WAAC Bands Grow as Women Take Key Roles in War Effort
Lt Jameson B Dowdy described the WAAC as a self sustaining force with a hundred specialist types and sixty thousand women contributing to victory. Bands formed at Des Moines Daytona Beach Oglethorpe Austen Devens spread, with musicians serving in parades drills and dances for troops at posts. He urged interested women to discuss enlistment and training opportunities with the WAAC recruiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Jameson B. Dowdy
WAAC
Dowdy
AAC
Ravel
Tschaikowsky
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Daytona Beach
Florida
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Adamn Austen
Louisiana
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Thesbane
Women’s Army
Clenerel
Henhower
Washington
Treuter
Mower
Africa
United States
Market Quotations Baltimore and Chicago Livestock
Produce market steady for good stocks with unchanged potatoes and firm new market. Cattle and hog prices shift with steers largely steady to weak, heifers and cows steady, beef bulls steady, sausage bulls up 50 cents. calves and hogs show mixed gains with several weight classes listed. Chicago tips show hogs steady to bullish with limited sales, cattle and calves advancing on strong demand from eastern buyers.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Choice Southwest
Stock Market Report Fails to Rally Amid Uncertain Outlook
The New York market traded in a cautious mood with limited gains in steels and rails while buyers waited on labor, tax, and war news. Trading was light with transfers under 400,000 shares, and near close small gains and losses were evenly split as the market hovered at Friday’s levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bones and Commodities
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report
Baltimore on May 22 notes wheat prices for No 2 red winter at 1.57 spot and 1.87 May. Winchester Market reports wheat at 1.55 per bushel. Corn price listed at 1.10 per bushel with prices based on mill deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Winchester
Police Chief Hurt in Night Incident
Reuben Ary 34, Emporia chief of police, was hospitalized with a sharp object injury from an unidentified Black assailant last night. The victim, listed in serious condition, was hurt during a struggle after a neighbor saw a Black person peering through a window. The suspect fled and no arrest had been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Ary
Emporia
Allen
W. H. Overby
Frederick Clarke Games Postponed Across League
All Frederick Clarke High School League games were postponed due to wet grounds. D G Cooley noted Bobcats prepared to play Gore if Frederick’s team arrived, but Coach Beables and staff chose not to risk it. Other matches Stephens City at Middletown and Boyce at Stonewall await rescheduled dates.
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Frederick- Clarke
D. G. Cooley
Berryville
Bobcats
Gore
Frederick Nine
Beables
Stephens City
Middletown
Crooshial
Boyce
Stonewall
Market Report: Feeder Heifers and Sheep Prices Move
Feeder heifers steady and fairly active with top at 16.90 and next 16.75, bulk 13.75 to 16.00. Fat lambs and sheep up to 38.25 higher, top western wooled lambs 16.40, bulk 15.50 to 16.25, large loads 16.25, top western clipped lambs 15.65 at close.
Army Holds Line Along Mighty Mississippi Front
Army engineers and 4250 troops plus 25000 civilian volunteers guard a 100 mile Mississippi flood front from Alton Illinois to Cape Girardeau Missouri. Be alert for rising Illinois and Missouri rivers. Evacuations mount as levees, seawalls hold or fail and towns brace for continued high water.
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Mississippi River
Alton
Ill
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Indiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
J. A. Adams
Claryville
Perry County
Beardstown
Pallin
Fort Sheridan
Col. R. E. M. Desislers
U. S. Engineer Corps
St. Charles
County
Gumbo
Monarch
City of
Missouri State Guardsmen
Chicago Grain Quotations May 22 Opening Prices
Chicago May 22 Grain quotations show steady opens in light trading with little overnight news. Wheat July 143 1 4 to 3 8 Sept 143 1 4 to 3 8 Dec 144 5 8. Corn July 1.05 Sept 1.05 Dec 1.01. Rye July 61 1 2 to 3 8 Sept 1.0 8 3 4 Dec 93 to 92 7
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Chicago
French Admiral Robert Is All Alone In World
An AP piece surveys Admiral Robert, Martinique governor, as a neutral, and cites Camille Chautemps on his Vichy stance. It portrays him as a cautious dictator in a fragile mini state, fearing Allied retribution and clinging to a stated neutrality.
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Robert
Camille Chautemps
France
America
Washington
Martinique
Admiral Robert
Georges Robert
la Fontane
Vichy
Marshal Petain
General de GaGulle
Petain
United States
Marshall Petain
Admiral Darlant
Giraud
London
Germany
Bizertte
Tunis
Bond and Stamp Sales In Schools Weekly Totals
Weekly school bond and stamp sales total 1 175 91 with top performers listed. Honor rolls include Handley-Mrs Garrabrandt 93 percent Elementary Mrs Anderson Mrs Bell 100 percent Virginia Avenue Steck 22 45 Mrs Steck De John Kern Largest Sales Mrs Madden 40 15 Participation Mrs Pearman 100 percent Mrs Sargent 97 percent Miss Bear 96 percent. The article then shifts to a political dissent discussing a French state of mind and Allied victories at Bizertte and Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Bell
Virginia Avenue
Steck
John Kern
Madden
Pearman
Sargent
Miss Bear
Answers to the Daily Quiz Review Fragment
Answers to the daily quiz are listed with partial legibility. The readable items include references to Alabama April and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as Benjamin Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cury
Alabama
The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benjamin Franklin
Trials in Court of Trial Justice Edwards
List of cases heard by Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards includes John Lee Tabler speeding $9.25 Jesse O dell Gaylor speeding $9.25 James Lee Mahoney reckless driving $9.25 Melvin Edward Chilcott speeding $9.25 Howard G. Malone failure to stop at stop sign $10.25 Elliott Richie selling car without proper title $9.25 Boyd Shull selling sedan to Russell Miller and failure to deliver pro per title $9.25 Robert T. Reed speeding $14.25 Burns H. Robertson speeding $9.25 Richard Davis Forney speeding $14.25 Clarence O. Fleming disorderly $29.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Erle Edwards
John Lee Tabler
Inwood
Jesse Odell Gaylor
Stuart Avenue
Roanoke
James Lee Mahoney
South Market Street
Melvin Edward Chilcott
Stephens City
Howard G. Malone
Washington
Elliott Richie
Boyd Shull
Russell Miller
Robert T. Reed
West Clifford
Greyhound
Burns H. Robertson
Middleburg
Richard Davis Forney
Millwood Avenue
Clarence O. Fleming
Uppervillle
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Waacs
Clarke County
Motorola
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
East Piccadilly St
G, H
Good
Ration Board
North Loudoun Bt
Carter
Ultimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Elaughter
Cutter and Co
Jead Stock
Stock Market Report
Frederick-Clarke
E. Gerrard St
Harvey Ritter
Big American River
Associated Press
Water Service
Muskogee
Okla
Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Wabash
Vincennes
Ind
Nanestion
Camille
Chautemps
Handley
Mrs. Garrabrandt
Reperson
Ederick County
Bo Stamps
Ener
Virginia Ave
John Kerr
County Arme
Bryarly
Gainesboro
Tent
Gravel Springs
Highview
Anee
Kernstown
Mountain View
Mount Airyweaee
Round Hill
Shen
Vaes Stephens Ci
Stonewall Eee
Col
Oodyea Bicycles
Goodyear
Dial
Braddock
O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
the O’sullivan Rubber Co., Inc
Valley Pike Ave
Winchester, Virginia
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