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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
8
Palermo Sicily has long been a strategic prize from Phoenician origins to Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Saracen, Norman and Hohenstaufen rule. It played a key role as a naval base, with repeated bombing from 1941 onward and a shattered harbor before the 1943 Allied invasion.
Capon Bridge West Virginia July 3 Mrs Harry Whitlock and children from Baltimore visit Mr and Mrs Conrad Wolford Andra Lee Williamson of Hagerstown spends vacation with her parents Omar Williamson Mary Elizabeth Ramsburg of Hagerstown spent last week with her parents J P Ramsburg Visitors at the Funkhouser home Sunday include Earl Grim and daughter of Hagerstown and E Jobe and son Tommy of Winchester Harrison Whitacre family welcomed a newborn daughter July 1 at Winchester Memorial Hospital Julia Sirbaugh and Georgia of Winchester visit Kenzel Sirbaugh Fred Duncan spent Sunday with relatives Richard Largent has returned to Camp Butner North Carolina with Captain Largent Dorothy Lockhart accompanies her.
A notice to voters announces Earl S. Bailey plans to run again for Commissioner of the Revenue with J Earl Rinker as deputy, subject to the Democratic Primary on August 3 1943.
The article notes global tension over Rome bombing and a push from many nations for Mussolini to declare Rome an open city. An open city would exclude military objects and bases under international law, though Mussolini would face barriers as head of state and armed forces. The Allies would require verification of compliance before accepting such a status.
Items include a 125 acre Virginia farm near Winchester with buildings, a Westinghouse electric range, an eleven tube RCA radio with optional record player, and several wanted notices for a pointer dog home, a trade for a 5 passenger car, a service station worker, a billing clerk, an electric refrigerator, a late model used car, and a couple more.
An assortment of ads and notices including 112 rats killed by Schuttes Rat Killer from Solenberger Hardware and a call for awnings and Venetian blinds from E W Armstrong Co. Also a notice of Wednesday afternoon closings due to demand for feedstuff, and a July Pennsylvanian Railroad trackmen recruitment in Hagerstown with lodging, meals, and wage details.
Several lost notices appear from Laurinburg North Carolina including an A gas ration book in Woodrow C Martin of Peyton Street with personal papers. A pocket book containing money and papers is offered for return of papers. A reward is offered for a billfold on Fairmont Avenue. Contact numbers are provided.
The article notes Rome as Italy's rail hub and war industry center, arguing Mussolini may need to declare Rome an open city. London Daily Mail cites Hitler pressing a move to Verona while contemplating peace as Palermo falls to American forces, signaling a tightening end for Mussolini.
The Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association will hold a summer sale of bred sows open gifts and boars at the Winchester auction market on Friday August 6 at 1 00 p m Four breeds Berkshire Duroc Jersey Hampshire and Poland China will be represented consignors include G F Jackson Max Meadows C S Patterson New Hope Ed Carpenter Nelson Carpenter H S Barr Winchester L Brumback Opequon Shirey Brothers Spout Spring E S and E R Parrish Timb erville Grove Brothers Waynesboro J B Terrill Est Lahore Wakefield Farm Earlysville W R Winks Scottsville and Boyd Stickley Strasburg About 70 loads are expected to be sold.
Charles H. Jones, Ohio state commerce director, said a governor appointed committee found that additional gasoline rationing is not justified now or in the predictable future. The panel included petroleum producers, marketers, transportation, hauling representatives and agricultural experts.
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