John Kerr School Wins Permanent Possession of 1944 Scrap Flag
John Kerr School will receive permanent possession of the 1944 Scrap Flag with a presentation next Tuesday at 1 15 pm. C H Luebbert of the Virginia Salvage Committee will speak and present the flag as the program is broadcast locally. The win follows a year of competition that saw total salvage reach 154 411 pounds with Handley and Virginia Avenue also placing.
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John Kerr School
C. H. Luebbert
Virginia Salvage Committee
Richmond
G. T. Binner
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Handley Elementary School
Handley High School
Va. Avenue
Virginia Avenue School
Handley Elementary
Ben Belchie
Winchester Salvage Committee
France
Belchie
Johnson Rites Friday in Clarke
Funeral services for Robert Lee Johnson 77 will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at John Enders Funeral Home Berryville. He died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital and will be interred in Green Hill Cemetery.
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John Enders
Berryville
Robert Lee Johnson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Green Hill Cemetery
Nazi Installations pounded in France and raids on Cologne
RAF formations attacked German rail junctions near Caen and in Paris area as well as Cologne across the Rhine. Luftwaffe countered with raids on England while Allied air forces delivered new reinforcements to France with drops of jeeps guns and medical gear.
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Ninsula
Periers
Lahaye du Puits
Cologne
Rhine
Caen
Air Ministry
Paris
Acheres
Versailles
Massy-Palaiseau
Juvisy
France
U. S
London
Group of Priests Are Transferred
Richmond Va June 8 The Rev Arthur J Taylor director of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith for the Richmond diocese has been named pastor of St Thomas More Church Arlington He will keep his Propagation of the Faith duties for now He replaces Rev Edwin J Lee who is on indefinite sick leave Other appointments include Rev Robert B Kealey to St Vincent De Paul Berkeley Springs W Va Rev Martin H Harrison to Ocean View pastorate Rev John C Ryan to St Matthew's Warrenton Rev Charles Comaskey to Warrenton and Rev Basil Ryane promoted to pastor at St Elizabeths Colonial Beach He has served in Richmond Roanoke Petersburg Staunton and Winchester
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Richmond
Arthur J. Taylor
Society of the Propagation of the Faith
St. Thomas More Church
Arlington
Peter L. Ireton
Father Taylor
Propagation of the Faith
Edwin J. Lee
Ireton
Robert B Kealye
Holy Trinity Church
Ocean View
Norfolk
St. Vincent de Paul, Church
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Father Kealey
Martin H. Harrison
St. Matthew’s Church
Berkley
Kea~ley
John C. Ryan
St. Matthew's Church
St. John’s
Warrenton
Charles Comaskey
St. Vincent de Paul
Father Ryan
Father Comaskey
Slavs Battle Nazis in Western Bosnia and Montenegro
Marshal Tito announced German forces captured Ribnik Gornji near Banja Luka but Yugoslav partisans counterattacked near Mliniste. Fierce battles raged in western Bosnia and a German column retreated to Plevlje, 70 miles east of Mostar, in northern Montenegro.
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London
Tito
Ribnik-Gornei
Banja Luka
Mliniste
Bosnia
Montenegro
Plevlje
Mostar
Army Navy Merge To Be Studied
The House Committee on Postwar Military Policy released instructions for an army navy committee to study merging the two services. A proposed separate air department was also to be considered. The two navy and two army officers will review two and three department models and a single defense department as options.
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Army Navy
Washington
High Command
Army
Navy
House Committee
Department of Air
Woodrum
D-Va
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Army-Navy
Departments
War
Department of War
Chicago Grain Quotations and 1939 Canadian Hen Totals
Chicago grain prices show further liquidation with July wheat at 1.60 1 8 to 1.80 and July oats at 74 to 73 3 4 as futures slide. The piece notes 40 million hens on Canadian farms in 1939 with an estimated value around 58 million dollars.
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Chicago
False Teeth Sudden Slippage Helped by FASTEETH Powder
An old advertisement urges readers to use FASTEETH to prevent false teeth from slipping or wobbling while eating talking or laughing. The powder is described as alkaline and non gummy providing added comfort and security and is advertised as available at any drug store.
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Clarke
Calvel
VT Cad Society Ward
S. Loudoun St
England
East Anglia
TRE
Bemberg
Son Eek
Westsocher
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Cute Ward
Montgomery Ward
Ward Sport
Montgomery
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