Capitol Hill in session as tax compromise eyed
Washington April 16 Democratic and Republican leaders in the House agreed to seek a pay as you go tax plan by July 1. Speaker Rayburn and the conferees discussed broader issues from anti inflation orders to UN food conference funding while debate raged outside. The session featured sharp exchanges over extending authority and managing war finance amid calls to stabilize currency and oil prices.
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Washington
House
Raybourn
Saper
Gollar
Ravourn
Cateuve Martin
Massoonuset
Senate
Taft
Teft
Small Business Committee
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Two Notorious Gangsters Lead 22 In Prison Break
In Reidsville Georgia on April 16 twenty three prisoners escaped the state penitentiary after overpowering guards and disabling the lights. Warden DuVall cited the break as likely due to guard or prison employee collaboration or negligence. Two key escapees Forrest Turner and Leland Harvey were named as leaders.
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Reidsville
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Atlanta
Vidalia
Lyons
Reids
Mann
Forrest Turner
Leland Harvey
H. R DuVall
H. R. DuVall
B. C. Morison
W. E. Overstreet
N. M. Spivey
Allied forces report twin naval and Tunisian advances
Allied HQ says two British destroyers sunk two Italian destroyers off Sicily at night. First Army infantry reach within 15 miles of Tebourba as fighting rages near Medjez el Bab. Allied mountain front tops 25 to 30 miles from Tunis with Montgomery massing for a climactic north push. Bombing of Axis airfields continues despite bad weather.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Andrew B. Cunningham
First Army
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Tunisia
Sardinia
Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Tunisian
Black Market In Poultry Reported In Shenandoah Valley
F Wilmer Coffman of the OPA price division warns a fast expanding black market in poultry is threatening legitimate business in the Shenandoah Valley. About 75 poultrymen and farmers met in Harrisonburg to discuss countermeasures as ceiling prices are violated in Winchester and Frederick County.
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Shenandoah Valley
F. Wilmer Coffman
OPA
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Frederick County
Coffman
Sabotage Charge Placed Against Ship's Workers
FBI director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of seven Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard welders on sabotage charges tied to Liberty ships. The men admitted faulty welding done to finish work faster and earn more, with no Axis ties found.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Baltimore
George Arnold Steele
Franklin Furnace
Hoover
Herman Scherer
New York
Raymond Ashby Burkholder
Buchanan
Hiram Thomas Via,Jr
Basic City
Farrell Houston Smith
Catawba
Leonard Lucas
Lancaster
S. C
Harvey Erastus Miller
Lexington
N. C
Wilfred James Cossman
Zanesville
Ohio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Burkholder
Gossman
Federal District Court
Miller
North Carolina
U. S
James K. Cullen
Navy
Via
Lucas
Gossman and
Winchester sons credited with first bombs from U S plane
The article notes a Winchester native, Lieut. Harry Dutch Ebert, as navigator on the first American aircraft to bomb Germany, with a Winchester crewman emboldened to release the bomb. It honors their service in the early raids and frames their actions as an enduring chapter in local military history.
Rexall Sale Highlights Four Day Event at Brooks Pharmacy
Four day Rexall sale is announced at Brooks Pharmacy with promotions running Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday. Bundled bargains and discounts are advertised across drugstore items during the event.
Object Similar To Parachute Seen Near Clarke
Federal and local authorities continued an investigation after residents in the Boyce area reported an object resembling a parachute seen near William Pifer’s home on old Route 50. Search covered about 10 square miles with help from Boyce high school students and a Federal Bureau of Investigation representative.
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the Star
Berryville
Boyce
William Pifer
U. S. Route 50
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rally Speaker Ensign Summers to Address War Bond Rally
Ensign Clyde W. Summers USN, scheduled to address a war bond rally at the Capitol theater Sunday at 4 PM, has served 12 years in the Navy. His career includes the Asiatic Fleet, destroyers, South China Patrol, Shanghai and Canton combat, South American and South Africa duty, and action at the Marshall Islands and Coral Sea.
