President Opposes Parity Policy Change
President Roosevelt expressed unalterable opposition to any recomputation of parity at this time. In letters to Senate and House banking committee chairmen he warned against altering parity for farm prices and linked his stance to his anti inflation message and the current policy framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House Banking Committees
White House
Wagner
Steagall
D.ala
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Barkley
Kentucky
Reader asks for radio noise reminder to aid night workers
A reader asks Mr Winchester to remind radio listeners that loud tuning can be heard far away. Night workers needing daytime rest deserve consideration to maintain efficiency, and efforts should extend to reduce disturbance.
Estate notice and prize event at Rouss Fire Hall
Friday night at 8 38 p m a prize pool of 250 dollars will be awarded at the Rouss Fire Hall. Anyone with claims against the estate of Samuel Lee deceased or those owing the estate must present claims properly authorized. J M Fishpaw administrator notices run September 17 and 24 and October 1 in the first page.
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Rouss
Samuel Lee
J. M. Fishpaw
Adm
No Headway In Efforts To Get Sugar Concession
Frederick County farmers and orchardists press a sugar for apple butter concession to allow home production for war needs. Rationing officials, including General Bright and E M Funk, say apples are plentiful but sugar costs remain low and maple sugar or honey are alternatives.
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Frederick County
General Bright
OPA
Preda Scott
Virginia
U. S. C. A. War Board
E. M. Funk
Frederick County Agriculture War Board
Walker McC. Bond
Virginia State Horticultural Society
I. Pred Stine
Bond
Fred W. Scott
Richmond
Auditing Accounts of Clerk’s Office at Frederick Circuit Court
State auditors are checking the accounts of the Clerk of Frederick Circuit Court. The work will require several more days. Federal authorities are also conducting a check of the office.
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Frederick Circuit Court
Taylor resumes Vatican post amid wartime tensions
Secretary of State Hull announced Myron C. Taylor would return to his Vatican post as Roosevelt’s emissary, planning a limited stay despite Italy and the United States being at war. He suggested safe conduct for Taylor would have to be assumed, noting the Vatican’s status amid surrounding belligerent Italy.
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Washington
Hull
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Italy
Unite States
Taylor
Uni
Nelson Appeals To Virginians In Scrap Campaign
Donald M. Nelson chairing the War Production Board urges all Virginia citizens to join a scrap metal rubber and rag collection drive running from Monday through October 10. Virginia newspapers sponsor the effort offering four thousand dollars in war bonds to top per capita collectors. He called the plan a vital national salvage drive and thanked Virginia publishers for backing it.
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Richmond
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Virginia
Nelson
Augustus Robbins
Hopewell
Virginia Press Association
America
Commonwealth of Virginia
Thirty five Frederick selectees ordered to report for induction
Thirty five Frederick county selectees have been ordered to report Saturday at 6 30 morning at the Plaza. They will depart by special bus for Camp Lee at 6 45. The list includes Peacemaker William Ray and many others from Winchester Stephens City Middletown and Brucetown with addresses in Virginia. Continued on page 2 col 1.
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Frederick
Plaza
Camp Lee
William Ray
Angers Store
Newlin
Edgar William
Winchester
Dobbins
Fred Albert
Stephens City
Fisher
Charles Henry
Cain
William Elmer
Clearbrook
Keeler
Delmar Taylor
Opequon
Unger
Irvin Montgomery
Gainesboro
Shade
Geo. Christopher
A. Punk
Willie Wilson
Perry
John Edward
Mt. Falls
Clem
Haden Ashbury
Middletown
George Thornton
Gordon
John Franklin
Puffinburger
James David
Massey
Vergil Lee
Forty three Winchester men to be inducted next Monday
Forty three Winchester selections have been ordered to report at City Hall at 6 15 a m Monday morning to depart by bus for Camp Lee where they will be inducted into the armed forces after passing their physical examinations and receiving medical clearance. The group includes Julian James Shade Lewis Ray Elmer Hockman Vernon Clarence McClintock and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
City Hall
Camp Lee
Tep
Julian James Shade
Lewis Ray
Elmer Hockman
Vernon Clarence McClintock
Fred Loring Affleck
Charles Emerson Orndorff
Joseph Bareak Luttrell
Harry Clinton Kern
Bernard Francis Groves, Jr
Janney Smith Adams
James William Brown
John Lee Romick
Earl Wesley Rinker
George Janney Mason
Paul James Benner
Edward Donald Murphy
Michael Henry Supinger
Charles Edward Clark
Warren McGilvery Robertson
Lawrence Lake
Holmes Fisher Penn
John Curtis Pray
Earl Lovelace
Printz
Madison Sanders Pangle
Richard Page Jackson
Julian Henry Buncutter
Roy Clark Hillyard
Charles Derwood Herrell
Ernie Wesley Smith
Marvin A. Danielson
Phillip O’rear
James Addison Bowles
Charles Abraham Miller
Cyrus Albert Fries
Douglas Lee Beckey
Solon Gilbert Greenwalt
Homer Jackson Campbell
John Walker Greene
Alva Lee Mahew
Dennis Michael Reardon
Edwin Holliday
Regulations Allow Sugar For Feeding Laborers
Two new rules authorize sugar for laborers, outlining procedures for obtaining sugar for meals. Farmers feeding workers must register with Special Purpose Application R-315 and provide worker counts, meals, farm size, crop types, and War Ration Book status. An advance sugar allowance may be requested for short-term hires with estimated worker and meal numbers.
