Allied Strike Power Surges As Guadalcanal Victory Declared
Washington dispatch reports Japanese organized resistance on Guadalcanal has ended with U S forces in control. Navy notes new raids on Kiska and patrols in the South Pacific while General Patchy confirms decisive progress on Guadalcanal with heavy losses to Japanese and 105 prisoners taken.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
United States
South Pacific
Navy
Alexander M. Patch
Kiska
North Pacific
Aleutians
Munda
Choiseul Island
War Manpower targets 102 cities for labor shortage controls
The War Manpower Commission designated 102 cities as areas of anticipated labor shortage, enabling 48 hour work week and hiring controls. The move affects contract awards, renewals, and potential production shifts, with 59 cities seen as likely to face shortages within six months and 76 as having adequate labor.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Gardens and Work as Path to Victory in Spring
Winchester urges embracing honest labor and cultivating gardens as spring nears. He cites old reads about the value of work and urges all able to seize opportunities to contribute to the war effort with zeal and practical thrift.
Proudest Army General in New Guinea Earns Fearful Fame
Brig. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead of Kansas City Missouri is hailed as the proudest U S Army figure in New Guinea as the Tokyo radio calls him the murder of Moresby after his planes and bombers killed hundreds of Japanese attempting to land at Buna.
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U .S
New Guinea
Ennis C. Whitehead
Kansas City
Tokyo
Moresby
Buna
U. S. Army Air Force
Hershey Opposes Draft Deferment for Men With Children
Washington February 11 Major General Lewis B Hershey urged against deferring men with children until all single and childless married men are drafted He said the next two or three months will see the great majority of inductees be men with children He defended his view with figures showing the overall manpower pool and the need to press 11 of 14 million eligible into service by year end 1943.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Director of Selective Service
Hershey
Armed Services
Dairymen Complete Their Organization in Frederick County
Frederick County dairymen organized at the courthouse naming directors to join officers led by Charles E. Staples. The board includes A. B. Solengerger H. B Stine George Eagle M.S. Snapp M. W. Jones Jr. Dennis Cole. A price increase petition sits with the Office of Price Administration seeking at least 2 cents more per quart to make milk 15 cents per quart retail.
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Frederick County Dairyman’s Association
Charles E. Staples
A. B. Solengerger
H. B Stine
George Eagle
M.S. Snapp
M. W. Jones, Jr
Dennis Cole
Office of Price Administration
Oysters 85 Cents a Quart Friday Special
Local ad announces oysters at 85 cents a quart every Friday. Contact Adam Ritter at 315 North Kent for details and pickup locations.
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Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Public Sale Notice for Virgil Prince on Feb 12
Public sale announced for Friday February 12 with Virgil Prince. See Page 8 for details. Also a community bingo night hosted by Sarah Zane Fire Co at 8 30 PM with a door prize of 100 dollars.
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Virgil Prince
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Cigarette Taxes Bring In Cash
The Federation of Tax Administrators says cigarette taxes are a growing revenue source for 28 states with war activity-based variance. December collections across 19 states totaled 8.232 million dollars, up 2 percent from 1941. some states like Utah fell, while Arkansas Kansas and others rose, and Delaware’s 1943 legislature approved a one cent emergency levy on every 10 cigarettes.
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Chicago
Feb. K
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Utah
Arkansas
Kansas
Arizona
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Delaware
Auction at Winchester Main and Piccadilly Sts
James holds furnishings auction at Main and Piccadilly Streets Winchester at 10 a m on Saturday February 13. Gena.
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James
Main and Piccadilly Sts
Winchester
Churchill outlines Allied plan for invasion and large scale war
Prime Minister Churchill told the British House of Commons that Allied plans include nearly a half million troops in Africa, a nine month offensive, and Europe invaded as soon as allies are ready. He announced North Africa command unity under Eisenhower with Tedder and Cunningham, noted improved shipping and reduced U-boat losses, and said Roosevelt may meet again within nine months. He also cited talks with Chiang Kai-shek and China aid, and Britain’s pledge to push Japan with a special treaty.
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London
Churchill
Africa
North
Europe
United Nations
Roosevelt
Khartoum
Egypt
Stalin
Russia
Sir John Dill
Henry H. Arnold
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Britain
Japan
Farm liquidation under way for rural homestead projects
The Farm Security Administration announced improved farm income and expected to liquidate possibly half of its rural homestead projects this year. About 175 projects costing $138 million, started by the Resettlement Administration and continued by the FSA, are being sold to low income farm families or local associations as they cooperatively operate.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Congress
Resettlement Administration
Greenbelt
Greenhills
Ohio
Greendale
Wis
Federal Housing Administration
FSA
Teacher Sit Down Strike Ends in Pittsburgh
Fifty public school teachers in Rankin ended a three day sit down strike after the school board promised a salary increase of 200 dollars a year if the Pennsylvania Legislature approves. About 1 500 students were sent home as classes resume this afternoon following a three hour meeting.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin
Pennsylvania
Vincent Russo
War Secretary Warns Of Heavy Casualties In Africa
Secretary of War Stimson warned in Washington that heavy American casualties are likely as we begin major offensives against Axis forces in Africa. He noted British 8th Army advance into Tunisia, and Allied efforts to drive the German Africa Corps while Allied troops consolidate western Tunisia. Stimson cited Guadalcanal gains where U S and Allied forces killed about 4,000 Japanese and took 105 prisoners with significant losses on our side.
