McVicar Resigns Ration Board Chairman Post
C P McVicar quits as Winchester Frederick OPA ration board chair amid reports another member plans to resign. He cites policy conflicts, asks Mayor Anderson to relieve him by August 1. The mayor commends the board’s service and notes OPA rules drive the friction.
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OPA
C. P. McVicar
Winchester-Frederick
Anderson
Acd
Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
Mt. Hebron
Gen. Bright
Davis Jr. Promoted to Captain in the Army
Mr and Mrs B F Davis Sr learn their son B F Davis Jr has been promoted to captain. A John Handley High School 1934 graduate he earned a business administration degree in 1938 and a finance master's from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939. He taught at Fort Benning before serving overseas and is now stationed in Australia commanding an infantry unit.
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B. F. Davis
B. F. Davis, Jr
John Handley High School
V. P
University of Pennsylvania
Captain Davis
Gomng
Fort Benning
Army
Baltimore
General Motors Company
Davis
Australia
Labor Leaders Demand Removal of C P A Head
Washington July 22 organized labor demanded removal of Price Administrator Prentiss Brown and scrapping of the Little Steel formula if prices are not rolled back to the September 15 1942 level. William Greer AF of L president joined in after a meeting with Roosevelt and the Labor War Board. Green said the threat was not to the President but to press for overhauling the Little Steel formula if wage increases fail to keep pace with living costs.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Prentiss Brown
Congress
William Greer
American Federation of Laborrations
Roosevelt
Combined Labor War Board
Green
Brown
War Labor Board
Murray
CIO
British Royal Navy Bombards Italian Mainland at Crotone
Royal Navy ships bombarded the Italian mainland at Crotone in the Gulf of Taranto causing fires but reporting no damage to the ships. The strike aimed to disrupt Axis reinforcement routes to Sicily via the eastern coastal railway and Messina Strait ferrying by fast launches. It marks the first Allied surface bombardment of mainland Italy since the Sicily invasion.
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London
Reuters
North Africa
Royal Navy
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Desmond Tight
Reuters Careene
Mediterranean
Sicily
Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Messina
Taranto
Churchill Sees Big Tasks Ahead at Liberal Club
London July 22 Prime Minister Churchill told National Liberal Club members that in coming days more exact definitions are needed on the rights of the individual and their relation to society He attended the unveiling of a damaged and restored portrait of himself expressing gratitude that the image has survived both political upheaval and wartime destruction.
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London
Churchill
National Liberal Club
Bingo Friday Night at RO Fire Company
The RO Fire Company hosts bingo every Friday night at 8 30 with a 250 dollar prize pool. Doors open early and games run through the evening. Proceeds support community firehouse activities and equipment.
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Thur &Pri
Dace Resisted Efforts To Make Rome Open City
Acting Secretary of War Patterson said Mussolini resisted all pressure to remove military installations from Rome and to declare the city open. Photographs showed heavy damage to two railroad yards, roundhouses, a steel works, a chemical plant, air base hangars, and many aircraft. Patterson noted Allied air strength in Sicily was ten to one favoring the Allies, with the Axis left with only two to three airfields.
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Washington
Rome
Patterson
Mussolini
Atby
Sicily
Clarke County draftees recommended for agricultural deferment
Clarke County War Board at Berryville Virginia met and recommended deferment for several draftees for agricultural work. Listed individuals include Blakely Iden Boyd Shirley Edward Boyd Lloyd Burner Harold Campbell Rice Carper Allen Carter David Childs Kenneth Childs James McClaughry Roy Orndorff Albert Royston Lemuel Lee James Sipe Albert Tomblin Charles Tomblin Hubert Tomblin Raymond Tomblin Donald Whitacre Patrick White Melville Wiley Ribald Zombro and others noted as colored Hugh Allen Golden Anderson Edward Doleman Mat-
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Berryville
Clarke County
Usda War Board
Blakely Iden Boyd
Shirley Edward Boyd
Lloyd Carlton Burner
Harold Dorsey Campbell
Rice W. Carper
Allen Montgomery Carter
David Francis Childs
Kenneth Iden Childs
James Rus- Roy Earl McClaughry
James Hopewell Orndorff
Albert Royston
Gilbert Carl Royston
Lemuel Harley Lee, Jr
James Edwar Sipe
Albert Franklin Tomblin
Charles Berton Tomblin
Hubert John Tomblin
Raymond Tomblin
Donald William Whitacre
Patrick Henry White
Melville Sylvester Wiley
Ribald Francis Zombro
Hugh Eugene Allen
Golden Anderson
Edward Doleman
Mat
V P F Co 115 War Stamp Rally Set for Saturday
Members of Company 115 V P F plan a war stamp rally featuring music and talks by Judge Harrison W Nelson Page Mary Ellen Norris C P McVicar Paul Miller and Harry L McCann. The program starts at 7 30 p m with drills at 7 50 p m and one to two minute remarks from speakers.
