Adverse Weather Costs Allies Air Losses Over Arafura Sea
Allied forces blame weather for heavy air losses over the Arafura Sea with three enemy fighters destroyed. Australian and British fighters faced a stiff head wind returning home, some crash landing on the Australian shore.
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Arafura Sea
Esman
Sc Ueppedware
Ainst
Australia
Lolobau Island
Gasmata
New Britain
Keerans
Timor
Reds Heartened Py Plane News
Moscow radio reports Edward R. Stettinius says the United States has sent more lease lend planes to Russia than to any other theater and that large food shipments are continuing. Russian public reaction highlights Tunisian advances and hopes for a second European front.
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Moscow
Edward R. Stettinius
Russia
Stettinius
Soviet Union
United States
Tunisia
Mateur
Europe
Red Star
Market Quotations for Livestock and Produce
Baltimore reports May 4 quotations across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed weights and grades. Odd medium heifers bring 14.00, canners 7.00-8.50, sausage-grade 13.75-14.50. calves 16.50-17.00 top. hogs steady with tops near 15.00 and various weight bands listed. sheep nominally steady with good wool lambs 17.50-18.00 and culls 9.00 down. Chicago follows with 13,000 hogs and 8,000 cattle, prices steady to down, good to prime hogs 14.55-14.75, cattle 14.25-16.50, sheep 16.00-15. budgets and notes on western lambs and market tensions.
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Baltimore
U. S
Chicago
USDA
Chicago Grain Quotations and Opening Prices
Chicago May 4 brief buying flurry gave some strength to money and rye futures at the opening. Wheat prices ranged May 1.45 1 2 to Dec 1.46 7 8. Corn May 1.05, July 1.05, Sep 1.05, Dec 1.01. Oats May 63 3 8, July 61 1 4 to 3 8, Sept 60 7 8, Dec 62 1 2. Rye May 88, July 90 1 8 to 1 2, Sept 92 1 2, Dec 95 1 2.
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Chicago
Rye
City and County Realty Transfers List
City and County Realty Transfers outline several property moves with parcels along Virginia Ave Valley Ave Jefferson Street and Loudoun Street. Transactions show owners Henkel Lamp Aileen Hill Bennett Jennie Dwyer Abraham Schee and heirs with buyers Martin Glaize James Knee William Wagner Herman Hable for parcels valued at $10 and other valuable considerations.
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Henkel M. Lamp
Martin S. Glaize
Virginia Ave
Aileen Hill Bennett
James Walter Knee
Valley Ave
Herman S. Barr
William B. Wagner
Jefferson Street
Jennie L. Dwyer
Julian Clowe Davis
Abraham Schee
Herman H. Hable
North
Loudoun Street
Spirituals Program To Be Thursday
A spirituals program is planned for Thursday and the public is invited to attend. The notice provides no further details on location or time.
Stock Market Report Turbulent Opening Amid War News
Stock market shows a strong opening with several favorites near 3-year highs despite profit taking. War headlines from Tunisia bolster sentiment while idle funds persist. First hour volume near 3.5 million shares, with bonds up and commodities steady. notable movers include American Telephone, Southern Pacific, U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, and Radio Corp among others.
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New York
Tunisia
American Telephone
Southern Pacific
North Pacific
International Telephone
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Allied push in Tunisia drives through Medjerda area
News highlights American advances in Tunisia where forces break through near Medjerda Valley and Mateur. British and French units push toward Bizerte while air and naval strikes target Port of Bizerte. German claims of Mateur fall differ from Allied reports amid mounting coastal operations.
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Medjerda
Tunis
Nha
Medjez-El-Bab
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
Jenna
Mateur
United States Corps
Bizerte
Strategic
Mediaru Mders
Tunisian
London
Rome
Berlin
Hogy Oul
Impona
Tome
Sean
Forest fires in Virginia driven by high winds spread
In Charlottesville on May 4, more than 100 firefighters battled forest fires fed by strong winds. State Forester F C Pederson said 25 000 to 30 000 acres in Giles and Bland counties were at risk from Dismal Creek to Kimberling Creek while calmer conditions were hoped to control the blazes.
