Problems Of Living Costs Stir Capital
In Washington on April 8 Secretary of War Stimson called operations in Tunisia a signal success as lawmakers wrestled with living costs and meat black markets. The Pace farm bill and pay as you go taxation faced pushback amid inflation fears while Labor and War departments publicized absenteeism and civilian labor guidance.
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Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
House
Martin
Prentis Brown
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brown
P. A
Paiman
D-Tex
OPA
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
House Labor Committee
War Department
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Office of War Information
Paul V. McNutt
Senate Banking Committee
Desert Fox Pressed as Allied Armies Close In North Africa
Allied forces push Rommel back in Tunisia as First Army gains four to five miles near Medjez El Bab and the Second U S Corps and Eighth Army advance beyond Wadi El Akarit. Rommel’s rearguards are being cleared in heavy fighting with more prisoners taken.
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First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Second
U. S. Army Corps
Eighth Army
Tunsis
French Protectorate
Wadi el Akarit
Sfax
Erwin Rommel
U. S. Corps
George S. Patton
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rommel
Gabes
Contributions For Cancer Control Sought In Winchester
Winchester joins Virginia Cancer Foundation campaign under Civic League direction. Contributions are accepted at the Drug Store until April 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sent to Mrs. Allen Tyieonmare. Further updates will appear in the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Virginia Cancer Foundation
Civic League
Thes
Allen Ty Ieonmare
The
Star
Salvation Army Budget Totals for 1942 and 1943
The Salvation Army local post presents receipts and disbursements for 1942 and a budget for 1943 totaling 6964.46 dollars. Receipts include contributions 2402.77 home service 2300.78 and grants 304.04 with balance 119.01. Disbursements list admin 529.46 evangelism 3888.25 family and transient 628.65 home service 299.09 mortgage 500 and miscellaneous 144.20. Harold G Brown is available for further information.
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Dept. of Public
Harold G Brown
Midshipman Clarke Dies In Air Crash
Winchester learns of the Royal Navy air arm tragedy as Midshipman Ray Clarke dies in an airplane crash. He trained in the United States at Detroit Pensacola and Miami and finished his course in January with honors. Clarke, England, was the youngest in his group and would have been commissioned as lieutenant in July at age 20. He and Lieutenant Bryan Mac Laren, Scotland, had visited Winchester in January at the Hendrie home on West Cecil Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ray Clarke
Air Arm
Royal Navy
Clarke
United States
Detroit
Pensacola
Miami
Rhode Island
England
Bryan MacLaren
Scotland
William Hendrie
West Cecil Street
For Sale Used Gas Stove and Water Heater
For sale a used gas stove and hot water heater in excellent condition. Call 5872.
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Call
Bingo at Sarah Zane Hall on April 8 prize $200
The event announces a Thursday bingo night at Sarah Zane Hall with an 8:30 p m start. The Doe Prize offers $200 for the evening game as part of the session.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Doe
Bond Drive Sets $650000 Quota for City and County
Winchester and Frederick county set a $650000 quota for the Second War Loan drive starting April 12. The campaign seeks $13b to fund the war, with local banks and volunteers rallying residents to buy U.S. government bonds and savings notes to support 1400 local service members and the broader war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Rhippenton
United States
U. S
37 Jap Planes Shot Down In Ferocious Sky Battle
American fighters destroyed 37 Japanese aircraft in a major air battle over the southeastern Solomon Islands. The action coincided with a Japanese strike on American shipping off Guadalcanal as an armada of 98 planes attacked. Seven US fighters were lost and one pilot saved. The report cites multiple daylight and night raids around Vila Rekata Bay and Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
South Pacific
Dauntless
Vila
United States
Avenger
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
No Big Changes Take Place On Red Nazi Front
Moscow reports indicate no major overnight shifts on the Russian German front amid thaw. The Red Army stormed German positions south of Izyum and grabbed advantageous lines under heavy fire. Counter attacks failed in Sevsk northwest of Kursk and in Volkhov where Germans sought a Soviet position but were repelled. Artillery duels extended toward Smolensk as the western front saw increased patrols and scouting.
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Moscow
Red Army
Izyum
Sevsk
Kursk
Volkhov
Leningrad
Smolensk
Kuban
Rostov
Assault Hearing Set for Saturday in Mt Airy Slaying Attempt
Sheriff Bywaters completed service on 16 witnesses for the trial of Mr and Mrs Floyd McKee of Mt Airy Frederick County charged with unlawfully and feloniously attempting to slay Mrs Clara Keller principal of the Mt Airy 2 room school. The trial is scheduled for Saturday at 2 pm with bonds set at 250 dollars each.
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Bywaters
Floyd McKee
Mt. Airy
Frederick County
Clara Keller
Keller
McKee
Rhodes
Upright piano and sewing machine for sale
Classified item lists an upright piano a Singer sewing machine and a hand vacuum cleaner for sale at number 104 W. Boscawen. The note directs contact for purchase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
W. Boscawen
Wanted Teacher for Shorthand and Commercial Subjects
WANTED Teacher for shorthand and commercial subjects. Write or phone 4701 Winchester Business College.