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Clyde W. Summers
USN
Capitol Theater
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Far East
U. S. Asiatic Fleet
Des Moines
South China Patrol
Shanghai
Canton
China
United States
South America
South Africa
Fort Moresby
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Ensign Summers
Ensien
Marshall Islands
Coralca
Growers Survey Fruit Damage From Deep Freeze
Orchardists await milder weather to assess damage from two consecutive sub freezing nights. Officials say losses are heavy in the big fruit valley, with some in Lynchburg believing crops are practically wiped out. Record low temps persist across regions, including Lynchburg 27, Norfolk 33, and valley areas in the twenties.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Clearbrook Textile Workers Have Real Claim to 100 Per cent Club
Clearbrook Woolen Company with 150 employees is 100 percent in war bonds Red Cross Aircraft Warning Service and post reporting 100 percent. The mill will close next week for spring work gardens and home tasks with pay preserved. Bond purchases total $35 850 since sales began April 13 marked the mill reopening anniversary. Plant runs three shifts around the clock.
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Clearbrook Textile Workers
Clearbrook Woolen Company
Woolen Company
Red Cross
Aircraft Warning Service
Clearbrook
W. H. Tnrence, Jr
Lucille O’connell
Baltimore
Lawrence
Former Winchester Resident Killed in Action in North Africa
Word reached last night that Sts. Edward A. Bradford, about 25, formerly of Winchester, was killed in action in North Africa on March 31. Bradford, a bombardier aboard the first American plane to drop a bomb on Germany, grew up with Mr. and Mrs. Heckrotte in this city and attended Handley schools before moving to Washington where he finished Central High School. He served as a sergeant and was decorated after the England based historic mission. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Mary Effritz of Washington, his wife Mrs. Ann Bradford of Washington, and five sisters including Mrs. Lawrence Bell of this city.
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Winchester
Germany
North Africa
William M Heckrotte
Fairview Avenue
Heckrotte
Sts
Set
Edward A. Bradford
Bradford
England
Hockrotte
Handley
Washington
Central High
Pearl Harbor
Mary Effritz
Lawrence Bell
Ann Bradford
Bowling Case Seized For Advisement In Court
At a brief morning hearing Judge John Rice took under advisement the case of Jack Zimmerman charged with operating bowling alleys on Sunday. Defense Harry Benham and J Sloan Kuykendall and Commonwealth's Attorney James P Reardon argued over whether such activity aids community morale. The dispute referenced Williams vs Commonwealth and noted charity or necessity as possible defenses. Bingo runs every Friday night at 8 30 with 250 dollars in prizes from Rouss Fire Co.
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Jack Zimmerman
John Rice
Zimmerman
Harry Benham
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Williams Vs. Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Russian Fliers Strike German Airfields on Leningrad Front
Moscow reports a raid on a German airdrome on the Leningrad front where 13 planes were destroyed on the ground. The attack followed previous long range raids on Koenigsberg and Danzig as Soviet fliers set fires and strafed installations.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Berlin
Associated Press
Kuban
Another Cold Night With 24 Minimum
Last night was another cold one with a 24 degree minimum recorded around 4 a m. The temperature rose soon after and the laboratory noted the change. No forecast was given on fruit impact until a bocce examination is completed.
World At War Dispatches From North Africa and Pacific
Allied headquarters report daylong battles north of Medjez El Bab near Tunis as British First Army nears Tebourba. MacArthur’s air strikes cripple three ships in a northern New Guinea convoy. Japan counts heavy losses. Allied bombers hit Naples and four Sicilian cities as Soviet forces advance in the Kuban delta and Kharkov regions.
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Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
U.S
Naples
Sicilian
Continent
France
Belgium
Germany
Baltic
Danzig
Koenigsberg
City And County Brevities
A Star ad by H. W. Whitacre on Front Royal road drew 12 replies from buyers for a cow and calf. A Philadelphia message requested full sale details and trucking to Philadelphia. Many residents missed the automobile license deadline and the state police will start license checks Monday.
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H. W. Whitacre
Front Royal Road
Winchester
H. W. Capper
Holme Avenue
Winchester Avenue
Holmesburg Station
Philadelphia
Mr. Whitacre
Associated Press
Germans Halt Allied Push With Stubborn Tunisian Front
Axis losses reported as German and Italian forces countered in Tunisia while British and French units pressed to seize Diebel and Dijebel positions near Enfidaville. Despite heavy fighting, French held ground and captured prisoners as air operations targeted remaining Axis air fields. Public sale listed in local notice follows.
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Mediez-El-Bab
Associated Press
Transocean
Berlin
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Diebel Seesouf
Kararhoun
Tunis
Bizerte
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Sousse
Sardinia
Decimomannu
Dijebel Sessons
Perate
Erwin Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
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Harry Dutch Ebert
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Theediterranean
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Rexall Ie Sale
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Rouss Fire CO
Edd
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