Wartime Conservation Efforts Boost Frederick County Cropland
Frederick County farmers increased soil conservation under wartime AAA programs in 1943. Fertility measures raised production potential with 14 257 tons of fertilizer applied and 40 tons of 16 percent superphosphate for hay and pasture land. Potash use reached 9 tons, with winter legumes and ryegrass, green manure, and cover crops expanding acreage to support wartime needs.
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Frederick County
Cing
EB. M. Funk
Blacksburg
AAA
New German West Command Chief Reported After Am Kluges Death
Dispatch from Berlin states a new commander for the Nazi army in the west has been named following Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge’s death by heart attack. No further details on Kluge’s demise are provided.
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Guenther Am Kluge
Tid
Berlin
On Kluge
Allied planes evacuate 10000 Tito partisans
Rome dispatch reports Allied air crews evacuated about 10 000 wounded partisans of Marshal Tito from Yugoslav forces. Ground units trained at North Africa RAF schools were prepared to operate on their homeland.
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Rome
Marshal Tito
North Africa
Col G B Conrad on ETO General Staff
Col G B Conrad assistant chief of staff G 2 handles military intelligence for the Theater of Operations. A West Point graduate class of 1918 he trained at Shenandoah Valley Virginia Military Institute and studied in England. His wife Mrs Charlotte H Conrad resides in Scotland.
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G. Bryan Conrad
Hunter H. McGuire
Holmes Conrad
Col
Conrad
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
General Staff
G-2
Normandy
British Isles
British School of Artillery
Larkhill
Royal Air Force
Old Sarum
Wiltshire
England
Scotland
Charlotte H. Conrad
Great Britain
Court of St. James
Home Agent Schedule For September Meetings
Miss Ruth McNeil Home Demonstration Agent submits the week schedule. September 13 the North Frederick Home Demonstration Club meets at 2 p m with Mrs Landon B Whitacre. September 14 Middletown Home Demonstration Club meets at 2 p m at the school.
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Ruth McNeil
North Frederick
Germans Bombard Dover Area at Night
German long range guns shelled the Dover area from the French coast for about four hours last night. The bombardment began around 2 a.m. and continued sporadically until daybreak, causing anxiety but no immediate reports of casualties.
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Dover
Ensq
City and County Realty Transfers in Winchester Area
Real estate transfers and powers of attorney recorded around Winchester Virginia include several property deeds in and near the city. Notable entries list Eva K. Spring acquiring land on W Cecil Street for 1000 and other parcels such as Muse Farm near Gore and parcels along Paper Mill Road with prices ranging from 10 to 800 dollars.
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City of
Winchester
Commercial and Gevings Bank Admi
Toenandoah Motor Co
Braddock St
Commercial and Savings Bank
Eva K. Spring
W. Cecil St
Orville Clinton Wine
Mildred V. Wine
Travelers Indemnity Co
A. B. Solenberger
Frederick County
L. Adolph Richards
Grace Riggs Richards
Sto Martinsburg Turnpike
George R. Davis
John Rawlings
Gore
W. S. Lewis
A. Carrie Grim
S. E
Paper Mill Road
W. L. Riggleman
Arley M. Starkey
Stephens City
H. Kirk Dick
John L. Coffelt, Sr
Cedar Grove
Clarence W. Glasscock
A. B. Solenerger
Buffalo Lick Road
Harold R. Starkey
Vestal T. Swisher
Kernstown
Edward Chrisman
Walter E. Mason
N. W
Local Market Prices From The Star Wholesale Report
Daily local market prices list assorted flour, corn, dairy, meats, and poultry. Entries include patent brand flour bags by weight, corn varieties, mixed feeds, butter types, beef cattle grades, hogs, veal, turkey grower, chick grower, and treble bag pricing for various container sizes.
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Naiewaees
Tleavy
Seeeseeers
Leghorn
Cwesne
Ceeeeres
Steennes
Saito
Germans Warned Against Death by Own Action
Rome dispatch reports Nazi troops in eastern France considering desertion as several officers and non commissioned officers killed themselves recently per a captured enemy order. The document from headquarters notes the suicides among the ranks.
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Rome
France
Market Quotations New York Sept 11
Stocks showed limited fund inflows with many leaders modestly down while overall quotes firmed late. Key gainers included American Telephone, U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Montgomery Ward, Goodrich, Douglas Aircraft, Westinghouse and Air Reduction with Todd Shipyards, Consolidated Gas, Cuban Atlantic Sugar and Brewster Aero leading in curb listings.
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New York
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Santa Fe
Great Northern Montgomery Ward
Goodrich
Douglas Aircraft
Westinghouse
Air Reduction
Todd Shipyards
Consolidated Gas of
Baltimore
Cuban Atlantic Sugar
Brewster Aero
More Prisoners Captured by French Forces in Europe
French interior forces report capturing more than 12 230 Germans in four districts of France and seizing considerable war booty. Lt. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig announced in a broadcast communique.
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London
France
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Star News Capsule for Local and World Coverage
The Star provides brief local and global updates with headlines and quick summaries. Readers get concise notices on politics, weather, and community events, plus notable national and world developments in a compact format.
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the Star
Baltimore Markets Report Sept 11 Livestock and Produce
Produce prices rise with varied apples and peaches while cattle hogs and sheep at Baltimore and Chicago markets show mixed movement. Cattle steady to weak, hogs active with gains on some weights, top steers around 15.60 and 14.75-16.00 range for slaughter categories. Sheep hold steady, calves strong, volumes noted across hogs and cattle in multiple weight classes.
Market Report Notes Livestock Prices and Supplies
Receipts show fat cattle steady to weak with best steers at 17.10. Beef cows down 26 cents to 8.50 12.00, western cows scarce at 133.00 150. Canners and cutters steady at 7.25, bulls draggy with weighty bulls at 11.00. Wealers steady near 15.50, stockers scarce. salable sheep 3 000 total 8 500 with spring lambs steady to strong and natives 14.00 35, shorn ewes 3.00.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations on Sept 11
Chicago grain quotations show a weekend buying surge pushing futures higher across oats and corn. Prices for December through July contracts rose for oats and barley and a similar uptick occurred in corn futures.
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Chicago
Ted. R It
Miss Armanda Riffey Dies in Shenandoah Co
Miss Armanda Jane Riffey aged 71 died yesterday at 5 10 PM in Cora Miller Memorial Hospital Woodstock. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at St Luke s Lutheran Church Shenandoah County conducted by Rev John W Magnum. She was a longtime member of St Luke s Lutheran Church and is survived by nieces and nephews including Carl Riffey and William Stultz. Interment will follow in St Luke s Cemetery.
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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Shenandoah County
John ‘W. Magnum
Armanda Jane Riffey
Cora Miller Memorial Hospital
Woodstock
Carl Riffey
William Stultz
St Luke’s Cemetery
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Dorothy Gray
Salem
Baker’s
G. B. Conrad
ETO General Staff
ED Molden
The
Star
Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
Stock Market Report
Baltimore Livestock
WFA
Miss Riffey
Shenandoah Co
Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
Pollow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Virginia
Apple
Wardensville
White Hall
White Post
Hayfield
Chambersville
Inwood
Gainesboro
Winchester Cold Storage
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