Allied Victories Push Revolts and India Base for Japan War
The May 13 dispatch reports Roosevelt and Churchill discussing India as a base for operations against Japan. Wavell Somerville and Peirse arrive to direct land sea and air forces to open Burma Road route while Mediterranean reopening aids supply lines to China. The piece notes Japan’s encirclement strategy and Allied moves from Kiska to Port Moresby to pressure Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
India
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Archibald P. Wavell
India-Burma
Wavell
James Somerville
Britain
Ceylon
Richard Peirse
China
Burma Road
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Pacific
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Guadalcanal
Solomons
William Feather urges resisting sleep pills for wakeful hours
William Feather editor of The Imperial Magazine condemns widespread use of knockout sleeping pills, urging instead to embrace wakefulness for reading or planning. Earnest Elmo Calkins, in his seventies, is cited as a fearless example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Imperial Magazine
Imperial Type Metal Company
Mr. Feather
Earnest Elmo Calkins
Winchester's Grand Old Man Mr Maurice M Lynch Turns 89
Winchester celebrates Maurice M Lynch dean of the Winchester bar and long time solicitor reaching his 89th birthday tomorrow. A veteran practitioner since 1887 he remains active and as a clerk's office scene shows he still works vigorously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Maurice M. Lynch
Mr. Lynch
Illinois Miners Are Released
Lloyd Thrush president of the AFL-Progressive Mine Workers announced the government will release from operating control all Illinois mines with union contracts. Fuels Administrator Ickes said orders to release about 165 mines would go out this afternoon or tomorrow. Thrush said Progressive Mine Workers would not raid United Mine Workers members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lloyd Thrush
Afl-Progressive Mine Workers
Illinois
Thrush
Ickes
Ilinois Ametorine
Progressive
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thrash
Bishop Collins Denny 89 Dies in Richmond
Bishop Collins Denny longtime Southern Methodist Church leader dies at 89 in Richmond Virginia after ailing health. Funeral set at his home with River View Cemetery burial. Native of Winchester he earned an A B from Princeton in 1879 and opposed church unification.
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Richmond
South
Collins Denny
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Riverview Cemetery
Denny
Park Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Church
Kansas Ciy
General Conference
Alfred E. Smith
Chu
Southern Methodist Church
Winchester
William R
Margaret A. (Collins) Denny
Princeton University
Princeton
Univer
Axis Prisoners Exceed 150000 North Africa Victory Announced
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons that Allied forces captured more than 150,000 Axis prisoners and numerous guns tanks and vehicles as the North Africa campaign ended. He called the victory a classic military achievement and said it would enable future offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clement Attlee
North Africa
House of Commons
Attlee
Mussolini
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
War Bond Page praises local support for Second War Loan
Winchester and Frederick County committees receive commendations for promoting war bond sales during the Second War Loan drive. The publisher notes strong business paper cooperation and urges further community participation as the campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nance
Winchester
Frederick County
Evening Star
J. H. Yost
Winchester Evening Star
Fruit Growers Oppose Peach Apple Ceilings
A May 11 public hearing in Charlotte before William H. Stanton of the Office of Price Administration drew several hundred fruit growers and dealers. Eastern peach growers opposed any ceiling due to a light crop while apple growers proposed a single price ceiling at 18 cents per pound for retail sales if the OPA imposes one, based on the highest grade shipped from the farthest U.S. point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Arnold
Charlotte
N. C
Virginia
William H. Stanton
Office of Price Administration
Seaboard
OPA
W. Miller, Jr
Ad Paw
F. Young
Union
R. Johnson Gillan
St. Thomas, Penna
National Apple Planning Committee
United States
Washington State
1943 Aircraft Goal Adjusts To 75 000 Planes
President Roosevelt sets a 1943 aircraft production target of 911 million pounds implying about 75 000 fighters bombers and trainers at an average 12 000 pounds each. War Production Board head Donald Nelson notes weights rise from 6 060 pounds per plane in 1942 to about 12 000 pounds in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Bauman
Washington
Roosevelt
Donald N. Nelson
War Production Board
Meec Ae
Revolt Spreads Across Europe Amid Occupation Turmoil
Reports from Europe describe revolt spreading from occupied Holland into Belgium with attacks on German troops and railways. Belgian patriots stormed a Ghent military warehouse, derailments disrupted lines, and Nazi troops moved in as sabotage and clashes widened. Polish and other resistance actions reported as curfews and reprisals followed.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Africa
Hitler
Europe
Poland
Norway
Yugoslavia
Greece
Low Countries
Ghent
Marines-Louvain
Nemur- Huy
Warsaw
Mediterranean
France
Russians Report Crushing Wedge Thrust By Nazis
Soviet air force intensified it targetting German traffic and rear areas as German forces moved tanks and reinforcements toward central front salients near Briansk and Orel. In the Donets valley, Russian troops seized a hill near Lishchansk after repulsing a wedge thrust, killing and capturing about a thousand enemy troops and equipment.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Briansk
Orel
London
Donets
Lishchansk
Kharkov
Ares
Moniter
Ovene and Crumiiey
Red Air Force
Heaviest Aerial Attack Of War On Duisburg Area
British bombers dropped more than 1 500 tons on Duisburg in last night’s raid described as the heaviest of the war. Thirty four bombers were reported lost, marking the first major night offensive on the Reich since Dortmund on May 1.
