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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1943
Page
3
Mayor Anderson proclaims June 22 1943 as Tribute to Russia Day urging Winchester citizens to honor the Soviet Union allies. Citizens urged to attend meetings write tributes and renew resolve to fight with allies until freedom and rights are guaranteed.
Rainfall continues to delay fieldwork with Clarke county fields about ten days late while Frederick reports mixed results. Most orchards show scab on apples but orchard tasks proceed. Corn sowing is largely finished in Clarke though Frederick retains some plots. Wheat oats and barley suffer from freezing, reducing potential bumper yields.
Knox tells midshipmen that U S shipyards produce six ships daily and fleet tonnage will double this year. He stresses strong naval strength after Pearl Harbor, warns Axis, and urges graduates to lead in industrial output and air power for a widened defense of freedom. He recalls 1941 Pearl Harbor visit and praises modern American production.
A war communique from Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stillwell reports American B-25 bombers attacked Haiphong in French Indochina yesterday. Dense smoke rose to 5,000 feet as the raid damaged coaling docks warehouses and rail yards amid no enemy interception.
Byrnes says he has no ambition for vice president or any political nomination. He will assist as an adviser to stabilize policies and study tax plans, meeting with Treasury and Budget officials to discuss a pay as you go tax bill. He seeks closer ties with legislative committees and plans talks with Senator Truman and Speaker Rayburn to address executive remedies.
In New York on June 9 Herbert Hoover urged a nine point war food program to unify U S food control under a single administrator the secretary of agriculture decentralize to state and local levels expand farming and planting for 1944 40 to 50 million acres and push for curtailment of rationed items while avoiding subsidies to curb inflation and avert future famines if wartime food flows end soon.
Martinez California June 9 Thomas Heaton of the planning commission staff urges the Federal Public Housing Authority to rescind its ruling against dogs in government trailer camps. He notes the two camps are only thirty percent occupied while private camps that permit dogs are filling well above capacity.
Red Cross appeals for 400 kit bags at one dollar each to aid service members. donors encouraged to contribute promptly to support troops.
Earl Bunting president of O Sullivan Rubber Company spoke at the Kiwanis Club luncheon on current business and postwar economic and political conditions. Dr. T. M. Swann thanked the club for a telegram from Ashland and Randolph-Macon College. Captain Edgar Swann and other guests attended. Arthur Robinson received the attendance prize.
Allied demands for surrender, reportedly signed by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, were rejected by Pantelleria's garrison after heavy air siege and naval bombardment. Rome radio cited Italian communique noting 140 air raids since May 9 and continued resistance. The London and Rome reports also mention Allied raids on Sicily and Sardinia.
Norfolk June 9. All merchants in a Ledger Dispatch survey admitted violations of food price ceilings after OPA investigators questioned them. Garland Moss, chief OPA investigator for the Norfolk district, said none showed open defiance and all agreed to amend prices and adhere to regulations. Cases have been filed and some will be rechecked later for violations of rationing rules.
Baltimore on June 9 reports grain prices with Wheat No. 2 red winter at 1.57 and 1.57 for June, Winchester Market Wheat at 1.55 per bushel, Corn at 1.10 per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
Allied naval and air forces pound Pantelleria with cruisers and destroyers shelling fortifications. American and RAF bombers concentrate daily raids around the island with few enemy aircraft encountered and one Allied plane lost. Lightning strikes hit Sardinian targets at Sebarium and Villacidro airfield.
Broadcast notes Italy now on the very front line. Red armies repel German thrusts in two sectors. Berlin reports Molotov tank factory nearly destroyed in triple raids on Gor ki. Soviet command disputes German claimed big victory in the Caucasus. U S liberators raid Soemba Island and strike four additional enemy bases in the Southwest Pacific.
Allied Liberator bombers, flying beyond escort ranges, struck Waingapoe harbor on Soemba Island and attacked Lombok and Timor targets. The raids hit ships and shore batteries, with additional strikes on Dili Koepang Babo and Kavieng shows. Beau fighters joined ground operations near Komiatum in northeastern New Guinea.
Charles Town West Virginia coroner G P Harrison announced the inquest into Wilton Buckner s death from a two story fall near the Charles Town race track was postponed to June 16 due to new developments involving the case. Buckner from Herndon Virginia died from injuries suffered at the restaurant window location.
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