Mme Chiang urges crushing defeat of Japan before UN efforts
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek told the House that allowing Japan to remain in control of Asia's resources risks future war. She warned world opinion swung from admiration to overestimation of Japan and praised U S Navy victories at Midway, Coral Sea, and Guadalcanal while urging a humane, universal peace postwar.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
House of Representatives
United Nations
Japan
Damocles
Germany
China
Sun-Tse
Mme. Chiang
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
China Sea
Hitler
United States Navy
Midway
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
War Chief Admits Setback In Africa
Secretary of War Stimson said American forces in central Tunisia suffered a serious local setback and heavy casualties as German dive bombers destroyed several tanks. He noted Axis attack came while British forces in Tripolitania and northern Tunisia faced delays, not a large scale offensive.
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Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
8Th
Tripolitania
First Army
Byrd Says No Farmer Bulletins This Year
Senator Byrd issues statement from Washington signaling he will not send farmers of Virginia a list of available bulletins to conserve paper, labor, and postal facilities. He offers to provide the list only to interested individuals upon request in the future.
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Byrd
Washington
Virginia
War Ration Book 2 Help Offered By Civilian Defense
Grocers may obtain guidance from a home economist or sector leader on using War Ration Book No 2. Requests must go through the local civilian defense office and be received by Thursday February 25. Dial 5431 to request this service.
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Office of Civilian Defense
Salvation Army to Open Annual Funds Campaign Meeting
Salvation Army prepares its yearly funds drive with Hoye Riley as general chairman. The mass meeting and program will begin February 19 at Salvation Army Hall at 7 30 pm with Don Patton's orchestra entertaining until 8. Brigadier Charles H. Dodd will speak. the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoye Riley
Salvation Army Campaign Committee
Salvation Army Hall
Loudoun St
Don Patton
Charles H. Dodd
Baltimore
Riley
Burr P. Harrison
John W. Rosenberger
Daniel W. Lupton
E. E. Harbaugh
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Salvation Army
Delays in U S Shipbuilding Criticized by House Panel
A House Naval subcommittee says postwar shipyards are hampered by unwarranted delays that could allow up to 20 million tons of shipping this year. It urges an overall Pacific coast supervisor, stronger field authority, and better material substitutions to fix bottlenecks.
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Washington
House
Naval
Pacific Coast
Rep
Magnuson
D-Wash
Anderson
Rcalif
Navy
Winchester and Frederick County Game Association Meeting
The Winchester and Frederick County Game Association plans a Tuesday night meeting at city hall at 7 30. Officers for the year will be elected and reports heard. Members should bring or mail membership books to Treasurer Lee Grant for a final financial statement. Proposed changes to game laws will be discussed.
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Winchester and
Freedrick County
Winchester's Lost Battalion Behind The Eight Ball
Winchester police report a work or jail ultimatum as the so called Lost Battalion of local men shifts from loafing to work. Two drunken arrests, one with suspended sentence, signal a crackdown while officers pursue loiterers and warning to avoid non productive idle behavior.
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Winchester
Hollis
Whedatek
Russians Press Offensive Across Six Sectors Near Leningrad South
Soviet authorities report six front sectors from Leningrad south showing westward drives into Kharkov Kursk and Donets basin areas. The Kharkov advance extends to Bogodukhov Lozovaya and Alekseevskoe as German lines retreat and remnants are cleared.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kursk
Donets Basin
Rostov
Red
Lake Ladoga
Bogodukhov
Sumy
Zmiey
Alekseevskoe
Lozovaya
Lozo
Many Motorists Given C Books
The Office of Price Administration expanded C book gasoline rationing to thousands more motorists. New rules allow those who cannot obtain enough gas on a B book to drive to and from work to receive C books if local and district OPA offices approve, proving work connection, car pooling, and lack of viable alternatives.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Twelve Members For Norfolk Board Appointed
Norfolk city manager Charles B. Borland announced the addition of six members to the local War Price and Rationing Board, making a total of twelve. Borland will serve as temporary chairman until a new panel is organized, with two panels set for price control and information.
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Norfolk
Charles B. Borland
Richmond
Cor el Borland
Byeg
Eady
Eeen
Fort
Plans to Cut Empty Hauls by Winchester Trucks
Lloyd Fearnow announced a joint information office for private contract and common carriers in Winchester to reduce empty truck hauls during the emergency. The office will issue clearance papers for trucks without return loads, with farmers within 25 miles exempt and associations led by a Chamber of Commerce to govern.
