War Stamp Parade to Feature Horse Drawn Vehicles
A special War Stamp parade is planned Tuesday July 27 with horse drawn vehicles led by Hawthorne. The event forms at the Pennsylvania railroad station and travels through Washington and nearby streets before disbanding at the Stamp booth where Quotarians will display their stability. The MéTiwee Band will be on hand.
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Quota Club
Rome
Ruth Piz
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boécaweh
Ashington
Hoh
Piccadilly
Piccaté Cameron
Camté
Parade invites local groups to join patriotic march in Fred County
Local officials issued invitations to organizations including the Quotarians a wagon Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Junior Board of e Virginia Protective Force and Air Raid Wardens Corps and a Bicycle Division led by Page and Dr Hawthorne to participate in a Tuesday parade Residents are urged to provide wagons carriages and conveyances and to keep Tuesday free for the event Those seeking to participate should contact Ethel Jorgen or Mary Lou Steele at 4812 to arrange details and ensure a strong showing by both youth and defense units
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Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Junior Board of E
Virginia Protective Force
Iute Men
Bicycle
Page
Hawthorne
Tig
Fred County
Nelson Page
Dr. Hawthorne
Ethel Jorgeen
Mary Lou Steele
Ester
Answers to the Daily Quiz Archie of the Week
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page include questions about pirate and pine. The western sea and the ocean to East River, New York City. A earnings seventy dollars a California engraving and hall in Philadelphia.
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Wesdheeveneen Sea
Oceanes
East River
New York City
War Stamp Rally To Be Held At Palace Theater Tomorrow
The Shangri La Junior Board of Trade schedules a War Stamp Rally at the Palace Theatre. Doors open 2 15 pm, show begins 2 45 pm. Admission by stamps with $1 or more purchased at a special booth. Mc Tiwes Band to perform and a first run feature That Other Woman starring Virginia Gilmore and James Bilison.
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Ra of Trade
Palace Theatre
McTiwee
Virginia Gilmore
James Bilison
Dan Dursten
Janis Carter
Alma Krugger
Winichester
Annapolis Sahites the Navy
Junior Board of Trade
Girls’ Athletic Associaton
Ed Molden
Jay-Bee
Virginia Protective Force
Main Street
Civic Club
Molden
Two Penalized By The Ration Board
Two persons were penalised and the cases of 12 others were dismissed by the Gasoline committee of the Ration Board this week. Winfred R. Ashwood of Mt Williams surrendered 3 coupons for speeding. Raymond R. Headley of Middletown lost two coupons for speeding.
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Ration Board
Winfred R. Ashwood
Mt. Williams
Raymond R. Headley
Middletown
Hawk raids on Kiska escalate with RCAF pilots in action
A Thursday raid on Kiska involved Royal Canadian Air Force pilots accompanying U S planes that were shot down by anti aircraft fire. The crew was rescued. The communique no 449 notes two air attacks on Kiska this month, with seven surface bombings reported on the island this month.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Kika
Navy Seaman John Carbaugh Listed Missing After Helena Loss
The Star reports John Carbaugh, a U S Navy seaman from Stephens City, assigned to the Helena, lost in the Kula Gulf battle July 6. Family members in Virginia and Australia await word as hopes fade yet miracles have occurred for missing servicemen.
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Australia
Star
Army Nursing Corps
Nettie Carbaugh
Stephens City
Susie Montgomery
Falls Church
Pearl Harbor
John
Navy
U. S. New York
Helena
Kula Gulf
Solomon Islands
Stephens ‘City
Star Office
Pacific Zone
Charles E. Pitcock Dies. Survived by Six Children
Charles E. Pitcock died at noon yesterday. He leaves six children Ruth Willey Calvin Brifl of Baltimore Charles Ashwood of Arlington Virginia Linaberg Eliza beth Grim of Elk Ridge Md and Lottie Ashwood of the city. He also leaves two brothers Luther and Robert Pitcock of Frederick county and a sister Mary Colvin of Winchester. Funeral arrangements had not been completed this afternoon.
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Charles E. Pitcock
Ruth Willey
Calvin Brifl
Baltimore
Charles Ashwood
Arlington
Virginia Linaberg
Elizabeth Grim
Elk Ridge
Lottie Ashwood
City
Luther
Robert Pitcock
Frederick County
Mary Colvin
Winchester
Food Class At Berryville
Berryville July 24 The food production and conservation class meets Friday morning July 30 at 10 30 a m at the Home Economics Cottage on the high school grounds. A pressure cooker demonstration covers corn canning and blends. Tomatoes will be canned with hot water bath processing. The dehydrator will be shown for drying corn and other products. Fall garden planning is planned. Old members urged to attend. new families may join and gain cannery access when available.
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Berryville
Bishop Kern calls Southeastern Episcopal College meeting
Bishop Paul B. Kern president of the College of Bishops of the southeastern jurisdiction of the Methodist Church calls a meeting at Lake Junaluska North Carolina on August 25 to set the date for this year’s Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
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Lake Junaluska
N. C
Paul B. Kern
College of Bishops
Methodist Church
Southeastern Episcopal College
Dove of Peace On Strange Course
The text describes a wage dispute in the Irager coal fields over portal-to-portal pay and a board’s agreement rejected by Lewis who calls it a "yellow dog" contract. Lewis proposes to address the board, defending the Illinois agreement as in the public interest amid pressure to enforce non compliance.
