Scrap Metal Drive Extended to July First
War Board decision extends scrap metal drive to July 1 as rubber and metal shortages continue. Farmers urged to participate before rubber drive ends June 30 with one cent per pound paid for delivered rubber. Local junk yards and county hitching yard in Winchester accept scrap, weighed by W. B. Snider and Son, C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage, or Virginia Apple Storage.
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Germans Stoped Battle Reports From Front Mark Hard Winter Losses
A Soviet Review cites German casualties not less than 3,500,000 killed wounded or missing since June 22 1941. It notes Red Army advances and harsh fighting at Sevastopol Kharkov and Donets basin as Nazi forces renew drives. It adds German air and tank losses and higher Soviet recovery rates among wounded.
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Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
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Russia
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Donets Basin
Caucasus
Crimean
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Funeral for John A. Opal Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for the late John A. Opal, who died suddenly Sunday night at 11:30, will be held at 3 o clock Wednesday at the Congregational Christian Church. The Rev. R A Whitten will officiate with assistance from three other pastors. Pallbearers are Percy Sheetz Clayton Pugh Edgar Nelson Candy Nelson Harry Racey. Honorary pallbearers include J C Shanholtz T W Matthews Roy A Larrick Harry Seabright F W Cather and Roy Hook. Interment is in Mt Hebron family lot. Remains will rest prior to the funeral.
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Virginia Protective Force trainees to be inspected at VMI
Virginia Protective Force units from northern western and central Virginia take part in a special training course at VMI this week. Graduation for 163 men is set for 6 p m Thursday in Jackson Memorial Hall under Col James C Anthony. General Edwin E and Col Carl R Hudson of the VPF staff and Adjutant General Gardner Waller will observe training and review the troops at parade and retreat.
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Lexington
Virginia Protective Force
Virginia
Jackson Memorial Hall
James C. Anthony
Edwin E
Carl R. Hudson
Gardner Waller
Tag Over 1,000 For Speeding
RICHMOND Virginia June 23 State police tagged 1005 motorists last week for speeding bringing to 7993 the number of drivers summoned for violations of the 40 mile an hour limit since May 1 Colonel M B Battle director of the division of motor vehicles said that the continued weekly arrests show drivers disregard the defense regulations to conserve gasoline and tires
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Richmond
Virginia
M. 8. Battle
Division of Motor Vehicles
British Lost Continuation of War Dispatches
The report notes steps to improve the position and stout opposition to any further enemy advance. Sir Stafford Cripps discussed his mission to the United States while Attlee cited a lack of details on later fighting and the fate of the garrison as escapees or captured.
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Stafford Cripps
United States
Attlee
Ford Will Fight Housing Plans
Ford Motor Company will oppose the federal public housing authority plan to erect a permanent bomber plant near Willow Run in Michigan. Spokesman Harry Bennett criticized the project as unnecessary wasteful and extravagant and said Ford denied access to survey the site while vowing to use every available method to fight the plan.
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Ford Motor Com
Federal Public House Authority
Ford Wilson
Yui
Mich
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FPHA
Bennett
Henry Ford
Ford
Michigan
Willow Run
War Production Board freezes canned beef stocks for 90 days
Washington reports the War Production Board ordered a 90 day freeze on large imported canned beef stocks and made them available to the armed services. After July 2 most canned beef imports will likely be diverted to Army or Navy. The move affects South American suppliers with Argentina Uruguay Brazil and Paraguay as major sources.
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Washington
War Production Board
United States
Armed Services
Army
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Paraguay
Senate Naval Committee Advances Major Navy Expansion Plan
The Senate Naval Committee moved toward final congressional action on a projected 8.5 billion dollar naval expansion after House approval. The plan would enlarge the fighting fleet by about 1.9 million tons, aiming for a total of 5.619 million tons with 600 thousand tons of carriers and hundreds of thousands of tons in cruisers, destroyers, and escort vessels.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Laval’s Hope for German Victory Praised by Hull
Secretary Hull said Pierre Laval’s public wish for a Nazi victory proves Laval aims to surrender French hopes to Hitler. Hull said such sentiment is implied in the Laval movement and reflects Laval’s attitude.
