Most Fathers Likely To Be In Uniform By Close Of 1943
Washington reports indicate many of over 2.8 million men rejected for physical disqualifications may be reclaimed as Navy standards relax. Hearings show a brighter outlook, with a projected majority of physically fit fathers in uniform by year end. Inductions for 1944 expected to favor teens. total armed forces to reach about 10.9 million.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Lewis B. Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
Agtions
Selective Service
WMC
McNutt
Air raids extend non stop allied bombing efforts
RAF bombed Rhineland targets in Germany and laid mines as part of a broad night assault. British Beaufighters sank two supply ships and damaged four escort vessels off the Dutch coast. U S Eighth Air Force losses were 26 B 17 fortresses in heavy raids on Kiel and other German naval centers.
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London
RAF
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
Channel
United States
Bremen
Kiel
Berlin
West
Eighth U. S. Air Force
Frederick N. Anderson
Budget Bureau Criticized Over Impounding Funds
The House Appropriations Committee attacked the Budget Bureau and the Social Security Board for withholding and overreaching on funds for the Labor Department and related agencies. It approved a bill prohibiting nonhead officials from impounding appropriated funds and criticized the board for excessive daily supervision of state unemployment programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Social Security Board
House Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
War Manpower Commission
Office of Education
Congress
Security Board
Clatterbuck Indicted for Killing Five at Love Farm
A Loudoun county grand jury indicted Thomas W. Clatterbuck a 33 year old quarry operator on five counts of premeditated killing in the Love farm killings near Hamilton Virginia. The grand jury heard four witnesses and the case moves toward arraignment in Loudoun circuit court.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
Thomas W. Clatterbuck
Kiring
A. Morris Love
Love Farm
Hamilton
Love
James
Walter
Katherine Russell
Clatterbuck
C. W. Blue
E. H. Howe
John A. Gibson
S. P. Alexander
M. F. Ritter
W. A. Estes
The Star Pledges Community Service and War Effort Support
Winchester states The Star is a community institution with direct reader involvement. The paper will continue promoting worthy initiatives despite wartime rationing and staffing losses, pledging cooperation and prompt publication of typed matter when possible.
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The
Star
the Star
Frederick Farmers Face Serious Labor Crisis in Frederick County
Frederick County farmers face a critical farm labor shortage with up to 6,500 workers needed including canning plants and storage facilities. A labor center opens at 15 Court Square to coordinate volunteers while deferments reduce some manpower. Officials warn the shortage exceeds 2,700 seasonal workers, stressing the impact on crops and farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick County
Stine
Satandem
Court Square
Court House
Farm Labor Committee
Winchester
Frederick County
Parm Labor Committee
E. M. Funk
Front Royal
Play Program Underway Tomorrow At Local Parks
The town opens a new play program tomorrow at 9 AM with supervised activities for children at Virginia Avenue and Douglas School. Attendants Colleen Cather Nancy Bond Doris Link, and Lucille Lewis lead swings slides and games including volleyball croquet and baseball. Daily hours run 9 AM to 6 PM excluding Sunday with $300 allocated for new equipment.
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Oes Avenue
Otis Luton
Iice
Handley Wil
Colleen Cather
Nancy Bond
Virginia Avenue
Doris Linkous
Douglas School
Lucille Lewis
Winchester
Lesson In Gas Warfare For OCD Units Tonight
OCD units are directed to meet at 7 o clock before marching to the Miller Brothers greenhouse on Martinsburg pike for a gas warfare demonstration. Participants must bring equipment including gas masks and report to OCD headquarters at 7 o clock.
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OCD
Miller Brothers
Martinsburg Pike
Ers
Public Sale at 15 E. North Ave in Winchester
Household furniture includes a living room suit breakfast set and a Magic Chef gas range plus a Prima washing machine and other articles. Terms cash. Sale to be held Saturday June 19 at 1 p.m. Roger W. Wingfield organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magic Chef
Prima
E. North Ave
Roger W. Wingfield
Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe to Stay Closed Sundays
The Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe will not operate on Sundays due to gas rationing and essentials. Weekdays the shop opens at 7 a.m. and stays open until midnight serving home cooked food plate lunches and fountain service. Owner M. K. Shirkey.
