Fire Bombs Backfire Against B 29 In Turbulent Flight
Maj. Robert H. Langdale described incendiaries bursting in the air as hot air sent them into the B 29 over Tinian. Bomb bay chaos, floating water flasks, and a backflip left aircrew dazzled yet intact as the plane regained course toward safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Langdale
Houston
Tex
Langdale
Tinian
Richard C. Baskett
Cee Kans
Louis Avrams
Atlantic City
N. J
New Members For Capon Post VFW
Capon Post 2102 VFW at Wardensville reports new members from Capon Springs Rio and nearby areas. At July meeting Wilbur A. LaFollette Franklin Combs Jr Jacob Randolphi Dolph Miles Kump and Russell Nesmith were admitted. August marks the post's tenth anniversary with potential State Department VFW presence. The post meets the first Saturday night monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wardensville
Wilbur A. LaFollette
Capon Springs
Franklin Combs, Jr
Rio
Jacob B. Randolph
Miles A. Kump
Russell A. Nesmith
Iron Fireman Franchise to Carry Full Line of Stokers
Molicram Anderson announces Iron Fireman franchise will handle a complete line of stokers from domestic to industrial sizes. Orders may be placed now on a preference list for delivery when government manpower and materials allow production to resume in Frederick, Warren and Clarke counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molicram Anderson
Helder
Frederick
Warren
Clarke Counties
Ration Calendar Details Stamp Validity and Goods
The notice lists ration stamp validity for meats fats and processed foods. It details book four red stamps K2 to P2 valid through July 31 and Q2 to U2 through Aug 31 and V2 to Z2 through Sept 30. Sugar stamp 36 valid for five pounds through Aug 31 with next stamp Sept 1. Shoes stamps 1 2 and 3 valid indefinitely.
Egg Arrives At Home Of Mac Turtle Family
Bob Barney Jr son of Mr and Mrs Wendell R Barney 305 Courtfield Avenue is the most Ce youngster in his neighborhood this morning A pet turtle laid an egg overnight and friends lined up to see it The box turtles named Mac and Myrtle were adopted about six weeks ago and kept as yard pets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Barney, Jr
Wendell R. Barney
Courtfield Avenue
Bob
Star Office
Mac
Myrtle
Roosevelt Tackled Over U S Imperialism Letter From Iwo Jima Admiral
The New York Herald Tribune reports Japanese Rear Admiral Toshinosuke Ichimaru wrote a letter to President Roosevelt from Iwo Jima during the island battle. The dispatch says Ichimaru condemned Allied actions and urged Nippon’s imperial vision, then died by his own hand after the letter was penned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toshinosuke Ichimaru
Iwo Jima
Island
Roosevelt
New York Herald-Tribune
Herald-Tribune
Emmet Crozier
Navy
Crozier
Nippon
East
East Asia
Eris
Hitler
Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Wilson
Japs Surrender Not Expected Says Chennault
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault told reporters in Kunming that surrender is possible but unlikely. He estimated better than even chance the war with Japan would not last two more years if Allies maintain air and operational advantages as Japanese forces decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunming
China
Claire L. Chennault
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Manchuria
Japan
Chennault
Truck Stolen From Mrs McClintock’s Yard
Mrs Goldie McClintock reports a 1940-41 International truck stolen from her backyard overnight. The vehicle, titled to W G McClintock, is red with a green rack and license plate T71 819.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie McClintock
Parkway Avenue
W.G. McClintock
Read The Star For Complete Coverage
Local and national events fill the pages as The Star presents full coverage. World affairs, weather updates, and community notices round out the daily briefing for readers seeking comprehensive reporting.
