J Edwin Wiggington 77 Died After Ill Health
J Edwin Wiggington 77 native of Frederick county died Saturday after illness. He ran threshing and hay baling with his brother near Opequon. Survived by brothers N J Wignton and George A Wigginson and sister Miss Lillian B Wiggington. Rites Tuesday 3:30 at Jones Funeral Home officiated by Rev T M Swann D D. Interment Mount Hebron. Pallbearers listed.
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J. Edwin Wigginton
Frederick County
Joseph H
Mary C. Wigginton
Predcounty
Me Wigginton
Opequon
N. J. Iggnton
George A. Wigginns
Lillian B. Wigginton
Ted
Jones Funeral Home
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist ‘Church
Mount Hebron
Julius Richard
John Bywaters
Maynard Bayliss
Hugh Rinker
Ae Barton
Harry Copenaver
McInturff Dies After Two Weeks Ill at Middletown
Daniel Henry McInturff died yesterday morning at Memorial Hospital after a fall left him with a fractured hip. He was born November 27 1885 in Powells Fort and was survived by numerous children and twelve grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 PM from the Middletown home.
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Daniel Henry McIinturff
Im Memorial Hospital
Solomon and
Mary Munch MciInturff
Powells Fort Valley
J. T. McInturff
Greenee
H. A. McIinturff
J. C. MceInturff
Washington, D. C
Admits Americans Can Do Things In Sicily Landing Claims
Berlin radio reported seven British American and Canadian divisions had landed in Sicily. Transocean commentator said Eisenhower could double the forces if he desires. In Virginia, Walter P. Harrison, 31, indicted for murder in the quarry drowning of his wife and four sons after a detective interview.
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London
Berlin
Sicily
Ministry of Information
Ludwig Sertorius
Transocean
Eisenhower
Richmond
Hastings Court
Walter P. Harrison
Pease
Reports Capture of Catania Airdrome
London July 12 radio said Reuters broadcast that Catania airfield had fallen. No independent confirmation yet but earlier dispatches from North Africa HQ reported Allied forces near Catania.
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London
Reuters
Catania
North Africa
Labor Day To Be Just Another War Production Day
Washington dispatch says the War Production Board indicates Labor Day 1943 will be a regular workday for essential war industries. An official appeal for full production over the holiday is anticipated within two weeks.
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Labor Day
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Answers to Daily Quiz Revealed and Confusing Clues
The page lists correct quiz answers including light complexioned being not number two and Rhode Island. It mentions Lapidary and references a sage of Defense Trans fountain er of my brothers with gold hair and blue eyes. A percentage figure forty five percent appears along with the word mail.
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Rhode Island
Sage of Defense
Bombers Sink Japanese Convoy Near Attu Island
American heavy and medium bombers and patrol aircraft attacked a Japanese cargo fleet 220 miles southwest of Holtz Bay Attu Island. Four vessels were engaged with one sunk another left sinking and two badly damaged. Navy reports bombardments at Gertrude Cove and Little Kiska with no return fire from U S surface ships.
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Washington
Kiska
Navy
Army
Holtz Bay
Attu Island
Japan
Gertrude
Koontz Receives Year On Four Counts In Local Courts
William Franklin Koontz was sentenced Saturday to a year on each of four counts. One count was ruled in Corporation Court, three in civil and police magistrate's court. A radio theft from Montgomery Ward valued at $77.95 drew a year in the upper court. In the lower court Judge John Rice imposed 12 months for unauthorized use of a car, theft of prisoners' money, and theft of another Montgomery Ward radio.
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William Franklin Koontz
Corporation Court
Harrison
Montgomery Ward
John Rice
Montgmery Ward
O Sull ivan Rubber Meeting Underway
Representatives of the O Sull ivan Rubber Company arrive in force for a national two day meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Some delegates have already arrived while others continue to reach the city.
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O’sullivan Rubber Company
George Washington Hotel
Tony
Principal Forces In Italy Identified
London reports from North Africa identify the invaders of Sicily as the American Seventh Army under Lieut General George S. Patton Jr and the British Eighth Army commanded by Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery. The Seventh Army is said to include troops from the former U S Army Corps along with armor and airborne divisions. The Eighth Army is said to be reinforced with many new units and reserves.
