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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
8
Milo, a Greek military and athletic leader, carried a bull he regularly lifted. Edward Murrow, Co. B. S. European correspondent went to college at Washington State College in Pullman as an ai graduate.
Paris faces a 5 pm curfew on cafes and public places after anti Nazi incidents in Paris and Brest. Vichy reports no victims in a restaurant bombing tied to unidentified assailants, while Brest suspends its city council during an inaugural ceremony.
In Roanoke on January 5 Miss Margaret Pearman state employment service secretary recalls waking December 7 1941 and telling her family that Japan had bombed Manila and the United States had gone to war. Her dream matched the wartime outbreak news later that day.
New York January 5 Babe Ruth resting comfortably and rapidly recovering from nervousness that led to hospital admission. Mrs Ruth says he is getting along fine and expected release late this week. A holiday car wreck and rapid 37 pound loss plus a heavy cold contributed to the condition, a physician said.
The war in the Pacific centers on delaying Japan and defending Singapore and Australia while Anglo American power builds. The Philippines stand as a critical delaying base for MacArthur’s forces, and a wider Allied offensive may target Malaya, Indo China, and Burma to blunt Japanese advances.
New York Jan 5 The future of night trotting races at Roosevelt Raceway Long Island is in doubt due to a section of the Army occupying the grounds and proximity to Mitchel and Roosevelt air fields. If blackouts become necessary the meeting will likely be abandoned.
By distress warrant in the matter Pred L Glaize vs Clarke S Loy Jr Loy's Grocery stock and fixtures to be sold at public auction 1301 S Loudoun St Winchester Virginia at 10 o'clock January 15 1942 Cash terms City Sheriff Taylor L Barr conducts the sale.
In Los Angeles on January 5 7 the international presidents of Rotary Kiwanis and Optimist clubs outline aims for wartime effort. Tom J. Davis urges full support to end the war and prevent a repeat catastrophe. Charles S. Donley calls for enhanced war emphasis on community welfare to lift national morale. Eldon S. Dummit promotes brotherhood character building and citizenship training through service clubs.
Virginia extension forester J Wilbur O Byrne at Virginia Tech warns that forests are taking an awful beating supplying timber for war time construction. He notes 3000 sawmills and many pulp mills are working overtime but questions post war wood supply for industries employing more Virginians than any other sector besides agriculture.
Oklahoma City reports state game warden Nelson H. Newman says dust bowl lakes built under water conservation could be stocked to raise edible fish. He estimates farms with several ponds could yield hundreds of pounds of fish annually, a idea under study by officials in other states with soil and water programs from dust bowl days.
Stratford, Conn. January 5. Steve Dyke 24, of Willimantic, after his daughter’s birth four days earlier, rolled 2014 pins for 15 games to top Astor Clarke of Washington DC by two pins and win the United States duckpin top prize.
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