Winchester Park Tops Front Royal in First Little World Series Game
Winchester Park defeats Front Royal All Stars 5 to 2 on Warren County diamond. Mentzer pitches complete game for Park with Brumbaugh, Settle sharing pitching duties for Front Royal. Box score lists Patton Keller Emmett and Johnson among Park’s stars with decisive fifth inning scoring surge. Next game set for Sunday at 3 PM on Winchester grounds.
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Northern Virginia
Winchester Park
Front Royal
Brumbaugh
Emmert
Burch
Michael
Simpson
Bergey
All Stars
Goodwin
Long
Park
Johnson
Luby
Mentzer
Pat All Stars
Settle
Emmett
Casorette
Iho H Smith
Deeds Recorded In Frederick County Court
The following deeds are recorded in Frederick county. Rinker and wife sell 1 acre in Gainesboro district near Hayfield to W. L. Vance. Brannon and wife convey 58 acres and half of 33 acres in DeHaven Gainesboro. Shockey executor and Whitacre administrator transfer three tracts totaling 376 acres at Shockeysville in northern Gainesboro. Shepard and wife sell lot and dwelling along Northwestern Grade near Winchester to Virginia L. Yancey. Minnis and others transfer 132 1/2 acres north of Winchester near Grimes in Stonewall district.
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Frederick County
Robert D. Rinker
W. L. Vance
Gainesboro
Hayfield
Leslie L. Brannon
Linwood W. Brannon
DeHaven
O. B. Shockey
A. P. Whitacre
Naomi M. Shockey
John D. Luttrell
Shockeysville
George C. Shephard
Virginia L. Yancey
Winchester
Olive Robey Minnis
Margaret
Peggy) Firde
Grimes
Stonewall District
Cardinals favored to win World Series, editors say
Corner on Sports notes a 91 percent editor majority predicting the St. Louis Cardinals will win the World Series in five or six games. The piece also surveys picks for upcoming football openers and Virginia Cavaliers trusted to defeat Hampden Sydney, with historical context on their series.
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St. Louis Cardinals
United States
Sports Week
California
St. Mary’s
Cornell
Syracuse
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Marquette
Mississippi
Kentucky
Pitt
West Virginia
Great Lake
Purdue
Duke
Richmond
University of Virginia
Hampden Sydney
South Atlantic
Cavaliers
Virginia
Hampden-Sydney
116th Infantry at Normandy Beach Assault and St Lo
The 116th Infantry led the Normandy landings facing heavy fire from rifles, machine guns, mortars, and 88 mm guns. Despite high losses, they enabled the 29th Division to land with light casualties and pushed inland through hedgerows, capturing St Lo where Major Thomas D. Howie became famed.
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116Th Infantry
29Th Infantry Division
116Th
Normandy
St. Lo
Thomas D. Howie
Staunton
France
Fgih
Market quotations and livestock prices from Baltimore and Chicago
Market notes show dull produce with steady prices for apples and eggs, and light receipts for poultry in Baltimore. Baltimore Livestock reports slow slaughter classes, mixed cattle and calf activity, steady hogs and varying sheep prices, with detailed ranges for steers, cows, calves, and feeders. Chicago livestock quotes steady demand, higher steers and yearlings, with clearances and price ranges for hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep.
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Baltimore
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U. S
Baltimore Livestock
WFA
Office of
Chicago Livestock Chicago
W. F.A
Grain futures end session with fractional gains
Chicago grain prices rise modestly on short covering and weekend buying orders. Opening quotes show fractional moves across Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley with December and May contracts posting small gains.
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Chicago
Slow New York Stock Market Sees Narrow Gains
New York stock buying drifted through a mostly flat session with few notable moves. Leaders included Du Pont Goodyear National Distillers Sears Roebuck American Telephone Southern Pacific General Electric and J C Penney while US Steel Chrysler Santa Fe Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft and Texas Co lagged. Curb trade saw Cities Service advance modestly as others stayed listless.
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New York
du Pont
Goodyear
National Distillers
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
Southern Pacific
General Electric
American Water Works
J. C. Penney
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Texas Co
St. Regis Paper
United Gas
American Cyanamid
Pennsylvania
War Bonds Drive Urges Citizens to Support the Invasion
A wartime appeal calls on the public to buy war bonds to finance ongoing military operations. The program emphasizes national unity and timely investment in victory. Citizens are urged to contribute at local banks and post offices.
Death of Pvt James F Swartz In France August 17
Word was received of the death on August 17 of Pvt James F Swartz who was wounded August 16 in action in France. He leaves his wife Helen Swartz and their two year old son at 23 Indian Alley. He had worked for National Fruit Products Company before enlistment a year ago.
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James F. Swartz
France
Helen Swartz
Indian Alley
National Fruit Products Company
Services Sunday For C. W. Luttrell
Funeral services were held at Trinity Methodist Church Martinsburg West Virginia and Pine Grove Church for Charles Wilson Luttrell age 88 who died suddenly at a son’s home Arden Road near Martinsburg He was born December 3 1855 in Frederick County the son of Louis Luttrell He was the last member of his immediate family Surviving are two sons a daughter Mrs Rhes sa Gain nine grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
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Trinity Methodist Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pine Grove
Charles Wilson Luttrell
E. M. Luttrell
Arden Road
Chestnut Grove
Frederick County
Louis Luttrell
Luttrell
Pine Grove Church
Royalty Percentages for Authors on Published Works
An established author may receive 15 to 0 percent of the published price per copy, with higher rates for best sellers. A new author cannot expect more than 7 12 to 10 percent, and may rise to 15 percent after selling 5,000 copies.
Housewives Face Higher Point Values After Ration Change
Washington reports that after Sept 17 most vegetables and all fruit spreads were removed from rationing, causing blue point values to jump. A No 2 can of tomatoes rose from 5 to 20 points while peaches pears and pineapple climbed from 43 to 80 points, impacting shoppers nationwide.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Chester Bowles
Churchill Leaves Quebec After Second Roosevelt Talks
In Quebec Prime Minister Churchill departed by train to an undisclosed destination as world watchers await Pacific war bulletins. Roosevelt announced that MacArthur would report further victories in the Southwest Pacific Mountbatten in Southeast Asia and Nimtz would oversee a massive fleet push to defeat Japan. Both leaders stressed complete unanimity after the conference.
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Quebec
Que
Churchill
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Virginians Pay Up Income Tax in September Installment
A report shows 5,821 Virginians paid their estimated income tax in full by the September 18 installment while 654 made partial payments. Taxpayers owed on taxes were given until the next due date to complete their payments.
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Richmond
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