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Golden Glow
M. K. Shirkey
Clarke School Property Sold At Public Auction
Clarke School property was sold at public auction by Clarke on Saturday with multiple bids. Names and bids include Boyce high school Eliza beth Bradford 1650 dollars and Mt Weather school Marie Nigh 220 dollars. Other sales included Mt Carmel George Se christ 360 dollars and Hawthorne school John Mills 650 dollars. one bid for Pierce grounds was rejected by the school board after the sale due to nonapproval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Marvin Chapel
A. L. Withers
Pine’s Corner
F. L. Ayler
Pierce's
Joseph F. Moore
Urges Stricter Regulation of Italian Residents
The Fascist party directorate in London calls for tighter regulation of Italian lives due to the gravity of the moment and invasion fears. Broadcasts from Rome confirm the move, aiming to suppress subversive tendencies across commerce and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fascist Party
Rome
Come And Get Your Clothes Stalled By Star Piccadilly
A brief notice notes operations stalled due to a missing star at Piccadilly Street causing delays in clothing service. Efforts to resume work are underway with no timetable yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccadilly St
Lewis Calls Meeting of Mine Committee Amid Coal Crisis
In a three way wage production dispute involving John L. Lewis the government and coal operators a meeting of the United Mine Workers Policy Committee is called for Wednesday to consider a War Labor Board decision on portal to portal pay. About 2200 miners in Pennsylvania and Alabama return to work after brief walkout over $1 a day fines. Lewis and central Pennsylvania producers agreed to pay $1.30 a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Ickes
VRM Meeting At Armory Tonight Plans For Weekend Maneuvers
VRM members are ordered to report at the armory by 8 30 PM or sooner. Capt J R Brandon announces battalion maneuvers scheduled for the weekend on the Bull Run battlefield near Manassas and hopes local units will take part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve
Bull Run
Manassase
J. R. Brandon
Summer Closing At The Library Delays Opening Hours
Library announces extended summer closing at Handley with new Tuesday afternoon start time replacing 9 AM. Patrons urged to note revised hours.
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Handley
Americans Raid Strongholds In North Kiangsi
American planes bombed and strafed Japanese positions in northern Kiangsi yesterday. More than a hundred bombs hit Nanchang airfield, with direct hits on runways and gasoline dumps. The raid, the 82nd by Allen Forsyth’s squadron, returned safely. Chinese counter-forces report gains on three fronts, freeing parts of Hunan and advancing through Japanese defenses.
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Chungking
Kiangsi
U. S. Air Force
Nanchang
Shanghai
Hankow
Allen Forsyth
Minneapolis
Hunan
Ting Hea
Attacks Resume on Jap Bases in Allied Advances
Allied forces report continued bombardment of Japanese positions across New Britain Rabaul Dili Koepang and Salamaua regions. Bombers dropped substantial tonnage on Vunakanau airdrome with fires visible from 50 miles while Japanese night raids caused no reported damage.
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Australia
Vunakanau
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Dili
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Boston
Komiatum
Salamaua
New Guinea
Gona
Port Moresby
Farm Outlook Not So Bad
Washington reports Chester C. Davis says despite floods and a tough spring the 1943 farm outlook shows higher production than any year except 1942. He notes record yields in 1939 1940 1941 and 1942 and cites lend-lease food to Russia as a wartime “cheap price” in support of Allied strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Russia
Ascension Service Held by Winchester Commandery No 12
Knights Templar members and their ladies attended a Knights and Ladies banquet after the Ascension service at the Golden Glow banquet room in Mifflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Commandery No. 12
Knights Templer
Mifflin
Clowe
Highlights Of World War II Fronts In Mid June Lull
Global war coverage notes a lull in land fighting from Russia to China as Allied air forces strike Germany and Japan. In Europe bombers hit the Rhineland and Sicily gateway. China reports intense raids on Kiangsi. Pacific raids target Rabaul and Russell Islands with heavy fighter losses. The Russian front centers on destroying hundreds of German aircraft in recent battles.
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Germany
Rhineland
Italy
Russia
China
Air Offensive Continues Across Russian Front
The Red Army Air Force enters its seventh week of intense battles, claiming German losses total 3,319 aircraft. Soviet scouting reports show offensive gains in the Orel hinge sector of the front as attacks persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Orel “Hinge
Liberators Raid Sicily In New Mediterranean Drive
Allied air forces launched a major daylight raid on Catania and Gerbini in eastern Sicily as part of the Mediterranean offensive. Reports say eight planes were shot down or damaged, with substantial ground damage to hangars and aircraft at Catania.
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North Africa
U. S
Middle East Air Command
Sicily
Catania
Gerbini
Mediterranean
Italy
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Linosa
Cairo
Gars
Messinna
Allied Headquarters
Northwest Africa
Sola
Speal
Dusa
Malta
Pla
Milo
Castelvetrano
Bocca di Palco
Allied
Public meeting notice at John Kerr Building
Continued on page 2 col 73 an evening meeting is scheduled for 7 30 at the John Kerr Building on East Cork street. All interested are asked to attend. E W Argenbright chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr
East Cork Street
E. W. Argenbright
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Bulletin
Blue
Capt. McDermott
State Police
Alexander
Frederick
Douglas Schools
OCD Tonight
Clarke School
Lewis
VRM
Armory
North
Ascension Service
Associated Press
Yangtze Front
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
New Sun
Newlin & Co
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