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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
4
Wheat crop surges to record high as U S to feed world
The Department of Agriculture in Washington estimates this year's wheat harvest at over 1 billion bushels, a new all time high and a 50 percent rise from last winter. Kansas yields exceed early forecasts amid labor shortages and strong per acre gains, signaling ample bread supplies for next winter despite small carryover.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Kansas
America
Developments To Come In Wartime Offensive
Staunton News Leader notes a looming Soviet major offensive possibly bypassing the Carpathians with drives through Poland and Romania. Patch's Seventh Army may appear near Marseilles to push up the Rhone Valley or through the Balkans with large Allied forces in the Eastern Mediterranean theatre.
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Staunton
Carpathians
Poland
Romania
Patch
Marseilles
Rhone
Balkans
Mediterranean
Evening Star Local Sports Roundup
A compact recap from The Evening Star highlights local sports events. Key performances and results from town teams and athletes are summarized with focus on notable plays, scores, and upcoming fixtures.
Orpheus and the Sirens Moral Lesson for All Ages
A devotional meditation frames the Orpheus tale as a moral on resisting temptation. It contrasts Ulysses bound to avoid Siren songs with Orpheus’s singing to overpower danger through goodness. The piece urges embracing virtue to conquer evil and find happiness.
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Ulysses
Orpheus
Quiz questions from old newspaper page tease readers
How's Your I Q suggests seven questions with page 2 answers. Questions cover authors spelling, grammar, Basel country, murder terminology, U S states starting with W, Melville spelling reform, Toplady hymn, altitude records, Alexander Campbell roles, and Browning character Caponsacchi.
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Basel
States
Union
Herman Melville
Toplady
Alexander Campbell
Browning
Priset Caponsacchi
Local men attend Lion's District Conference in Roanoke
Misses Betty Jane Gearing and Helen Cooper assume management of the Winchester Park playground while local men travel to Roanoke for the Lion's District Conference.
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Roanoke
Betty Jane Gearing
Helen Cooper
Winchester Park
Chanters to sing at World's Fair on Virginia Day
The Chanters announce plans to perform at the World's Fair on Virginia Day. June reports show 129 marriage licenses issued this month. Appalachian Apples Growers, Inc. plans a meeting at Hansiley school grounds.
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Virginia
Appalachian Apples Growers, Inc
Hansiley School
Campbell 99 Dies at Frederick County Home
Ten years ago Stewart M Campbell died at age 99 at his Frederick County home. Winchester Park defeated Moorefield 5 to 4 in ten innings.
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Stewart M. Campbell
Frederick County
Winchester Park
Moorefield
Bloodhound puppies sold as sheriff retires tracking line
Sheriff Pannett sells the last of his bloodhound pups but keeps the parent dogs for local tracking work as authorities pursue escaped criminals. State Senator Harry F Byrd is named to run for Virginia Governor.
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Pannett
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Winchester marks semicentennial of Civil War era summer
The Star recalls incidents of the war as Winchester enters the semi centennial of the last Civil War summer. Russell and Green announce a new stock of summer corsets. Mrs. Philip Wright hosts a Berryville picnic with attendees including Miss Willie Morris Snauffer Miss Carey Miss Fairfax Meade Edward Harris Hunter Osborne and Prank Timberlake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Russell
Green
Philip Wright
Berryville
Willie Morris Snauffer
Misses Carey
Fairfax Meade
Edward Harris
Hunter Osborne
Prank Timberlake
Fire Cause Told at Virginia Woolen Mill Blaze
Officials say an incandescent electric bed left carelessly caused the woolen mill fire. Prunes sell at C. W. Ramsburg's six pounds for 25 cents. “Clearmont,” a fine Clarke county farm owned by Marshall McCormick, is for sale.
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Virginia Woolen Mill
C. W. Ramsburg
Clearmont
Clarke County
Marshall McCormick
Winchester May water use rises 30 percent over prior year
The Star notes Winchester consumed over 2,000,000 gallons more water in May 1899 than in May 1898, a thirty percent increase. The paper ponders whether residents are more thirsty than in previous years.
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Winchester
Mrs Talbert Yost Visits Baltimore Son in Navy Service
Mrs. Talbert Yost travels from New Market to Baltimore to reunite with her daughter and son in law Gustav Dornscheuer Jr. and to meet her son Edwin C. Yost who just returned from overseas with the Maritime Service. Her mother, Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Talbert, remains ill at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Talbert Yost
New Market
W. O. Talbert
Gustav Dornscheuer, Jr
Baltimore
Edwin C. Yost
Edwin
Mrs. Yost
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harold Lauck To Receive Medal For Achievement
C Harold Lauck, lab instructor in journalism and superintendent of the Journalism Laboratory Press at Washington and Lee University, is elected to receive the Harry J Friedman Memorial Gold Star for graphic arts education. The award is given by the New York School of Printing and will be presented in New York on June 22.
