Meat rationing ends for most items except certain beef cuts
The Office of Price Administration announced that all meats except beef steaks and roasts will be ration free starting at midnight. Pork, veal, lamb, and mutton become non rationed along with most beef, with points retained only on selected steaks and roasts. Bowles cited supply, demand, and storage factors guiding the shift.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bowles
Kuykendall Named On Handley Board
The Winchester Common Council appointed J. Sloan Kuykendall to the Handley Board of Trustees succeeding the late Maurice M. Lynch. Reappointed to the board were John I. Sloat H. Puller and Dr. G. G.
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Winchester
Public Auction of Antiques Saturday May Sixth
Public sale announced for antiques at Bowly home on Valley Pike. Auction set for 10 a m on Saturday May 6.
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Bowly
Valley Pike
The Flower Shop Offers Garden Tomato Pepper Plants
The Flower Shop advertises tomato pepper and cabbage plants for sale in season. Local customers can browse vegetable starters and related garden items at the Ss oo shop location.
Building permits denied for two Winchester poultry firms
Winchester Common Council rejected building permit requests from Winchester Poultry Company owner A K Wingert and Hanover Poultry Co manager Charles Bish. The 7 to 1 vote fell short of the required 2-3 council majority, halting plans to expand and improve sanitation amid new poultry slaughterhouse regulations.
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Winchester Common Council
A. K. Wingert
Winchester Poultry Company
Charles Bish
Hanover Poultry Co
A. T. Hawthorne
State Board of Health
Hanover
Pringert
L. B. Sirbaugh
E. E. Baker
P. D. Miller
Fred L. Glaize
J. H. Henry
Winchester
Hanover Company
Dr. Hawthorne
Wingert
Ances
PTW
P. Anderton
Camel testimonial questioned at FTC hearing
A former Powers model testified at a Federal Trade Commission hearing that Camel cigarettes produced a perceived lift in energy and spirits like a cocktail. She said other brands did not have the same effect and described her signed testimonial accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carver
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Miss Carver
Mrs Roosevelt Said To Obtain Gasoline Aplenty
Rep Brown told a committee that Mrs Franklin Roosevelt uses gasoline freely and has harmed support for the rationing program. He said constituents wrote that if she can get gas for travel they will seek more for their business. Rep Harris noted the inquiry targets black markets and stated the issue is about enforcement.
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Washington
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Franklin
Roosevelt
Harris
D.-Ark
Strong Points Of Japs Captured In Burma Front
Allied forces north of Kohima captured more enemy strong points in actions meant to ease pressure on the Indian frontier. The Burma front evacuated Paletwa on repositioning, while American Chinese troops pursue advances south and west of Warong under Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Bulwell.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Lord
Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Paletwa
Kaladan
Akyab
I Unique
Joseph W
Ward Employees Denounce NLRB Election at Ward's Chicago
Myrna Siegendorf of Local 20 denounces the NLRB plan to hold an election among Ward's Chicago employees within seven days. She cites a government seizure, unresolved grievances, and unpaid reinstatements as reasons the move is a biased rush and vows the union will win.
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Chicago
CIO
United Mail Order
National Labor Relations Board
Ward and‘ Company
NLRB
Myrna Siegendorf
Local 20
Ward’s
Sewell L. Avery
Union
Miss Siegendorf
Vichy Sets Five Point Stance on Allied Invasion
Laval regime outlines how civilian officials must act if Allied forces land, insisting on absolute respect for the armistice with Germany. It orders public servants to avoid participation or cooperation with invaders and to follow Hague convention rules, with prefects given regional control.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Las
Expect Deferred Young Men Soon To Be Inducted
Washington reports Representative Costello predicts that over half a million men under 26 with occupational deferments will be inducted in 1944. He states 1.1 million under 26 are deferred for farm or essential industry work and outlines Navy and Army replacement needs.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Representative Costello
D.-Calif
Selective Service
Costello
House
Armed Services
Navy
Army
Germans Look For Balkan Thrust
Berlin broadcasts claim Allied offensives in the Mediterranean aim to coincide with a western invasion. Germany warns of large Allied troop movements in southern Italy and notes Tito’s partisans and Yugoslav defenses on the Dalmatian coast as fear of an Adriatic invasion grows.
