Abolition of FSA urged as farm aid bill moves
The House Appropriations Committee urged abolition of the Farm Security Administration and transfer of its functions to the Farm Credit Administration in a $707 million Agriculture Department bill. It calls for ending crop parity payments for 1942 and 1943 and continuing FCA rural rehabilitation with $12 million plus $40 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
Security Administration
House Appropriation Committee
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Security Administration
Russia
Farm Credit Agency
FCA
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
Eisenhower Reports Allied Advance Scoring Gains In Four Sectors
Navy Secretary Knox said he cannot confirm Japanese strength north of Australia and whether they plan attack or defense. He noted garrisons in New Guinea and a lack of new northern buildup while reporting air activity rising with 98 plane raid on Guadalcanal and 100 on Port Moresby. He supported Churchill on holding own against U boats and avoided six month averages.
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Washington
Pi— Navy
Knox
Australia
Thomas A. Blamey
Blamey
New Guinea
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
Navy
Churchill
House of Commons
Atlantic
Jeffersons happiness creed cited in bicentennial tribute
MR WINCHESTER lauds Thomas Jefferson declaring happiness as the sum of his ideals. The piece notes Jefferson changed the phrase from pursuit of property to pursuit of happiness and references his 1775 defense of liberty, independence, and armed resistance until hostilities end.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Bonds To Make Power Felt Says Chief of Fleet
Admiral Ernest J. King urges war bond purchases to finance armed forces. He emphasizes the need to keep ships planes guns and tanks in ample supply to sustain operations and outfight the enemy. The bonds are a double investment for individuals and the nation.
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United States
Nation Responds With Flood Of Dollars For War
America mobilizes funds for a $13 billion second war loan drive announced by Secretary Morgenthau. He urged universal participation and warned that 10 percent is not enough as Treasury outlines a $70 billion annual plan with heavy reliance on non banking sources and individual bonds to meet the war’s financing needs.
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George Cullen Washington
America
Treasury
Morgenthau
Carnegie Hall
New York
Jes
Expoctee
Winchester Doctor Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Dr Thomas A Gibson of Winchester has been advanced from Major to Lieutenant Colonel. He and his family have stayed in Winchester for several days and he is set to return to Moore General Hospital Asheville North Carolina.
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Thomas A. Gibson
Winchester
Eighteen Frederick County Registrants Get Farm Deferment
Eighteen Frederick County registrants are recommended for farm classifications and deferment by the U S Department of Agriculture War Board and the Local Selective Service Board. Five others were deferred but had already received induction reporting notices. The list includes Ralph J. Benner and 17 others all classified 2-C or 3-C with brief names and statuses.
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Frederick County
U.S. Department of Agriculture War Board
Selective Service Board
Ralph J. Benner
Howard W. Conner
Matthew Raymond Davis
Philip S. Dolan
Edward Dyke
C. H. Ebersole
Lohrwood Foreman
James Frederick Garrett
Claude Strickler
Ralph Hounshell
Loring Robert Johnson
Luther Allen Lee
G. F. Lind, Jr
Raymond Matthew Loy
Herbert W. Murphy, Jr
Lester Puffinberger
James Theodore Russell
Charles Taylor
George Brown
Loring McDaniel
Robert Stewart Castleman
Elwood Clark Rogers
Herbert Welton Funk
Another Vote On Rum Plan Sparks House Tactics
Washington April 13 Republicans used blocking tactics to push a pay-as-you-go tax bill and seek another floor vote on the Rum plan to skip an income tax year. House leader Martin urged a discharge petition to force current tax legislation up for a vote as Democrats and Republicans clash over a 20 percent withholding levy and partial 1942 tax relief.
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Washington
Ways and Means
House
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
D-Tex
Martin
Reps
Robertson
Dva
Forand
D-Ri
Jefferson Shrine, Statue at Potomac Bank Dedication
President Roosevelt dedicates a marble shrine to Thomas Jefferson on the Potomac bank. He frames the dedication as a wartime pledge to liberty, quoting Jefferson's pledge against tyranny and urging Americans to fight for freedom of mind and conscience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Apostle of
Dr Charles Milton Establishes Practice in Winchester Area
Dr Charles Milton of Charles Town West Virginia recent Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate has set up residence and office at 599 Gray Avenue Winchester to practice in Winchester and surrounding areas. He will treat both large and small animals. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James W Milton of Charles Town and recently married Jeanne Shepler of Coshocton Ohio, then staff photographer for the Columbus Citizen.
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Charles 8. Milton
Charles Town
W. Va
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ohio State University
Gray Avenue
Winchester
Milton
James W. Milton
Jeanne Shepler
Coshocton
Ohio
Columbus, O
Last Man Off Wake Eyes Wartime Hearing in Winchester
Lieut. Col. Walter L. J. Baylor flew from Quantico to Winchester for a hearing on a three vehicle crash at Kernstown on January 2. The officer, known for Wake Island stories, returned to Quantico after the session.
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Wake
Winchester
Walter L. J. Baylor
United States Marines
Wake Island
Kernstown
Baylor
Marine Corps
Quantico
Apple Syrup For Tobacconists Gains Industrial Use
Washington April 13 Apple syrup developed by the Agriculture Department eastern research lab has found a definite place in the tobacco industry as a glycerine substitute. In testimony to the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee officials said production reaches 2,000,000 pounds this season with cigarette makers claiming they could use 10,000,000 pounds if available. Dr. C F Speh predicted the syrup could absorb the entire cul(l) market and noted a ton of apples yields 21 gallons of syrup.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eastern Research Laboratory
Congress
Housericulture Appropriations
C. F. Speh
Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
Speh
Dr. Leslie Bell Passes Surgery Board Examinations
Dr. Leslie M. Bell of Winchester has passed the American Board of Surgery examinations, including the written and practical tests in Baltimore. A Harvard graduate, he completed his interneship at a Boston hospital and has practiced in Winchester for about 12 1/2 years.
