Bombing Volcanoes: RAF Studying Impact of Crater Detonations
London reports the Royal Air Force is examining effects of dropping bombs into volcanic craters as a possible wartime tactic. Officials say no official report confirms Vesuvius bomb in 1940, but seismologists have been consulted on this controversial idea.
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London
Royal Air Force
Naples
Vesuvius
House of Commons
Harold H. Balfour
Air
Japan
Mount Fujiyama
Balfour
Vesevius
War Council Held As Victory Trumpets Sound Benes Wavell
Washington faces coal crisis as four options loom for extending the 15 day truce. Possible actions include a War Labor Board report, new legislation, or Roosevelt invoking powers to ensure coal mining continues amid growing strikes.
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War Council
Benes
Wavell
John Roosevelt-Churchill
Washington
Ickes
War Labor Board
Congress
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wyoming
Utah
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Uniontown
Agricultural
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York
White House War Council Moves Against Axis on Both Fronts
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill hold a war council as Tunisian victory reshapes plans for Europe and the Pacific. Benes arrives for talks on postwar collaboration with the United States, while Drexel Biddle is named ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Churchill brings Indian theater leaders. Wavell Somerville and Peirse join discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Pacific
United Nations
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
White House
Soviet Russia
Senate
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
London
Czechoslovakia
Biddle
Yugoslavia
Norway
Netherlands
Poland
Belgium
Hitler
Mander
India
China
Japan
Burma
Wavell
James Somerville
Ceylon
Richard Peirse
Mdia
World At War Highlights Across Fronts In Early 1943
North Africa reports say Allied forces encircle Cap Bon and holdouts near Boy Ficha. In Leningrad, Red Armies repel Axis thrusts as Izvestia declares decisive phase. Rome lines hint at central Moscow battle. In Sicily and Palermo air raids, U S bombers hit shipping while Axis losses rise. In the Pacific, New Guinea clashes grow and Rabaul burns as Japan strikes Dutch New Guinea. China sees renewed pressure on the rice bowl and Lake Tungting frontiers. Burma sees patrol skirmishes on the Arakan front.
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U. S
Catania
Sicily
Palermo
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Salamaua
Rabaul
New Britain
Dutch New Guinea
War Production Board orders sweeping stop to new war plant work
The War Production Board ordered a major cut back in new war plant construction and machine tool output. About 4 billion dollars in government financed projects will be reviewed and canceled where existing plants can handle the job. The move aims to shift effort into direct weapon production while absorbing temporary unemployment.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
United States
Winchester considers year round supervised recreation plan
In Winchester local citizens urge a community wide effort to create a year round supervised recreation program for youth. A meeting will discuss ways and means with civic groups urged to participate to ensure broader access to outdoor play facilities beyond the summer season.
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Winchester
Sree Mighty Test
Port Isa
Sheep shearer knives and combs sale
Just received shipment of sheep shearer knives and combs advertised for sale at Mill er's Hardware. Offips farm located at 313 Limestone Land. Sale scheduled for Monday May 17 at one o'clock. Arbert S rick, Trustee.
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Miller’s Hardware
Eee Sale Offips
Limestone Land
Arbert S Rick
Winchester Plans Friday Meeting on Year Round Recreation
A Friday night meeting at 8 in the Winchester City Hall Council Chamber will discuss a year around supervised recreation program. Sam Preston will chair the session with leaders from local civic groups in attendance. The program may draw federal and Virginia OCD support, with Rotary already fundraising for summer supervision costs.
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Winchester
Council Chamber
City Hall
W. Department of the City of
Sam Preston
OCD
Virginia
Rotary
Star
Statement From Lewis Put Off
The chieftain had issued no public statement in more than a week before ending silence. He announced a 15 day truce in the coal impasse, signaling a potential shift in talks.
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Beeath
Lewis
Public Sale of J. J. Dunlap Estate at Court House
Public sale of the J. J. Dunlap estate scheduled for Saturday at 12 noon in front of the Court House on May 15. Auction proceeds go to satisfy creditors and heirs as listed in the notice.
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J. J. Dunlap
Court House
Captain Ebert to Be Rotary Luncheon Speaker
Captain Harry W. Ebert recently back from North Africa where he earned the Silver Flying Distinguished Cross Air Medal and Silver Boot will speak at the Rotary luncheon tomorrow in Aions. Parents received word his plane was shot down behind enemy lines.
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Harry W
Kiwanis Luncheon Guests Share War Experiences
Captain Ebert spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon this afternoon recounting wartime experiences as a member of the 376th Bombard. John Knox of Chicago University was a guest of Amos Shryock.
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Captain Ebert
Kiwaniis
376Th
John Knox
Chicago University
Amos Shryock
Axis Propaganda Boosts Confidence Amid Crisis Talks
Axis radio in Berlin claimed Churchill’s arrival in Washington caused no surprise and suggested talks would focus on political matters rather than military issues. It notes press alerts that Churchill was in Cairo and hints at shifting German strategy westward as Hitler faces crisis.