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London
North Africa
Sicily
Seventh Army
Eighth Armies
George 8. Patton, Jr
U. S.nd Army Corps
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Secretary Hull Hails Sicily Invasion as Historic Step
Secretary of State Hull called Allied invasion of Sicily the second great historic step toward invading and occupying Europe. He said military operations had progressed favorably and noted cooperation with the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations on feeding Sicily residents. Hull also announced the first meeting of the UN food conference Interim Commission would be held in the Archives building on July 15.
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Washington
Hull
Sicily
Europe
State Department
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
Herbert Lehman
United Nations Food Conference
Hot Springs
Freeman County transfer notes list several individuals
The Frederick County article lists Sager Paul Bee Stine Alvin Clements Tavenner Leon Wilson Webber Eugene Richardson White Kenneth Earl Whitacre Edgar Kenneth Warner Louie Randolph Yancey. Two transferred Ray Robert Full and Russell William Fitzwater have moved and been transferred to Selective Service Boards in the one where they reside.
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Sager
Paul Bee Stine
Alvin Clements Tavenner
Leon Wilson Webber
Eugene Richardson White
Kenneth Earl Whitacre
Edgar Kenneth Warner
Louie Randolph Yancey
Ray Robert Full
Russell William Fitzwater
Roosevelt seeks funds to continue crop insurance program
President Roosevelt signed the Agriculture Department supply bill totaling 848 295 883 dollars but lamented Congress did not provide funds to continue crop insurance. He urged Congress to renew support when back from recess, calling weather the major agricultural hazard and noting past cost criticisms as unfounded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Congress
Landing Ground Already In Use Near Paolino Sicily
An emergency Allied landing ground inland from Sicily’s southeast tip is in use near Paolino. A Malta based Spitfire, short of fuel, landed there yesterday waited for service by RAF Commandos and then took off from a nearby road.
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Valletta
Malta
Pachino
Sicily
Cissie Loftus Dies In New York Hotel
New York July 12 Ce cilia Cissie Loftus 67 longtime stage and screen actress died today of a heart ailment at the Hotel Lincoln New York She was famed from Britain to America for versatile roles in Shakespeare comedies and dramatic impersonations She is survived by her son Peter John Barrie Waterman London theatrical producer from her second marriage.
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New York
Cecilia (Cissie) Loftus
Lincoln
Miss Loftus
Britain
America
Bernhardt
Ethel Barrymore
Peter John Barrie Waterman
London
Bonus Checks For T B Societies
Rich mond Virginia July 12 Five per cent of 1942 Christmas seal revenue goes to the National Tuberculosis Association. Virginia Tuberculosis Association will distribute about 31000 in bonuses to city and county societies and committees for 1942 achievements. Remaining funds support the state wide tuberculosis control program.
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Richmond
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Virginia
National Tuberculosis
Most Critical Period Is Yet To Come
Ottawa reports that Minister W. L. Mackenzie King told the House of Commons the first critical period has passed for Canadians with Allied forces in the Sicily invasion, but the most critical period is to come.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie Ki
House of Commons
Sicily
Mussolini With Troops In Spirit
London reports on the German controlled Paris radio broadcasting that Marshal Petain called his cabinet at Vichy to hear Pierre Laval outline a long foreign policy statement. The report places Mussolini’s forces in a broader spirit of power in Europe.
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London
Paris
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Allied Forces Reach Sicilian Shores In Major Invasion
Allied forces pressed inland from 100 miles of southeastern Sicily as 2,000 ships ferried troops and supplies ashore. Italian and German defenses leveraged counterattacks while Allied air forces destroyed hundreds of enemy vehicles and bombed key airfields.
