Eight Army Fliers Killed In Crashes
An Army medium bomber crashed near West Greenwich IL killing all five aboard. Victims identified by Mitchell Field as Second Lieut. Pawel L. Dover 24 pilot from Shelby NC and Second Lieut. N W fo 24 from Philadelphia. The crash sparked a forest fire as residents reported heat and smoke and a crater fifteen rods wide.
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West Greenwich
R. IL
Woodlands
First Corps
Westover Field
Chicopee
Mass
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Pawel L. Dover
Shelby
N. C
N. W. Fo
Philadelphia
Fritz Palmberg
Earl Harrington
Donald
Bernard
Winchester banker address urges wartime resolve
Dr Hutcheson told bankers in Luray that prolonged war will mean women take on duties from farming to nursing as men serve. He warned farming labor will be scarce and praised Winchester Frederick county school officials for plans to support the apple harvest and wartime programs.
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Hutcheson
Luray
Winchester
Frederick County
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Monthly Meeting
The Sarah Zane Fire Co. will hold its regular monthly meeting. Loryn M. Crabill serves as captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Flower Shop Offers Seasonal Blooms This Week
Flower shop advertises a selection including hydrangeas Easter lilies agapanthus tulips cinerarias African violet calla lilies violets and caladiums with emphasis on Thursday and Friday shop hours.
New Bikes Banned For Grown-Ups
Washington on April 3 The sale shipment delivery or transfer of new bicycles for adults was banned to curb a buying rush A rationing system will be set up soon to give defense workers first call Another War Production Board order restricted tinplated bottle caps and fluorescent lighting fixtures Notice was given civilian use of copper would soon be curtailed further
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Washington
War’ Production Board
Production Goal Of Presidents Claimed Assured
Four members of Congress at ringside voiced belief that the United States is winning the production battle. They cited informants showing industry and labor keeping pace with the President's program's demands and said it is coming along fine.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Nine candidates qualified for next Tuesday election
Nine candidates have qualified for the upcoming election with ballots listing in First ward W. Alan Peery Leonard Sirbaugh E Hill C C Dettra and J H Henry. In Second ward Fred L Glaize Jr Dr Howard James R Frank Barr and Earl E Baker.
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W. Alan Peery
Leonard Sirbaugh
E. Hill
C. C. Dettra
J. H
Henry
Fred L. Glaize
Howard James
R. Frank Barr
Earl E. Baker
Seenes Ee Ee
Many Morgenthau Proposals Likely to Be Rejected
House Ways and Means members predicted today that many of Secretary Morgenthau revenue proposals would be rejected as the committee drafts a new 7.61 billion dollar tax bill. Members cited resistance to a broad sales tax and high rates on individuals and corporations, with hearings continuing and possible closed sessions set for April 20.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Doughton
White and Negro Soldiers Fight Fatal Clash at Camp Dix
At Fort Dix New Jersey a 15 minute clash between white and Negro soldiers left three dead and five wounded. The riot began over a telephone dispute at Waldron Sports Palace and ended when officers ordered both sides to cease fire. Several named soldiers were wounded or involved as gunfire erupted from barracks across the road.
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Fort DIX
N. J
Gage Woldike
Woldike
Post
Waldron
Pointville
Waldlike
M. P
Manie W. Strough
Lony Honeycamp
Isaac W. Brown
Henderson
Tenn
W. E. Hall
Millette E. Hammond
Evans Webber
Pinkley Reed
John T. Robinson
I. V. Martin
Navy photo earns Flying Cross for antisubmarine bombing
Ensign Willam Tepuni, 26, of San Francisco, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bombing run that forced an Axis U boat to surface. The award highlights a Central Press photograph of the action.
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Willam Tepuni
San Francisco
Central Press
RAF hits Matford truck plant and French docks in daytime raid
British air sorties blasted Boulogne Calais and other Nazi sites across the Channel in a large scale operation. R A F fighters bombed the Matford truck plant near Paris and Le Havre docks while nerve warnings and fighter sweeps and German counterstrikes marked the ferocious exchange across the Channel with two British planes lost.
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London
English Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Dover Strait
R.A.F
Matford Truck
Paris
le Havre
Air Ministry
Matford
Dover
Portland
Peeping Tom Sent to State Farm for Indefinite Stay
Winchester resident known as Peeping Tom, 21 year old Marshall Mason, was arrested at 13 Gibbons Street for a recurring disturbance. Police said he has prior convictions on similar charges and is now committed to State Farm for an indefinite stay.
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Winchester
Tom
State Farm
Gibbons Street
Marshall Mason
Commander Morgan To Address Veterans Dinner
Winchester Post 2123 VFW will hold a dinner meeting at the George Washington Hotel on Monday April 6 at 7 oclock. Adjutant J G Fosbrink said Department Commander William Morgan and other high State department heads will be present. Westmoreland Davis was governor during the first World War.
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Winchester
V.F.W
George Washington Hotel
J. G. Fosbrink
William Morgan
Westmoreland Davis
President seeks help naming present war in bold terms
An unclear early wartime plea discusses naming the conflict to reflect defense of democracies and smaller nations. The speech explores how to describe a war without formal naming and references years of conflict.
Two youths struck in Winchester street incident
Seven year old Dennis Lee Nicholson was hit after darting between parked cars in front of the A and P Market and fractured his wrist. Pedestrian Paul L. Tomney Jr. 17 provided aid as Nicholson was taken to a local hospital. Earlier, 13 year old Jimmy Miller sustained a broken leg after being knocked from his bicycle on North Loudoun Street.
