Up-To-Date Furnishings Installed In Middletown Postoffice
Middletown Virginia post office shows a modern interior with a new screen wall or cage and 152 lock boxes. Features include two windows for parcel post and money order registry, 96 small boxes 48 large 8 extra large business boxes, built in space for postal scales, a sorting cabinet a table and a new safe. Postmaster William P Shipe pushed for modernization as business rises with Viscose workers moving into the area.
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Mirdletown
Stella V. Hansell
William P. Shipe
Post Office Department
Washington
Hansell
Shipe
Middletown
M. H. Rhodes
Market Report Amid War Turbulence and Stagnant Trends
Trading held to narrow ranges as war concerns loom and the Anglo Nazi aerial campaign nears a decision. The turnover ran about 450000 shares with late declines muted. Bonds edged down slightly while commodities showed irregular moves. Sterling unchanged. Freight carload data suggested a milder seasonal drop. Notable closes include Alcoa 151, American Can 97.5, Am Rad 7.75, Sears Roebuck 80, U S Steel 53.625, Union Pac 83.5, Western Union 18.25, Penn R 20.375.
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al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. An
Int
Har
John Manville
Kennecotta
M. Ward
Sikerd
Penny
Baltimore and Philadelphia Livestock and Produce Market Notes
Regional market brief notes cattle hogs and lambs traded unevenly with oats and eggs listed. Prices show softer hogs and mixed poultry values while butter and flour held steady across Philadelphia and Baltimore markets. Cattle and calves moved slowly with few big sales reported as receipts remained moderate.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Chicago
Grain futures slip as war news stalls market
Chicago traders watched the Battle of Britain with caution as wheat futures fell more than a cent before recouping part of the loss. Sept wheat ended around 74 to 75 cents, Dec near 76 1/4 to 1/4, May around 76 3/4 to 7/8. Cash grain trade listed no cash wheat with No 1 yellow corn 65 to 66 1/4 cents.
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Chicago
Britain
Grain prices and market notes from Baltimore holiday
No. 2, 65 67 No. 1 white 74 1 2. Baltimore Grain Wheat and corn market closed for a local holiday. Winchester Market Wheat 76c per bushel. Corn Tic per bushel. Barley 53c per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill. Year ago Wheat 47, corn 60c.
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Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Stock Market Report Declines in New York
In New York on September 12 stocks ended with small declines led by subdued trading. Investors weighed mixed economic signals as major indices slipped modestly.
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New York
Boy Dies in Icebox Tragedy
In Baltimore on September 12 a six year old boy named Bobby Chaney suffocated after entering a vacant house and getting locked inside an icebox. His 11 year old sister Elsie found him by chance while searching for him.
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Baltimore
Bobby Chaney
Elsie
Bobby
Radio Highlights and Stage Magazine Baptism Cast
Radio highlights list upcoming programs across stations WRC WJSV WMAL and guests. Notable items include Mayor LaGuardia declaring presidential choice on WRC Vox Pop, Helen Hayes leading a Stage Magazine baptism with Behrman Miller Jolson Barrett, and Basil Rathbone Lamour and others on air.
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WRC
LaGuardia
New York
WJSV
Helen Hayes
New Stage Magazine
S. N. Behrman
Gilbert Miller
al Jolson
Shelia Barrett
Vox Pop
Bob Burns
Basil Rathbone
Elsa Lanchester
Mischa Levitzki
Dorothy Lamour
WMAL
Steve Bellois
Ceferino Garcia
Sam Taub
Bill Stern
North America
Eli Canel
Alfredo Barrett
Errol Flynn
Robin Hood
Charlie Ruggles
Nottingham
Keenan Wynn
Little John
Fred Waring
Amos 'N
Andy
Easy Aces
Lanny Ross
Mr. Keen
Bob’ Crosby
Aldrich Strange
Book Kraft
Major Bowes
Sinkin
Ture
Ceferino
Rudy Vallee
Glenn Miller
Steve Belloise
Arch McDonald
E. C. Hill
Ina Hutton
Emil Coleman
Aonstere
Hestra
Joey
Kearns
Orch
Bobby
Col. Hawkins
Lame King
Pershing Prepares for Historic Fifth General of the Armies Rank
The aged general sticks to routine with 7 30 rises and a morning shave. He plans a busy afternoon meeting newsmen, radio talks, and American Legion greetings as he nears the historic rank ahead of World War II era mobilization.
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Secretary of the Navy
American Legion
America
Washington
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Busy man Pershing seeks advice of high places
He rides and walks daily and baths frequently while handling a volume of correspondence. His autobiography work is in progress as he remains sought by many in government circles. Tomorrow he will miss Marshal Petain, his old WWI ally, who will also be busy.
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Pershing
Marshal Petain
Petain
British Pound Berlin Again
In London the war scene tightens with air raids on Fleet Street, the Evening Standard, the Daily Herald, and the Associated Press building. Casualties mount as 89 German planes are claimed shot down. shrapnel souvenirs fill dawn streets while anti-aircraft barrages gain confidence. Berlin enforces earlier restaurant closures as invasion fears persist. The British admiralty reports offensive moves against Nazi shipping to deter invasion.
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Edral
Fleet Street
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Daily Herald
Associated Press
Thames River
London
Berlin
Churchill
Hitler
English Channel
Dover
Channel
Britain
Busy Day For Ailing General Turns to Public March
Continued from page one, the general spent last birthday in Walter Reed Hospital for a physical checkup. The prior year he was in Aix en Provence France, unable to attend St Michael commemorations of the big push by his Doughboys. This year he feels well enough to march into the square office once Franklin D Roosevelt’s.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Aix-En-Provence
France
St. Mihiel
Oren House
Big Square
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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