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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
12
A short note states that there are nine government owned herds of buffalo in the United States. It adds that canned cheese for India's fighting men is made from buffalo milk.
The ban applies in 12 eastern states and the District of Columbia as of noon today. Violators risk losing gasoline rations while enforcement tightens to prevent non essential driving amid a seaboard gasoline shortage.
In Middletown Maryland and surrounding towns residents share visits and recoveries. Rose Larrick of Mt. Rainier returns with her daughter and son in law Albert Conn and Mary Byrd. Charles Edmondson improves after care in Charlottesville. E V Ogden undergoes hospital surgery. M Earl Kline plans a southern business trip. Multiple neighbors visit, and the Douglas fir claims a Canadian height of about 300 feet.
The British prime minister spoke in Congress urging urgent aid to China while weighing air power as a tool to press Germany and Italy. He suggested not abandoning Europe invasion but using bombing to weaken Axis powers and ease pressure on Russia in 1943.
A Navy supply bill totaling 29.46 billion dollars would raise war outlays to about 250 billion. House leaders plan quick passage to enable debate on a 72 million Interior Department appropriations bill. The Navy measure includes over 9 billion for ships and 4.5 billion for aviation. Debate was brief with sparse attendance and no opposition voiced.
Strayed heifer described as Guernsey last seen near Winchester. Contact Edwin Marker at Opequon Virginia with reference 6024 for recovery. Dated May 18 1931.
Paul H. Appleby stated the United States must prepare to continue food rationing for several years after the war. He argued postwar aid to Europe is essential and that the United Nations Food Conference will not turn the country into a global Santa Claus. He warned critics that aiding other nations serves U.S. self interest by ensuring a stable world and eventual repayment in goodwill and allied support.
Roy Cather addressed a Kiwanis luncheon on poisonous gas in warfare and demonstrated two gas masks. Attendees included Col. Cheston and Lt. Dowdy of WAACS, Kiwanian McPhail of Hagerstown, Dr. Milton, guest of Earl Shade, and the audience heard Prime Minister Churchill's speech.
Modern Woodmen of America members are asked to attend at Mount Hebron Cemetery by 3 PM tomorrow for funeral rites at the grave of William J. Muse.
German news agency dispatch reported a fire destroying a new Spanish naval arsenal at Ferrola on May 13, with the blaze observed at the Atlantic port and broadcast for publication in Germany.
The American Federation of Labor executive council denounces the Office of Price Administration for lacking courage and calls for a rollback of food prices to May 1942 levels. It faults OPA for abandoning grade labeling on canned goods and endorses limited subsidies to curb price increases while citing Britain as a model.
A steel rake hoe spade or spading fork and a garden hose prove the most useful tools for the Victory gardener, supplying essential yard work and garden upkeep.
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