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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1944

Page

3

Arrests of Vichy figures widen in Paris police report

Paris Surete reports arrests of notable Vichy figures including Charles Maurras in Lyon, Admiral Jean Abrial Algeria governor general, Admiral Rene Platon, Pierre Caziot organizer of Peasant Corporation, Joseph Barthelemy former justice minister, and Xavier Vallat amid crackdown on collaborationist leaders.

Paris Surete Charles Maurras Marshal Petain Cloest Lyon Maurras Action Francaise Duc de Guise Vatican French Academy Jean Abrial Vichy Algeria Rene Platon Pierre Laval Pierre Caziot Vichy Farm Union “Peasant Corporation Joseph Barthelemy le Temps Xavier Vallat

Allied Air Raids Target German War Plants and Cities

Allied air strikes hit three oil plants and several wartime facilities across central to southern Germany including Daimler-Benz Sindelfingen Ulm and Klockner Humbolt Deutz plants. Frankfurt Stuttgart and Berlin faced heavy bombers and Mosquito attacks as Eisenhower warns of round the clock raids.

Germany Repo Eisenhower Merseburg Lutzkendorf Leipsig Ludwigshafen Rhine Daimler-Benz Sindelfingen Suttgart Klockner Humbolt Deutz Truck and Armored Vehicles Ulm Munich Wissenhorn Frankfurt RAF Air Ministry Stuttgart Berlin

Peerson's Ointment Promises Fast Relief for Piles

Quick relief ad touts Peterson's Ointment as cooling soothing astringent medicine for piles. Claims 40 years of use with prompt itching relief. Lists 35c box or 60c tube with applicator and a money back guarantee.

Pe’erson Peterson

Armistice terms to be placed before Finnish Parliament

Prime Minister Hackzell expected to return to Helsinki from Moscow within 24 hours bearing Soviet armistice terms. The Finnish source says terms will be presented to Parliament for approval, likely tomorrow, and may be published by Moscow or in a joint Finnish Russian statement. The terms reportedly amount to peace with some details to be settled later.

Stockholm Hackzell Finland Helsinki Moscow Germany Petsamo Arctic Port

Baltimore Market Quotation Roundup for Sept 13

Produce markets show apples unchanged and poultry firm except Leghorn fowl. Eggs total 2,475 cases with firm market and light truck receipts. Butter quoted. cattle dull to steady with varied weights and prices. calves active. hogs steady. sheep active with lambs and ewes prices noted. Chicago and eastern markets show similar mixed movement across hogs cattle calves and sheep.

Baltimore Office of Distribution Chicago Livestock Chicago

Stocks Show Selective Buying For Industrial Specials

New York stock market activity on September 13 favored a select group of industrial specialties with overall light selling. Early gains faded as some pivots fell back, while mid session trends remained mixed and price changes stayed narrow, keeping deals near recent session lows.

New York

Manchester Lights Brighten Night In Wartime Blackout Relief

Manchester in central England shone last night as lights were turned on across the city ending a blackout. Residents danced and sang in the streets and even kissed lamp posts while newspapers were readable outdoors. The blackout will be lifted throughout Britain on September 17.

Manchester England Britain

Evacuees Rush Back To London Amid Warning

London officials consider legal steps to stop evacuees from returning as bombing danger persists. Newspaper appeals to evacuees, mainly women and children, to stay in safe areas, while housing, doctors, and teachers are scarce and food supplies risk disruption.

London

Allied Prisoners Head For Home

Allied war prisoners from Bulgaria including 305 Americans depart Ankara for home. They travel in Turkish Army clothing replacing worn attire from their Bulgarian prison camp confinement of up to two years.

Ankara Bulgaria Turkey

Benny Says He Won’t Be Father on Tour

Comedian Jack Benny told a Navy audience in Honolulu that he is not the one to have the baby while on tour of Pacific island bases. He joked that they tossed a couple of diapers to decide who would stay home.

Honolulu Jack Benny Pacific Benny

Chicago Grain Quotations Turn Lower in Early Trading

Chicago opening grain quotes show rye leading declines while wheat slips up to three eighths of a cent. Prices listed for Wheat Dec May and July, Oats Dec May and July, Rye Sept Dec May and July with small fractional changes.

Chicago Atae

Local Markets Prices from Daily Star Retail Markets

Local wholesale and retail prices list for flour patent brands and numerous feed and livestock categories. Includes bag sizes, per cwt prices, per bbl rates, and various animal products such as cows hogs lambs and broilers with retail butter values.

Star Willie J Ssene Daeneathens Sccrescee Asvaesis Spesepessuieeae Cccesse

Sleep blanket made by Clearbrook Woolen Company warms Winchester boy in France

Private John F. Hoover, with the American Army in France, notes he has slept under a blanket made by Clearbrook Woolen Company, near home five miles away. He mentions meeting George Riley from Hagerstown and Florida, a friend of R. Gray Williams, via Potomac Edison business, while serving in the infantry.

France John F. Hoover Clearbrook Woolen Company Lawrence Post Winchester Hoover George Riley Hagerstown Florida R. Gray Williams Potomac-Edison Power Company Riley

City Hall Gets New Boiler In Stoker System

Workmen from the firm of Miller and Anderson have installed a new boiler for City Hall heating. The old boiler, in use for many years, blew a section last winter and the council approved a new unit arriving late in the spring. The replacement will be stoker operated.

Miller and Anderson Sai

Starkey to Speak at Boyce Church

Basil F. Starkey Shenandoah Area Scout Executive will speak Sunday evening at Boyce Baptist Church. Starkey, a prominent layman of First Baptist Winchester, was recently elected secretary of the Ministerial Association. The service starts at 8 o'clock.

Basil F. Starkey Shenandoah Boyce Baptist Church Starkey First Baptist Church Winchester Ministerial Association

Landscape Gardener to Visit Clarke County

Miss Margaret A. Yowell Clarke county home demonstration agent announces Virginia Extension Service landscape gardener Mrs. Mary McBryde will visit the area next week to meet home demonstration clubs Bethel Swimley Millwood Boyce White Post and Berryville and assist with home grounds beautification.

Margaret A. Yowell Clarke County Mary €. McBryde Virginia Extension Service McBryde Bethel Club Berkeley Harris Swimley Edward Pope Millwood- Boyce Club Clarke Lloyd White Post Club L. E. Blackwell Berryville Club Fred Alger

Tribute to Claude B Stickley Faithful Christian Worker

The Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church mourns Claude B Stickley longtime Young Men's Bible Class teacher who regularly attended Sunday School taught God’s word clearly and helped boys and others in need. Lynn Comer Jessie Comer John Swadley Charles Willis

Claude B. Stickley Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church Stickley God Lynn Comer Jessie Comer John Swadley Charles Willis

Ten Thousand Japanese Killed Themselves On Saipan

Marine Captain Milton Sperling told 20 000 California Shipbuilding Corporation employees that ten thousand Japanese civilians killed themselves on Saipan after being surrounded by U S Marines. He described husbands killing wives and children, and others using grenades or jumping to death as surrender was refused.

Los Angeles Saipan U. S Milton Sperling Sperling

Rotary meeting to feature oil industry film

L. G. Sjostrom chairs the Winchester Rotary Club weekly gathering tomorrow. The program will be a movie on the oil industry provided by G. H. Lively, district manager of Standard Oil, Staunton.

L. G. Sjostrom Winchester Rotary Club G. H. Lively Standard Oil Company Staunton

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