Allied leaders weigh counter blows to Axis summer offensive
Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly mapping strategic responses as Allies gauge a fresh German push in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Officials maintain silence while signaling possible invasion plans and a near zero hour for major Axis offensives, with British and American sources noting troop movements and Mediterranean theater implications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Africa
White House
European
Berlin
Tokyo
Winchester mother urges play program to combat idle youths
A Winchester mother cites gas rationing and tire shortages and argues social workers show families can profit from schooling and activities. She calls for an adequate community wide play program to keep youths engaged and prevent delinquency as recreation efforts falter.
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Winchester
Britain
Battleships For Navy Not To Be Discarded
House Naval Affairs Committee member says the $8.5 billion ship construction bill supports continuing battleship production once the aircraft carrier program is underway. He notes existing ships will be finished, but no new battleships were funded. air power and carrier support are seen as crucial.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Bates
R.-Mass
Massachusetts
Navy
Japan
Romance Serial Starts Monday Afternoon in the Star
A new serial titled Romance Thumbs At A Ride by Allen Eppes begins in the Star next afternoon. The readable fragment mentions a man rejected by a woman, with an unclear dramatic setup.
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Allen Eppes
Eall Mee
Yard Party at Paynes Chapel in Ridgeway
A yard party is set for Thursday June 25 at Paynes Chapel. Soup sandwich meals will be served starting at 7 p m with details listed in June edition pages 20 24 31.
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Ridgeway, Thurs
Paynes Chapel
Aerial Warfare May Be Greatly Changed By U S
The Army air forces leaders describe a growing, globally deployed force with new bombs, an expanding supply service, and the largest training program yet. Key aircraft include the B 17 Fortress and B 24 Liberator, with P 38 and P 47 noted as high altitude fighters.
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U.S
O. P. Echols
Inskring
Aao
Macedonia Church Yard Sale Notice
Public notice for Macedonia Church hosting a yard sale on June 20 at its grounds. Proceeds support church activities and community programs. Vendors requested to arrive early and bring items suitable for sale.
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Macedonia Church
Cripps Promises A Second Front At Proper Time
London June 20 Bri tain and the United States will launch a great attack on Hitler in the west when the proper time comes Sir Stafford Cripps declared at a meeting marking the anniversary of the June 22 German invasion. He said the time of the strike cannot be disclosed and that Molotov knows more about it. He praised the British Russian pact as foundational for the postwar world and warned that only a successful invasion would aid the Allies.
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London
Churchill
United States
Mediterranean
Suez
Siberia
Pacific
China
Britain
Hitler
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
Russia
Vyacheslav Molotoff
Sir Stafford
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Free World
Semeon Timoshenok
West
Berlin
VPF Men Leave Tomorrow For Lexington Virginia
Thirteen men from Winchester Company 115 and six from Berryville Company 114 will leave tomorrow for Lexington for a week of intensive instruction in military work and tactics. From Winchester are T. L. Barr E Holmes Newcome Walter M. Shade Charles M. Patton Robert S. Underwood Hugh K. Green T. J. Calkin Edwin Snider Sr Audrey J. Gilliam Ralph Vaught Roy E. Bowers James E. White and Carlton H. Weakley. From Berryville are A. R. Dunning Charles Suddith Maurice Wisecarver Jr Eustace F. Jackson William Barnett and Francis Logan.
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Winchester Company 115
Berryville Company 114
Lexington
Winchester
T. L. Barr
E. Holmes Newcome
Walter M. Shade
Charles M. Patton
Robert S. Underwood
Hugh K. Green
T. J. Calkin
Edwin 8. Snider, Sr
Audrey J. Gilliam
Ralph Vaught
Roy E. Bowers
James E. White
Carlton H. Weakley
Berryville
A. R. Dunning
Charles Suddith
Maurice Wisecarver, Jr
Eustace F. Jackson
William Barnett
Francis Logan
Air Raid Wardens To Meet Monday
There will be a meeting of air raid wardens and fire watchers at the Sarah Zone night at 8 o'clock. All zone and sector wardens are asked to be present. All interested parties are requested to be present.
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Gostaauueue Seapanoansifense
Hitler Calls For Purge of Opponents In Germany
London dispatch reports a purge of anti social elements has begun in Vienna and Austria with a wider aim across the German Reich. The DNB radio definition includes those crim inal anti state or quarrelsome offenders. Arrested individuals may be sent to welfare institutes or forced detention.
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London
Vienna
Lower Danube
Austria
D.N.B
Shumate Bridge Dedication Highlighted By Officials
Governor Colgate Darden and U S Senator Harry Byrd led a dedication ceremony for the new 400000 Shumate bridge over the New River near Pearlsburg Virginia The event emphasized war effort priorities and postwar planning with remarks on winning the war and peace and domestic readjustments Attending were State Senator Caudill Henry Gilmer and others before a lunch at Celanese Plant and dinners in Pulaski Bristol and Big Stone Gap Citizenship Day events followed.