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Winchester Business College
French Circles Puzzled Over Africa Status
London April 8 A Paris dispatch reports Eisenhower expressed surprise over a French National Committee statement about delaying De Gaulle’s North Africa visit The Fighting French say the delay stems from unification talks with Gen Giraud and that the Committee will not issue further statements The text of Eisenhower’s letter was not made public to avoid adding details.
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London
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French National Committee
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Eisenhower
National Committee
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
DeGaulle
Convoy Struck by Flying Fortress Northwest of Kavieng
An American Flying Fortress strafed a three ship Japanese convoy northwest of Kavieng New Ireland during a reconnaissance mission. Allied forces reported wide area observation and harassing attacks, with a Beaufort bomber near miss against a Japanese destroyer off Bougainville. No official damage tallies were released.
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Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Pacific
Bougainville Island
Solomons
MacArthur
Eden Declares Accord With America On France Policy
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons after talks in Washington that Britain and the United States share complete agreement on the future policy toward France. He said Hull would visit London and noted close similarity of outlook on postwar problems and relations with neutral European states.
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London
Anthony Eden
Washington
House of Commons
Cordell Hull
Britain
United States
France
Eden
United States Administration
Vichy
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Hull
U. S
Reclassifying Is To Start Soon
Washington reports the draft reclassification will begin Monday under a new national regulation eliminating the 3-B category. Officials forecast a 3-A shift for fathers and a possible 3-D deferment for single or childless men facing extreme hardship to dependents.
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Washington
National Selective Service
Recommed 364 For Deferment To Aid Farmers
The USDA War Board for Frederick county recommended farm deferment for 364 of 440 registrants studied, 76 were not deferred. Final action on hundreds more cases is pending as boards refer findings to Selective Service for reclassification. County farm leaders fear labor remain scarce even with deferrals.
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Usda War Board
Frederick County
Stine
Selective Service Board
Selective Service
County Board of Agriculture
Farm Labor Center
Allied Offensives Rattle World Fronts In Major 1943 Updates
Highlights report British First Army advances in northern Tunisia toward Tunis while Nazis claim superior forces. U S fighter planes claim 37 Japanese aircraft destroyed in Solomons as Guadalcanal shipping comes under attack by a 98 plane foe. Hitler Mussolini seen drafting defenses for Europe invasion. Allies bomb Naples and Messina as Red Army pushes Kharkov front. Eden says Hull may visit London this summer amid policy accord with Britain on France.
British Hit Japs Hard In Burma
New Delhi April 8 British artillery repelled a Japanese advance in Burma with no change in fighting in Arakan. Allied aircraft struck Shwebo air field Wuntho railway station and strafed Pinlebu and another village west of Katha. A Japanese communique said they attacked near the Indian frontier and claimed enemy forces destroyed.
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New Delhi
Burma
Arakan
Shwebo
Wuntho
Pinlebu
Katha
Rome Radio
Associated Press
Mayu
Wake Island author to testify in Kernstown crash hearing
Lieut. Col. Walter L. J. Baylor U S M C author of The Last Man off Wake Island is due in Winchester next Tuesday for a hearing on a January automobile accident near Kernstown on U S Route 11. His visit highlights his vivid Wake Island defense account as spring returns to the region and orchard prospects show apples largely unscathed though peaches report some damage.
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Walter L. J. Baylor
U.S.M.C
Wake Island
Saturday Evening Post
Winchester
Marine Corps
Kernstown
U. S. Route 11
Baylor
Pearl Harbor
Allied Forces Close In On Rommel In Tunisia Push
Allied forces press the pursuit of Rommel across Tunisia with Patton’s Americans advancing 25 to 30 miles east of El Guetar and British First Army pushing from Gabes. Air power cuts enemy columns and fourteen Axis planes are downed as French troops join the assault and prisoners swell the tally.
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Rommel
Patton
el Guetar
Eighth Army
Sfax
K. A. N. Anderson
Medjez-El-Bab
Wadi el Akarit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Africa
Sicilian
Wad el Akarit
Gabes
First Army
Medjez-El-Bat
U. S. Army Corps
George S Patton, Jr
Gafsa
Prenc
Tunisia
Antique Auction on Clark Street in Winchester Virginia
Auction notice for Miles B. Dean listing an antique sale at Clark Street Winchester Virginia on Saturday April 10 at 9 30 in the morning.
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Clark St
Winchester, Va
Miles B. Dean
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Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
National Agricultural Society
Santiago
Chile
Montgomery
Rommel— Allie
By Edward Kennedy
Allied
Salvation Army
N Clarke
Catalina
Kahili
Shortland Island
Choiseul Island
By Eddy Gilmore
Agent General
America
Germany
USDA
British First Army
Tunis
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Naples
Messina
Russia
Kharkov
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