Heavy Fighting In New Guinea Near Port Moresby
Allied and Japanese forces battled in New Guinea near the Owen Stanley range, with Ioribaiwa in the frontline as the Japanese reinforced their southern invasion route toward Port Moresby. MacArthur's HQ said serious fighting raged with mortars and machine guns, while air support strafed the ground positions.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley
Ioribaiwa
Efogi
Virginia Newspapers Unite In Scrap Drive Effort
Richmond report notes John Stewart Bryan chairing the Newspaper Committee warns of a critical scrap metal shortage. War Production Board asks states to mimic Nebraska’s per capita goal and Virginia papers buy 4000 in war bonds to fund county city and organization targets for scrap collection.
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Richmond
John Stewart Bryan
Virginia
War Production Board
Nebraska
Public Sale Notice for Household Goods and Trailer
Public sale Saturday September 19 at 1 pm includes household furniture garden tools and a trailer. Going to the army. UL Benner 425 North Kent Street ell 15 17 1p 31.
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UL Benner
Kent St
Ell
Camden man sentenced for neglect orders daily ice cream lollipops
Camden New Jersey. Bernard Skain a 35 year old father was convicted on a non support charge and sentenced to buy ice cream lollipops for his seven children every day for six months. He must collect the treats on his way to jail from his shipyard job each night.
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Camden
N. J
Bernard Skain
Massive RAF assault on Ruhr targets German war industry
London reports mass night bombing as 39 RAF planes were lost in two raids aiming at the Ruhr industrial heart to cripple Hitler's war making capacity and aid Soviet Russia. The foray follows a dusk attack on Wiesbaden, seat of the armistice commission, with hundreds of bombers involved in the month’s air offensive.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Soviet Russia
Adolf Hitler
Air Ministry
Wiesbaden
Rhineland
German Armistice Commission
RAF
The
Reich
Saarbruecken
Karlsruhe
Diusberg
Darden to Urge Speed Limit Cut in Virginia
Governor Darden announced he will urge the Virginia General Assembly at the September special session to lower the speed limit from 40 to 35 miles per hour. The move accompanies plans to wipe out an $18,159,000 debt and other wartime emergency measures. Maryland Governor O Connor urged a further reduction. No Senate pages or general clerical staff will be called except for Finance Committee clerk.
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Richmond
Darden
Virginia General Assembly
Herbert O’connor
Maryland
Governors’ Association
General Assembly
Roosevelt
E. R. Combs
Senate
Col
E. Griffith Dodson
House
Finance Committee
Combs
Berlin radio claims Stalingrad loss of resistance and wedge to Volga
Berlin broadcasts report Stalingrad no longer a solid block of resistance and a German wedge to the Volga. parts of the city are under attack control. Soviet troops allegedly resist in small and large groups described as death by own action.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Volga
Transocean Agency
Battle for Stalingrad and Caucasus Front Reported Steady
German high command said the battle for the fortified city of Stalingrad was progressing without interruption. The bulletin noted ongoing land operations only for Stalingrad and reported continued fighting along the Terek front toward Grozny with stubborn enemy resistance. Red Army attacks were described as continuing in key salients from Voronezh to the far north.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Volga
The
War Bulletin
Terek
Caucasus
Grozny
Red Army
Voronezh
Germans Refute Bucharest Claim On Stalingrad Occupation
Reuters reported a Bucharest unconfirmed claim that German forces occupy Stalingrad. The German high command and other sources did not corroborate the report.
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London
Reuters
Bucharest
Stalingrad
High Command
Scrap Harvest Planned for Frederick County
Frederick County announces a Scrap Harvest from October 15 to 21 to aid defense. Rural residents to collect iron steel scrap rubber and fats with a farm scrap heap. Cars will collect scrap if needed and fats delivered to Winchester stores. Charles E Staples of Stephens City named Scrap Harvest chairman.
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Frederick County
Usda War Board
Winchester
Charles E. Staples
Stephens City
Plan To Raise Funds For Armory And Relief Society
An all organizations meeting is set for Friday at 7 o clock in the armory to discuss fund raising for the armory and the Army and Navy Relief Society. Attendees include Chamber of Commerce Lions Kiwanis Rotary American Legion post and auxiliary V F W Elks Red Cross Canteen Motor Corps and Virginia Reserve Militia. Capt W A Baker invites other interested groups to join.
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Armory
Army and Navy Relief Society
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Board of Trade
Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs
American Legion Legion Post and Auxiliary
V. F. W. Post
Elks Club
Red Grass Canteen
Motor Corps
Virginia Reserve Militia
W. A. Baker
Quinces Weigh Over A Pound Each In Gainesboro Area
E. L. Stine near Stine's Chapel displayed quinces at The Star office that weighed more than a pound each. The fruit measured grapefruit size and represented part of a light crop from his fifty trees this season.
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E. L. Stine
Gainesboro
Stine
Star Office
German Russian infantry fight in ruined Stalingrad attic cellars
German and Soviet forces clash in the northwestern outskirts of Stalingrad as tanks breach gates and air raids devastate the city. Soviet communiqués report repulsed riflemen and tanks disabled, while casualties mount across the defense zone.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Ern
Wanted 20 Laborers Immediately at Winchester Cold Co
Continued on page 2 column 4 leads with a job ad seeking twenty laborers for immediate hire at Winchester Cold Company dated 9 16. The fragment outlines an employment notice for factory labor with no additional details.
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Winchester Cold Co
Notice on cider apples requiring office order
The H. J. Heinz Co. in Winchester announces that no cider apples will be accepted without an official order from their office.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Winchester
Grand Opening Bingo Event at Sarah Zané Firé Co
The grand opening at Sarah Zané Firé Co hosts bingo on Thursday September 17 at 8 30 p m with a $100 door prize and additional cash prizes noted.
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Sarah Zané Firé Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR Winchester
Winchester- Frederick
Byrd
Hugh Peters
Bulletins
A. & N. Relief
Henry C. Cassidy
Pepe
Riverton
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