Food Production Boosting After War Gains Favor
The United Nations food conference moves toward an interim commission to boost postwar food production. The plan, backed by US and Chinese delegations, would form a Washington based body to design a permanent international food authority with five activity areas including statistics, research, nutrition, policy coordination, and financing buffer stocks.
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Ovid A. Martin
Hot
United Nations Food Conference
United States
Give Them A Chance Winchester Dogs Feud Plea
Gladys Higgs appeals to end dog shooting in Winchester calling for unity and lawful conduct. She urges muzzle rules or town-wide restraint, notes frightened children, asserts belief in rights, and requests compassion for dogs and residents alike.
Marshall Will Discuss Manpower At Rotary Luncheon
Peyton Marshall secretary of the Winchester Selective Service Board will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon this week. His subject is manpower covering Selective Service and general manpower problems for the baths menat.
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Peyton Marshall
Winchester Selective Service Board
Rotary Club
Baths Menat
Air War Debate: Can Allied Bombing Force Germany's Surrender
The piece argues Britain cannot win by air alone and outlines how Allied bombing targets Germany’s Ruhr industrial heartland while Britain’s decentralized plants hindered German production. It notes London’s role as a rail hub, U S supply convoys, and growing Allied air power ready to strike Hitler’s regime.
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Hitler
England
Germany
Mussolini
Churchill
Britain
John Bull
Uncle Sam
America
Atlantic
British Isles
Western
Europe
For Sale 1940 Pontiac De Luxe One Shape Guaranteed
Classified notice lists a 1940 Pontiac de luxe in first-rate condition with excellent rubber by C. Lonie Holmes of Stephens City. Also mentions fresh Stayman apple trees and Montana cherry trees at Butler's Packing House. Rent ad offers a front bedroom for $9 monthly with contact dial code 3192 after 5.
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C. Lonie Holmes
Stephens City
Yorks
Johnathan
Mont
Butler’s Packing House
Nice
Good Progress Made By Crops
Field work across Virginia during the week ending May 22 showed overall crop progress due to rains and milder weather. Average temperatures ran above normal, hay and pastures benefited, but rainfall was spotty with areas receiving over two inches or little rain. Statewide planting neared completion though delays occurred in several counties and reports cited insect damage to potatoes and truck crops along with blue mold affecting tobacco.
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Richmond
Eeam
U. S. Weather Bureau Extension Service
Virginia Crop
Edwards To Be Installed Tonight In High Office
Virginia Odd Fellows elect W. Erle Edwards of Winchester as grand master for the 1943 term at the Lynchburg convention. Mrs. Eula Clements of Arlington named president of Virginia Rebekahs. Installations set tonight concluding the conclave. Other officers include Morris G. Smith deputy grand master C G Harrell grand warden Wiley Davis junior grand secretary John W. Lancaster grand treasurer and trustees Cunningham and Butts as grand representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Odd Fellows
W. Erle Edwards
Winchester
Woman’s Organization of
Virginia Rebekahs
Eula Clements
Arfington
The
Odd Fellows
Morris G. Smith
Palmville
C. G. Harrell
Fredericksburg
T. Wiley Davis, Jr
Richmond
John W. Lancaster
W. Clifton Cunningham
Alexandria
C. H. Butts
Abingdon
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Cunningham
Butts
Pressure on Romania to deploy more troops to Russia
Ankara May 25. Germany is pressuring Romania to send a larger force to the Soviet front this year. Baron Manfred Von Killinger, the German minister, is cited as the mover behind the push. An observer predicted 18 to 25 Romanian divisions could be sent by late fall, despite heavy winter losses at Stalingrad and earlier reluctance from Romanian leaders.
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Ankara
Germany
Rumania
Manfred von Killinger
Soviet Union
Russia
Stalingrad
Churchill Praises Allied Bombs as Blockbusters and Heart-Busters
The passage notes Churchill praising Allied air raids as a significant experiment in wartime strategy. It contrasts German bombs on Britain with new Allied devices described as both highly destructive and morale-shifting.
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Cally
Britain
Mr. Churchill
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