11 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1943
Page
1
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a 100 billion dollar war budget to speed victory and proposed 16 billion in additional taxes or compulsory savings. He outlined tax limits, including a 25 thousand dollar after tax income cap, and compared wartime spending to Allied powers.
Allied bombers struck at Gabes and nearby points in Tunisia and Libya. Maj. Phillip George Cochran led a solo P-40 raid on Kairouan headquarters, claiming destruction despite a battle with a Focke-Wulf 190.
Frederick county Supervisors discuss Sunday restrictions on beer and wine sales with Winchester city officials. They hesitate to act, citing state authority and bootlegger risks, while weighing impacts on service members and Sabbath observance. A plan to raise teacher pay is also discussed, with state funds potentially delivering about 15 dollars per teacher, matched locally to reach a thirty dollar raise.
President Roosevelt told Congress that the United States is near its capacity to produce guns ships and planes for victory in 1944. He noted army and navy needs will not be fully met due to manpower plant capacity raw materials and other constraints. Budget totals include 66 billion for munitions 21 billion pay and travel 2 billion construction 5 billion other war costs and 6 billion lend lease for a total of 100 billion.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide 837 million dollars in agricultural aid as part of a 991.996 million dollar Agriculture Department budget for 1943-44. He warned food needs will rise for war while some crops must be reduced, with 400 million aimed at soil conservation and farmer payments to boost essential war crops like corn rice barley potatoes oil-seed hemp cotton and canning crops.
Reports from Ankara say the Antonescu regime created four new internal security divisions drawn from gendarmerie and police amid Romanian unrest tied to reverses in Russia. Each regiment is estimated near ten thousand men. A Balkan source also notes German plans for defense against Allied landings and reinforcements moving to Crete.
Miss Rose McDonald of Berryville leads Clarke County Red Cross canteen to bid farewell to inductees. Over 100 Clarke County men join the armed forces as gas rationing and holiday remnants reflect wartime life.
President Roosevelt told Congress that the United States will spend about 100 billion dollars in the next fiscal year, more than all other warring nations combined. Estimates from unofficial sources place Germany at 34.4 billion, England 21.33 billion, Russia 15 billion, Italy 8.67 billion, Japan 7 billion, Canada 3.545 billion, with no reliable figures for China.
The House special committee on national defense migration attacks wartime mobilization and manpower handling. It urges a national office of war Mobilization, reorganization of the employment service, federal control of labor agencies, and Social Security reform to ease postwar worker movement.
Lloyd Williams Post No. 41 American Legion in Berryville Virginia says it must discontinue its Bingo Game effective immediately due to wartime conditions.
Officials in Winchester industries warn workers may be cut off from gasoline as local boards cannot grant extra rations. At O Sullivan Rubber nearly 400 employees would be affected amid a 6 day shift and reduced unit value from 4 to 3 gallons. Virginia Woolen and Clearbrook Woolen report no immediate disruption while managers note workers are doubling up.
London reports Essen, home of the Krupp armament works, smoking after a fifth Ruhr raid in seven nights. RAF bombers dropped two ton blockbusters on the city Saturday night, igniting vast fires seen up to 100 miles away. About 140 or 150 aircraft may have taken part, with seven lost, while anti aircraft and night fighters challenged the raid. Essen, with 500000 residents, is a center for guns, tanks and locomotives essential to the German war effort.
Handley coach Hunter Maddox announced the Martinsburg High Bulldogs will play at Handley tomorrow afternoon at 3 30. The change shifts the game to allow an evening bus ride back to Martinsburg. General admission is 25 cents and officials expect a good turnout for their second home appearance this season.
Play bingo every Monday at 8 p m at the Eagles Home 211 North Loudoun Street with a 30 prize. The notice invites participation and outlines the weekly event.
A help wanted notice directs male applicants to apply at the Employment Office for positions at National Fruit Product Co Inc. The brief item provides a hiring lead and a single company name.
Soviet communique reports 13 new settlements seized in the north Caucasus near Georgievsk threatening the rail junction and a successful counterattack restored gains on the central front. In the lower Don, Russian forces push forward despite German resistance with towns and ammo depots falling to the Red Army.
Allied forces added two more Japanese ships to the damaged list as airmen pounded a convoy fleeing New Guinea. The action left 138 Japanese planes shot down or crippled in four days, while Brig. Gen. Kenneth Walker remained missing after a Jan. 5 mission over Rabaul.
L. G. Strostrum, chairman of the Red Cross Blood Donor Committee, said this afternoon that about 100 volunteers are still needed and must be secured by next Wednesday evening. Volunteers may call Blood Donor Headquarters at 6502 or visit 17 North Loudoun Street.
Winchester merchants report a sharp drop in customers and sales during the Sabbath gasoline ban. Police noted only a pair of parked cars on a main street as business slowed, with a department store citing 20 to 25 percent receipts decline. Authorities plan to issue ration check forms to police and require surrender of ration books for violators.
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