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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1943

Page

8

Front Royal Hospital adds Dr Lyle Hansbrough to surgical staff

The Front Royal Hospital board announced Dr Lyle J Hansbrough of Front Royal has joined the surgical staff and will be available for surgical work at all times. He is the third generation of the Hansbrough medical family with deep local roots and education from Randolph-Macon Academy Virginia Military Institute Medical College of Virginia and University Hospital.

Front Royal Hospital Lyle J. Hansh Front Royal Hansbrough Lyle F. Hansbrough Mortimer F. Hansbrough Warren County Randloph-Macon Academy Virginia Military Institute Medical College of Virginia University Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnatti Ohio

Garden Information Please Club Meeting in Winchester

The Winchester Clarke County club met Wednesday July 14 at 3 30 at Mrs J M Steck home for a Garden Information Please contest. Part one on perennials led by Mrs E G Butler with questions about peony chrysanthemum culture and flower gathering.

den Club Winchester Clarke County J. M. Steck E. G. Butler James P. Reardon B. F. Arthur, Jr Walter Lee H. B. McCormac Butler Lee McCorma P. W. Boyd Helen Massey Caroline Hunter Mrs Alvin Pennypacker W. A. Baker Alvin Pennypack

Dorothy West Weds Hunter Barley Jr in Amarillo

Announcement reports Miss Kate Hunter R Barley Jr marrying at Amarillo Texas on July 3, with Barley stationed at Army Air Field since last August. They honeymooned in Albuquerque and return to Amarillo Air Field where she teaches and he serves with the 31st Academic Squadron.

Amarillo Tex Kate Hunter R. Barley Jr Atlo Army Air Field Albuquerque N. M Set

OPA Counting and Efficiency Measures Discussed

The article notes OPA counting efforts and forms, with a speaker urging use of services more efficiently. It mentions resignation acceptance and praise for Mr Digges as he fulfilled his duties. The passage reflects wartime administrative focus and the impact on personnel and operations.

Ces OPA

OPA policy stance amid charging questions on control

Brown defends OPA against claims of broad control and insists prices and wages stay fixed as of September 15, 1942. He says no proposal to nationalize manufacture or distribution exists and notes the Price Administration agency expires June 30, 1944 unless renewed by Congress.

Din OPA Brown Detroit Maxon Price Administration

Akron Strike Halts Transit For Second Time In Two Months

In Akron on July 15 a surprise CIO strike by bus and streetcar workers paralyzed mass transit for the second time in two months. About 200 men refused to operate, despite union pleas, after wage talks with War Labor Board failed. Police aided in loading cars to capacity at downtown transfer points as workers honored the stoppage.

Akron Niits Akron Transportation Co William H. Wright C. I. O. Transport Workers’ Union War Labor Board P. V. C. Lee Carmen WLB Wright

Many Planes Seen Roaring Out Over Channel Toward France

Great formations of Allied planes including bombers streamed across the English Channel toward northern France. Observers counted many RAF fighters in escorting formation. Anti aircraft fire appeared along the Boulogne area and near Le Touquet as seen from Folkestone.

Folkstone Eng English Channel France Boulogne le Touquet English

Dempsey Custody Granted To Father In Private Hearing

White Plains New York July 15 Supreme Court Referee J Addison Young awarded custody of the two Dempsey children to their father Lieut Commander Jack Dempsey with reasonable visitation rights for their mother Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey. The ruling followed a private morning hearing in Youngs chambers attended by Dempsey’s attorneys.

White Plains N. Y J. Addison Young Dempsey Jack Dempsey Hannah Williams Dempsey

Food Shortage Spurs Bread Riots in Sicily Before Invasion

Reports detail how Allied bombing hit Palermo flour mills cutting bread supplies for Sicily. Catania and other cities faced bi weekly bread shipments interruptions and street protests as police blamed air raid alarms for crowd dispersal. Demonstrators learned to distinguish real raids from false alarms as the Allied invasion approached.

Sicily Palmero Catania

British and American Push in Sicily Narrow Axis Positions

Allied forces continue operations along the eastern Sicilian coast with heavy fighting near Lentini and Catania. British and American paratroops push inland while German and Italian units concentrate near Lentini and at the Catania plain, aiming to block the advance.

Brucoli Melilli Herman Goering Goering Eighth Army Catania Augusta Tively Mediterranean Lentini NBC Sicily Carlentini Sicilian Vizzini Patton Agrigento Caltanisseta Caltagirone Niscemi Catagirone

May Be Manager For O P A

Hartford report says Chester Bowles was offered the national OPA general manager post by Director Prentiss Brown. Bowles, 42, is aboard a sailing cruise off Massachusetts and cannot be reached. Douglas Bennett notes Brown and he have not contacted Bowles. Maxon resigned as deputy administrator yesterday seeking the post.