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Washington and Lee University
C. Harold Lauck
Journalism Laboratory
Harry J. Priedman
New York School of Printing
New York
Frederic W. Goudy
Harry L. Gage
Lauck
Frederick County
Virginia
Roanoke College
Washington and Lee
Lee
Local Family Member Lauck Ties to Winchester Printing Roots
Mr. Lauck, son of Mrs. Nora A. Lauck and the late Jacob Sen seney Lauck of Winchester, learned the printing trade in youth with George F. Norton, former publisher of the Evening News Item. He is brother to Mrs. Leona Shirkey, wife of Rev. Dr. Albert P. Shirkey, pastor in San Antonio, and Mrs. Grace Roe, wife of Prof. Joseph Roe in Washington, D. C. His brother Herbert Lauck was athletic director at Handley High School years ago.
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Lauck
Nora A. Lauck
Jacob Senseney Lauck
Winchester
George F. Norton
Evening News
Leona Shirkey
Albert P. Shirkey
San Antonio
Tex
Grace Roe
Joseph Roe
Washington, D. C
Herbert Lauck
Handley High School
RAF Heavies Pound Enemy In Global Air War Update
Allied air forces reported heavy bomber operations over the Ruhr and Pas de Calais with about 4 000 aircraft, facing strong German defenses and new flare and incendiary tactics. American officer Steven Gerick credited with his seventh enemy kill since D Day as bombers targeted Paris Laon and surrounding air bases.
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Ruhr
RAF
Fischer Tropsch
Rhinaland
Britain
Italy
Berlin
U. S
Pas de Calais
Paris
Laon
Steven Gerick
Pittsburg
Bradley Praises Doughboys and Parachute Troops After Invasion
General Bradley praised the 29th division and parachute troops in a camp tent briefing with correspondents. He credited high courage and leadership for a successful landing and said the invasion avoided the bloodbath some predicted.
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Bradley
Baltimore Market Quotation For Livestock And Produce
Baltimore market report from June 17 shows light poultry receipts and strong hog and cattle activity. Prices for steers and heifers vary by grade with top slaughter steers around 17.50 per 100 pounds and vealers and calves showing varied steady to higher quotes. Chicago figures mirror steady hogs and higher fat cattle with steer tops near 17.60 and sheep and lambs mixed in supply and demand.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations
Chicago June 1 futures were easy at the open as traders awaited Washington actions. Prices: Wheat July 1.59 3 8 to 1 4, Sept 1.58 3 4 to 5 8, Dec 1.59 1 2, May 1.60 3 8. Oats July 74 7 8, Sept 69 5 8 to 1 2, Dec 68 3 4. Rye July 1.08 1 2 to 7 8, Sept oats 1.12 1 8, May 1.14. Barley July 1.19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Finnish Troops Advance Amid War Tides and Refugee Flows
Helsinki dispatches report Finnish forces with heavy armor pushing forward as refugees stream from Karelian towns. Battles raged near Suranmaki while the Red Army reportedly used rocket artillery. Finns ere moved east from Ahvenanmaa to reinforce the front, according to Dagens Nyheter.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Suranmaki
Red Army
Dagens Nyheter
Ahvenanmaa
Aland) Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Market rises to highest levels since 1937
New York June 17 The stock market topped a buoyant week with a further fractional rise as volume stayed heavy. Two hours of trading moved about 800 000 shares. Rails led, followed by steels aircrafts farm equipment copper and specialties in the industrial group.
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New York
Post Office Box Rent Raised Across Local Office
The local post office announced that starting July 1, 1944, box rents rise automatically due to receipts exceeding 100000 per year. The new quarterly rates are 0.75 to 1.00, 1.00 to 1.50, 1.50 to 2.00, and 2.00 to 3.00. Postmaster Nelson Page cited long standing regulations tying rates to receipts.
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Nelson Page
Berryville Pool Announces Rules
The Junior Womans Club in Berryville announces pool rules for the season. Adults 16 plus with season tickets may swim 5 to 6 pm by arrangement with pool manager Miss Garnett Levi. Adult morning 10 to 12 is for 18 plus. Red Cross Water Safety Committee approves class times Tuesday 10:30 to 11:30 Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 Saturday 10 to 11. Instructors include W. P. Green Joe Dorsey and W. E. Barnett with George Reading as Junior Life Saving instructor.
