Tax doubts mix with wartime progress in Washington
In Washington April 1 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau questioned if a withholding tax could take effect before next year while Rubber Director William Jeffers announced a first all synthetic heavy duty tire. The session also covered postwar currency plans, wartime labor shifts, and political maneuvering ahead of 1944 campaigns.
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Washington
P— Secreary
Morgenthau
Treasury
William Jeffers
Tunisia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Jeffers
Guayule
Morgent
New York
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Capitol Hill
Senate
United Nation
Roosevelt
Flying Fortresses Blasted Axis Airfields and Shipping Pressure
Russians renew drive in Caucasus as Timoshenko forces push toward Staraya Russa. Soviet midnight communique reports recaptured Kuban base and steady improvement on the western bank after German counterattacks fail to cross the Donets.
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Rommel
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Anastasevskaya
Kerch Strait
Smolensk
Donets
Rostov
Tass
Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Barber Prices and Hours Agreement Signed in 1943
Barbers signed an agreement listing prices and hours effective Monday April 5 1943 with items such as hot cuts 50 cents shave 25 cents shampoo 50 cents and massage 50 cents. The note states closing times Wednesday 1 pm and Saturday 9 pm with signatures J G Rogers Russell H Carpenter C L Hoover Frank Miller.
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J. G. Rogers
Russell H. Carpenter
C. L. Hoover
Frank 8
Miller
New Directory Distributed by C P Co for Winchester Area
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia delivers 4200 copies of a wartime safety directory. A front cover reminder urges callers to avoid air raid alarm periods to keep lines free for defense authorities. Customers are advised to verify changed numbers and use Information only when needed to improve wartime service.
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Winchester
S. R. Sammis
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia
Sammis
Telephone Company
Two Addresses By Madame Chiang
Two west coast broadcasts by Mme Chiang Kai shek set for weekend via MBS. The Friday night 1 a m Saturday address follows a Hollywood testimonial dinner. A farewell talk is planned for 7 30 p m Sunday from the Hollywood Bowl. London program delayed to 11 30. Public sale Saturday April 3 at 10 for household property at 28 Southwerk St.
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New York
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
MBS
Britain
Southwerk St
Lieut Shonk Killed In Action In Pacific Zone
Mrs Louise Whittemore Shonk learns her husband Lieutenant Commander Shonk, a Harvard law student turned naval aviator, was killed in the Southwest Pacific aboard the USS Lexington. He left a 52 month old son Bronson and had a brother Ensign Peter M. Shonk in the Naval Air Service. Surviving sisters include Mrs James P Smith of New York and Mrs William Raymond Jr of Utica.
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Louise Whittemore Shonk
H. Bronson Shonk
Navy Department
Southwest Pacific
Shonk
Lexington
Herbert B. Shank
Scarsdale
N. Y
Law School
Harvard University
United States
United States Naval Reserve
Pensacola Naval Air Station
San Diego
Naval Air Service
Peter M. Shonk
USNR
James P Smith
New York City
William Raymond, Jr
Utica
48 Hour Week Starts in Shortage Areas
Washington reports the 48 hour work week began in 32 labor short areas with high compliance and little defections. Area directors say compliance ranges from good to complete, exemptions few, and most plants already used a 48 hour schedule. Some issues include unreported cases and pending exemption decisions. The action targets lumber and nonferrous metals mines and affects other sectors, with further manpower steps planned by draft boards and the army.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
U. S
Army
National
Governor Orders Check On Speed Violation
Governor Darden directed a 30 day check on pennant order speed violations for trucks carrying War material. State police chief Maj. C W Woodson Jr. reported no pennant trucks seen after 30 days of the trial and the governor seeks after 60 day results to gauge permanent adoption. Jeffers says continuation depends on effects on the 35 mph limit and notes the 60 day trial only.
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Richmond
Darden
C. W. Woodson, Jr
Virginia
Woodson
Jeffers
Eastman
Missing Winchester Seaman Harold L. Rogers Reported by Navy
Harold L. Rogers a 20 year old Seaman First Class and Handley High School alumnus is reported missing by the Navy Department. Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs signed the notice to his parents at 12 West Gerrard street Winchester. Rogers trained at Great Lakes and after a February leave returned to duty aboard a merchant ship that may have been lost at sea. He leaves behind parents three sisters and a brother.
