Winchester Baked Bean Dinner to Benefit War Drive
Winchester Massachusetts officials announce a War Bond Supper to be held at the armory Saturday with cafeteria service from 6 to 8 pm and a 9 pm barn dance sponsored by the American Legion. Tickets at $1 go on sale in city businesses and banks. about 1 000 expected attendees and 1 500 tickets on sale.
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Norman
Hitchcock
Leigh
Roberts
Winchester
Mass
War Finance Committee
Bay State
J. Normans
Ruth McNeil
Fredericks County
Red Cross Acpeen
Peoples Drug Store
Penneys
Miller's Drug Store
Worths
Legcetts
Northern Virginia Power Company
Lovett Brothers
Pifer’s, C. & P. Telephone Co
Dr. Pepper Bottling Works
Rhode's Drug Store
Baker and Anderson
Firestone Tire Company
EA Maiden’s
Miss Sue Schlack
Wendell Barney
Winchester-Prederick County War Finance Committee
Winchester Armory
American Legion
Uncle Joe
Ganz
Local Livestock Prices for Tuesday June 20
Report of livestock market prices listing steers fat heifers cows cutters veal calves bulls lambs hogs sows shoats pigs fresh cows and springers feeders and fat sheep with price ranges and qualifying notes for good plain odd head cull and light classes.
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page four include names of individuals and items: July question about retrieving a good name. the workers recognized are International Ladies Garment Workers. the quiz answer list cites Pulse and May 21. number fourteen. T Cuba. California. rattlesnakes copperheads moccasins. and the Ku Klux Klan.
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International Ladies Garment Workers
Pulse
T. Cuba
California
The
Ku-Klux Klan
Ration Calendar Update for Meats Fats and Foods
The Associated Press outlines indefinite validity for four red stamps A8 to V8, blue stamp books for processed foods and sugar 30 31 32 enabling five pounds, home canning through Feb 28 1945, and airplane shoes stamps good indefinitely. Gasoline 10-A coupons cover three gallons in northeast southeast through August 8, with 11-A coupons valid elsewhere for five gallons through Sept 21.
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Associated Press
Market Quotations and Livestock Reports From Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore and Chicago market summaries show mixed movements across produce and livestock. Produce notes mention steady eggs and a dull yet steady poultry market with moderate receipts. cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep at Baltimore show limited demand and mostly steady prices with some variation by grade and weight. Chicago quotes reflect slow hog sales but steady to higher prices for good and choice weights, with cattle and calves showing varied strength and widespread price levels across weight classes.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Huge Wheat Crop Delays Virginia Mills In 1944
Virginia's soft red winter wheat harvest, estimated at over 10 million bushels the largest since 1931, floods Richmond and state mills. Trucks wait daylong to unload at Dixie Portland Flour Mills and Gallego Mills as workers and weighing requirements slow processing. Commission secretary W D Saunders notes the wheat quality is excellent and recalls a 1943 scarcity forcing use of hard wheat.
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Richmond
Virginia
Dixie Portland Flour Mills
Gallego Mills
Dixie Portland
W. D. Saunders
Richmond Grain Exchange
Wallace Enraptured By Russians
Vice President Henry A. Wallace praised the Soviet Union in a Moscow radio statement quoted ahead of his departure to Chungking. He said his personal impressions surpassed expectations and he was enraptured by the scope of building and great achievement.
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London
U. S
S. R
Henry A. Wallace
Moscow Radio
Chungking
Liquor Stocks See Mixed Day After Whiskey Holiday News
New York June 21 Liquor shares fluctuated after gains from word a whiskey making holiday for war suppliers would be allowed Leading issues like Distillers Corp White Rock Amelia Distilling and Western Union rose while Schenley Park & Tilford U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Packard Westinghouse and others slipped Bond and commodity trends were mixed Brown-Forman gained Cities Service fell
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New York
Distillers Corp
White Rock
Amelia Distilling
Western Union
Schenley
Park & Tilford
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Packard
Westinghouse
International Telephone
Douglas
United Aircraft
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
DuPont
Brown-Forman
Victory Bond Chain pledge list for Winchester stores
The Retail Merchants Committee reports Winchester shops pledging or purchasing Victory Bond Chain bonds. Participating outlets include Sargent's Cash Grocery Montgomery Ward Worths Bell Clothes Safeway Baylass Philips Peoples Drug J. C. Penney Timberlakes Underwood's Bakery Moling and Cather Keystone Shoe Inge tts Thomas Jewelry Goodyear Firestone Checkerboard Blooms Miller Hardware Sears Roebuck Co.
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Retail Merchants Committee
Victory
Winchester
Clyde Hall
Ray Nenning
Sargent’s Cash Grocery
Montgomery Ward
Worths
Bell Clothes Store
Safeway
Baylass
Philips Peoples Drug Store
J. C. Penney Co
Timberlakes
Underwood’s Bakery
Moling and Cat
Thunderbolts damage Italian carrier in Genoa harbor
Thunderbolts of the first tactical air force scored five direct hits on a 20,000 ton enemy carrier in Genoa harbor. The ship, previously damaged and refitted, was not in service since earlier hits. The formation was led by 1st Lt. Gordon A. Moody of Coldwater, Michigan.
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Rome
Thunderbolts
First Tactical Air Force
Genoa
Regola
Gordon A. Moody
Coldwater
Mich
Independence Day Bond Drive Opens in July
The article urges readers to buy Independence Day bonds in July to support World Freedom. It highlights civic participation and national patriotic banking efforts backed by local authorities.