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Hitler
White House
Washington
Japan
Churchill
Archibald P. Wavell
London
Germany
Roosevelt
Cairo
Berlin
Wash
Ber
Dr Graham Laid To Rest In Lexington Virginia
The Rev James R Graham I D D 79 native of Winchester and son of the late Rev James R Graham D D buried this afternoon at the family lot in Lexington He prominent for years in the Presbyterian church as a Chinese missionary died after pneumonia in Banner Elk North Carolina following hospitalization He and his father were noted ministers with the elder Graham once serving Kent Street Presbyterian Church during the Civil War period Public sale notice follows listing household furniture at J J Dunlap Estate 210 E Piccadine May 15th 10 am
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James R. Graham
D. D
Winchester
Lexington
Grabean
Presbyterian Church
China
Johnson City
Tenn
Banner Elk
N. C
War Is Entering Decisive Stage in Russia Front
Moscow report says over 1,000 German troops were killed on the Leningrad front in the last 24 hours as battle lines shift from Leningrad to the Black Sea region. Russian dispatches claim a scouting push may redraw German positions, with attacks repelled and the Reds maintaining the initiative.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Novorossisk
Jap Positions In Solomons Hit
Navy reports ami planes from the South Pacific command attacked Japanese positions in the central and northwestern Solomons. Fires were started at Kahili airbase and a sea plane aflame at Rekata Bay. Earlier on May 11, bombers hit Kahili on Bougainville and Shortland Island with unobserved results.
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Washington
Navy
Ami
South Pacific Command
Solomons
Kahili
Rekata Bay
South Pacific
Army Flying Fortress
Bougainville Island
Shortland Island
Dauntless
Auxiliary Police Meeting Tonight at Armory
A meeting of the Auxiliary Police will be held at the armory this evening at 8 o clock. Attendance is requested in full and all members should bring complete equipment. The program includes instruction and a gas mask.
Firemen's School Opens Tonight
Fire Department chief E. W. Argenbright invites all persons aged 16 and over to weekly firemen's school sessions. The first class is tonight at 7 o'clock at the John Kerr school. AN juniors regulars and auxiliary firemen are urged to attend as four drivers and Mr. Argenbright teach. All four companies cooperate due to a shortage of firefighters.
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E. W. Argenbright
John Kerr School
Argenbright
Kilgore urges all-out mobilization for war effort
Senator Kilgore says resources must be mobilized in an all embracing war program. He warns that without unified planning confusion will persist despite agency efficiency. The war mobilization bill S 607 covers manpower production economic stabilization and technological mobilization.
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New York
Kilgore
Wva
Stuy
Hunter Colege
United States
Firewatchers and Wardens To Meet Thursday Night
E. P. Browning chief air raid warden announced a meeting of air raid wardens and firewatchers at the Handley Library auditorium Thursday night at 7 30 o clock Those attending should bring their gas masks.
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E. P. Browning
Handley Library
Fire School Begins Tonight at Kerr School Play Court
The Fire School for all four fire companies starts tonight at 7 o'clock on the John Kerr School Play Court East Cork Street. All invited, including youngsters over 16. W E Argenbright, Chief.
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John Kerr School
East Cork Street
Atw
W. E. Argenbright
City And County Brevities
The SPCA seeks homes for dogs cared for by Game Warden Pingley and notes four dogs including a female pup, a year old Irish setter, all likely stolen or stray. Tom Again adds about 60 names to the Winchester-Frederick Honor Roll, planning a larger board. Handley High School announces two late entrants, Misses Mary Louise Vanderberry and Patricia Shirkey, were omitted from yesterday’s list.
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SPCA
Pingley
Tom
Winchester-Frederick
Handley High School
He Lst
Star
Mary Louise Vanderberry
Patricia Shirkey
British Armor Rounds Up Tens of Thousands on Cap Bon
Allied dispatches report German resistance collapsed on Cap Bon as British armor circled the peninsula, forcing mass surrenders. About 37,998 prisoners taken in the Second U.S. Army region, with 33,498 Germans among them, as Axis forces faced encirclement and air strikes near Bou Ficha Enfidaville Zaghouan.
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North Africa
Cap Bon
U. Army
Panen
Asssscinee
Fee Corps
Oon Miers
Giovanni Messe
Mander
Tunisia
Bernard Freyberg
Zeland
Bou Ficha
Enfidaville
Eighth Army
First
Zaghouan
Er Sane
Notice on Insurance Essentials and May Day Period
Public notice outlines an insurance essential period from May 1 to September 15, 1943. It references Henr as an identifier and lists an unclear code 5-12-14-1p-2t.
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By Joseph A. Loftus
Mussolini
John M. Hightower
The
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Boy Ficha
Russia
Izvestia
Axis
Lake Tungting
Arakan
Kiwanis Club
Dr. Graham
Lexington, Va
E. Piccsail
Kuban
By Eddy Gilmore
Firemen’s School
Kerr School
By Edward Kennedy
Daniel
de Luce
Cape
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