Congressional probes attack OPA abuses in wartime controls
A House committee assailed the Office of Price Administration for illegal and conflicting regulations and for usurping legislative and judicial powers. It urged changes to curb abuses while acknowledging wartime needs, citing 3196 OPA rules in 19 months and calling for immediate reform.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
Rep. Smith
D-Va
House
Congress
OPA
Acts of Congress
British Improve Leros Position in Dodecanese Fighting
British troops boosted positions in central and northern Leros with heavy German casualties and several prisoners taken. A Middle East communique noted long range air strikes on German positions, fires at Gurna Bay Alinda Bay and Cape Pantali, and destruction of a Heinkel 111. Bombers hit shipping at Suda Bay Crete while fighters patrolled Herakleion air field attacking targets.
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Cairo
Dodecanese
Leros
Middle East
Aegean
Gurna Bay
Alinda Bay
Cape Pantali
Suda Bay
Crete
Herakleion
Three Injured In Auto Crashes Over Weekend
Weekend crashes in Winchester and county sent three people to area hospitals. A major wreck on Millwood Avenue Graystone Terrace involved Harry Grim. the car demolished, wire sparks, power cut, Miss Colyeen Jones and Pete Miller reported. Grim remained hospitalized with head injuries. Miss Jones treated and released. power restored after lines fell in the Snider yard.
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Winchester
County
Millwood Avenue
Graystone Terrace
Harry Grim
Pete Miller
Harry Mason
A. B. Groves
Greystone Terrace
Miss Jones
Grim
Dr. Groves
Benton Snider
Friendship
Hosp'tal
Col- Yeen Jones
Shenandoah Motors Garage
No Secret Pacts Made Says Hull in Moscow Report
Secretary of State Hull, in his first public report since the Moscow talks with British and Russian ministers, said no secret agreements were made. He praised the Moscow declarations and noted the four powers seek sane international principles and world peace through international organization.
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Washington
State Hall
Moscow
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
China
International Organization For World Peace
War Fund drive begins in Winchester Frederick County
Fundraising crews in Winchester and Frederick County start a $20,000 National War Fund campaign. Ed Molden reported early momentum with local volunteers named by Bryant Harper and Charles Bass. Captains for north Frederick include Whitacre and Cross Junction, plus Mrs. Mary Whitacre.
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Winchester
Frederick County
National War Fund
Ed Molden
Frederick
Bryant Harper
Charles Bass
North Frederick
Harper
Whitacre
Cross Junction
Mary Whitacre
Gaines
Campaign official cites 15 percent gift deduction limit
May Deduct Gifts Mr Molden campaign director said today he has been advised contributions to the National War Fund may be deducted up to 15 percent of gross income and should not be subject to income tax.
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Molden
National War Fund
Community Names Committeemen for Middletown Area
Local listings name residents and areas including Siler Brucetown Clearbrook Nefftown Mt Pleasant Ridge Road Valley Pike Kernstown Stephens City and Middletown. Captains for South Frederick and committee members are noted with multiple households and volunteers.
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Boro
Ruth Smith
Siler
A. P. Whitacre
Albin
Sunnyside
John Snyder
Clearbrook
L. O. Dick
Brucetown
Ray Russell
Stephenson
Red Bud
Fred Gore
Nefftown
Catherine Carter
Cedar Grove
Mt. Pleasant
Ridge Road
Virginia Hancher
Welltown Pike
G. T. Yeakley
White Hall
Green Spring
J. W. Lodge
Pleasant
James Fishback
Gore
Louise Franks
Hayfield
Russell Feeley
Round Hill
Walter Clowser
Frederick Couth
South Frederick
Bassare
Opequon
Mary Gay Marker
Valley Pike
Clarence Schenck
Kernstown
Charles Barton
Cy Mee
Stephens City
Harry Carbaugh
David Petrie
Heath Stickley
Joe Clevenger
Roy Gregory
Charles Bass
H. P. Lovett
Middletown
Bricker Seeks GOP Presidential Nomination in Ohio
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination and renounced any bid for a fourth term as governor. He plans to win Ohio delegates and pursue support at the national convention, with decisions on other states left to events as they arise.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
United States
Ohio
Bricker
Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Meet
The Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association will hold a Wednesday 7 30 PM meeting at the Frederick County Courthouse. President Croswell Henderson announces the session to review the membership drive, collect unsold ticket books, report memberships, and discuss changes in game code regulations before hunting season opening Saturday.