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Stimson
Guadalcanal
Millard F. Harmon
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Washington
Africa
Tunisia
United Nations
8Th
Africa Corps
Americans Train French Troops
Allied headquarters in North Africa announces French troops withdrawn from Tunisian front for reequipment and training with American arms. United States forces take over central and southern Tunisia land sections while the British First Army extends positions in the north to relieve the tired and poorly armed French.
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North Africa
Tunisian
United States
Tonin
First Army
Eighth Army Drives Deep Into Southern Tunisia Front
The Eighth Army pushed more than 30 miles from Pisida into southern Tunisia and engaged Rommel near Ben Gardane on a coastal front. Armored units fanned out south of the highway to hinder retreat toward the Mareth line as weather limited ground action. Allied air forces hit targets in Crete and Sicily while torpedo planes attacked a ship off Sicily's south coast.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Marshal Rommel
Ben Gardane
Bernard L. Montgomery
Pisida
Rommel
Montgomery
First Army
Mareth
Malta
Sicily
Palmero Harbor
United States Army Air Forces
Canada
Castillia Pediada
Crete
Boyce Pastor Receives Maryland Call
The Rev. C. V. Van Der Linden, pastor of Boyce Baptist Church for 15 years, accepts a call to Forrest Baptist Church near Baltimore and will preach his farewell at Boyce this Sunday. He began at Boyce in 1928 and has served as Shenandoah Baptist Association moderator for two years.
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C. V. van der Linden
Boyce Baptist Church
Forrest Baptist Church
Baltimore
Boyce
Rockland
van der Linden
Shenandoah
Children's Orthopedic Clinic Set at Memorial Hospital
A children's orthopedic clinic sponsored by the District Nurse Association will be held February 13 at Memorial Hospital in Winchester from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. Dr. Robert Patan of the University of Virginia Hospital will serve as clinician. No appointments will be required.
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District Nurse Association
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Robert Patan
University of Pereginia Hospital
Hosiery Sale At Wiener's on North Loudoun
Wiener’s Hosiery offers first quality full fashioned high twist rayon hose at 42 10 1p 31d. Reinforced toe product line features 128 N Loudoun address with regular price of 1.00.
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Loudoun
Byrnes Warns on Inflation as Nation Sets 48-Hour Week
Economic Stabilization Director James F Byrnes cautioned Americans about inflation in a nationwide radio address coordinated with a White House order establishing a forty eight hour minimum work week. He said victory depended on willingness to accept burdens and hardships.
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James F. Byrnes
White House
Byrnes
Eisenhower to Command All Allied Forces in Africa
President Roosevelt nominates Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower to full general and to command all Allied forces in North Africa. Churchill confirms that Allied forces in Tunisia will be unified under Eisenhower with Harold Alexander as deputy and Tedder as air commander. Additional air and naval leaders will operate under Eisenhower in the Mediterranean theater.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
North Africa
Eisenhower
Senate
John J. Pershing
AEF
Europe
George C. Marshall
Army
Douglas MacArthur
London
House of Commons
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Arthur Tedder
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
U. S
Arthur Coningham
Tedder
Allied
Churchill quips at Lady Astor over U boats and ships
In London on February 11 Prime Minister Churchill mocked Lady Astor in the House of Commons during a debate on the U boat threat. He said fast ships are better than stow and referenced a noble lady's remarks about race horses, prompting sharp exchanges.
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London
Astor
House of Commons
Churchill
Stow
Red Army widens gains on Kharkov front in heavy fighting
Soviet dispatches report captures at Chuguyev Volchansk and Pechenegi as Red Army forces push west of Kharkov. Reports say tanks led the assault, German resistance included 80 troops and two regiments, while embattled Belorussian fronts advance toward Rostov encirclement and Kursk flank pressure continues.
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Erry Gilmore
Moscow
Belgorod
Chuguyev
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
Volchansk
Daily Express
Stoc
Kharkovas
Caucasus
Akhtari
Rostov
Krasnodar
Taman
Sea of Azov
Don
Moscow-Rostov
Novocherkassk
Kramatorsk
Donets
Dnieper
Kursk
Orel
Berlin
President Roosevelt to Radio Speech Friday Night
The White House announced Roosevelt will deliver a 20 minute radio address at 9 30 p m Eastern War Time Friday covering foreign and home fronts. He will also speak at George Washington dinners on Washington's birthday February 22 under Dem National Committee auspices.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
George Washington
Dem National Committee
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Guadalcanal Island
Selective Service
Robert E. Bunnelle
Maryland Church
Wiener
Lady Astor
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