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Pearlsburg
Colgate Darden
U. S
Harry Byrd
Southwest Virginia
New River
Suffolk
Byrd
W. C. Caudill
Andy” Shumate
A. E. Shumate
Henry Gilmer
8. W. Rawls
State Highway Commission
J. F. Wysor
Highway Commission
Pulaski County
Wyser
H. W. Huff
Pulaski
Bristol
Big Stone Gap
Henderson Offers To Quit Over Subsidy Funding
Washington June 20 Price Administrator Leon Henderson said he would resign if Congress trims the OPS budget or conditions subsidies. He warned that deep cuts would hurt consumers and retailers while subsidy and price control efforts to curb living costs would be undermined. He noted wages and farm prices were not yet stabilized and tied the program to the tax fund to reduce inflation.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Congress
Henderson
O.P.A
Prsident Roosevelt
Three Jap Ships Sunk By Subs
British submarines report sinking three large Japanese ships in the Straits of Malacca. One very large vessel was torpedoed and sunk, and another submarine sunk two large Japanese supply ships. The Straits separate Malaya and Sumatra in the region. The date of the action was not specified.
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London
Straits of Malacca
Admiralty
Straits of
Malacca
Straists
Malaya
Sumatra
Sugar Ration Drive Aims At 160 Registrants
About 160 individuals and firms are expected to register today to receive sugar for commercial and industrial uses. Restaurants hotels boarding houses and other institutional users must register. At a Junior Board of Trade meeting 13 members pledged two hours weekly to aid the rationing board in special sugar allotment tasks.
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Junior Board of Trade
Tome
Forrest Sirbaugh
Paul Ayres
Ashley Stouffer
F. L. Largent, Jr
Robert Grove
Fred Morgan
Park Playgrounds Set to Open Monday
The Winchester Park playgrounds will open on Monday with Ryland Conner as playground committee chairman in charge. Ada Oppie leads activities for girls, and J L Shine handles grounds while the committee seeks cooperation and support for summer recreation for youth.
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Winchester Park
Ryland Conner
Ada Oppie
J. L. Shine
Conner
Situation On Both Fronts Appears Somewhat Confused
A Daily Sketch columnist claims private advices say Vichy has leased 1,000,000 tons of shipping to the Axis for the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Axis sailors would man the ships. France keeps about 500,000 tons for own trade to North Africa and colonies, while about 600,000 tons are in Allied hands.
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London
Daily Sketch
Vichy
Mediterranean
Black Sea
France
North Africa
Attlee Says Churchill Keeps In Close Touch From U S
Clement Attlee disclosed that Prime Minister Churchill is keeping in close touch with home via transatlantic telephone from the United States. Attlee spoke to Churchill just before addressing a London crowd at Aid-for-Russia Week saying Churchill seemed in very good form.
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Churchill
London
Clement R. Attlee
Dominions
War Cabinet
United States
Attlee
House panel drops sales tax from pen tax bill
The Ways and Means Committee voted not to consider any form of consumption or sales tax in the pen tax bill. It also tentatively backed a pay as you go plan for individual income taxes via payroll deductions starting January 1.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D.-N.c
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Daily Army Recruiting Office Hours In Hagerstown Noted
The Frederick County Selective Service Board asks The Star to announce the Army Recruiting Office in Hagerstown is open daily from 8 a m to 5 p m and that the telephone is Hagerstown 3425. An officer visits Winchester post office on the first Saturday each month.
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Frederick County Selective Service Board
The
Star
Army
Hagerstown
Winchester
British fears grow of Nazi drive toward Suez and Middle East
British dispatches warn Hitler seeks a Mediterranean advance with a push toward Egypt and the Caucasus as Sevastopol battles continue. Laval may cede 1,000,000 tons French shipping. Churchill seeks US aid. Auchinleck mobilizes forces to meet a potential Nazi onslaught in Egypt while Libyan front reports a temporary Axis pullback.
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Middle East
France
Laval
Mediterranean
Germany
Tran
Persia
Turkey
Egypt
Hitler
Sevastopol
Caucasus
Nez
BBC
Moscow
London Times
Libya
Europe
United States
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By Bill Bom
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Aviation Writers’ Association
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Flying Training Command
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VPF
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Darden
Hear Henderson
Bulletin
W. M. Richards
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Jack
Richards
Acorn Manufacturing Company
Route 11
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Red Cross
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W. R. Legge
Handley High School
Virginia
Vie
Carl Campbell
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Anna Campbell
Yessebase
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