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Winchester
Lloyd Fearnow
Hagerstown
Fearnow
Winchester Chamber of
Merce
Mrs Frances Bickers 46 dies in Winchester
Mrs Frances Taylor Bickers 46 of Winchester died at 2 45 p m Wednesday February 17 after a several year illness from double pneumonia contracted Sunday She was daughter of Dr Stuart and Lizzie Taylor Madison Va and granddaughter of Dr William S Taylor a descendant of President Zachary Taylor Survived by husband four daughters Jane Frances Betty Barbara all of Winchester three sisters Mary Jessie Taylor and Mrs James Hay of Madison and one brother John W Taylor Chief Clerk US Claims Washington D C Private service Friday 11 at Madison Va with interment in family plot Rev George Tucker Grace Episcopal Church to conduct
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Frances Taylor Bickers
Myron Bray Bickers
Winchester
Bickers
Stuart
Lizzie Yager Taylor
Madison
William Stuart Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Jane
Frances
Betty
Barbara Bickers
Mary
Jessie Taylor
James Hay
John W. Taylor
U. S. Ors of Claims
Washington, D
George Tucker
Grace Episcopal Church
Dixie Walker Becomes Father as Dodgers Contract Arrives
In New York on February 18, Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers learns his wife has a baby girl born Tuesday. He also receives his 1943 Dodger contract but delays signing until the players' status is clarified. Walker serves as recreation director for a large war plant.
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New York
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodger
Dodger
Dixie
Congress weighs wartime salary tax plan and ceilings
Washington reports House Ways and Means Chair Doughton said no action on a presidential request for a wartime salary super tax. The committee approved keeping salaries above 25 000 at pre war levels, while Rep McGranery signaled possible reopening. The president urged 25 000 net and 50 000 for couples after taxes with high rate proposals.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
McGranery
D-Pa
Disney
D-Okla
Pearl Harbor
Coughton
Congress
House Committee
Treasury
Ways and Means Group
Krueger To Head New Field Army
Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger is to command a new 6th Army in the southwest Pacific, formed from units there. Secretary of War Stimson said Krueger’s posting follows MacArthur’s request as American forces grow, while MacArthur remains Allied commander and Eichelberger stays a corps commander. Hodges succeeds Krueger in the 3rd Army and becomes a lieutenant general.
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Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
6Th Army
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Krueger
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Texas
Douglas
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
New Guinea
Courtney H. Hodges
Part of Fertilizer Plant Destroyed in Norfolk Fire
Fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Company plant at Money Point started in a small storehouse and spread to the main building. Damage to the main structure was slight, but the storage building was completely destroyed.
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Norfolk
Weaver Fertilizer Company
Money Point
Bill Deferring Fathers Favored By House Panel Vote
The House Military Affairs Committee approved the Kilday bill by 25 to 2 to grant draft deferment priority to men with children and shift draft quotas to a state wide basis. An Elston amendment bans allocation by occupational groups. The plan creates four induction groups with single men first and married men with children last.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Andrews
RNY
Sheridan
D-Pa
Elston
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Rules Committee
House
Selective Service
War Department
Americans Bomb Japs Bases In Solomon Islands Attacks
Navy communique reports two more strikes by American bombers on Japanese bases in the northern Solomon Islands. Dauntless dive bombers with Airacobra and Wildcat escort bombed Munda on New Georgia Island starting fires. The night raid hit Kolombangara as well.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Munda
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Wildcat
New Georgia Island
United States
Kolombangara Islan
Short Rural Mail Carrier Henry Kern Moves to Baltimore Plant
Henry Kern served briefly as a substitute for Carrier Carr on Route 1A before reporting to duty at the Martin Bomber plant in Baltimore. Charles M. Dick will cover Routes 1 and 1A until Darr returns. Major Wilbur Riley departed Ibany Georgia after a brief leave, with Virginia Protective Force guarding the plane in Winchester.
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Henry Kern
Carr
Henry
Martin
Baltimore
Charles M. Dick
Darr
Wilbur Riley
Ibany
Winchester
Virginia Protective Force
Rommel forces push 66 miles in Tunisia driving US back
Allied report from North Africa describes Rommel's desert armor advancing from the Tunisian frontier to Feriana and Kasserine, driving American formations into Tebessa. The clash marks a decisive defeat for U S armored units though British forces threaten Rommel from the north and south as Montgomery moves toward the Mareth line.
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North Africa
Tebessa
Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Feriana
U. S
Eighth Army
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Rommel
Egypt
First Army
Faid Pass
Tunisia
Feriana Ang
Wanted Chestnut Oak Bark for Contract
WANTED chestnut oak bark at 17.00 per 2000ths under contract from A. C. Slonaker & Son. Also notices a lost brown leather wallet with money and railroad ticket, Liberal reward offered. Call 4663.
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A. C. Slonaker & Son
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CCC
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