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Washington
Hull
Pierre Laval
Laval
Hitler
Henderson Accuses Hendersons Snooper Gals in Gas Ration Levels
Representative Johnson says Leon Henderson used pretty girls as gas ration snoopers to pressure filling stations, leading to prosecutions for selling small amounts of gasoline. He notes snoopers operated in New York and Pennsylvania and that another state rejected the program.
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Washington
Johnson
D.-Okla
Leon Henderson
New York State
Pennsylvania
Henderson
House ‘Tions
Chinese Armies Are Continuing to Get U. S. Supplies
NEW DELHI June 23 The flying freighters of the United States ferry command and U S Army bombers and fighters are delivering war material to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese armies. The monsoon season will not halt these operations despite regular airlines suspending service. The airlift persists to meet urgent Allied needs and to aid including the Burma theater campaign.
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India
United States Ferry Command
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Burma
No Soldier Lost Thus Far In Big Navy Convoys
Asheville North Carolina June 23 Ralph L Bard assistant secretary of the navy told the national governors conference that the navy convoyed large numbers of American troops to foreign soil without any soldier lost. He noted many anti submarine boats delivered but crew shortages delay. He warned control of the submarine menace will take time.
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Asheville
N. C
Ralph L. Bard
Navy
National Governors
Bard
Aes
First Cathedral in the Western Hemisphere Built in Santo Domingo
The article notes that the first cathedral in the western hemisphere was constructed in Santo Domingo in 1512, marking a historic religious milestone in the region.
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Hemisphere
Santo Domingo
Do Hippopotami Sweat Blood Revealed by Pigment
A thick oily fluid from hippo skin exudes through pores when hot excited or in pain. The reddish color comes from a carmine pigment with small corpuscles released by the skin. the text notes the fluid’s visibility increases under heat distress.
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United States
Nazis Urge Jap Attack on Russia via Radio Propaganda
New York reports a Axis propaganda campaign on German radio encouraging Japan to attack the Soviet Union. Tokyo papers Asahi and Hochi were cited as saying Britain and the United States push a Russian move, with Churchill possibly traveling to Moscow to press Stalin. Molotov dismissed the idea in London and Washington, though Tokyo radio offered no comment.
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LS Arg
Russia
Arden
Tokyo
Asahi
Hochi
Britain
United States
Er Paty
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
Washington
Berlin
New Persian Gulf Port Speeds Russian Supply Lines
BASRA, Iraq, June 23. Construction of a new Persian Gulf port accelerates Soviet supply delivery with American help. The site, once sand and swamp, now hosts hundreds of bombers thousands of trucks and other materiel moving to Soviet forces. Ship turnover time has reportedly been cut by half.
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Basbra
Iraq
Persian Gul
Russia
Persian Gulf
Contract Carriers May Be Taxed
The House Ways and Means Committee decided to include contract carriers as well as common carriers in the percent tax on freight and express shipments. The panel shaped the $6,640,000 revenue bill and rejected special provisions for corporations in debt or for deducting individual life insurance premiums from taxable income.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cotton jiffy-knit jacket pattern sale advertised
A promotional note describes a low cost cotton jacket pattern 7350 with an easy stitch, warmth for chilly evenings, and sizes 12-14 16-18. It provides materials, illustrations, and directions. To obtain send cents to Winchester Star Household Arts Dept New York MN.
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Winchestering Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
Abs
Churchill Aware He Is Wanted To Return From United States
Prime Minister Churchill said he is well aware the House wishes him to return to Britain from the United States. He added he is engaged in important war business and will be away no longer than absolutely necessary.
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London
Mele
Churchill
Britain
United
Ghureniil’ Hee
Rhine Steamers Carry Over Ten Thousand Boats and Cargo
Inland waterway traffic shows the Rhine moving more than 10,000 boats yearly with substantial cargo tonnage carried by fleet vessels as trade routes expand across Europe.
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Rhine
Europe
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