Navy Patrol Bombers Spied Fleet Off Midway
Pearl Harbor dispatch details how U S Navy long range patrol bombers spotted the Japanese fleet near Midway on June 3 and conducted a night torpedo attack. Ensign Jewell Reid of Paducah Ky reported the initial sighting and the fleet’s heavy ships, including battleships and troop transports, as the pilots described the hazardous mission and the rescues that followed.
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Pearl Harbor
T.H
U. S. Navy
Midway
Logan Ra
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Midway Island
Ramsey
Deering
Geeral
Jewell Reid
Paducah
Reid
Lalmall
Lieut
William Richards
Collingswood
N. J
Charles P. Hibbered
West Springfield
Mass
Myna
Market Quotations Livestock And Wigs Produce Markets
Baltimore quotes show poultry steady with prices for chickens, fowl, eggs, and butter. Cattle and calves move slowly with varied ranges, steers 7.00-9.50 and calves 10.00-15.00, Pittsburgh and Chicago reports list hog and sheep prices, with hogs steady to 25 cents lower and cattle and calves uneven in demand.
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Baltimore
Pittsburgh Livestock
Pittsburgh
Chicago
U. S. Dept
Eee
Enresees
Eeeeens
State Collecting Many Fines
Richmond report notes Virginia state police tagging motorists for speeding at a pace that would put about one in eight drivers in trial justice this year. If fines average ten dollars, projected state revenue reaches about five hundred thousand dollars.
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Richmond
Public Sale of Frederick County Property in Virginia
By order of a 1927 deed of trust and a 1942 circuit court decree a substituted trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia on Saturday July 18 1942 at 11 00 AM. The tract totals 102 acres located about 4 1/2 miles southwest of Winchester. Auctioneer C I Brumback.
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Circus Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Circuit Court
John M. Steck
County Court House
Winchester
T. Russell Cather
C. I. Brumback
Stock Market Report Showed Mixed Trading On Quiet Session
The market opened steady with selective gains as air transport and mining issues faded. Dealers noted strong demand for industrials as the main prop, while late war news stayed market neutral. Leading stocks included U S Steel Bethlehem Dow Chemical Chrysler and others with Postal Telegraph preferred reaching new yearly highs.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Dow Chemical
Chrysler
American Smelting
U. S. Gypsum
Owens-Illinois
Pepsi-Cola
Sante Fe
American Viscose
International Minerals & Chemical
Postal Telegaph
Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices
Chicago June 16 grain futures show a firm undertone with slow trading. Opening quotes: Wheat July 1 19 1 8, Sept 1 21 1 2, Dec 1 24 1 2 5 8. Corn July 86 1 4, Sept 88 7 8, Dec 91 1 4 3 8. Oats Sept 49 3 8. Rye July 64 3 4, Sept 67 5 8 3 4, Dec 71 5 18.
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Chicago
Local Markets The Star Not Responsible for Typo Errors
Market listings appear daily in The Star with current prices and items. The newspaper disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in the page.
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The
Star
Duties of the Chemical Warfare Service
The Chemical Warfare Service conducts research in chemical warfare development, procures and supplies chemical warfare materials, trains in both offensive and defensive procedures, and organizes and operates specialized gas troops.
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Chemical Warfare Service
Winchester license hearing for beer and wine retail at Ritz Lunch
The undersigned appeared before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on June 13 1942 to apply for a license to retail beer and wine above 3.2 percent at Ritz Lunch 174 N Loudoun St Winchester Va The beverages would be consumed on and off the premises with William Brayle as proprietor and stated by the applicant
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Ritz Lunch
Loudoun St
Winchester
William Brayle
Russian Hilltop Defenders Balk Onrush of Hitlerites
Moscow dispatches report a three day German river assault in the Kharkov sector failed as Soviet hilltop defenses held. Sevastopol endured heavy artillery with seven regiments massed and at least seven infantry divisions and 150 tanks aiding the siege. Tass said the garrison destroyed 40 tanks and three German infantry regiments in one day while claiming 950 enemy bodies in a single sector.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Crimean
Paris
Red Army
Tass
Bryansk
No Rifle Match For Ladies Club Canceled
The Star reports no rifle match for the Ladies Club at the armory tomorrow night. The event is called off due to orders received by Captain W. A. Baker requiring the armory for dusk to dawn blackouts.