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Winchester
Frederick
Plunging Russian Columns Nearer To Pre-War Lines
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army forces advancing from the Kiev region toward Baranovka and Gorodnitsa. Soviet units push toward Os trog and Zhitomir, threatening the Leningrad Odessa railway corridor as a major battle rages in the Dnieper Bend.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kiev
Baranovka
Russia
Poland
Zhitomir
Gorodnitsa
Red Army
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Berlin
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Krivoi Rog
Paris
Nazi Offensive Against Slavs on Dalmatian Coast
A Yugoslav partisan communique says German forces launched a large-scale offensive along the Dalmatian coast aiming to seize beaches and islands in the Adriatic. It notes some small gains in the Peljesac Peninsula and follows reports of German occupation of the Adriatic islands Cherso Veglia and Lussino guarding the Fiume base.
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London
Dalmatian
Adriatic Sea
Peljesac
Split
Dubrovnik
Berlin
Adriatic
Cherso
Veglia
Lussino
Fiume
Jossip Broz
Tito
National Army of Liberation
Slavonia Sryem
Slavonia Zagorje
Serbia
Macedonia
Bosnia
De Marignys Plan Re Marrying After Bahamas Departure
Alfred De Marigny and his wife Nancy Oakes renew vows at Francis Xavier Church at 2 p.m. after he was invited to leave the Bahamas. He was acquitted of Sir Harry Oakes murder. authorities voted to banish him.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Nancy Oakes
de Marigny
Francis Xavier Church
Harry Oakes
de Marieny
Marquis Georges de Visdeloys
Duke of Windsor
Duke
United States
Spangler Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding With Old Dishes
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spangler marked their golden wedding yesterday in Emporium with the dishes they used when starting housekeeping. Mrs. Spangler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Parks, who observed their 76th anniversary last July, stopped by to help.
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Emporium
Charles Spangler
Spangler
Samuel C. Parks
J H Moling Jr Dies at Perry Point Veterans Hospital
J Henry Moling Jr a 53 year old Winchester merchant and longtime community leader died at 6 05 PM at the Veterans Hospital Perry Point Md after a period of declining health He served in World War I and was active in the American Legion Presbyterian Church and local benevolence He leaves wife Rebecca Howland Baird and three children Jean Howland Sarah Dailey Moling and John Henry Moling III Funeral arrangements were not announced at press time He was born March 8 1890.
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J. Henry Moling, Jr
Winchester
Veterans’ Hospital
Perry Point
Moling
J. Henry Moling
Sarah Snapp Moling
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Moling and Cather
Rebecca Howland Baird
Romney
W. Va
Jean Howland
Sarah Dailey Moling
John Henry Moling
Lake Acquitted In Apple Case
A court jury acquitted Harvey Lake a Millwood Avenue filling station and fruit stand operator of knowledge that apples he bought in October from Jack Oliver and Weaver Welch were stolen. The case against Oliver and Welch was continued until the next term. Oliver and Welch pled guilty to stealing 40 boxes of apples valued at 110 dollars from Green and Earle Apple at Boyce Virginia.
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Corporation
Harvey Lake
Millwood Avenue
Jack Oliver
Weaver Welch
Oliver
Welch
Harrison
Green
Earle
Boyce
Old Mill hosts charity party this Saturday at 8:30
The Old Mill will be the scene of a party for a worthy cause this Saturday night at 8:30. Mrs. Rebecca Patton Canter serves as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Patton Canter
Nazis In Norway Told How To Act In Case Of Capitulation
Swedish Norwegian press bureau reported Norwegian patriots in Trondheim found German orders explaining how Nazi officers should destroy military records if capitulation occurs. The documents advised troops on actions if units are dissolved and weapons laid down. A Copenhagen dispatch said Germany declared a state of highest alarm in Jutland with no reasons given.
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Stockholm
Trondheim
Norway
Copenhagen
Jutland
Noted Woman Golfer Killed In Crash
London dispatch reports Pame la Barton 26, twice British and American women's golf champion, killed in a take-off plane crash. Barton began golf at 12, won titles in 1936 and 1939, later served as a WAAF flight officer.
