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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
11
Federal grading and purchasing programs push egg prices up in Virginia from mid April. Markets in Richmond Broadway and Roanoke begin government purchases with Danville in negotiations. Farmers advised to collect eggs daily, cool them, and market twice weekly to preserve quality and maximize price.
Spokane dispatch notes Captains John C. Afien and Julius Mueller born the same day and year, both World War I veterans, commissioned lieutenants in the national guard in 1931, now on duty at the second air service area command. Allen, former mayor of Poplar Bluff Missouri, and Mueller from Amarillo Texas are part of the coincident birthday arrival reported yesterday. The army did not specify which birthday they share.
In Vale Oregon on June 1 during a labor shortage farmers and townspeople volunteer to work the sugar beet fields from sunrise to mid day then return to town to begin the business day. Stores open only after 1 p m to support the harvest effort.
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