injuries including American personnel, as blasts hit schools hospitals churches and a club housing WACs.
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London
Hitler
England
Heart of
The
Empire
Leaves Stripped From Trees After Bomb Damage In City
The scene shows many trees bare in the square with leaves piled thickly on the ground. Bombs have wrecked crowded buses and injured occupants. Theatres and movie houses stay open but crowds have disappeared. seats are readily available.
Veteran Official of A. P. Honored On Anniversary
O. C. Adams chairman of the boards for the Atlantic and Southern divisions of A and P Food Stores was presented with fifty roses at a Philadelphia luncheon marking fifty years of service since July 6 1894. Adams began in Springfield Mass and rose to head the 18 state plus DC division, later becoming chairman of the Atlantic and Southern boards and opening scores of stores including the first Jersey City economy store in 1912. He will receive a commemorative watch at New York headquarters from John Hartford president of the national organization.
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Philadelphia
O. C. Adams
Atlantic and Southern
A & P Food Stores
Adams
Virginia
Springfield
Mass
Newark
N. J
District of Columbia
New York State
Texas
Atlantic
Jersey City
New York
John Hartford
National Organization
Advances In Study Of Snake Bite Cure
The article notes snake venom in North America and advances in anti venom research despite war. It explains venom types, symptoms of haemorrhagic and neurotoxic effects, and both specific antivenin use and general first aid including tourniquet application and gradual release for bite management.
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North America
United States
Hitler Takes Over West Operations
Moscow radio quotes Pravda correspondent Yakov Viktorov saying Adolf Hitler has taken direct control of western military operations after the removal of Field Marshal Rundstedt. A German announcement said Rundstedt was replaced by Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge two days earlier.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Adolf Hitler
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Gen
Guenther von Kluge
Fifth War Loan Nears Goal With 96 Percent Sold
The Fifth War Loan drive totals $15.364 billion in sales through Wednesday, 96 percent of the $16 billion quota. Corporate and non banking investors account for $11.454 billion, 115 percent of their target, while individuals have $3.91 billion, 65 percent of theirs. The drive began June 12 and ends Saturday.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Elliott Roosevelt Denies Engagement Rumor
In London on July 8 Col Elliott Roosevelt denied through an army associate that he was engaged to Capt Ruth Briggs of the Women's Army Corps or planning to engage to her or anyone else. Earlier dispatches had quoted Briggs relatives confirming a report of their engagement. An officer friend of the president's son said the denial was requested for the press.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
Army
Ruth Briggs
Women's Army Corps
United States
Ellery Queen solves a Wrightsville murder mystery
Ellery returns to Wrightsville to finish his novel and uncover the truth. He explains that three letters and a nailed box reveal Jim Haight could not have written them in Wrightsville and Nora was not the intended victim. Rosemary Haight's death emerges as the actual murder target.
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Wrightsville
Pat
Ellery
Mr. Queen
New York
Muth
Pop
Lola
Bosh
Carl Bradford
Carl
Jim
Nora
Patty
Gus Olesen
Carter Bradford
Bradford
C.D
Olesen
Carter
Queen
Gus
Jim Haight
Tly
Cart
Hallowe’en
Ed Hotchkiss
Hallowe'en
Kernel
Acorn
Ellery Oie
Edgcomb
General Delivery
Rosemary Haight
Rosemary
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