Flag Day Events Open Fifth War Loan Drive In Winchester
Winchester Lodge No. 867 of the Elks hosts Flag Day ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. June 14 in the Elks Home to honor members in service. An informal dinner follows for furloughed members and their families. The Elks Home, corner Brad dock and Piccadilly Streets, has historic ties to Civil War events and Sheridan's Ride.
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Winchester Lodge No. 867
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Home
W. W. Glass
United States
Congress
Elks
Winchester
Winchester Lodge
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
Lloyd Logan
Philip Sheridan
Cedar Creek
Thomas Buchanan Read
Navy Band To Render Concert For War Bond Drive
The U S Navy band from the Naval School of Music will perform a public concert in front of the county courthouse tomorrow afternoon. The 20 piece group will arrive early to promote the Fifth War Loan Drive and is composed of professional musicians with past fame in civilian dance bands. The concert program is not yet announced.
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U. S. Naval School of Music
Armory
United States Navy
Merchants Plan War Bond Chain Across City Fronts
Brady W. Largent announces a War Bond Chain campaign by Loudoun and Piccadilly streets to create an unbroken chain from Cork to Piccadilly and Cameron to Braddock. Merchants will sell or buy a $25 war bond for each link, with sidewalk stencils marking the chain. Sam Magerfield handles merchant signups.
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Cork
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cameron
Braddock Streets
Brady W. Largent
Retail Merchants
War Finance Committee
Sam Magerfield
More Equipment For Two Plants Of Viscose Corp
The American Viscose Corporation board authorized funds for adding equipment at its Nitro West Virginia and Meadville Pennsylvania plants. Purchases depend on war demand easing or end of the war. If obtained, Nitro plant output will rise by about 12,000,000 pounds of viscose process rayon staple annually and Meadville plant acetate rayon yarn output by a similar amount.
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Viscose Corp
The
American Viscose Corporation
Nitro
W. Va
Meadville
Ration Calendar Updates for Meats Fats and Sugar
The AP reports stamp validity changes for ration books across categories. Red stamps A8 to V8 now valid indefinitely for meats fats and related items. Blue sugar stamps 30 and 31 allow five pounds each five pounds. Stamp 32 for five pounds June 16 and stamp 40 for five pounds for home canning. Petroleum coupons issued promptly by local rationing boards.
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Associated Press
War Bond Dance Draws Big Crowd At Winchester Armory
Advance tickets indicate a large attendance for the War Bond Dance at the Winchester armory tomorrow night. The event, sponsored by the JET to fund a permanent War Activities Booth, features a 20 piece Naval School of Music band and charges $2.20 per couple plus a War Bond pledge.
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Winchester Armory
G. T. Binner
U.S. Naval School of Music
Washington
H. C. Sheetz and Son
Miller's Drug Store
Peoples Drug Store
Gaunts Drug Store
Ed Moldens
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
Front Royal Remount
Finland to Pay On Old War Debt
Finland plans to pay the June 15 installment on WWI debt to the United States to maintain its record. The legation said it will use funds in the United States to cover about 140000 dollars in interest, requiring a license from the Treasury’s foreign funds control division, with an application filed. Finland has never defaulted, though voluntary postponements occurred during the 1939 40 war with Russia.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Treasury
Foreign Funds Control Division
Russia
Public events planned to launch 1 300 000 War Loan Drive
Tomorrow marks the Fifth War Loan opening in Winchester and Frederick County with a $1 300 000 quota including $300 000 in E Bonds. Activities include a Reuss Avenue exhibit of captured war equipment a concert at the County Court House a Soldier dinner and a pageant To Victory at Handley Bowl with Dr Francis P Gaines. War Finance Chairman Wendell Barney expresses confidence in local support as civic clubs retail merchants and Industrial groups organize daily Bond Booths and competitions to boost sales.
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Reuss Avenue
County Court House
Ellis
Handley Bowl
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee
France
Winchester
Frederick County
War Finance
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Loudoun Street
Ed Molden
Paul L. Ayers
Retail Merchants Association
Eagles Club
Little Garden Club
Mass
C. Schenck
Barney
Ernest
New England
Boston
Sue Tokas
War Bond Drive Boosted by Local Groups and Daily Updates
Command Stephens City and nearby communities join 4-H and home demonstration groups to promote the war bond drive. A Bond Board on Loudoun Street will post daily progress and cross city standings with Winchester. War Bond Premier plans and events led by C Schenck, with a July 8 end date, aim to reach a 1.3 million dollar quota.
German General of Artillery Marchs Dies in Chebourgh Peninsula Fight
Berlin radio announced the death of German General of Artillery Marchs, commander of the Cherbourgh peninsula, who fell leading his troops in fierce combat.
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London
Berlin
Cherbourgh
War Equipment Display Arrives In Winchester County
Citizens will view a collection of captured German Italian and Japanese war gear arranged on Rouss Avenue by noon. The exhibit from Camp Ritchie Frederick Maryland includes an anti tank gun small field pieces side arms and ammunition. A. M. Alexander and C. H. Edwards treasury department officers accompany the display which starts the fourth tour of the Fifth War Loan Drive with Edward remaining overnight and returning to Richmond.
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Winchester County
Camp Ritchie
Frederick
Rouss Avenue
Winchester
A. M. Alexander
C. H. Edwards
Treasury Department
State of Virginia
Alexander
Edwards
Dn Gaines
Richmond
Ship Meyer London Sunk on First Voyage to War Zone
The Liberty ship Meyer London built by Bethlehem-Fairfield Yard Baltimore last February 4 was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on its first voyage to a war zone. Capt. Fred H. Rylander of New Orleans commanded the vessel. All hands were saved by a British corvette that picked up the crew.
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Washington
Meyer London
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Baltimore
War Shipping Administration
Fred H. Rylander
New Orleans
Mediterranean
Final Victory Pageant Rehearsal Sets Stage Tomorrow
Students prepare for a five part War Bond pageant titled To Victory at Handley School, with six hundred cast members. Dr. Francis P. Gaines will give the keynote address at the 7:30 opening. Miss Anne Buckley will be crowned Victory Queen.
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Groll
Handley School
Francis P. Gaines
Garland Quarles
City School
Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Anne Buckley
Handley Band
Virginia Boyd Barr
Winchester
Brucetown Defeats Ash Hollow 3 2 In Closely Fought Game
Brucetown Woodchucks beat Ash Hollow 3 to 2 as Castleman and De Haven formed the winning battery. Willis twins Leon and Raymond started for Ash Hollow with John Cole behind the plate. Brucetown tallied two runs in the fifth and added the final run in the seventh, while Ash Hollow plated their lone score in the seventh and nearly tied it in the final frame before a runner was tagged out at home by McDonald.
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Ash Hollow
Brucetown Woodchucks
Castleman
de Haven
Leon
Raymond Willis
John Cole
Brucetown
McDonald
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
The page lists correct quiz answers including Earl Warren and The Declaration of Independence. It features questions on quotations matching a phrase I seldom see him, a count of eighteen, a state Rhode Island, a subject Landscapes, a product Cotton, a state Louisiana, and a policy head tax.
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Earl Warren
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Save on Tires Recap Service Explained
Save percent on tires explained as a recap service that adds many miles to worn casings, outlining benefits and how it extends tire life through re cap techniques.
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Clendening
the Star
America
Wall
Fifth War Loan Organization
Stephens City
Middle Road
Evandale
Gravel Springs
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Budweiser Ee Ee
Brucetown Victors
Cammer Tire CO
Saul
John W. Rosenberger & Co
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