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W. A. Baker
V. P.F
Notice of Application for Duplicate Certificate of Deposit
Herbert S. Larrick executor announces on June 15 1942 that on July 1 1942 he will apply to Middletown State Bank in Middletown Virginia for a duplicate Certificate of Deposit in place of No 1592 issued May 16 1940 to Mrs. Robert M Ward for 400 dollars which is lost or destroyed. All persons may show cause by July 1 1942 why the duplicate should not be issued.
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Middletown State Bank
Middletown
Robert M. Ward
Herbert S. Larrick
Emily R. Ward
Court notices list speeding and drunken driving fines
In Roanoke and nearby towns defendants faced speeding and careless driving charges. Names include Wallace D Pitcock Stephens City Carl Lewis Chaplin Joseph Ritchter Staunton and others with fines from 9.25 to 106.35 and sentences including suspended jail terms for driving under the influence.
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Joseph A. Mullins
Roanoke
de Nnhard
Kling
Bareville
Wallace D.pitcock
Stephens City
Carl Lewis Chaplin
Joseph Ritchter
Staunton
Joseph Settle
Culpeper
Eldridge Pole
Harrisonburg
Mervil W. Adams
Harry Dolan
Whitacre
William W. Carlisle
Romney
W. Va
William S. Womack
Strasburg
Amos E. Bowman
Chewsville
Lloyd J. Shazer
Gettysburg
Ohio
Ee Wisecarver
Finley E. Alher
Ae Pa
Petrie Estate Goes To Wife In Probate
The will of the late R. L. Petrie has been admitted to probate naming his wife as sole beneficiary. She has qualified as administratrix cta by posting a $5,000 bond with her son Richard as surety. The will was written September 20, 1928.
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R. L. Petrie
Julian Baker
Frederick County Circuit Court
Richard
Stickley Estate Appraised at 25108.40 in Frederick County
The estate of the late Mrs. Mary Evelyn Stickley of Stephens City was appraised at 25108.40 and entered in Frederick County Circuit Court records. Appraisers named by the court were Joseph Funkhouser Daniel Brumback and F B Cadwallader.
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Mary Evelyn Stickley
Stephens City
Julian Baker
Frederick County
Joseph Funkhouser
Daniel Brumback
F. B. Cadwallader
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore June 16 reports grain prices with Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.19 1-2 per bushel and Corn 95-98 cents per bushel. Winchester Market lists Wheat at 1.14 and Corn at 90 cents per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Allied report on Japanese raids near Garwin harbor
Allied headquarters report on June 19 states Japan conducted a third raid in as many days, sending 27 heavy bombers escorted by 15 fighters. The attack hit residential areas and the harbor, with six Japanese fighters shot down and two Allied planes lost. Material damage and casualties were slight.
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Australia
Garwin Lo
Douglas MacArthur
Education and War To Be Discussed at Richmond Conference
Public school leaders from division schools will review how publication supports the war program at the annual summer conference in Richmond on Thursday and Friday. A discussion at the comptanding session will cover the new state employee teachers retirement act led by Major Frank P. Evans and A. Fleetlord.
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Richmond
Frank P. Evans
A. Fleetlord
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Walter B. Clausen
Gaylord Probst
Los Angeles
Douglas C. Davis
St. Louis
Allan Rothenberg
Washington, D. C
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
DIAL
Sherwin Williams
Sherwin-Williams
Ana Guid
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Ory
Stock Market Report
George W. Kurtz
By Henry C. Cassidy
Donets
Pine Motor CO
Dodge and
Plymouth
Cor. S. Braddock & Cecil
Petrie
Stickley
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Northern Virginia Powerco
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