Bread Returns From Eastern Europe Seed Drive Back to War Affected Lands
The 1870 bread cast upon waters idea resurfaces as 2,000,000 bushels of small grain seed, mainly winter wheat from eastern Europe, are gathered in the United States for distribution by the War Food Administration. Nebraska, Montana, Kansas and Oklahoma process seed for shipment to Czechoslovakia, with Greece and Poland also targeted for seed wheat and vegetable seeds.
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Europe
United States
Nebraska
Montana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Czechoslovakia
Texas
Greece
California
Arizona
W. A. Wheeler
War Food Administration
Washington
Poland
C. H. Swinbank
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Nebraska Seed Company
Omaha
Dwight Griswold
Agricultural College
Russia
Nebraska Experiment Station
Lincoln
Rev Hoffman Preaching Services Tonight and Each Night
The public is urged to attend as Rev. H. B. Hoffman delivers sermons with special nightly singing by Prof. and Mrs. R. A. Shonk. News notes invite community worship and participation.
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R. A. Shonk
Market Quotation Roundup for Livestock and Produce
Baltimore market reports firm prices across produce poultry and eggs with steady cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago and Baltimore quotations. Notable figures include feeder and butcher weights for steers up to 860 pounds at 15.50 and hogs at 15.30 ceiling, with calves 16 to 17 dollars and spring lambs around 16 dollars per hundredweight.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Rails Steels and Utilities Rally in Mixed Stock Market
New York July 10 stock market edged higher on the recovery mood in rails, steels and utilities while mild selling appeared in spots. Investors continued to buy dividend paying shares but many customers stayed aloof awaiting more clues on Washington's next steps to curb speculation. Labor rifts and the international scene weighed as cautious factors. Activity rose at times but slowdowns were common with gains of fractions to a point or so.
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New York
Washington
Chicago Grain Quotations Mixed Opening Prices
Chicago grain quotes show July rye up to 4 cents higher at the open. Wheat July 1.65 1 4 to 1 8. Corn July 1.18 1 2. Oats July 65 5 8. Rye July 1.46 to 1.48. Barley May 1.09 1 2. Market notes light trade at opening.
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Chicago
X Ray Survey At O Sullivan Rubber Plant Reveals High Participation
The Winchester Tuberculosis Committee conducted chest X rays at the O Sullivan Rubber Company on Monday July 9. A total of 496 workers were X rayed across three shifts 276 134 and 86 representing about 75 percent of the workforce.
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Winchester Tuberculois
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Frederick County
John Woolfolk
All In for Victory War Bond Drive Surges
Citizens rally to fund the war effort through bond sales with campaigns urging immediate purchases. Local organizers highlight community support and the need to back national defense goals through the bond program.
Texan Escaped Behind German Lines Recount
Flight Lt. William G. Pickens of San Antonio, a Texas RAF veteran, describes two years as a POW behind German lines. He escaped six times, led escapes, served with Yugoslav partisans, bribed guards, and helped link Allied forces, earning the label Houdini of the Prison Camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Jameson
Aeea Bournmouuth
Gland
William G. Pickens
San Ronio
Royal Canadian Air Force
Paumonia
No Man’s Land
Pilsen
Skoda
RCAF
United States Army Air Forces
Pacific
Pickens
Frankfort
Muhlburg
Gestapo
Underground
If We'll Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs
A provocative slogan questions funding actions with a stance on defense bonds. The phrase implies a link between national borrowing and military escalation, reflecting public sentiment on defense spending and wartime policy.
Local Servicemen Receive Promotions and Wartime Updates
Military notes report Seaman Second Class George P. Newcome of Buffalo after training at Sampson and service overseas, plus two local men near a French port after release from German prison camps. Coast Guardsman Archie J. Manuel aided in North Africa Sicily Salerno and Normandy landings and Pacific invasions. Cpl. William C. Shirley completed thirty months overseas service in Naples after North Africa campaigns. Other local service members include John W. Sencindiver earning the Good Conduct Medal at Westover and William Shirley reflecting redeployment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Newcome
Sampson Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. Y
U. S. Naval Training Center
Newport
R. I
Boston
Mass
Seaman Newcome
Shea
Elmwood
Buffalo
Germany
Edward Grove
Route 1
Winchester
Louis F. Dodson
West
Cork Street
United States
Army
Coast Guardsman
Archie J. Manuel
Clyde M. Manuel
Warren County
Glen Echo
Coast Guard
North Africa
Silicy
Salerno
Normandy
Robert
Clyde
Air Service Command
Naples
Italy
William C. Shirley
Martin Shirley
Cross Junction
Frederick County
20Th
New Orleans
Air Force
Regensburg
Schweinfurt
France
Balkans
Cpl
Shirley
National Fruit Product Company
Five Nazis Hanged In Comrade Death
Five German prisoners were hanged after being judged ring leaders of an assault on Kunze. The trials, under war articles 89 and 92, followed court martial procedure and observed Geneva provisions. Roosevelt approved the sentences October 5, 1944, with Swiss observers and German notification coordinated by the protecting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kunze
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Loudoun
Monmouth Streets
H. B. Hoffman
Man of God
Pitas
Signal Corps
Harry F. Byrd
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Luther M. Peacemaker
Whitacre
Cherbourg
Cpl. Peacemaker
Delia Hicks
Byrd
Bas. Md
Va. W. Va
Stock Market Report
O’sullivan
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Richmond
Virginia
Pine Motor Company
Chrysler
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
Earth
England
Meddal
Set
John W. Sencindiver
West Cecil Street
Westover Field
RAF
Achie J
Manuel
Socony
Allon
Tavern Home Products
Socony-Vacuum
Tavern
Capon Lake
Winchester Kiwanis Club
John Warner
W. Va
Ben Arthurs
Ralph Pifer
Ann R
Federal Reserve Bank
Rosenmyer
Ana
State of
County of
Frederick
J. H. Yost
Wees
Mary G Hershberger
Cloverdale
Eli Whitney
Bortigs
Cloverdale Spring Co
Newville, Pa
D. A. Gordon Company
Tavers
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