With Our Men In The Service
Parents and friends of men in the Army Navy and Marine Corps share updates on cadets and service members. Lee Rudolph Crisman enrolls as aviation cadet at Maxwell Field Alabama to begin pilot training while Pvt Richard S Wine informs of Marine Corps enlistment and Paarris Island training. Sgt Edward Brill recovers from surgery at Camp Gordon and Pvt Kenneth L Campbell visits home after Air Corps schooling at Scott Field. Lt William P McGuire and family welcome his Bethesda Maryland posting as he serves at Naval Hospital. Private George Hott in Medical Corps at Panama Canal Zone reports night classes toward a degree and past studies at University of Virginia.
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Lee Rudolph Crisman
Jacob Lee Crisman
Amherst Street
Army Air Force
Maxwell Field
Ala
Crisman
Augusta Military Academy
Ft. Defiance
University of Alabama
U. S. Army Air Force
Richmond
Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center
J. F. Helsley
Fairmont Avenue
Pvt
Richard S. Wine
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Paarris Island
S. C
Edward Brill
4Th Motorized Division
Camp Gordon
Fourth Signal Co
Brill
East Boscawen Street
W. E. Brill
Kenneth L. Campbell
Ralph Campbell
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Scott Field
George Hott
Fort Clayton
Pamana Canal Zone
Pvt. Hott
Allison Hott
Panama University
University of Virginia
Miners in Virginia to receive 300000 in vacation pay
About 15 000 southwest Virginia miners will collect roughly 300 000 dollars in vacation money this weekend in lieu of a ten day vacation. Distributions target Wise Buchanan Lee and Russell counties with about 100 000 dollars each. The plan allows a single working day July 3 with mines idle Saturday July 4 and Sunday July 5 as a three day holiday agreed at arbitration.
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Virginia
Norton
Southwest Virginia
Wise County
Buchanan County
Lee
Russell
Hungry People Get Death Sentence
A Paris tribunal sentenced five individuals to death by guillotine for involvement in May food riots at a Seine left bank grocery. One defendant remains at large, while others received life imprisonment or prison terms ranging from five to 20 years. The case centered on disruptions connected to ongoing food shortages in Vichy France.
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Vichy
Paris
Seine
Wheat prices ease after favorable harvest weather
Chicago grain quotations show wheat slipping as much as a cent a bushel on June 26 after reports of clearing weather in harvest areas. Opening prices: Wheat July 1.17 7 8 to 3 4, Sept 1.20 5 8 to 1 2, Dec 1.24 1 4 to 1 8. Corn July 85 3 8, Sept 89 1 8 to 89, Dec 92. Oats July 48 3 8, Sept 49 1 4. Rye July 64 1 2, Sept 67 3 4 to 1 2, Dec 71 1 2 to 3 8.
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Chicago
Rye
War News From Desert Front Near Matruh and Kharkov
The report links the North African clash around Matruh with Rommel and Ritchie as Britain's fate in Egypt hinges on air power and supply lines. It notes Churchill’s Washington remarks, Rommel’s risky pursuit, and Ritchie’s reinforced defense, alongside a rising Soviet push near Kupyansk and Do nets basin.
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Egypt
Middle East
Matruh
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Marsal Rommel
Eighth Army
Ritchie
Churchill
Washington
Britain
Suez
Rommel
Mediterranean
Quattara
Siwa
Giarabub
Bengasi
Hitler
Khrkov
Kharkov
Kupyansk
Donets
Real Estate Wanted Hunting lodge near Arlington
Classified ads list buyers seeking a hunting lodge or rustic cottage style home with mountain acreage and modern features. I R Bowen requests owner details by box 107 Arlington Virginia and notes preference for attractive properties.
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I. R. Bowen
P. O. Box
Arlington, Va
Treasury Status Receipts and Debt Rise on June 24
Washington reports June 24 receipts of 54.09 million dollars and expenditures of 155.36 million dollars. Gross debt reaches 74.913 billion, up 239.01 million from the prior day.
Blood-Tested Chicks Offer From Trail's End Poultry Farm
Trail's End Poultry Farm in Gordonsville Virginia advertises blood-tested laying chicks and standard male chicks at three dollars fifty cents per hundred.
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Trail’s End
Gordonsville
Canadian Vessel Escapes Sub Attack Off West Coast
The Canadian navy says a Canadian built merchant ship escaped a submarine attack off Canada's west coast with no loss of life. The navy gave few details for security reasons and did not disclose the attack location beyond its west coast proximity. The incident marks the first submarine operation against shipping off the Canadian west coast, amid other Pacific attacks elsewhere.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Wingfield Family Visits and Local Memorial Service
Isaac Creek Virginia June 26 Mrs Holmes Wingfield of Winchester visits her in laws Mr and Mrs Roy Wingfield. Mr and Mrs M C Baker of Washington DC call on Mr and Mrs S W Riley Tuesday evening. Large crowd attends Memorial Service at Christian Church Sunday. Miss Opal Whitacre spent the past weekend in Washington.
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Isaac Creek
Holmes Wingfield
Winchester
Roy Wingfield
M. C. Baker
Washington, D. C
Mrs
S. W. Riley
Card of Thanks for John A. Spaid
The family of the late John A. Spaid thanks friends for their kindnesses and courtesies shown during their time of loss and in the days following.
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John A. Spaid
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Jon Hall
Peggy Drake
Warner Bros
Capitol
Basil Rathbone
OUR Gang
Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
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Barre
Manhattan
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray and Sheetz
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
William P. McGuire
Bethesda, Md
H. H. McGuire
Lieut. McGuire
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Oke
Pingley & Carper
E. Piccadilly St
Capital
U. S
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Chapman Motor Co
W. Boscawen St
Northern
United States Savings 'Bonds
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bell
Bell Clothes
Front Royal
Dial
Care Star
U. S. Employment Office
West Picadelly Street
Winchester, Virginia
Position of the Treasury
New
Alpa
Continental Mills
Campus Toys
Gray
N. Senanes St
Fairmont Ave
Call Pine Motor Co
C. A. Robinson
Valley Ave
F. W. Magruder
Loudoun St
J. T. Kremer
E. Piccadilly
Bath
Peyton St
Court Square
National Ave
Berryville Ave
Aca Ave
Braddock
F. A. Shryock & Co
Conner
S. Loudoun
Stephens City
Snider and Son
Stokes
Down Town
J. H. Lockhart
Winchester Milling Corp
Ivas
Palace Theatre
Featues
Blackie
Chester Morris
Adele Mara
Morrie
Dick Tracy
Lupton Orchard Service CO
George W. Kurtz
Hansbrough and Carter
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