Federal Meat Inspection Plan Aims for Fair Distribution
The Agriculture Department reports progress from the Office of Price Administration plan to divert meat to federally inspected plants. Non federally inspected plants face 75 percent slaughter limits for 1944 beef and 50 percent for hogs in 1945. Officials say 1,000 plants are federally inspected and about 3,000 inspectors monitor products nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Department
WFA Marketing Services
Navy Details Sinking Of Transport Dickerson At Okinawa
The Navy reported that three Japanese fighter bombers damaged the transport Dickerson off Okinawa on April 2, leaving a charred hull after fires and explosions. Fifty one crew were killed or missing and 15 wounded. Captain Lt Cmdr Ralph E. Lounsbury and executive officer Lt Alexander G. McEwen were among the lost. The ship was abandoned, towed to Kerama, and sunk by friendly guns the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Dickerson
Okinawa
Ickerson
Ralph E. Lounsbury
Seattle
Kerama
Rites Held Sunday For Mr Feagan
Funeral services for J. B. Feagan long a Rest Virginia resident and active farmer were held Sunday afternoon July 8 at his home. The Rev Emory Elsmore of Rest Methodist Church officiated. Interment followed in the family lot at Charles Town West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest
J. B. Feagan
Emory Elsmore
Rest Methodist Church
Charles Town
W. Va
Diplomas Won By Virginia Police
Two Virginians will graduate from the FBI National Academy in Washington on July 21. Harold Nathanan, special agent in charge of the Richmond FBI office, said Charles A. Menefee chief of police at Front Royal and Turner D Wheeling deputy sheriff of Prince William County will receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
FBI National Academy
Washington
Harold Nathan
FBI
Charles A. Menefee
Front Royal
Turner D. Wheeling
Manassas
Prince William County
Churchill Painting in Basque Seaport During Campaign
Churchill entertains painting at the Basque seaport of Saint-Jean-de-Luz with a canvas and brushes as guards watch and locals gather. He rests between campaign duties and Potsdam talks while the town plans a Basque festival in his honor and awaits a Queen Victoria statue unveiling date.
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Jean DE Luz
Churchill
Pyrenees Range
Potsdam
Scotland Yard
London
England
Bordeaux
W. W. Torr
Madrid
Queen Victoria
Barbara Hutton Seeks Freedom
Los Angeles reports wealthy Barbara Hutton Grant files for divorce from Cary Grant citing mental cruelty. The pair wed July 8 1942 at Lake Arrowhead California and separated February 15 of last year. Hutton has faced prior marriages and custody battles with Count Haugwitz-Reventlow and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Barbara
Babs) Hutton Grant
Cary Grant
Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Hew
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Lance
Grant
Haugwitz-Reventlow
Milk Supplies In Detroit Menaced By Fresh Strike
A Detroit labor dispute halted 30 percent of the city milk deliveries for the third day, with 1,000 Creamery Company workers walking out. Union officials say no home deliveries will resume before a settlement, while other nationwide strikes affect fuel arms and construction sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Motor City
CIO United Dairy Workers
CIO United Dairy
Russell Ballard
Regional War Labor Board
Louis C. Miriani
Detroit Creamery Company
Ebling Creamery Company
CIO
United Automobile
AFL
CIO Oil and Gas
United Fuel Gas Company
United Mine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
Chicago
United Rubber
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
German Alcohol Kills Soldiers
Three American soldiers died and two others suffered permanent vision impairment after drinking alcohol from unauthorized Berlin sources. U S Second Armored Division warned troops to avoid private vendors and obtain beverages only from distillers approved by the Allied military government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S. Second Armored Division
41 000 Casualties Flown Home From Europe
Brig Gen Earl B Hoag head of US air transport command said more than 41 000 sick and wounded American soldiers have been flown home from Europe in 19 months. He noted May set a record with 6984 evacuees from Scotland France and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Earl
Hoag
United States Air Transport Command
United States
Scotland
France
Labor Shortage Predicted as Demobilization Proceeds
The Ministry of Labour forecast that at most 750000 new workers would join civilian industries this year despite gradual demobilization. London newspapers reacted with alarm to the potential impact on jobs and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Labor
Local Sports Shine in The Evening Star Daily
The Evening Star Daily highlights local sports with features on regional teams and standout athletes. Readers find game recaps, player profiles, and schedule notes reflecting community sports enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenine Star Daily
Flying Boxcar heads west on record air freight run
A Consolidated Vultee C-39 nicknamed flying boxcar departed Chicago Municipal Airport for Los Angeles with more than nine tons of durable goods. American Airlines leases the plane for three months to test air freight rates while an eastbound leg carries California produce and the return trips carry durable goods. The stop in Fort Worth occurred at 1:30 p.m. Central War Time, with Los Angeles arrival planned for 4:55 p.m. Pacific War Time.
