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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
7
Engineers plan a 12 inch pipeline 32 miles to carry water from springs to a million gallon reservoir at Wendover Utah. Water will be pumped up 228 feet to clear a ridge then pushed 1000 gallons per minute along the line. The note mentions American forces having 241 tanks in France after World War I.
Chicago report describes an electric eye safety device for sewing machines that stops operation instantly when hands or a finger near the needle are detected. The system uses a photo electric beam and features buzzers signaling thread breakage. Inventor says it helps blind workers do remunerative, safe work with modern stitching machines.
Randomly selected residents receive weight cards from local drugstores to monitor how wartime diets affect health. A Food Ministry official says the program measures practical changes to food procurement and national fitness.
In Frederick County Virginia on June 26 1943 the circuit court declared Thomas Jeremiah Marple legally dead upon absence since 1890. Ida V Marple Boyce petitioned for admin of his estate and notice was ordered to be published in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks ending Sept 20 1943 with the final advertisement.
Allied forces face a difficult campaign in the Pacific as Japan resists invasion and launches countermeasures. Operations across multiple island theaters require coordinated land, sea, and air efforts amid rugged terrain and extending supply lines.
A Salt Lake City speaker reflecting on 60 years past recalls his Mormon mission in Japan and discusses how Western knowledge of Asia remains limited. He argues that American teaching focuses on the United States, neglecting global developments as wartime pressures mount and Japan’s expansion faces Allied resistance.
ETOWAH TENN July 6 A Pensacola born road engineer left Florida in 1916 to serve in the U S Navy overseas for two years. A daughter born in his absence was believed dead for 25 years until Mrs. Glynn Richards of Pensacola located him in Etowah. He learned he was grandfather of a six year old boy and reunited with his daughter and wife.
Edward C. White, 99, was reported missing after not seen near his Mitchell home for a week. A city search failed to locate him, but officials later found him working on the AI Church farm in the country with Sheriff William Morrow involved.
The source notes a creasing rate of four billion marks per month in 1942, reflecting wartime currency dynamics and government controls during the period.
In Miami Beach on July 6 a woman explains how a fund check should buy military supplies. She lists anti tank shells tents trailers cars steel helmets life preservers fragmentation bombs radio receivers depth charges and other gear for Marines Navy and Air Forces with any surplus to hospitals.
In Jobe California residents heard a vague air raid drill instruction causing confusion. Clara County air raid defense officials indicated a potential fire location but diverted to another site, prompting the fire department to respond to a different implied emergency.
In Chattanooga on July 6 Col Hobart B Brown describes training center rules for WAACs on walks with reporters. WAACs will not hike with men over 38, those out of condition, or in their best pants.
Helena dispatch notes a Hollywood influenced wave of sarong wearing girls entering formal gowns and dancing American style with soldiers, as Pvt. Joe H reports.
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