Hartford Conn Douglas J. Bennett State O. P. A Chester Bowles Connecticut Office of Price Administration OPA Prentiss M. Brown Bowles Massachusetts Brown Bennett

Hitler Reported Quit Russian Offensive Move

A foreign diplomatic source says Adolf Hitler relinquished command of the Belgorod Orel assault and returned to Berlin. He allegedly directed operations from Castle Binzinska near Bydgoszcz and observers thought the move could signal an end to the German offensive for the time being.

London Adolf Hitler Belgorod-Orel Berlin Oe Cce Germany Hitler Bninzka Bydgosczc

Vatican decoration for Antonescu

Berlin radio reported that Premier Mihail Antonescu of Romania received the great cross of the order of Pope Pius XII during his recent Vatican City visit.

London Berlin Pope Pius XII Mihail Antonescu Romania Vatican City

Munda Action Hopes Rise As Allied Power Presses

Allied forces push toward the Munda airbase on New Georgia while Japanese efforts to reinforce Buna are slowed by U S air power. Mitchell bombers destroy two large barges in Blac kett Strait and sink an enemy cargo boat north of Vella Lavella. In the Kula Gulf the revived Tokyo express convoys suffer losses, underscoring rising Allied control in the Solomons.

Munda New Georgia Island Solomons Canal Buna Blackett Strait Vella Lavella Island Guadalcanal Tokyo Express Kula Gulf Japan

Airdrome Focus Noted At Buka And Kahili Ballale

Fragmentary text mentions airfields at Buka and Kahili Ballale with some elements indicating distance or distance-related notes.

Buka Kahili Ballale

Battle for Attu and Aleutian Strategy Emerges

The campaign to seize Attu began May 11 and lasted about three weeks with about 3000 Japanese defenders. Bombing and blockade threaten Kiska and Amchitka bases as the US explores routes to Japan across the north Pacific for long range bombers.

Attu Kiska Aleutians Amchitka Island

Newspapers Told To Be Saving The 50 Day Inventory Rule

The 50 day inventory limit was fixed for 26 states north of North Carolina and east of the Rocky Mountains. This area uses about 80 percent of the print consumed in the nation.

North Carolina Rocky Mountains

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Hospital News Dr. Hansbrough Hospital Mary Frances Wilson Strasburg Winchester Memorial Hospital SS Vann Hospital Walmouth Vann Strasoes Trony Thompson Memorial Hospital Thompson Fanny Alder Sandra Whitacre Sandra Gene Whitacre Glaize Avenue Mac Nee Mac Claggett Berryville W. R. Crabill Gayle Tampa Fla J. S. Crabill Mae Crabill Amherst Street Major Crabill McDill Fields Air Base Stickley Pearl Stickley Harrisonburg Vaucluse Waac Civilan WAAC George Washington Hotel Dowdy Helen L. Miller Baltimore Peyton Birmingham Ramsey Peyton Mrs. Peyton David H. Allen Glen Allen Birming Garland Dorsey Glen Jackson Edmonton Alberta Canada Washington, D Mr. Dorsey O. J. Dorsey Brooks’ Pharmacy Service Lucy Kurtz Sallie Boyd Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Handley McMurray’s North Washington Street Presbyterian Church Colonial Kitchen W. Boscawen Street Vint Hill Camp and Hospital Council of Gertrude Barton Nursery School Barton Ed. Molden Huntsberry Margaret L. Hodgson HAT and Dress Shop Dorothy West Hunter BR. Barley, Jr George J. Lynn Philadelphia Edward Conner Licksider Scottsville Dorothy Elizabeth Licklider South Washington Street F. E. Paulett J. Gray Beverley and Gray Jr Mr. Beverley Senator Harry F. Byrd Rosemont George Snider South Carolina George G. Snider Morgan Street Hill, S. C Jack Lindsay Wingdale J. P. Lindsay B. B. Young Lindsay W. M. Thomas East Piccadilly Street Digges Gaunt’s Drug Store Dial Cor Main St Valley Ave Buck Brigade C. B. Smalts & Son National Ave Renog John D. Rockefeller, Jr New York David Milton Abby Rockefeller Milton Reno, New Motorola B. F. Goodrich Silvertown East Piccadilly Vatican Antonescu 3407 North Pacific North American Midway the Commercial and Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Timberlake Service Department Northern Virginia John H. Mooradian Moling & Cather the Food Center S. Main ST T-Bone Kerr Mason Jars
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