VFW Members To Sponsor Buddy Poppy Sale in Winchester
VFW Post 2123 will sponsor the 22nd annual Buddy Poppy sale on May 29 and 31 in Winchester. Disabled veterans in government hospitals handcraft about 75 000 poppies weekly for the benefit of veterans and active service members and their families. Proceeds fund welfare and care, with payments to workers and support for the National Home and military family programs. VFW members meet Monday at 2 2 at John Kerr School for the Memorial Day parade preparations.
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Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Overseas Veterans’ Organization
America
U. S
Pearl Harbor
V. F. W. National Home
Eaton Rapids
Mich
John Kerr School
VRM Meeting This Sunday At Armory
Members of Virginia Reserve Militia Company 35 report Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the Armory in their green uniforms for a scheduled gathering.
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Virginia Reserve Militia Company
Answers to the Daily Quiz Printout
The page lists quiz solutions with names and facts. Items include Bremen Singapore Elmer Davis Edna Ferber statements about truth Luftwaffe Japan and bimetallic as answers.
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Bremen
S. T. Mason 69 Dies at Memorial Hospital
S T Mason 69 of Yellow Springs died yesterday at Memorial hospital from complications. Survived by widow Betty Mason confined with broken hip and sister Mrs. Robert Brill of Winchester. Funeral at Hebron Lutheran Church near Yellow Springs tomorrow at 2 pm with interment in the cemetery. Pallbearers listed as T B Davis C B Davis M B Kline D C Brill Walter Racey and T E Oates.
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S. T. Mason
Yellow Springs
Memorial Hospital
William Mason
Betty Mason
Robert Brill
Winchester
Hebron Lutheran Church
T. B. Davis
C. B. Davis
M. B. Kline
D. C. Brill
Walter Racey
T. E. Oates
Postwar Price Worries Emerge At UN Food Conference
At Hot Springs May 28 producers from the United States Brazil and Canada expressed concern over postwar farm prices as the UN Food Conference weighs plans for equitable prices and greater output while cautioning that lasting solutions will not come quickly. Canada seeks to protect a worldwide wheat agreement and stabilize prices to match industrial parity. The British envoy warns against expecting swift results as drafting reports and resolutions proceed ahead of the June 3 plenary.
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Ovid
A. Martin
Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
United States
Brazil
Canada
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio State Farm Bureau Federation
Lincoln
Dominion
Washington
Argentina
Australia
Great Britain
Richard K. Law
Law
Oakland Shipyards Fire Threatens Moore Dry Dock Yard
A six alarm blaze in Oakland's warehouse district swept a city block and menaced the Moore Dry Dock Company shipyards. Firefighters used all available equipment to attack the flames engulfing the Western Paper and Box yards, a lumber mill, and the Grandma Baking Co warehouse at Fifth and Magnolia streets.
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Oakland
Calif
Moore Drydock Company
Western, Paper and Box Company
Grandma Baking Company
Fifth
Magnolia
Moore Shipbuilding Yards
Another Decoration For Guy Gibson
London May 28 Acting Wing Commander Guy P Gibson 25 received the Victoria Cross for leading the Moehne and Eder dams raid in the Ruhr on May 16. The award makes him the RAFs most decorated wartime figure. Gibson had already earned a Double Distinguished Service Order and a Double Distinguished Flying Cross for delivering 370000 pounds of bombs in 74 missions including five sorties over Berlin.
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London
Guy P. Gibson
Moehne
Eder
Germany
Ruhr Valley
RAF
Gibson
Berlin
Invite Public To Rural Life Program Sunday
The Rural Life Sunday program at Bethel Lutheran Church Albin starts Sunday at 2 30 p m. Rev E B Smith pastor leads with Rep Jennings Randolph as guest speaker from West Virginia second district a longtime friend. Frederick County Council of Religious Education sponsors this annual event inviting county and city residents.
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Rural Life
Bethel Lutheran Church
Albin
E. B. Smith
Jennings Randolph
Second
West Virginia
Randolph
Washington
Frederick County
F. L. Roof
L. C. Messick
Mr. Messick
Rev Joseph Grant Transferred to Mount Zion Church Leesburg Va
The Reverend Joseph Grant, after a highly successful tenure at John Mann Methodist Church on East Cork Street, has been appointed as pastor of Mount Zion Methodist Church in Leesburg Virginia. A favorable report on John Mann Church was presented at the annual conference in Lynchburg Virginia.
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John Mann Methodist Church
East Cork Street
Joseph Grant
Mount Zion Methodist Church
Leesburg
Lynchburg
Byrns Picked To Direct Mobilization
President Roosevelt names James F Byrnes as head of a newly created War Mobilization Office with Judge Fred M Vinson as administrator. Vinson, a former Kentucky congressman and federal judge, becomes an authority on taxation and economic matters. The office aims to unify war production, procurement, transportation, and civilian economy to sustain military needs.