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Leslie M. Bell
Winchester
American Board of Surgery
American Medical Association
Bell
Baltimore
Harvard
Boston Hospital
Japs Gather Big Force For Fresh Stab In Pacific
Allied Commander Sir Thomas Blamey reports Japan has 200000 first line troops and a large air force massed north of Australia ready to resume offensive operations. He notes recent Solomon Islands and New Guinea air assaults mark opening of renewed Japanese effort to regain air control and initiative in the Pacific.
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Australia
Japan
Thomas A. Blamey
Blamey
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Coral Sea
Solomons
Guadalcanal-Florida Island
Maximum Prices Are Coming For Apples Other Fruits
The O P A announced steps to set maximum prices on fresh tuna and plan similar actions for halibut and other fresh fish. After finishing fish rules, about 98 percent of foods would be under price control, with apples and several produce items slated for early inclusion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Axis counter attack drives British back north of Sousse
German radio report from London says Axis tank and motorized forces struck the Eighth Army north of Sousse and Kairouan. The surprise assault caused heavy British losses and forced a withdrawal.
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London
Sousse
Kairouan
Allied forces advance on all fronts in North Africa
General Eisenhower announced Allied troops were advancing along the line with gains in four key sectors. Rommel sought refuge in northern Tunisia's coffin corner as North Africa battles near a final stage.
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Cairo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Axis Pushed Into Corner by Allied Advance in Africa
Allied armored units broke through weak Axis rearguards below Enfidaville and Djebebina about 17 miles west as Rommel's forces edge toward tighter space at the Tunisian peninsula’s top. Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushes along the coast between Lake Kelbia and the sea, inching closer to Rommel’s withdrawal.
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Enfidaville
Djebebina
Erwin Rommel
Tunisian
First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
African Corps
Lake Kelbia
Rommel
Russian Airmen Pound German Lines in War Update
Soviet aviation pressed the German supply columns along a muddy front. In Kuban the German air force grew active as it tried to strike Russian columns toward the sea. Moscow radio says Soviet fliers and anti-aircraft units shot down 25 German planes over Krasnodar with five Soviet planes lost.
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Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
London
Krasnodar
Volkhov
Leningrad
Kursk
Kharkov
United Nations Week events raise funds at Capitol and Palace
During United Nations Week at the Capitol and Palace theatres January 18 19 20, donations totaled 328 78 to the President's War Relief Control fund. A Washington luncheon saw E L Alperson present a 1 625 000 check to the War Relief Control Board. Movie goers earned Allies gratitude as funds support food clothing shelter and bandages for those affected by Fascism. The Frederick Clarke Baseball League opened its 1943 schedule with Gainesboro Berryville Gore Boyce Middletown Stonewall, and Stephens City with Friday games at Gore. A no smoking sign appeared in the Frederick circuit court bench area, observed by the public.
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United Nations
Capitol
Palace Theatres
War Relief Control Fund
Hotel Statler
Washington
War Relief Control Board
E. L. Alperson
United Nations Drive
Alperson
Frederick-Clarke Baseball League
Gainesboro
Berryville
Gore
Boyce
Middletown
Stonewall
Stephens City
Allied and Axis Actions Near Tunis and Sicilian Straits
British First Army pushes 15 miles north of Kairouan while French forces advance from Diebel Ousselat along the Grand Dorsal. Doolittle's bombers pound Sicilian targets including a convoy and Bizerte harbor, with strikes on Ste Marie du Zit airfield and Oudna landing ground as Axis air defenses falter.
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Kairouan
Diebel Ousselat
Grand Dorsal Range
Medjez-El-Baba
Tunis
James H. Doolittles
Sicilian Straits
Bizerte
Channel
Trapani
Sicily
Ste. Marie du Zit
Oudna
Local VPF Men At Fort Meade For Army Instruction
Five members of Winchester Company 115 Virginia Protective Force are at Fort Meade for training with regular army officers this week. They left Sunday and will return Saturday night led by Holmes Newcome. others may join later with a May 2 contingent. Capt. W. A. Baker notes additional details forthcoming from Third Service Command officers.
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Winchester Company 115
Virginia Protective Force
Fort George G. Meade
Winchester
Tom Dorsey
Horace McIinturff
Fred White
Walter Fries
Holmes Newcome
W. A. Baker
Meade
Third Service Command
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Eisenhower
Pacific Sea Force
MR Winchester
Ernest J. King
U.S. Fleet
Dr. Gibson
Frederick Co
Bank of Potomac
Sage of
Monticello
Charles Milton
Pacific
W. E. Edwards
Arthur Armel
White Post
James P. Reardon
Armel
L. A. Tutwiler
Harrisonburg
Richard Lowery
Arme
Tutwiler
Col. Bayler
Lowery
Russell Cather
Surgery Board
By C. Yates McDaniel
Bulletins
AXIS
Daniel DE Luce
Allied Headquarters
By Eddy Gilmore
Frederick Circuit Court Room
VPF
Fort Meade
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