Price Control Appropriations Before Senate
Washington July 13 The price control appropriation bill before the Senate includes 1.856 billion for war agencies with 120.4 million for the Office of Price Administration directed by Henderson. He warns cuts would cripple anti inflation efforts and notes amendments threaten farm price ceilings and subsidies on living costs. Wagner calls Henderson funding crucial on the home front and votes against political appointment controls.
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Washington
Senate
Leon
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
House
OPA
Wagner
N. Y
Price Administration
Pployes
Stilwell's Chinese Theater Reports Nothing to Report
For the second straight day the U S air force headquarters in China said there was nothing to report from the Stilwell theater. The statement came from Lieut Gen Joseph W Stilwell's command in Chungking.
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Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Air Force
China
Trial Justice Court Hearings In Bprryville
In Bprryville on July 13 Trial Justice Kackley heard cases including Claud Green charged with assault for $26.50 and Carl Bronfman for reckless driving at $54.25.
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Bprryville
Court of Trial
Kackley
Claud Green
Carl Bronfman
Answers to the Daily Quiz Key List
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page 4 include the winter season month, the fifty dollars a month wage, Yugoslavia, the Office of Civilian Defense director, Bocrates, Juneau, and the author Winston Churchill. It lists true false for No 7 and No 8, Pennsylvania, and Samuel Butler as another identifier.
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Yugoslavia
Office of Civilian Defense
Bocrates
Juneau
Winston Churchill
Pennsylvania
Samuel Butler
Alexandria Harbor Gates East Since Ancient Foundation
Alexandria's harbor emerged as a key gateway to the east after the city was founded by Alexander the Great in 9,332 B C. The ancient port linked Greece with Asia and facilitated trade and exploration through successive eras.
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Alexandria
Alexais the Great
Deekins Named Secretary of Virginia Junior Chamber
Richmond July 18 Arthur Deekins of Richmond was chosen secretary of the Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce announced by acting secretary William B. Lloyd. Deekins previously chaired the state war efforts committee and succeeds William T. Thompson Jr. of Danville who resigned.
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Richmond
Arthur Deekins
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
William EB. Lloyd
Deekins
William T. Thompson Jr
Danville
Four Nazis Led Local Spy Ring Reported by Hoover
Federal authorities said 14 associates of saboteurs who entered the country with eight Germans failed to report the mission. Maria Kerling, wife of leader Edward Kerling, was named alongside Haupt family links as part of the group tied to the Jacksonville landing on June 17.
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Ciermany
Hoover
Maria Kerling
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville
Fleet Units Battle At Matruh In Desert Push
Allied reports describe heavy fighting as fleet units shell and rake Matruh while defenses hold against advancing Axis columns. Soviet and German lines clash near Rzhev as 30,000 Russians reportedly captured in a major encirclement. Rommel fails to regain positions west of Alamein as British air and ground pressure press the Axis. Cuba sells its 1942 sugar to the United States Defense Supplies Corp.
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Lishchansk
Boguchar
Don
Volga
Astrakhan
Caspian
Rzhev
Moscow
Berlin
Semeon Timoshhenko
Voronezh
Red Army
Romm
Egypt
Claude J. E Auchinleck
Rommel
Alamein
English Channel
RAF
Danzig
England
Cuba
United States Defense Supplies Corp
Winchester Court Dockets Report Drunk Driving and Speeding Fines
A compilation from the Civil and Police Justice Court lists multiple defendants across Frederick, Winchester, Stephens City, and Berryville with offenses including drunken driving speed violations improper lights no operator or license and reckless driving. Fines range from 4.25 to 41.25 with several 10 to 30 day suspensions noted. Notable names appearing include Delauter Brill McKee Shryock and Tinsman among others from towns such as Frederick City Stephens City Berryville Strasburg and Moorefield vicinity.
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Winchester
Douglas Fuller Jenkins
Stephenson
George Brill
City
Iles Delauter
Frederick
Henry McKee
Virginia Avenue
Evert Wilson
Richland
Ge Jacob Bailey
J. T. Kirby
Broomery Star Route
Frederick County
Henry Bradley Davidson
Stevenson
D. Stafford Kelley
Alexandria
Jacob Henry Shryock
Stephens City
Clark P. Wright
Lyman Edward O'Dell
William &. McKay
Rt. 1
Courtney Himelright
Strasburg
Greendon Harris Tumblin
Berryville
William Frank Russell
William Talhelm
Richard Page Jackson
Gray Avenue
Anneth Whitmore
Bunker Hill
William C. Trenary
Melvin Loring Seldon
Gore
Roy Mitchell Gardiner
Caleb Harold Tinsman
Bluemont
Arnold Boswell
Clement D. Wenger
Harrisonburg
Charles Wesley Gruber
Martinsburg Pike
Alvin Lee Moss
Petersburg
Eugene Lemuel Greth
Raspburg
Tucker Preaches and Confirms in Millwood and Boyce
The Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker preached to a large Millwood congregation at Christ Episcopal Church and confirmed four. He also preached at Emmanuel Chapel in Boyce and confirmed there. Rev. Clodius P. Shelton, rector, leaves for Ft. Benjamin Harrison to serve as Army chaplain. Mrs. Shelton and Margaret remain at the Millwood rectory until a permanent assignment.