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Chicago
Municipal
Los Angeles
American Airlines
California
American
West Coast
Fort Worth
Tex
Lewis Gaither Joins Navy At Great Lakes Boot Camp
Lewis Gilbert Gaither, 18, of Winchester was sworn into the Navy as an apprentice seaman in Washington on June 29 and reported for boat training at the Great Lakes Training Station the next day. He recently graduated from the Douglas School where he placed third in senior public speaking. He was active in the Boy Scouts and attended A. M. E. St Paul Church. He worked at Valley News Co. for two years. his father is employed at Winchester Cold Storage Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Gilbert Gaither
Winchester
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Lewis
Douglas School
Douglas
Boy Scouts
A. M. E. St. Paul
North Main Street
The
Valley News Co
Piccadilly Street
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Navy
Washington
Great Lakes
Children’s Favorite Songs booklet offered for twenty five cents
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a 118 song collection titled Children’s Favorite Songs, with nursery songs singing games folk and patriotic tunes. Includes words and music in child friendly keys, bound in a durable cover with illustrations. Send twenty five cents postpaid to Information Bureau Washington DC with name and address for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Eye St. N. E
Washington
D C
British Advance Against Nippons Near Heho Toungoo
British forces pursuing fleeing Japanese eastward toward Thailand have advanced seven miles in rough terrain between Thazi and Taunggyi and made contact east of Heho. Further south Japanese troops attacked positions east of Toungoo but were repelled, suffering heavy casualties. About 7,000 enemy troops are believed moving eastward between Heho and Toungoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Thailand
Mandalay
Thazi
Taunggyi
Heho
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Toungoo
House committee approves funds to liquidate F E P C
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 250000 allotment to liquidate the Fair Employment Practice Committee. The move, voiced by most members, aims to end a six week deadlock delaying funds for 16 war front agencies. Southern members opposed extra funds for the Roosevelt agency fighting employment discrimination. Backers said they would resist any liquidation provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Fair Employment Practice Committee
House
Roosevelt
F.E.P.C
Bahai Sinks After Massive Explosion in Atlantic
Survivors report the Brazilian cruiser Bahai sank in three minutes after a huge magazine explosion on July 4 in the Atlantic. A Brazilian naval officer speculates U-530 may have attacked the ship, though Argentina says the U-530 had no role and carried only its regular crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Atlantic
Mar del Plata
Trial Justice Court Disposes Cases in W Erle Edwards Court
Thomas Mauck Middletown drunk and disorderly fined $25 and costs. Mrs Dorothy Arnold Stephens City permit a dog owned by her to run at large after warning fined $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Thomas Mauck
Middletown
Dorothy Arnold
Stephens City
Col Covington to Leave Service for Civilian Life
Lt Col Henry Covington has received his honorable discharge from the Army and plans to return to civilian life around August 1. He will join Edison Company in Hagerstown to lead the national department focusing on lighting, refrigeration, and air conditioning, reporting to S S Bradford. Covington, formerly assistant manager at the Winchester office of North Virginia Power, served three years on active duty and was last stationed on Guam. He has been active in Winchester civic groups, Rotary, and Scouts, and will continue residing there with his child while Andrew Bowen remains assistant manager of the Winchester office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Covington
Army
Wilbur
Krise
Covington
Pat Edison Company
Hagersfead
Shawnee District of Scouts
Shenandoah
Rent Control Rules Extend to Local Dwellings
The article explains that rents in the area fall under OPA rent regions and cannot exceed March 1, 1944 rates unless the property is unfurnished to furnished, or major capital improvements occur. Increases require approval from the rent control office before taking effect.
Answers to the Daily Qt Quiz Key
Answers list shows quiz keys including A bird erc Dakota London Kaiser Wilhelm painter Those that broaden at tips About 2100 miles A bundle of rods with axe blade projecting The German Army
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Dakota
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
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