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Berryville
Junior Womans Club
Garnett Levi
George Pope
Helen Elsen
Edith Ritter
Norman C. Scott
Camille Wisecarver
Red Cross Water Safety Committee
W. P. Green
Joe Dorsey
W. E. Barnett
George Reading
Winchester
Strike at Rust Engineering affects Front Royal plant
No new information on the walkout by painters and Rust Engineering workers at the American Viscose Corporation plant in Front Royal. About 2,000 reportedly on strike, with many leaving town for the weekend. The Front Royal ABC store remains closed. no disorder reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rust Engineering Company
Front Royal
American Viscose Corporation
Front Royal Abc
Funeral services for drowning victim John W Nichols
Funeral services for John Wade Nichols 20 who accidentally drowned Thursday night in a pool near Berryville will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at John H Enders Funeral Home. The Rev George S Lightner of the Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
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John Wade Nichols
Berryville
John H. Enders
George S. Lightner
Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
French Seize Elba Island and coastal advances in Italy
The report notes French forces seizing Elba and coastal areas, with American troops capturing Grosseto about 100 airline miles from Rome. Allied forces push 12 miles north of Orvieto as Pisa, Livorno, Florence, and other western foothill areas form a potential German line near the Pisa Florence Rimini corridor.
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Pescara
Grosseto
Rome
Elba
Orvieto
Pisa
Clarke Ration Office Sets New Meeting Dates and Hours
Clarke County Price and Ration Board announces changes to office hours effective June 24 with meetings moved to Saturdays. Public hours run 10:00 to 5:00 on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday while Monday and Thursday close after midnight for staff work. Next board meeting is Saturday June 24 and all gas and tire applications must be in before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Winchester Group Seeks Same Squirrel Season as Last Year
Members of the Winchester and Frederick County Game and Protective Association voted last night to petition the State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission to keep the squirrel season as a split schedule. The first period would run September 1 to 15, with a second opening during the regular hunting season from November 20 to January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Germans Struggle to Break Allied Beachhead Storm Rages
Weather and rough seas hinder Allied unloading and air superiority efforts as German counterattacks south of Bavent and near Troarn face repulses. Omar Bradley commands the Fifth and Seventh Army corps as American forces dig in after capturing St Saveur and advance toward La Have and Montebourg on the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Caumont
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Bavent
Troarn
Orne River
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Breville
Esconville
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
82Nd
101St Airborne
St. Saveur
la Haye du Puits
la Have
Bradley
Montebourg
Cherbourg
King George Sees Guns In Action On Normandy Beach
King George VI visited the Normandy Beachhead marking a historic return to Norman soil. He crossed the Channel aboard the Arethusa, witnessed firing at enemy positions from 10 miles inland, and met Montgomery before saluting Allied troops. He sent a tribute to Eisenhower praising the operation and those who planned and executed it.
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London
George VI
Normandy
England
Arethusa
Louis Wulff
Reuters
Allied
Courselles
Hawkins
Monarch
Bernard L. Montgomery
R. F. L. Keller
British Empire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Boy Scout Cubs To Meet Monday
Wilbur R Johnston announces Cub Pack 9 meeting for Cubs ages 9 to 12 with parents at Market Street Methodist Church on Monday June 19 at 7 30. The meeting aims to reorganize into Dens appoint Den Chiefs plan activities with Basil Starkey Shenandoah Area Council and Laurens P Jones assisting. Robert Dale will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur R. Johnston
Cub Committee
Market Street Methodist Church
Basil Starkey
Shenandoah Area
Laurens P. Jones
Robert Dale
State Road Convicts Work on Local Farms
County Agent I. Fred Stine reports State Road Convicts, 5 to 10 men under foreman and guard, are working on Canons City area farms. They assist with hay making, thinning peaches, harvesting and storage. farmers may file requests at the County Agent's Office for use during wheat harvest and other farm work.
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Fred Stine
State Road
Canons City
Stine
Like Winchester In Civil War Like Winchester In Civil War
Carentan, France, June 14. The town has changed hands four times and sees heavy shelling from two armies. American troops have pushed about two miles from the city edge while Nazis and Satellite forces shell the town. A jeep trip with Pvt. Claude Henley and E. C. Mize passes under 88mm fire. French civilians appear apathetic. one man briefly buys chocolate for his sick child. A disguised Nazi sniper is found among locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Moroso
Carentan
France
Claude Henley
Selma
Ala
E. C
Pilotless Planes Declared Dangerous by Experts
Washington reports that Nazi pilotless planes are viewed as a definitely dangerous weapon. Allied leaders seek to locate launch positions, attack them, and study ways to upset flight controls while considering why the devices were not used against invasion forces.
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Washington
Englan
England
Hitler
Calais
Noremandy
London
le Havre
Elbows McFadden Promoted to Chief Boatswain Mate
George Elbows McFadden returns to the city after weeks away and announces his promotion to chief boatswain mate. A former professional fighter, he now serves in the Coastal Police.
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George “Elbows’ McFadden
Elbows
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Boy Scout Cubs
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