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Henry St. George Tucker
D. C
Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
United States Army
Shelton
Miss Margaret Shelton
Millwood
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report
Wheat No 2 Red Winter Garlicky spot domestic 1.16 June 146. Corn 95 98 Winchester Market New wheat 1.06 per bushel Corn 90c per bushel Prices based on deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Negro Lynched Near Cotton Gin In Rural Incident
Sheriff Watts described a mob attack after a woman reported an attempted assault in a trailer camp. A man was shot in a cafe during the pursuit and later died at a hospital. The assailant was not masked or armed, and no reliable identification was made.
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Watts
Vinson
Powder Burns Fatal to Three at Hercules Plant
An explosion fire in a sheet cutting unit of the Hercules powder plant in Radford Va killed three workers and left others seriously burned. Echols McClure 33 of Indiana West Virginia and Carlis N ere 19 of Radford died after severe burns. William H Moore 46 of Wise Va died later. Lawrence E Gant 26 of Johnson City Tenn remained critically burned. An army board investigates the cause.
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Radford
Ordnance
Hercules Powder
Army Board of
Ordnance Works
Echols McClure
Ind. W. Va
Carlis N
Harris
William H. Moore
Wise
New Altamont Hospital
Christiansburg
Lawrence E. Gant
Johnson City
Tenn
Christiansburg Hospital
Moore
New Experience For U. S. Pilots
Major Thomas L. Dawson reports American pilots ferrying planes across Africa face dangers from elephants lions crocodiles and hippos. He recalls a jungle airport where elephants had to be driven off before landings and landing in rivers with crocodiles. A Sudan field greeted him with a playful lion that slapped his back and bit his arm before retreating.
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Washington
Africa
Thomas L. Dawson
Kansas City
Sudan
Local Markets The Star Not Responsible for Typo Errors
Local markets section notes daily updates and states The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur. The notice emphasizes accuracy efforts while reserving editorial discretion.
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The
Star
Short Patent brands and farm stock prices excerpt
A fragmented price list shows patent brand feeds with bag and bushel prices, mixed feeds and various farm livestock values. Included are livestock categories such as broilers, heavy hens, leghorn fowls, young ducks, cows, steers, bulls, calves, lambs, and butter fat figures.
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Ieee
Local tisTAK Market Flour Prices and Butter Bid
Short patent Brang flour priced per bag and per barrel with various weights and batch notes. Creamery butter sold retail at 45 cents per pound.
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Ceccaccesen
Zatent
Missing Boy Found Shot To Death in Virginia
Duncan Campbell Killmaster 16 was found two miles from his grandmother’s estate in Leesburg Virginia with a single bullet wound to the head. Coroner Dr John A Gibson ruled accidental death saying the youth likely tripped over a root causing a pistol he carried to discharge. He was the son of Captain B S Killmaster U S N and Mrs Killmaster of Arlington and grandson of the late Representative Philip P Campbell of Kansas.
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Leesburg
Duncan Campbell
B.S. Killmaster
U.S. N
U.S. Liberator Bomber Reported Lost in Middle East
Cairo July 12 delayed dispatch reports the first U S Liberator bomber loss in battle over the Middle East. After weeks of raids on Axis targets a formation headed to Mediterranean shipping was intercepted by Messerschmitt fighters. Two enemy planes were shot down. one Liberator failed to return.
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Cairo
United States Air Corps
Middle East
Mediterranean
Baltimore Market Quotation Summary July 13 18
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show muted activity across apples poultry butter and livestock. Cattle calves hogs sheep values shift with weekly trends and regional quotes reflect steady to lower demand and mixed grading for fat lambs and sows. Chicago reports slower hog trade with price declines and variable cattle and sheep bids across markets.
Stock Market Rebounds Amid Mixed Early Declines
New York July 13 The market absorbed profit taking after last week’s rally with small offerings and scattered advances. Early losers included Bethlehem Steel U S Steel American Telephone Santa Fe Standard Oil Sears Roebuck Anaconda and Douglas Aircraft, while U S Rubber Goodrich Boeing and Du Pont showed resistance and some recoveries followed.
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New York
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Santa Fe Standard Oil
Sears Roebuck
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
U.8
Rubber
Goodrich
Boeing
du Pont
Wheat and corn grain quotations dip on hedging pressure
Chicago prices drifted lower as cotton weakness and war news from the Russian front sparked hedging. Wheat July 1.19 3-8 September 1.21 3-4 Dec 1.95 8-4. Corn July 87 3-4 September 89 3-4 Dec 92 3-4. Oats Sept 48 1-8 Dec 50 1-2. Rye Sept 69 3-4 Dec 73 5-8.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh Livestock Prices at Pittsburgh Market
Salable cattle 450 active at steady prices with steers good to choice 13.50 to 14.50 and cows 8.00 to 10.00. calves 250 steady with Good to choice 14.50 to 15.50. sheep 300 steady with lambs 14.75 to 15.25 and wethers 6.00 to 6.50. hogs 400 active at steady. various weight ranges listed with price bands.
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Baltimore
U.S
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dept. Agr
Pittsburgh Livestock
Pittsburgh
Pa. Dept. Agri
Sevastopol Falls After March Peace Treaty
German forces capture Sevastopol at the end of April 1918 following a peace treaty with Russia in March marking a major wartime shift.
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Russia
Sevastopol
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