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V.P.F. Co
Sih the
Wat
Falomeé
Sseambiy
Ae A. Baker
Judge Harrison
W. Nelson Page
Mary Ellen Norris
C. P. McVicar
Miss Norris
W. A
Paul Miller
Harry L. McCann
Methodist
More War Work Is Halted By Drivers Strike
Los Angeles Railway Co transport halted at 3 a m as 3 000 drivers and motormen walkout in protest of the War Labor Board not approving a 10 cent raise. One million riders affected daily. air plants rush workers by truck and makeshift seats. Army interference ruled out by Eric-? officials.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
Los Angeles Company For Transportation
D. D. McClurg
AFL Union of Drivers and Motormen
War Labor Board
Eric
Germans Rush Reinforcements In Desperation
London reports heavy fighting near Leningrad and a Soviet push toward Orel as German reinforcements retreat under pressure. The Russians claim a drive toward Orel and Bryansk threatens key railway links, with close combat and rapid advances noted in the region.
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London
Leningrad
Associated Press
WAACS Buy Bonds On Allotment Plan In War Effort
City and County notes say the WAACS are buying bonds on the allotment plan and are backing every phase of the war effort. A misprint in earlier copy omitted the word not, altering the sense of the statement.
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WAACS
Ben
War In Pacific Grows Darker Says Japanese Officer
Tokyo radio quotes an air force officer describing the Southwest Pacific war as increasingly dark due to fierce air battles. He notes Japan’s overwhelming victories but says Allies repeatedly counter, signaling a decisive clash in the South Pacific.
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New York
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Office of War Information
Japan
Alaska Highway Official Name Agreed
The United States and Canada announced in an exchange of notes that the highway from Dawson Creek British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska will be officially known as the Alaska Highway.
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Washington
Alaska
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
Fairbanks
United States
Americans Close in on Munda Air Field Capture
United States ground troops are within a few thousand yards of Munda air field on New Georgia Island, with the field now in reach of capture. A Halsey spokesman said Americans are making very satisfactory progress while Japanese defenders hold strong positions around the airdrome. The bulk of the enemy artillery is out, and fighters rely on mortars, machine guns, and small arms.
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South Pacific
United States
Munda
William F. Halsey, Jr
New Georgia Island
Lenin
Americans Take Castelvetrano and Key Sicilian Air Base
American infantry captured Castelvetrano, Sicily, after a dawn assault through 60 miles of rugged terrain. The city, population 25 000, housed a strategic Axis air base disrupted by heavy armor advances. Allied forces reportedly took about 40 000 prisoners as the southwest coastline drive moved toward Agrigento and Scicli.
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Key City
Castelvetrano
Sicily
Axia
Galt
London
Algiers
Agrigento
Sciacta
American Seventh Army closes on Palermo after Sicily captures
Allied dispatch reports Castelvetrano Sciacca and other towns on Sicily's south and north coasts falling to the American sweep. Palermo nears as forces push through a mountainous barrier toward the vital port with Italian and German troops retreating inland.
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Daniel de Luce
North Africa
Seventh Army
Castelvetrano
Sciacca
Sicilian
Sicily
San Stefano Quisquina
Palermo
Enna
San Caterina
Caltanissetta
Menfi
Caltabellotta
Ramacca
Catania
Agrigento
Porto Empedocle
Big Rattler is Killed at Mine
Jacob Haines of Hayfield killed two rattlesnakes at a mine site this morning. The largest measured 43 inches with 10 rattlers, and the tail button was lost in death. A third, equally large snake escaped, tied at the Star office, as the man loaded the haul to his home.
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Jacob Haines
Hayfield
Mr. Haines
Star Office
Ada
To Be Sold Saturday at Noon in Front of Settle
An auction notice states items will be sold Saturday at noon in front of Settle. The exact location is given by parcel 7-22-1p-21. The sale includes property and belongings listed in the notice.
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Settle
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