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Dennis Lee Nicholson
Winchester
Paul L. Tomney, Jr
Tomney
William Nicholson
Lee Street
Jimmy Miller
Loudoun Street
Forty Voices to Sing in Easter Cantata Sunday
The cantata to be performed by Olivet to Calvary offers a quartet of voices including Eugene Russell, a Winchester tenor, Philip Hunter with a fine tenor, and brothers Marshall and Ivan Kline taking bass and baritone parts.
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Eugene Russell
Winchester
Philip Hunter
Marshall Kline
Ivan Kline
Mrs. Ida Hardy Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Ida Strosaider Hardy 64 wife of William G. Hardy of 423 W Clifford died at Memorial hospital at 6 05 am after a brief illness. Born March 7 1878 in Mt Morris Greene County Pa she was active in Braddock Street Methodist Church and Daughters of the American Revolution. She married William G Hardy in Winchester on August 31 1898 and they lived in this city. survive two daughters Mrs Robert C Noerr Ridgefield N J and Mrs Helen H Wright former secretary of the Winchester Frederick DAR chapter. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Ida Strosaider Hardy
William G. Hardy
W. Clifford
Memorial Hospital
Pennsylvania
Mt. Morris
Greene County
Benson F. Stronsider
Lydia Headlee
Glaize & Brother
Hardy
Braddock Street
Mr. Hardy
Winchester
Robert C. Noerr
Ridgefield
N. J
Helen H. Wright
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red
Antique Auction Set for April at Winchester
South End notes Boyd G. Headley announces an antique auction on Tuesday April 7 at 10 A M. The sale will be held at 329 N Cameron St Winchester with proceeds to be determined.
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N. Cameron St
Winchester
Boyd G. Headley
Easter Corsages Smartly Styled for Spring Events
Easter corsages announced with smart styling and quick order option. Promotion highlights Thursday and Friday availability with featured arrangements and color options for upcoming celebrations.
A Safe Investment Buy the Loy Property Front of Court
Auction notice announces sale of the A. R. Loy property with 283 feet frontage on Court Street. The bid event occurs at noon on Saturday, April 11. Assessed details and terms not provided in the readable text.
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A. R. Loy
No.pe
Labor Bill Aims Oppressive Practices In Post War Era
Senator LaFollette introduced a bill to criminalize oppressive labor practices with penalties up to 10000 dollars fine or six months in jail. The measure extends wage and hour principles to prohibit strike breaking private guards and interference with peaceful picketing and restricts interstate shipping of offending employers goods. He cited widespread violations and warned emergency powers could threaten labor rights after the war.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wis
Think Up Something Else Fort Monroe Corporal McLane
Corporal Robert V. McLane of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania is believed dead by his comrades at Fort Monroe Virginia. The piece notes 13 as a recurring number in his life including his name draft number rifle serial digits corporal rank in his battery and hospital ward details.
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Fort Monroe
Robert V. McLane
Beaver Falls
Americans Hold Line on Peninsula Amid Japanese Push
U S front line troops kept alert as Japan pressed in on the Bataan peninsula following two heavy attacks. The War Department said sizable Japanese units were in an encircled pocket and awaited American counter moves. Parachute drops near the Dutch East Indies were reported as largely unsuccessful.
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Washington
Japanpei Bataan
War Department
Bataan
Dutch East Indies
Want Fall Company At Drill Tonight
All members of Co. 115 Virginia Ice Force are expected to attend drill tonight at the armory at 7 30. A federal inspection will be held in the next few weeks Capt Baker disclosed and he stressed the importance of full attendance in preparing for this.
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Co. 115
Virginia Ice Force
Baker
Pvt. Jackson In U S Hospital After Pearl Harbor Shock
Pvt John Jackson evacuated to a U S hospital after suffering shock during the Pearl Harbor attack. A. H. Jackson reported the transfer after noon and noted condition details were not yet available. He belonged to a ground crew at the air base.
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A. H. Jackson
Aeeae Nee
John Jackson
Pvt
Jackson
Pearl Harbor
City and County Brevities and Local Notes
Driver Harry Lewis of the Friendship Fire Company got a free ride after backing Joe Louis to win the fight over Abe Simon. Bill Cain wagered Lewis on Simon with a wheelbarrow tour as payoff, a sign read "This is what Joe Louis did to me." Postmaster W. Nelson Page urged residents along RFC routes to stamp their own outgoing mail. Winchester promotes spring beauty in travel folders featuring George Washington's HQ and Christ Episcopal Church. The Public Square once held eleven buildings a whipping post stocks and a pillory.
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Harry Lewis
Friendship Fire Company
Joe Louis
Abe Simon
Bill Cain
Friendship Company
Lewis
Loudoun
Cain
RFC
W. Nelson Page
Winchester
Capitol Greyhound Lines
George Washington
Christ Episcopal Church
Chiang Kai-shek Urges India to Accept British Offer
In wartime diplomacy moves, Chiang Kai-shek pressed India to accept postwar British terms for self rule in exchange for fighting support. Burma front remains critical as Japanese pressure grows near Prome Mandalay while British and Chinese forces contest oil fields and supply routes.
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Chiang
India
Burma
Prome
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Mandalay
Yenangyaung
Irrawaddy
Akyab
Chingking
Brtish
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Rhode
Carolina
Stilwell
MR Winchester
David F. Hottle
Tame
State Library
Donald A. Young
Ensign William Tepuni
U. S. Navy
England
Peeping Tom
Cmdr. Morgan
W.G. Hardy
South End
Peninsula
U. S. Hospital
Bulletins
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kyon
Kyongon
Manadaly
Toungoon
Johnson
New Delhi
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Melbourne
John Curtin
Darwin
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