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The
War Production Board
Fred M. Vinson
Byrnes
Office of Economic Stabilization
Vinson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Congress
Kentucky
Roosevelt
White House
Greek submarine sinks two German ships off Crete
A Greek government in exile said today a Greek submarine sank two small German vessels off Crete in the Mediterranean. The report adds a note of wartime activity in the region.
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London
Crete
Mediterranean
President Roosevelt backs National War Fund appeal
In a May 28 letter read at a National War Fund conference, President Roosevelt urged Americans to support a nationwide drive to fund war charities including U S O and United Seamen's Service, stressing a share in the fund equals a share in victory. The plan covers 18 agencies excluding the Red Cross, with Winthrop W. Aldrich receiving the letter.
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New York
Roosevelt
National War Fund
Red Cross
United Seamen’s Service
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Preaching Service At Zion Church In Boyce
Rev. James E. Tracy will preach at 8 o'clock Sunday evening May 30 at Zion Baptist Church in Boyce. Rev. H. C. Johnson is pastor of Zion Church.
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James E. Tracy
Zion Baptist Church
Boyce
H. C. Johnson
Zion Church
Local Sports Highlight In Evening Star Daily
The Evening Star Daily features local sports news with game results, player notes, and upcoming schedule. It covers school teams, league standings, and community athletic events in concise summaries.
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Evening Star
Union Service For Montague Ave
The Rev. Harvey W. Ashby announced that Montague Avenue Methodist Charge will hold its third union service Sunday night May 30 at 8 o'clock at Macedonia. R O Daugherty will lead the service with the Macedonia church. The charge includes Montague Avenue Round Hill Macedonia and Greenwood churches.
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Harvey W. Ashby
Montague Avenue
Detroit observes Edsel Ford funeral with 7500 in attendance
About 7500 people from Detroit's business and civic ranks attended the body viewing of Edsel Ford before his funeral. The procession moved from a mid town funeral home to Christ Church in Grosse Pointe for services led by Episcopal Bishop Frank W Creighton and rector Francis B Creamer. Edsel Ford had served as president of the Ford Motor Company for 24 years.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Christ Church
Grosse Pointe
Rtv
Frank W. Creighton
Michigan
Edsel
Rd Motor Company
Two Centers To Be Wiped Out On Attu
Washington reports two Japanese centers of resistance on Attu Island likely remain to be eliminated after two days of fierce fighting. American forces, aided by naval guns, breached the Chichagof Harbor defenses and drove the enemy from the main position, leaving only the harbor area and a ridge about three miles south between Lake Cannes and Lake Nicholas as Nipponese strongpoints.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Aleutians
U. S
Chichagof Harbor
Lake Cannes
Lake Nicholas
Chichagof
Funeral Saturday for G W Parkins 74 Wyoming ranch owner
Funeral services will be held at Mount Hebron at noon for George Walter Parkins 74 a native of Frederick county who died May 15 at his home Lander Wyoming He was the son of Alfred Parkins Jr and Mary Walters Parkins and owned several large ranches at the time of his death.
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Mount Hebron
George Walter Parkins
Frederick County
Lander
Wyo
Parkins
Alfred Parkins, Jr
Mary Walters Parkins
Wyoming
Commencement Exercises Planned At Stonewall High School
Stonewall High School to hold commencement programs at 8 30 p m Sunday May 30 with Bryant Harper principal announcing the event The invocation will be by Rev R Bowen Moore and the baccalaureate sermon by Rev J Allen Messer After intermission the Glee Club will sing and five graduates will read essays on postwar conditions Irene Chapman Neil Driver Charlotte DeHaven Edna Miller Awards and diplomas will be presented by Mr Harper followed by benediction by Rev John Teter.
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Stonewall High School
Bryant Harper
R. Bowen Moore
Brucetown Methodist Church
J. Allen Messer
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Glee Club
Irene Chapman
Neil Driver
Charlotte DeHaven
Edna Miller
Harper
John Teter
Williamson To Preach Sunday At South End Hose Company
Nathan Williamson will preach at the South End Hose Company Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. A baptismal service is planned for Sunday afternoon with time and place to be announced during the morning worship. The public is invited to attend.
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Nathan Williamson
South End Hose Company
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Silvertown
East Piccadilly St
Good
Ration Board
North Loudoun
Hansbrough & Carter Ridg
United Food Parley
Oakland Shipyards
Guy Gibson
Byrns
Kellogg's
Morgan
Rut Cuamuens
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Union Service
Montague Ave
Ford
G. W. Parkins
Mr. Williamson
Dupont
du Pont
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
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