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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1943
Page
7
Present and past rainfall figures read as 24 hours ending 8 a.m. 19 inches for July to date and year to date at 20.12 inches. The 30-year average annual rainfall is 36.11 inches with monthly averages listed from 1913–41. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Robert Randolph also known as Lee Randolph a colored man wanted in Clarke County for armed robbery was re arrested in Pittsburgh after prior release. He is slated for a Clarke Circuit Court term in Berryville with no grand jury expected due to the July farming season.
White Post and nearby towns report social visits as residents host relatives and friends. Mrs. Bob Sargeant returns home from a visit with Pvt. Henry Bolden while Reg Eleanor Conley hosts weekly guests.
Public notice from the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia orders defendants to appear within ten days to protect interests in a will dispute over Daniel H. Mellinger estate. Publication required weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and posting at courthouse by July 5 1943.
U S forces blasted Munda and nearby defenses with a three way bombardment as waves of bombers and Wildcats attacked. U S destroyers moved in before dawn and shelled targets while Japanese anti aircraft batteries were reduced. Bairoko harbor and Rice Anchorage were reported as captured with landings near July 5. Japanese air losses include four zeros with 45 planes dispersed and one American fighter missing. Mitchell bombers hit Salamaua Ridge and Timor targets near Dili and Cape Chater while the Solomons offensive continued.
Hollywood July 10 John Payne on furlough from his army airbase met Cesar Romero the screen companion Payne quipped a wolf in ship s clothing as they spoke aboard the coast coast
Ebenezer Virginia reports Walda Whitacre with a badly crushed shoulder remains homebound after a prior injury. Mrs A C Whitacre assists Mae Clark and daughters, visiting the former’s parents Mr and Mrs A C Whitacre. Mr F A Whitacre was in Winchester on business.
The National Labor Relations Board orders a secret ballot election within 30 days at Mathieson Alkali Works Saltville Virginia. Employees decide whether District 50 United Workers of America or Saltville Mathieson Employees Association will represent them for collective bargaining. Mathieson Alkali Works operates plants in Lake Charles Louisiana and Niagara Falls New York. On April 2 1943 the company refused to recognize District 50 due to an existing contract with the association.
War Department listed five Virginians among 336 U S soldiers held as prisoners of war in Japan. Names include Kermit W. Baker Pound. Andrew D. Barnes Portsmouth. Levi D. Mullins Jr Sandston. Robert F. Parks Stanley. James R. Price Trout Dale. Each entry notes the listed mother or father as contact.
Property stolen in Alinene, Texas, was later found in a Fort Worth street. The recovered article is a 25 passenger bus.
Mountain Home Idaho July 10 military police say saboteurs who rifled Maj. William D Alexander s office and destroyed papers have been captured They hauled Whiskey and Soda the air base s goat mascots
J H Pharis, local observer, notes heavy rainfall for Southside. June 13 year span saw 7.80 inches, nearest since 1938. Last June recorded 7.27 inches with a 13 year June average of 4.76 inches.
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