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Irager
Lewis
William H. Davis
Illinois
Davis
Byrnes
White House
War Production Board
J M Dunham 44 Dies After Brief Illness
J M Dunham 44 a native of Berkeley county Va died at his home this morning at 9 o clock after a brief illness He was a painter by trade and a member of Payne Chapel Methodist Church Survived by parents wife four children two brothers and three sisters Funeral services will be conducted from the residence Monday at 10 o'clock with two ministers officiating and burial at Gerrards Town
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Joh Mervil Dunham
Berkeley County
Agers
W&s
Payne's Chapel
Bettie Lou
William Lee
Robert Taylor
Benjamin Russell Dunham
James
Washington
Harry
Martinsburg
Raymond Swartz
Darksville
Guy Cole
Gerrards+ town
District Judge and Four Others Slain in Ogden Gun Attacks
Gunman killed District Judge Lewis V. Trieman and four others in two Ogden homes before a final shotgun blast at a police station where he was captured. Victims include Mrs. Jane Stauffer 29 and Mrs. Betty Brooks, neighbors, plus Mrs. Stauffer's mother and Bert Stauffer husband among the wounded.
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Ogden
Utah
Lewis V. Trueman
Jane Stauffer
Burton
Rigby
Idaho
Stauffer
Betty A. Brooks
Sam Nelson
Neight
Bert Stauffer
Brooks
F . Brooks
One Dead Five Hurt In Wreck Near Fayetteville
The Pullman coach section of the Tamiami Champion of the Atlantic Coast Line plowed into the observation car of the forward section a mile north of Fayetteville North Carolina early today. One man was killed and at least five injured. The forward section carried day coaches while the rear section’s engine and the observation car were smashed but no cars derailed.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Tamiami Champion
New York
Miami
Fla
Here
Ice distribution labeled locally needed by War Manpower Commission
The War Manpower Commission authorized area directors in DC Maryland West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina to declare ice distribution a locally needed activity. Criteria include wage standards a wartime work week and labor utilization with assistance offered to ice plants cold storage and ice car services amid critical peak season labor shortages threatening fresh produce. Group one includes Washington and Southern Maryland areas and group two Virginia and West Virginia localities.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
District of Columbia
Maryland
West Virginia
Virgina
North Carolina
Leo R. Werts
Region No. 4
Werts
Hampton Roads
Baltimore
Bel Air
Havre de Grace
Elkton
Virginia
Emporia
Pront Royal
Winchester
Richlands
West Point
Richmond
Petersburg
Allied Forces Sweep Sicily Drive Traps Axis Units
Allied forces mortared and stormed across Sicily pushing toward Messina after capturing Palermo. American Seventh Army reports 14 000 enemy captured, with total Axis prisoners around 60 000 as Palermo fall tightens the western flank and blocks retreat routes.
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Eighth Army
Natal
Efi
Yndies
cri+eans
Seventh Army
Sicily
Ameré Jeans
Érmd
Messina
Palermo
Bina
theAast
Catania
George 5
Patton
Marsala
Trapani
Berlin
Reuters
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Bern
Switzerland
Guy Simonds
Italy
Acuino
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Salerno
Naples
Practical
di Mare
Severano
Crete
Cairo
Middle East
Mediterranean
Herapetra
Herakleon
Candia
Reckless driving feared as ban lifts in Dallas
Carl L. Rutland of the Dallas Traffic Commission estimates a high toll from the first year of motor vehicle use after wartime shortages end. He predicts 150000 permanent disabilities and many deaths as drivers rush back on the road once tires and gasoline are plentiful. He warns that recklessness will rise as drivers “drive the wheels off” their cars.
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Dallas
Tex
Carl L. Rutland
Rutland
Dalas Traffic Commission
Aie
Internaticipal Signal Assoc
Chicago Grain Quotations Reported Prices and Activity
Chicago grain quotations show wheat mixed with buying support and rye selling. Opening prices quoted for Wheat Sept and Dec, Oats Sept and May, Rye Sept and Dec with minor shifts and direction noted.
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Chicago
Germans Claim Soviet Retreat Under Summer Offense Legend
A wartime dispatch counters the myth that German summer offensives always succeed and that Soviet troops continually retreat. The report asserts the German rear is now in danger and challenges long held beliefs about the campaign dynamics.
Battle Reports From Eastern Front Hit by German Losses
Soviet dispatches say the Red Army pressed near Orel and Belgorod on the eastern front, breaking German defense as heavy losses mounted. German counter-attacks failed to stop advances as planes fought over Orel and surrounding fronts.
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Red Star
Army
Hitler
Sicily
Red Army
Europe
Orel
Berlin
Associated Press
Donets Belgorod
Mius
Kuban
Gene
Red
Uth
Izyum
Donets
Belgorod
Livestock Market Quotations and Chicago Prices
Market summaries show higher prices on some livestock and steady to strong demand for fat cattle and spring lambs. Chicago quotations indicate steady to higher prices for grain fed steers, with declines for other classes, hogs near 11 to 14. quarters, and native lambs lifting 25-50 cents versus last week.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
W. FP. A
Packer
Stock market report near close notes varied activity
Market near closing showed lulls and surges as several stocks moved. Key names mentioned include Santa Fe Kinley Northern Pacific Great Northern Rock Loew's American Power and others in a general trading update.
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Lings
Bulag ‘Rs Aan Hétrs
Imde
P Rive
Parforsaeta Aes Santa Fe
Kinley Corthern Pacific
Great Northern
To Rock
Loew’s
American Power Ro
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore July 24 grain market reports Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.58 1-4 per bushel for July 23. Winchester Market Wheat 1.53. Corn 1.16 1-2. Prices based on mill delivery.
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Baltimore
Winchester
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Shangri-La
Palace Theater
Kiska
John Carbaugh
Charles Pitcock
Dove of
J. M. Dunham
William McGaffin
Main St
Stock Market Report
Goodyear Tires
Beaddock
Mile
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
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