Senate Defers Vote On CCC Bill Amid Veto Clash
In Washington on July 3 the Senate postponed action on a bill to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation for six months and fund the rollback program. President Roosevelt vetoed a broader measure, House and Senate debates continued, and Taft proposed subsidy payments to 250 million for six months to finance meat and dairy price rolls. Roosevelt warned of inflation if overridden.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Barkley
House
Roosevelt
Cece
Taft
Obie
Congress
Winchester on prices and postwar costs
The columnist laments postwar price swings and living costs marking the era. They note defense wages, car roasting as a pastime, and watermelons at 2.10 per 35 pounds, cucumbers five to ten cents each, all illustrating a tough consumer landscape for Americans.
Labor Shortage Less Acute In Clarke County
Clarke County farmers report 51 of 136 respondents indicating need for extra help, about 37 percent. Labor需求 spread across months from July to December, with peak needs during harvest and packing season, especially on farms of 200 acres or more.
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Berryville
Asa
Labor Committee
Ceiling On Corn May Be Increased To Break Squeeze
The administration weighs raising the corn price ceiling and using subsidies to loosen a tight grain market. War Food Administrator Vinson and officials say this would not raise food prices, aiming to direct corn to industrial users and livestock feeders while possibly adjusting hog price supports.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Farmi Ly
Chicago
Plans Action On Post-War Policy
Washington July 3 The question of committing the United States to a definite postwar policy was raised by Chairman Connally Democrat Texas. He said the committee would act after Congress returns from summer recess. Senators Vandenberg and White had introduced a resolution to pledge American cooperation to halt future aggression by any necessary means.
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Washington
United States
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Senate
Vandenberg
White
Memorial Hospital seeks student nurses for September 1943
Miss Sara Hamilton appeals for young women to enter accredited nursing schools due to a shortage of applicants. Memorial Hospital will enroll a class of student nurses in September 1943 and invites interested persons to contact the Director of Nurses in Winchester, Virginia.
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Sara Hamilton
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Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Traffic count on Route 50 notes 52 cars in one hour
A Frederick county resident reports heavy Route 50 east of Winchester with 52 cars counted between 5 and 6 p m last Sunday. Of these 18 were from out of state or DC and 34 from Virginia. In Middletown Minks vs Park game, Judy starts for visitors and Hirth for the Park tomorrow afternoon.
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Frederick County
Millwood Road
Winchester
States
District of Columbia
Virginia
Soghack Iy
Sake, Meeter
Cox
Vgle
Middletown Minks
Minks
Judy
Hirth
Riley's Market Closed All Day Delivery Tuesday
A brief market notice indicates Riley's Market will be closed all day on Tuesday July 6 for delivery service.
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Riley's Market
Three Southern Italian Fields Bomber Riddied
Nearly 100 U S Liberators hit three southern Italian airfields Lecce Grottaglia and San Pancrazio dropping over 400000 pounds of bombs. Twelve Axis planes were shot down and no Allied losses reported. Italian and German fighters contested the raid from Sardinia.
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Stephen Barber
Cairo
Italy
Middle East
Lecce
Grottaglia
San Pancrazio
Rome
U. S
Secon
Pool
Gt Af
Upo
Sardinia
Damages Awarded for Land Used in U S Route 5 Project
A hearing on damages for land needed for the U S Route 5 project fixed values at 296.25 for land actually used and 1 481.25 for damage to a spring and remaining estate land owned by the Dearmont heirs in Frederick and Clarke counties. Panel members included C R McCann Eli jah Pifer Walker Bond Fred Duncan T Benjamin Massie F Grovete and George Bywn ers. Additional notes indicate possible continued details on page 2.
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Dearmont
Frederick and
Clarke
C R. McCann
Elijah Pifer
Walker Bond
Fred Duncan
T. Benjamin Massie
F. Grovete
George Bywners
Axis and Allied Probes Mark Uncertain Invasion Day
Allied reports describe no invasion on the announced date as Axis broadcasts and saboteur activity stir Europe. Mussolini era anxieties appear high with saboteurs in Denmark and Bulgaria claimings setbacks while Paris and London broadcasts cast doubt on Axis plans.
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Associated Press
Europe
Paris
Et Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Axis
Office of War Information
Rome
Lavora Fascista
London
Fascist ‘Party
Milan Metal Corporation
Ialian Ministry of Arms
Budapest
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
Denmark
Kalundborg
U. S
400 Blood Donors At Once Urgently Needed
Plea from officials for four hundred volunteers to donate blood. Appointments available daily from noon to 5 and 7 to 9 except Sundays and Mondays. Clinic dates July 16-17 at the South Loudoun Street chapel church. Call headquarters at 6502 to schedule.
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Loudoun Street
Eeape Church
Pepe Green Ha Ee
Marines Land Unopposed on New Georgia Island
A Marine unit landed on New Georgia before dawn with no opposition and began digging slit trenches despite nearby Japanese encampments. Correspondents Gordon Walker and Walter Farr joined the operation, which marked the first infiltration of enemy territory in the Solomons since Guadalcanal.
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Jap Harbor
Yank Hands
U. S
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Islands
Solomons
Navy
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Gordon Walker
The
Christian Science Monitor
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Walker
Guadalcanal
15000 Tons Of Bombs Dropped On Europe In June
London reports a record 15000 tons of bombs dropped on Europe in June by RAF bases. Major strikes hit Ruhr valleys with 10000 tons in seven raids, while targets in Ghent Courtrai Lille and Ijmuiden saw concurrent action. RAF losses reached 335 planes with 108 Nazi aircraft shot down as the air ministry emphasizes Allied advantage.
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London
Europe
RAF
Air Ministry
Channel
Ghent
Courtrai
Belgium
Lille
France
Ijmuiden
Holland
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Ruhr
Italians Prepare For 30 Year War
London dispatch reports from Rome that a radio broadcast quoted by the Associated Press declares Italy is preparing for a 30 years war. The broadcast also said Germany is forming an autonomous bomber fleet to be used only against Britain.
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London
Rome Radio
Associated Press
Germany
Britain
Australians Form Junction With Americans
United States naval units repelled a Japanese surface task force off Rendova Island in a dawn engagement. The clash involved seven enemy ships seven warships including three cruisers and four destroyers, which tried a bombardment that failed. The surface force size was not disclosed and the battle may have continued in the central Solomons.
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Washington
Rendova Island
United States
Navy
Solomons
McCawley
Mchawk
Enem
South Pacific
Navy Department
McCawkey
Ae of Kin
Goering Reported As Very Ill in Nordic Press
Stockholm July 3 report in Och Stoefartstidning cites reliable quarters saying Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering is ill with nervous breakdown and serious heart trouble. The paper notes his condition grew worse last Thursday and that his wife Emmy stayed at his bedside continually.
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Stockholm
Goeteborg Newspaper
Och Stoefartstidning
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Bfe
Goering
Emmy
Local VPF Unit Sends 80 Men to Armed Forces
The Winchester Company 115 of the Virginia Protective Force was mustered in on February 28, 1941. Captain W. A. Baker reports a turnover of 139 men since then, with about 80 of those who left serving in the armed forces. The unit now includes 10 officers and additional personnel.
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VPF
Armed Forces
Winchester
Virginia Protective Force
W. A. Baker
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Apple Capital
Munda Toay
Munda
Rendova
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