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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
12
The U.S. Navy reports the submarine Pompano missing after war patrols near the Japanese coast. The 1,300 ton raider carried a 75 man crew. Commander Willis M. Thomas of Fresno California is listed as missing. Thomas earned the Navy Cross and Silver Star for earlier exploits.
War Department reports Captain Cragg is missing in action over New Britain after an action on December 6. He is credited with 15 Japanese planes and 300 hours of combat in the Southwest Pacific, and has received the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters, and the Air Medal with three clusters. His parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Cragg, were informed.
Stockholm dispatch reports the German press claims a large portion of factories bombed in western Germany have been rebuilt in Poland and are in production. Images published by the German controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau allegedly show Todt organization plants in Poland.
The German radio boasted that volunteer response for the Wacs and other women's services has been inadequate. Berlin cited Time Magazine quoting Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, WAC commander, saying requirements can be filled only by compulsory recruiting.
The author weighs whether a Russian advance to Berlin before Western Allies would force postwar terms on Britain and the United States. He notes Moscow Rome and London Teheran unity now exists, promising full wartime collaboration and a workable path for postwar settlements despite potential friction.
An old classified notice seeks cash buyers for pianos and phonographs and offers a help wanted for meat department with instruction to write or visit Miles Music Co and the Cafe Star listing meat department position.
The author muses on Russians possibly reaching Berlin first and warns against assuming Soviet propaganda will be flawless. He notes human nature inclines people to crave prestige and benefits for being first, suggesting any early claim may carry social and political incentives.
Interlaken officials confronted Dr. O. K. Parry over a crowing rooster that woke a war worker seven or eight times. Mayor Stanford C. Flint said the worker complained his sleep and work were affected, prompting a council request to kill the bird.
Grover Dunn shot a bird then marked the fall spot with his coat and searched the ground. He quit in disgust and picked up the coat to find the quail beneath it.
Mothers of Hot Springs county publish a monthly four page four column newspaper for boys in the armed services. It carries home county news exclusively and is sent to the troops.
Lieutenant Kermit Cavedo of Richmond, after completing 25 bombing missions over Germany, sprained both wrists in a fall from a bicycle at the base.
In Salt Lake City on January 6, University of Utah dean Myrtle Austin reports growth in female enrollment in technical fields. Co-eds favor medical technological studies rising from 21 to 43, with increases also in engineering social work business and related disciplines.
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