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Charlottesville
F. C. Pederson
Giles
Bland
Pederson
Giles County
Bland County
Kimberling Creek
Batesville
Stocksville
Ruckersville
Albemarle
Greene
State Forester
Navy Lists Lynchburg Man Missing
The navy announced 14 casualties today all listed as missing raising total navy marine corps and coast guard casualties to 24 905 since December 7 1941 The Virginia entry lists Gilliam Lofinie William missing father Maurice G Gilliam Lynchburg Virginia 2546 Mosby Ave
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Virginia
Gilliam
Lofinie William
Maurice G. Gilliam
Mosby
Ave
Lynchburg
Students Collect Over Three Tons Of Tin Cans
John Kerr School students completed a six week cans drive on April 23. Miss Bell Bear’s class won the last two week period with 1,616 cans and toured the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company last Tuesday, receiving refreshments. The class roster includes Henry Baker through Joe, naming multiple students and sponsors.
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John Kerr School
Ms Bell Bear
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Miss Bear
Henry Baker
Buddy Elliott
Eddie Farmer
Bobby Grove
Dick Havermale
Norman Lineberg
Ernie Peer
Jack Schnably
Goldie Dellinger
Velma Berry
Ann ‘Holler
Elisa Hunter
Jacqueline Jones
Patricia McCarty
Ann Miller
Jacqueline Mapp
Shirley Palmer
Laura Ritter
Sara Shiley
Susanne Sprenkle
Joyce Whitlock
Jack Pingley
Paul Bell
Frank Bussiere
Jimmy Everhart
Bobby Frye
Charley Gordon
Joe
Students Surpass Can Drive Target in Six-Week Contest
Dennis Hawkins and others led a six week drive in which 13 classes collected 25 749 cans. The cans stayed at the school until the end then moved to the tin can salvage depot. The total net weight reached 6 075 pounds. Ben Belchie and W E Bridgeforth praised John Kerr students for the effort.
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Guess
Dennis Hawkins
Garland Orndorff
Charles Shull
Jimmy Sigras
Donald 8
Jackie Williams
Joe Williams
Donald Nixdorff
David Blackburn
Richard Godlove
Claudine Anderson
Hilda Bolden
Betty Braithwaite
Margaret Emmons
Martha Greene
Alice Grim
Betty Lowery
Kay Plank
Shirley Rainsberger
Patsy Steele
Betty Knighting
Tin Can Salvage Depot
Ben Belchie
Winchester Salvage Committee
W. E. Bridgeforth
Tin Can Salvage Drive
John Kerr
Treasury Status Receipts and Debt Figures Released
Treasury reported receipts totaling 51.89 million dollars and expenditures of 279.88 million. Gross debt stood at 134.82 billion, rising by 601.00 million from the previous day.
Florida Court Grants Divorce to Mrs Eileen Cather
Mrs Eileen Cather was granted a divorce from her husband Rey William Ramey Jr in a Miami Florida court. The decree allows her to resume her former name Eileen Astttta Cather.
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Eileen Cather
Rey William Ramey, Jr
Miami
Pla
Eileen Astttta Cather
Funeral Held for Nephew of Mr and Mrs Robertson
Mr and Mrs S EB Robertson Sr of this city returned from Charles Town West Virginia last Saturday after attending the funeral of their nephew Is ard Johnson who died in Martinsburg after a ten week illness. Johnson is survived by his wife and six sons with the youngest still 14 months old.
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S. EB. Robertson, Sr
Charles Town
W.va
Withey
Isard Johnson
Martinsburg
Owl Contributes To War Effort In Williamsburg Area
A barred owl in a tree hollow near R. A. Rose's home in Williamsburg hatchs two sets of chicken eggs and sits on a third. Rose says the owl appears satisfied with the hatching and once brought a dead mouse to the nest believing the chicks were her own.
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Williamsburg
R. A. Rose
Bypass Head
Rose
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