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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1943
Page
1
Allied advances around Bizerte intersect with Axis withdrawal as Patton's Americans are noted in Mateur. The piece highlights Allied momentum in North Africa amid ongoing operations and strategic shifts.
Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson and Rubber Director William Jeffers will personally inspect rubber and aviation gasoline plants to resolve a priorities dispute. Patterson notes a serious shortage of 100 octane gasoline threatens Allied air offensives and hopes field visits will expedite bottleneck removal.
Allied headquarters reported a strong Japanese raid on the Darwin air drome with 21 bombers and 30 fighters causing heavy Allied losses. Thirteen enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged while several Allied planes were claimed down.
Croswell Henderson of the Winchester & Frederick county Game & Fish Protective Association announces a meeting at the courthouse Wednesday night at 8 o clock. The program includes moving pictures on ruffed grouse and a sound film Bears In Alaska with reels on bass and trout fishing available on request. Members will be checked. All bears and others interested are urged to attend.
Mr Winchester urges rapid action to recruit 380 volunteer blood donors for a Friday and Saturday clinic. He emphasizes the potential lifesaving impact and notes plasma donations aid wounded soldiers, with minimal pain or aftereffects. The appeal stresses the miracle of medical science linking donors thousands of miles away to those at the fronts.
AP reports a patchwork revival as miners in Gallitzin, Fayette County, and several districts resume work. In Kentucky Harlan miners start back. Alabama and Ohio show partial returns. West Virginia expects only a small share to resume today. Ickes lifts the in transit coal freeze.
O'Sullivan Rubber Co reports April War Bond sales exceed $61,000 with most departments delivering 4 to 20 times their quotas. Nearly all employees purchased bonds, some up to 10 percent of earnings, as the firm targets May to surpass April’s record. The $61,025 represents about 10 percent of the region’s $650,000 quota.
Ensign Stimpson, Harry Farnum Stimpson, has been promoted to Lieutenant (jg) while stationed in Washington, D C. He is married to the former Miss Margaret Byrd, and the couple wed at Christ Episcopal Church last June.
In Washington on May 3 the Connally bill to seize struck plants faced some administration opposition but he pressed ahead. He proposed a criminal offense for any person who induces a worker to quit, and drafted a War Labor Board power amendment to give statutory authority. Barkley cautioned against overreach while promising no interference with Roosevelt’s wage stabilization policy. Senate leaders signaled potential rapid passage though details of the amendment remained to be seen.
Allied reports say in April Gen Douglas MacArthur’s Liberators and Flying Fortresses sank or damaged 93,300 tons of Japanese shipping near New Guinea. Heavy bombers fighters and anti aircraft destroyed 68 enemy planes. 28 probable. Since last August total Japanese tonnage sunk or damaged reached 654,980 tons. No heavy bombers were lost in combat.
Winchester and Frederick county residents must boost volunteers to 380 for the Presbyterian Church clinic with just three days left. As of now 247 volunteers are needed and registration is open daily in the old J C Penney building on Loudoun street from noon to 5 and 7 to 9. Call 6502 to book appointments.
Apple crops suffered further damage as the temperature fell to 31 degrees. Dr. Walter Hough reported petals on trees as far south as Mt. Jackson turned brown, with low areas most affected. Yorks appeared least hurt and Clarke county orchards were spared. Blooms were blasted in several western county orchards, with continued frost risks noted.
W. B. HOUGH entomologist advises calyx spray on all varieties and trees to bear fruit. Begin immediately on Black Twigs Stayman and Yorks soon after. Aims to control scab and deter coolling pg worms. For 100 gallons use three pounds lead arsenate three pounds lime and sulfur fungicide optionals: five pounds wettable sulfur ten pounds flotation sulfur or two gallons lime sulfur. Lime reduces spray injury. if using lime sulfur, six pounds lime is advised.
Citizens in Winchester and Frederick County surpassed 700000 in the second war loan drive with total purchases of 702505.75 in issue value. Harold G. Brown chair man for Winchester and J H Yost for Frederick County announced the figure and thanked contributors as the drive continued for the month.
London reports Royal Air Force bombers and fighters battled German fighter opposition to strike industrial sites in Ijmuiden Netherlands and St Nazaire France. Mosquito raids on Thionville rail shops followed, while American bombers suffered losses at St Nazaire.
Red Army artillery pounded German positions in the Kuban sector as Soviet communiques claimed the Nazis abandoned the bridgehead after a six day drive with 7 000 killed. The Russian mid day report added 200 more enemy deaths and silenced 16 batteries while ten German blockhouses were destroyed.
North Africa reports say Americans, British and French mop up pockets of resistance and prepare for a new phase after a temporary pause in Tunisia. In the Far Pacific Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports heavy losses as Allied air forces down 13 Japanese planes from 51 during a Darwin raid. Russian communique notes Germans abandon the Kuban Bridgehead after six days with 7,000 casualties. In the air front RAF and American bomber forces hit Ijmuiden and St Nazaire targets.
Navy bulletin reports U S air forces bombed Kiska 13 times on May 1 2 and caused fires on the runway at North Head. Attacks also targeted Attu and Munda in the Solomons with hits on airfields runways and revetments.
Game Warden Pingley asks the public to assist in rounding up attacking dogs after a weekend raid killed 10 goats from John Larrick’s Chambersville herd. A white ringed Shepherd or Collie with a dark back is suspected between Opequon and Lambs school house. Gardens saw light showers. 0.06 inch rain recorded. Traffic court day: Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards fined speeding drivers using Enoscope V scope. Mrs Abe Leven reports War Bond sales totaling $8 325 since last May.
US troops seized Mateur after a two week period of heavy fighting as German positions retreated toward stronger lines near Bizerte. French and American units moved along the coast to 15 miles from Bizerte, with over 500 prisoners taken and Magteur secured to cut rail and road links between Bizerte and Tunis.
Public sale set for Saturday May 8 at 1 pm at the Middletown home listing household goods such as kitchen equipment leather sewing machine brooder separator piano beds dresses and various other items. Special meeting planned for Tuesday May 4 to elect officers for the ensuing year.
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