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Show HIGHLIGHTS . , in the week's news CENTENARIAN : Mrs. Adelheid T. Hiller of .Mason City. 111., is dead at the age of 100. She would 'have reached her 101st birthday on July 4. Up until a few weeks ago. she did her own housework. She was born in Germany. WHISKY: The state of Virginia has purchased 27.5(10 barrels of whisky, whis-ky, to be sold through 102 state-owned state-owned stores. STOCKS: Hints of invasion on the continent of Europe, and uncertainty about the Burma campaign forced stocks sharply downward in New York, and other markets followed suit. Losses ran to three points in active issues. Holders decided to lighten their portfolios, on the theory the-ory that the "Big Push" would be a disturbing factor to business for the next several months. |