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Duisburg
London
Germany
Reich
Dortmund
Rhine
Ruhr
Cologne
Essen
Vereinigte Stahlwerke
Praises Col William Kern War Hero From Winchester
A letter from Mrs. Henrietta Steere at Fort Benning Ga praises Col William Kern of Winchester for his North Africa service where he lost an eye. A general credited him as highly efficient and faithful. Kern, now in Walter Reed hospital, had left Fort Benning as a major after visiting his mother in Winchester.
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Harold Brown
Henrietta Steere
R. H. Kelly
Fort Benning
William Kern
Winchester
North Africa
Billy
Col. Kern
U. S
Col
University of California
Walter Reed Hospital
World At War Highlights Across Fronts In War Summary
Heaviest Allied air assault drops over Duisburg as 1 500 tons of bombs hit the city. Mussolini says Axis resistance ended in Tunisia. Roosevelt-Churchill talks may prep for invasion. Dutch ex soldiers urged to defy registration. Red Army gains in Donets, Japan vessels sinking since Pearl Harbor. Chinese puppet forces revolt in Chekiang.
Dr Hough Wins First Prize At Virginia Science Meet
Dr Walter S Hough of Winchester Research Laboratory won first prize of 50 dollars at the Virginia Academy of Science meeting in Richmond for best paper. His study on moths in Virginia orchards notes lead arsenate spraying has increased moth vigor and population over 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Hough
Winchester
Dr. Hough
Virginia
Hough
City and County Brevities Prompt License Tax Compliance
About 150 Winchester automobile owners received summons for failing to buy city auto licenses with trial on delay. A final grace period may drop charges if tags are purchased promptly. An accident case heard at Woodstock involved Jerry Metz as driver and George Kotsianos as passenger. Metz was killed. The car left the highway 141 feet and a door flew 100 feet farther. Metz is believed to have fallen asleep. The incident dates to 1941.
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Winchester
W. Erle Edwards
Woodstock
Wright
Shenandoah County
Jerry Metz
George Kotsianos
Metz
End of Organized Resistance in Africa Declared
Allied forces claim the Tunisian campaign ended with about 175,000 prisoners. General von Arnim refused to sign unconditional surrender and was captured after retreating toward Cap Bon. The last air and ground operations were concentrated across the Mediterranean as the battle closed.
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North
Africa
Mediterranean
Jurgen von Arnim
K. A. N. Anderson
First Army
von Arnim
van Arnim
Ste. Marie du Zit
Tunis
Enfidaville
Cap Bon
Dwight D.uhower
Aler
Eighth Army
Britain
United States
Air Force
Daville
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John M. Hightower
M,. M. Lynch
Methodist
Star
National War Savings
Wiite
Red Army
Co. Kern
The
Associated Press
French
Algiers
Stockholm
Russia
Donets River
Central
Leningrad
New York
Pearl Harbor
Chekiang Province
Science
William B. King
Harold Alexander
Rouss Fire CO
Thur
Pri
J. Dunlap
Ae House
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