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Winchester
Harold L. Rogers
Navy Department
Leslie
R. B. Rogers
West Gerrard Street
Randall Jacobs
Navy
Harold
Handley High School
Great Lakes Naval Station
Helen Newlin
Elsie Rogers
Colleen Rogers
Clarence Rogers
Sarah Zane Fire Co Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday evening April 2 at 8 p m All members urged to attend Captain Loryn M Crabill confirms the session for important business.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Wieners Ready-to-Wear Millinery Accessories
Trade notes indicate a ready to wear millinery and accessories business, described as a good place to trade. The reference appears in a 1930s style catalog line, suggesting a shop offering hats and related items for customers.
Duplication In Liquor Rations In Richmond
Richmond officials report possible duplicate liquor ration registrations after the state liquor control board supplied investigators a list of 100 names from local files. Police Justice Carleton Jewett fined two men 150 dollars each and jailed them six months for duplicate registration, with appeals noted.
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Richmond
State Liquor Control Board
Carleton Jewett
Richmond Hustings Court
ABC Board
Liquidation of WPB Labor Unit Nears, Report Says
Washington April 1 observers forecast a gradual liquidation of the War Production Board labor propulsion division led by Wendel Lund. Two new units will absorb remaining functions including a manpower liaison unit under Robert K. Lamb and a management labor council with leaders from CIO AFL NAM and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
Wendel Lund
Detroit
Sidney Hillman
War Labor Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Robert K. Lamb
Tolan Labor Committee
House
Lamb
New Management-Labor Council
Nelson
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Fred Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Land
Steel
Allied drive tightens in Tunisia as Sardinia raid hits Corsica-like targets
Allied forces push Rommel’s retreating divisions north of Gabes while U S Flying Fortresses hammer Cagliari and surrounding targets in Sardinia. Nearly 100 Fortresses, escorted by Lightnings, struck five merchant ships and 21 smaller craft, damaged 57 aircraft, and shot down 14. Montgomery patrols skirmish with rear guards as Patton’s units advance through minefields toward a junction with the Eighth Army.
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Sardinia
Cagliari
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommel
Gabes
Outres
Sfax
Allied Air Power Rolls in War Front Snapshots
Allied command reports nearly 100 Flying Fortresses smashing Axis ships off southern Sardinia in a massed strike aimed at wrecking a Dunkerque fleet. Europes invasion jitters rise as defenses bolster from the Balkans to Norway with raids on Nazi factories.
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Tunisia
Sardinia
Europe
Balkans
Norway
Berlin
Russia
Kharkov
Caucasus
Smolensk
Friendship Fire Company to convene April meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening April 1 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend due to business of unusual importance to be discussed. Captain Marion Anderson signs the notice.
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Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
City And County Brevities
A light city and county items column notes a farm labor shortage delaying garden plowing for Gardner A Lee Cob, with Ma Winchester suggesting a spade. It reports trout stocking in Cedar Creek and Back Creek, possible unfair winter fishing, and a Rotary luncheon with an All Fool's Day theme led by Lester Arnold.
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Gardner A. Lee Cobl
Lee
Ma Winchester
Coble
Back Creek
Cedar Creek
Rotary
Lester Arnold
Allied forces press Gafsa sector advance amid minefields
Allied troops led by United States forces under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr press in the Gafsa area as Axis retreat efforts unfold in El Guetar southeast of Gafsa. British First Army reports substantial enemy matériel captured while advancing toward Bizerte and Sedjenane. Air operations claim heavy bomber activity and multiple enemy aircraft shot down.
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Gafsa
United States
George 8. Patton, Jr
Morocco
London
Associated Press
el Guetar
First Army
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Desert Air Force
Sardinia
Cagliari
Rome
Tunis
Bingo at Sarah Zane Hall on April 1
Community bingo event set for Thursday night at Sarah Zane Hall with doors at 8:30 p m. A door prize of 175 dollars will be awarded and players should arrive early.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Rouss Fire Co. Notice for April Meeting
Charley Rouss Fire Co. calls a meeting Thursday evening April 1 at 8 o clock. Important business to be discussed. All members urged to attend. David H. Hottle, President.
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W.S. Brent
Rice M. Youell
By Eddy Gilmore
New Directory
Madame Chiang
Lieut
Pacific Zone
Louise Whittemore
H. L. Rogers
Wieners
Rouss Fire Co
Aidromes
Daniel DE Luce
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Erwin
Montgomery
United States Armored
George S. Patton, Jr
el Guetaria Pass
The
Rotterdam
New Guinea
M. C. Garvin
Gore
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