Tension in Algiers as French unity talks continue
In Algiers tension rose at a late stage of the fragile unity talks between Gen. Henri Giraud and Gen. Charles de Gaulle. British and American diplomats voiced cautious optimism that negotiations may lead to a rebirth of France, while soldiers guarded key points and a hotel during the daylong deliberations.
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Algiers
France
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Harold MacMillan
Robert Murphy
Murphy
DeGaulle
Giraud
McMillan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Muselier
Jacques le Slere
Jeffers Continues Rubber Inspection Tour
Rubber Director W. M. Jeffers extends a tour of synthetic rubber plants from Houston to Berger Texas then Los Angeles. He forecasts by autumn 1944 the rubber shortage will be forgotten amid aviation fuel demands and ongoing government oversight by the Provost Marshal General's Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
W. M. Jeffers
Berger
Los Angeles
James P. Sarees
Patterson
All-Out Bombing Strategy Presses German War Machine
War commentary argues Allied daytime and nighttime bombing steadily pressures Germany by crippling industrial capacity. The plan requires more US and RAF bombers, shifting Luftwaffe to defense while German fighters and anti aircraft crews endure sleep deprivation from round the clock raids.
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Said
Hitler
English Channel
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
Lon
Don
USAAF
Britain
Germany
Classified ads for sale and help wanted list
Small farm 5 miles from Winchester with 7 room house and outbuildings for sale. Various items offered including suits pigs beds sewing machines and household goods. Help wanted include experienced laundress, several salesmen for Saturday work, and a middle aged couple for caretaking in a country home with salary and references. Martinsburg area listings show contact numbers and dates.
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Winchester
Frank J. Trammell
Martinsburg
W. Vei
Allied aerial assault threaten faster war decay
The piece warns that Allied bombing will quicken the deterioration as time passes unless U.S. war production slows the offensive. It cautions that home front slowdown could cripple the major assault and prolong the conflict.
British Women Start Blitz On Buying Queues
London reports millions of British women fed up with queues for goods as rationing begins. One hundred representatives backed by the Trade Union Council plan a nine point shopping measure to ease wartime shopping bottlenecks, including staggered hours and extended shop times to help workers.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Food
United States
Trade Union Council
Cambridge
Dorothy Kirby
Be Considerate Of Your Furnace During Summer
An AP Features piece advises homeowners to service heating equipment after winter to extend furnace life and save fuel. It details cleaning ash and dust from heat absorbing surfaces, cleaning the flue pipe, and checking for air leaks around doors and joints with a candle test, using furnace cement or asbestos cement to seal leaks.
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Vivian. Brown
Additional Virginians Reported Held as Prisoners of War
War Department lists 680 U S soldiers as prisoners of war with fourteen from Virginia and ten from West Virginia and fourteen from North Carolina. One Virginian is held by the Germans while thirteen Virginians are listed as interned by the Japanese with next of kin names and addresses for each.
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Washington
United States
War Department
West
Pfc
Milam Cloud
Vera Lawson
Appalachia
Floyd A. Dishman
Fields Dishman
Ock
Franklin F. Forloines
Mary Sue Forloines
Park Station
Waynesboro
Edward L. Hill
Rosa Virginia Hill
Card of Thanks for Martha Ritter Kreimer
We thank all who sent sympathy gifts and flowers and offered condolences after the death of Martha Ritter Kreimer. We appreciate the use of cars and the support from family, husband, mother, and brother during this time.
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Martha Ritter Kreimer
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Alan
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Bel Paige
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Darrell Ware
Karl Tunberg
Donald Duck
Donald
Lupton Orchard Service CO
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J. W. Arthur
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Rouss Ave
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N. Loudoun
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Roya
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Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jeffers
Army
Provost Marshal General’s Department
Panama
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H.C. Sheetz & Son
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M. Finkelstein
Robert Snapp
Opequon
Foundation
Clara Fultz Bentz
John Coyle
DeHaven’s
Ridgeway
W. Va
Bier
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N. Main St
Davis Sewing Machine
Hansbrough & Carter
N. Loudoun St
National Ave
Call Pine Motor Co
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W. Clifford St
Piccadilly
Millwood Ave
Fairmont
Shawnee Ave
City
Willis
Davis
Front Royal
Old Virginia Packing Company
West Sixth St
Underwood’s Bakery
Call
Baylass Dept. Store
Baylass Dept
Capitol Restaurant
Princess Restaurant
Cameron
Winchester Evening Star
S. Stewart
Trianon Cafe
Whitie’s
Solenberger
E W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
Virginia Ave. School
Orchard Ave
Sonny Brant
Vicinity Safeway
Studebaker
Braddock St
E. Leicester St
Washington St
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
International
Andrews
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Afrika Korps
India
Tom Thumb
Vanishing Men
Virginia Bruce
James Ellison
Joyce Atwood
Goodyear
Braddock
Gaines B. Roller
Mary Frances Roller
Blackwater
Bernard W. Saunders
Janie Gray Saunders
Bedford
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Mena
Georgia
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Sable
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