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London
Pamela Barton
Miss Barton
WAAF
Gripsholm Sighted Near Rio de Janeiro Harbor
The repatriation ship Gripsholm returning 1500 Americans and other western hemisphere nationals from Japanese internment camps was sighted off Rio de Janeiro harbor after sailing from Mor+mugao India and Port Elizabeth South Africa.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Gripsholm
Western Hemisphere
Mormugao
India
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Balkan Rail Lines Under Attack In World War II
Bundes and Axis fronts report major activity across Europe with Russians breaking lines along the Dnieper bend near Zaporoze and Krivoi Rog, renewed fighting around Crimea and Gomel, while Allied air raids target Sofia and French Riviera to disrupt rail hubs. Submarines sink Japanese ships as U S raids expand in the Pacific theater.
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Associated Press
Russia
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Krivoi Rog
Gomel
Crimea
Kerch
Pacific
U. S
New Guinea
Death of famed race trainer M B Goss in Rhode Island
Marion B. Goss 48, a leading racing trainer and Winchester resident, died suddenly at Pascoag Rhode Island race track after a heart attack. Funeral set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Jones Funeral Home with his brothers Edward and William Goss traveling from for the service. He also operated a Winchester lunch room and is survived by his mother two brothers and two sisters.
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Winchester
Marion B. Goss
Pascoag
R. I
Edward C. Goss
William E. Goss
Rhode Island
Goss
Claude Feltner
Clarke County
Marlboro
Robert I. Goss
Lucy Goss
South Kent Street
Sally Goss
Grace Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Emma McGee
Cumberland
Court To Review Portal Pay Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling granting under ground miners portal to portal pay under the federal wage hour act. The dispute involves Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad, Sloss Sheffield, and Republic Steel, operators of 13 Jefferson County Alabama mines. The Department argues the Circuit Court decision was correct.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Portal To Portal
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Jefferson County
Ala
Fifth Federal Circuit
Justice Department
Circuit Court
Allied Bombers Hit Sofia Rail Center In Balkan Offensive
American B 25s and escorts attacked Sofia as part of a Balkan offensive while ground lines held firm. Bombers also targeted Antheor viaduct near Cannes and Civitavecchia harbor as patrols report limited ground gains on Italian fronts. One Allied plane was reported lost.
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Allied
Algiers
Sofia
Balkan
France
Antheor
Cannes
Civitavecchia
Italy
Greece
Aegean
Balkans
Communiqque
Eighth Army
Budapest
B and O Tax Cuts Forecast Lower Net Income This Year
Baltimore November 15 President Roy Barton White told stockholders at the 117th annual meeting that gross revenues for the first ten months rose by 46 million but net income would be lower than last year due to taxes. He estimated taxes would total 48 million this year, 22.7 million more than 1942, with rate increases approved yet blocked by unions. White noted costs from proposed rate hikes could rise about 9.65 million, and taxes may take an even larger share of revenue next year. John D. Biggers of Toledo was elected to the board, succeeding the late Joseph F. Widener. other directors reelected.
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Baltimore
Roy Barton White
Baltimore and Ohio Rai
White
John D. Biggers
Toledo
Libby-Owens Ford
Joseph FE. Widener
Bingo Tuesday at Ses sion Building Berryville
The notice announces a bingo event on Tuesday November 16 at 8 p m in the Ses sion Building Berryville. Admission is 50 cents with additional prizes.
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Ses Gion
Berryville
Public Real Estate Sale of Reed Apartments Parcels
public notice offers Reed Apartments Nos 25 and 2542 27 and 2715 West Cork Street in two parcels or as a total sale in front of the Court House at noon Saturday November 20. expressions of Mary E Cole listed with dates and location including 2 miles east of Winchester on Berryville Pike.
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Reed
West
Cork St
Court House
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Mary E. Cole
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REP
Howard Smith
Hall
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Game Association
Slavs
de Marignys
J. H.moling, Jr
MD. Hospital
Lake
Roosevelt
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Atlantic City
Mr. Roosevelt
Sicily
United Nations
Bulgaria
French Riviera
Luvno
M. B. Goss
Jones Funeral Home
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