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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
8
At a Back Creek District meeting the Sunday School conventioning committee, with delegates from each school, decided to hold the annual Back Creek convention on June 16 at the Mt Pleasant United Brethren Church in Lamp's. The Rev. Mr. Messick will be the keynote speaker.
The Health Center hosts a championship match between Railway Express, Victory League champions, and Bells Clothes Shop, League B titlists. The City Crown will be awarded to the winner in a single match showdown.
Delegates at the United Nations Food Conference in Hot Springs Virginia will study how to feed and clothe up to 2 billion people on 4 billion acres of arable land. The two week session at the Homestead Hotel will explore causes of malnutrition and strategies for improving production and distribution without binding commitments.
The article argues Hitler will likely withdraw to the Alps as Allied air power dominates the Mediterranean and North Africa bases fall. It notes Mussolini’s vulnerability, possible abdication rumors around King Emanuel, and Umberto gaining public favor while Italian defenses weaken.
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved a special permit for the State Department to import 100 cases of liquor for the International Food Conference at Hot Springs. The shipment includes Scotch Bourbon rye gin Vermouth brandy and cocktails. Delegates must join the Homestead Hotel club to drink at tables, while Virginia limits remain two quarts per person per month and state stores are the only legal outlets.
Local classified items include sale of a piano nine foot glass showcase and multiple vehicles for sale. Wording lists buyers for store work and a white woman nurse request age details. Also listed are a refrigerator stove and various rental and rooming notices from Va area.
The Stine family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of Stewart Stine. Mrs. Stipe and Family.
Republicans push a third attempt at a modified Rump plan to skip a year of income tax. The House weighs whether to accept the Senate version as a key vote nears. President Roosevelt may not veto if Treasury’s 20 percent wage withholding is involved.
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