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London
Mediterranean
Europe
Dalmatian Co
Balkans
Berlin
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Veledit
Marshall Josip Broz (Tito
Yugoslav
Dalmatian
Tito
Adriatic
Red Air Force Carries Offensive on Eastern Front
Moscow said the Red air force sank five Axis vessels fleeing the Crimea after a blow to the Lwow rail junction in Poland. A Soviet communique listed two landing barges two patrol boats a tug and an 800 ton transport as destroyed or damaged. Four hundred Axis troops were reported killed at Tiraspol as fighting continued south of Kowel and near Stanislawow.
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London
Red Air Force
Crimea
Lwow
Old Poland
Moscow
Lnow
Berlin
NBC
Red Army
Kowel
Kowel-Enon
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Stanislawow
Moriday
Churchill says rail lines crippled by Allied bombs
Britain asserts unity of empire as leaders meet in London. Churchill says wartime problems will be discussed at the commonwealth conference, with Smuts King Curtin Fraser Noon voicing support for solidarity and joint victory.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Australia
John Curtin
Man Injured In Farm Tractor Accident
Calvin E. Omps, 52, prominent Freder ick county businessman and horticulturist, remained in critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a skull fracture suffered on a farm near Stephens City. Found unconscious by a tractor by neighbor Mrs Grim, he was taken to hospital with a severe frontal skull fracture and facial gash. investigators noted oil and blood on a bolt near the draw bar suggesting a tractor jerk or accidental fall.
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Calvin E. Omps
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Omps
Fairmont Avenue
Carter Hall
Stephens City
Grim
Joseph Fischel
Omp
Winchester
Mr. Omps
R. L. Omps
Near Ridge
W. Va
World at War Highlights Across Fronts
aerial attacks continue with 1 800 sorties from Italy against German harbors and rail. London discloses 99 800 tons of explosives dropped on German positions in April. Soviet air force sinks five Axis ships fleeing Crimea while damaging Lwow rail junctions. Allies capture key positions north of Kohima and strike Mandalay to disrupt rail links. Japanese threat grows toward Loyang as U S task force operates in the southwest Pacific. McArthur reports heavy Allied losses and ships sunk since April 1942.
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Italy
London
England
Southwest Pacific
U. S
South Pacific
Carolines
Truk
McArthur
City Council Considers Insurance for Sidewalk Safety
Winchester officials debated insurance to cover accidents on sidewalks and streets. City officials reviewed quotes for personal liability insurance of 5 000 and 10 000 with a 1408.62 annual premium. Council approved pursuing an insurance ordinance to cover 5 000 and 50 000 liability with a 2000 annual cap.
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Winchester Common Council
W. P. Anderson
S. Lee Grant
City On
J. H. Henry
P. D. Miller
Ance Committee
Fair page shows events and airport lease approval
The council heard notes from Co. F. Schenck commander and City Manager S. Lee Grant about upcoming shows at the old Fair pages for May 8. Valley Airways had approved the contract leasing the Municipal Airport as presented by the committee and council.
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F. Schenck
S. Lee Grant
Valley Airways
Rouss Fire Co. Holds May Meeting Notice
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co. schedules its regular monthly meeting for Thursday evening May 4 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle, President.
Calais Sector Again Raided By Americans
London reports renewed Allied air attacks across western Europe as American Liberators bomb the Pas de Calais area for the fourth straight day and Mosquitos strike at Leverkusen. Italian-based planes hit Genoa and northern central rail lines, while British bombers target Acheres yards.
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London
Europe
France
Belgium
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Pas de Caais
Genoa
Italy
Britain
Leverkusen
Cologne
Bay of Biscay
Acheres
Tax Bill Seeks Swift House Approval
A Ways and Means panel approved a bill to simplify income tax laws for about 50 million taxpayers. The measure would end the need for most wage earners to file returns and adjusts withholdings to cover full liability for those earning 5000 dollars a year or less. Critics fear a flat 10 percent deduction for new withholdings is not shared by Doughton.
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Francis L. Lemay
Washington
Doughton
Ways and Means
House
Coughton
Rep
Knutson
Prepared Doughton
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Kuykendall
Handley Board
Buzzella’s
Atlantic
Hocean
Spain
Germany
Poland
Finland
Liu Sit
Bulgaria
Corsica
Sardinia
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Calais
Dieppe
Cherbourg
Bordeaux
Ward Employees Resist Order of War Labor Unit
Laval
Balkan
Red Air Forces
Romania
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Indaw
China
Loyang
Sunghai Railway
Gladwin Hill
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