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World Freedom
Virginia Crops Show Mixed Rainfall Shortfall
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service notes week ending June 17 saw harvests of grains hay and early vegetables continue while eastern and central areas still need rainfall. A heat wave worsened drought in Norfolk and Princess Anne and the Eastern Shore, with moisture adequate in Shenandoah Valley and western counties though central eastern regions suffer slow transplanting and poor yields in snap beans and potatoes.
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Richmond
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Norfolk
Princess Afine
Shenandoah Valley
Wythe
Bland
Pulaski
Carroll
U S Bombers Fly Beyond Germany
London reports American bombers flew eastward beyond Berlin and hints at a shuttle flight from Britain to new American bases in Russia. The broadcast says enemy formations flew beyond the eastern Reich frontier and situates operations with Mediterranean attacks and shuttle raids.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Russia
Europe
Mediterranean
Reich
Silesia
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Three Classes for Upperville Show Planned
Upperville Va June 21 The Upperville Colt and Horse Show Association will stage a one day event at Grafton Farm near Upperville on July 8. The 53rd annual exhibition will run single day instead of two. Breeding classes head a slate of ten events with twelve hunter classes, one road back, four pony classes, three working hunters, two draft classes and a championship.
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Upperville
Upperville Colt and Horse Show Association
Grafton Farm
America
Berryville Star News Daily Reports
Local bulletin from Berryville area reports events in Berryville Boyce and Clarke County. Short notices cover community updates and daily happenings with emphasis on local people and places.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
J B T To Hear Report on Europe
Alexander von Portheim, well travelled in Europe, will speak at the Junior Board of Trade meeting Friday at 8 at the George Washington Hotel. The program includes reports on the Omaha war conference, War Bond dance, and the Fifth War Loan Drive events. A safety committee report will be presented.
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Alexander von Portheim
Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Omaha
Local Markets: Daily Market Listings Caution
Local markets are printed daily with standard cautions that the Star assumes no responsibility for typographical errors that may occur. Readership is advised to verify prices and details with the sellers.
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The
Star
Local Retail Flour Prices and Grain Terms
A fragment lists 10 lb to 244 lb flour and patent brand bags with per hundred weight and barrel prices. Butter wholesale price appears, along with gas and mixed feed entries. some lines are garbled.
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Secanen
Edendes
Peseccekscenssaes
Mrs. Larrick Dies In Hospital At 72
Mrs. Larrick 72 wife of Thomas Larrick of High View West Virginia died Monday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born October 12 1872 near Whitacre she was daughter of Hafton and Sarah Oates. Survived by husband adopted sons Loring Hook Alexandria Virginia and Grover Larrick USN aboard Mississippi. Funeral at Ker Ridge Congregational Church with burial beside the church.
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Lousia .Larrick
Thomas L. Larrick
High View
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Whitacre
Hafton
Sarah Maury Oates
Guy, Russell
Walter
Alert Larrick
Japs Given Report On Bomb Damage
Tokyo radio said the Japanese Privy Council heard a report by Home Minister Khisa buro Ando on damages from the recent air raid on north Kyushu. U S government monitors reported the broadcast beamed to Japanese areas.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Japanese Privy Council
Khisaburo Ando
Kyushu
U. S
Chicago Grain Quotations Mixed At Opening
Chicago grain prices opened mixed with moderate trading and some hedge selling in the wheat pit. Prices listed for July through May contracts across Wheat Oats Rye show slight variations from the prior session.
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Chicago
In Memoriam for Our Dear Husband and Father
Mrs. Floyd W. Patterson and children remember a husband and father who passed away a year ago. The message speaks of his sufferings ended, his work completed, and a hopeful reunion on the glorious day beyond sorrow.
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Floyd W. Patterson
Engineers Tarnish Va. Woolen Lead In City Softball Thriller
The U S Engineers defeated Virginia Woolen 4 2 after scoring three runs in the final inning to seize the lead and win. Knostman delivered a pivotal triple with two on to seal the victory as National Fruit beat O Sullivan 4.
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Virginia Woo
U. S. Engineers
Engineers
Knostman
National Fruit
O'Sullivan
Virginia Woolen Club
Biston
Va. Woolen Clevenger
South End Burch
O'Sullivan Lake
National Fruit Legge
H. Patton
Lake
Rf Today Grim
National Fruit Lattick
Pth Bird
Engineerts Cullers
South End
JET National Fruit Ab Levi
Green
Kendall
Cenfrew
Ayres
Duckworth
of Dyke, Fries
Spade
Stine
Wheeler
Coffelt
Sf Jones
Cadwallader
Rittenour
Lb Smith
Rt Richards
C Ashwood
Cf Donald
New Wall Paint Covers Dingy Wallpaper Fast
Du Pont Speed-Easy dries in an hour and thins with water. The slickest, quickest way to brighten a room. Cuts time, cost and work in half. One coat over a room usually does the job. Move furniture back in one hour and use the room. One gallon of Speed-Big enough for an average room, priced at $2.76 or less with coupon.
Du Pont Self Cleaning House Paint Debuts
Du Pont introduces a self cleaning house paint that stays whiter longer. The formula uses titanium dioxide and forms a fine white powder on the surface, washed away by heavy rains. Provides durable coating, resists rust rot and decay, with tint options and pricing at $3.50.
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DuPont House
du Pont
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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John Ew
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Hespenheide
Clarke County
du Pont House
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Brad
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