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Sicily
Gela
Pachino
Fenas Aan
Scvibion
Edward Gilling
Fo Africa
Dwight Dwer
Minimizes Report On Defectives
Washington July 12 Undersecretary of War Patterson said the Lockland Ohio Wright Aeronautical plant supplied defective engines but the situation was less sensational than implied The Army Knudsen investigation found a falling off in inspection procedures and confirmed most Truman Committee information Vigorous remedial action was taken No defective engines were placed in service and engine failures remained within normal combat plane experience
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Washington
Patterson
Lockland
Ohio
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Truman Committee
Army
War Department
Lockland Plant
Air Forces
Knudsen
Repit
Five Men Held For Questioning In Slaying Case
James C. Ladd 23 of Cismont Albemarle county is arrested at the bus center Charlottesville on charges of slaying Harry W. Brookman in a fight at Brookman’s Thelma Louisa County home yesterday Sheriff J F Bickers says four other men are being held in the case Ladd says he beat Brookman with a stick after Brookman struck Ladd’s cousin Mrs Brookman Brookman died from bottle blows Ladd has a wife at Cismont
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Charlottesville
James C. Ladd
Cismont
Albemarle County
Harry W. Brookman
Brookman
Thelma
Louisa County
J. F. Bickers
Ladd
Bickers
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore July 12 prices show No 2 red winter wheat at 1.52 for July spot and 1.52 bid. Winchester wheat at 1.45 per bushel. Corn at 1.16 1 2. Eggs 735 cases. Nearby ungraded whites and mixed colors 37 1 2. Butter 27,665 pounds.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Allied Landings In Sicily Reported By Several Points
Eyewitness accounts from Ross Munro of the Canadian Press describe landings along a 100 mile southeastern Sicilian coast. German broadcasts acknowledge Allied bridgeheads near Gela Cape Passero Pachino Licata and south of Syracuse. Axis reports mention Canicatti as a potential airborne objective.
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Navy
Pozzalo
Cape Carrenzi
Syracuse
Ragusa
Gela
Licata
Ispica
Rosolini
Noto
Capo Passero
Canatania
Sciacca
Milo
Gerbini
Remy Calabria
Sicily
Pachino
Associated Press
Berlin
Algiers
London
London Radio
Tagusa
Ralph Howard
NBC
Scily
Ross Munro
Pachino On
Cape Passero
Eisenhower
Stockholm
Canicatti
Lacata
Paul Mallon’s News Behind The News On Page Four
Paul Mallon reflects on daily developments with brisk commentary and context. The column surveys political and social trends, highlighting notable figures and events while linking them to ongoing public debates.
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Paul Mallon
Rites Held For Mr Unger In local church
Final rites were conducted at St. John's Lutheran Church near Mt. Williams for Edward Newton Unger 62 who died at Staunton. He was born September 23 1880 on the Gore section and had lived in Winchester for many years. Surviving are his widow Mrs Lela May Ashley of Gore six grandchildren and other relatives. The service was led by Rev Ralph Cather of the area.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Mt. Williams
Edward Newton Es
Staunton
Ake Gore
Winchester
Lela May Ashley
Gore
Henry Unger
Ralph Cather
North Carolinians Push Conference on Truck Load Rules
Virginia officials consider a conference after North Carolina truck operators petition the Governor over alleged violations of loading limits. A State Reciprocity Board meeting is deferred until then while data is gathered for Virginia submissions. The highway department cites persistent out of state trucks brazenly violating limits and weighing on reciprocity tax talks.
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Aeee
Darden
Worth
Caro
Virginia
State
State Highway Department
North Carolina
Star Classified Ads Pay Big Returns On A Small Investment
Small ads in the Star offer prominent exposure for minimal cost, delivering strong reader reach. Readers report high response rates and quick sales for items and services, boosting revenue for local sellers and entrepreneurs.
Some Captive Pits Resume Operation Strike Update
Some captive pits resume operation as workers join the strike. Details on locations and parties remain unclear.
Food crisis deepens as Allied raids hit Italian railways
As war pressures rise, rumors of a collapsing Italian mindset grow amid relentless Allied air strikes on rail networks in Sicily Sardinia and the mainland. Reports say transport bottlenecks are blocking fruit and vegetables from farms to cities. German circles claim Axis supply lines would hold if normal facilities remain, while Nazis eye a Balkan push.
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Tlattornade di
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Italy
Germany
Balkan
Crete
Balkans
United Nations
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Glenn Stell
Shreveport
Justin C. Gunnison
San Rafael
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W. W. Foster, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
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Vibo Valentia
George W. Kurtz
Olga Stoker
Armstrong and
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
Tor
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Mr. Unger
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
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