News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Multiple service updates detail Pvt Roy Sirbaugh’s honorable discharge from Camp Butner after wartime service with the 567th Anti aircraft unit and war wounds. Other patrons include Byron S Harris USMC discharged via point system with Pacific theater service and U S S Houston duty, and Pvt Woodrow L Rhodes arriving Manila with 11th Airborne. Additional notes list Pfc Robert L McFillen in Tokyo Bay with Luzon campaign battle star and para trooper training.
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Pvt
Roy Sirbaugh
H. L. Sirbaugh
Route 1-A
Kernstown
Camp Butner
N. C
USA
Manila
Irene Rhodes
Woodland Avenue
Woodrow L. Rhodes
Rhodes
Camp Blanding
Fla
W. C. Brown
Front Royal
Tokyo
11Th Airborne Division
Tokyo Bay Area
Robert L. McFillen
11Th
USAM
Farland
Kearns
Utah
Local Man Sees Relief After ERB HELP Says Advertised
A Winchester man reports relief from stomach gas bloating after using ERB-HELP. He claims meals no longer cause discomfort, bowels are regular, and he feels like a new man. The ad asserts twelve herbs cleanse bowels clear gas and aid liver and kidneys. Sold at Winchester drug stores.
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Winchester
Eabhelp
Local Servicemen Honored For WW II Service Records
Holmes M. McFarland of Winchester is honorably discharged after two years eleven months with the Army Air Forces serving as a radio gunner in the European Theater. He is awarded the Air Medal with four clusters and the ETO Ribbon with four battle stars. Also listed are Petrie of Stephens City returning home on the U S S Astoria after discharges, and Ray E. McDonald of Winchester serving aboard the U S S Petrof Bay with a history of Pacific action from Iwo Jima to Okinawa.
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Holmes M. McFarland
Holmes B. McFarland
Highland Ave
Winchester
RAF Overseas Replacement Depot
Army Air Forces
McFarland
AAF
Montgomery Ward and Co
Berryville
AAF Petrie
U.S. S. Astoria
San Francisco
Peter C. Petrie
P. C. Petrie
Stephens City
United States
States
Astoria
South China Coast
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Petrie
TISN
Ray E. McDonald
U. S. S. Petrof Bay
Petrof Bay
Pacific
Delive
Admial Mitscher
Fast Carrier Group
Navy
McDonald
The
Novick Transfer Company
Fresh Disputes Across Industries Spark Labor Tensions
Mary Schwellenbach notes the oil controversy and strikes affecting about 130000 workers. An imminent showdown centers on a government arbitration plan offering a 30 percent wage rise and a 15 percent temporary boost. Soft coal strikes idle 90000 miners, with the Solid Fuels Administration halting non essential shipments in affected areas.
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Washington
CIO Oil
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Solid Fuels Administration
Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers
Chicago
New York City
Co Transport Workers
AFL
Checkers
New York
New York Shipping Association
Barbershop chair scare as Truman visits Kansas City
A Kansas City barber shop scene ends with a mistaken groom and a visitor rumor as a man believes the President is in the chair beside him. Guards stand at doors while a startled patron learns the truth after asking what is happening.
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Kansas City
Truman
Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Futures Mixed
Chicago grain prices show corn edging higher while most futures slide slightly in early trading. Wheat and oats move within narrow ranges led by Dec Wheat at 1.74 3-4 and Dec Oats at 66.
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Chicago
Rye
140 Acre Farm Near Ashby Station For Sale
Real estate listing describes a 140 acre farm near Ashby Station with a splendid house two barns garage hog pen poultry house silo corn house sheep barn tenant house two wells three cisterns and electricity. Good land easy to farm priced at $15 000.
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Ashby Station
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France
England
Army General Hospital
Camp Carson
Colo
Sirbaugh
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Camp Hahn
Calif
567Th
3Rd
USMCA
Harris
Set
Byron S. Harris
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
William P. Harris
Near Step
Montgomery Ward
Loudoun St
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Loudoun Street
Mary Schwellenbach
Ment
Baltimore
Bubas
U. S. Is
Pa. Va. W. Va
Grimes
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Wyoming
Stowe
Montgo
EFY Ward
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Locy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester Knitting Mill
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chapman Motor CO
Red Grimm
Miller’s Hardware and Household Supplies
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