R. A. F. Hits Jops
R A F strikes reported near Jops as Tokyo announces troop concentrations amid Pacific theatre developments with Allied forces engaging in counter moves and strategic realignments in the region.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
7
National Fruit Co. Fire Wrecks Plant and Supplies
A major blaze at National Fruit Co. destroyed a packing plant and damaged merchandise including bottled vinegar. Firefighters fought flames from the third floor until early morning as authorities planned salvage and potential temporary quarters. City pumps kept the reservoir level stable during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Grant
Commission continues testimony despite long session
The defense counsel questions the FBI agent as the commission proceeds this afternoon. The phrase without regard to hours was cited after a Saturday statement, and the commission continued until 6 p m. Small amounts of crude oil are separated from brine in salt wells in China's Red Basin between Chungking and Chengtu in Szechwan province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Red Basin
China
Szechwan Province
Chungking
Chengtu
Beanie Hat Pattern 7360 Promotes Two Styles
Instructions for pattern 7360 describe two beanie hat styles with contrasting frame ruffles and a back hood effect. Includes stitch illustrations and materials, and requests ten cents plus one cent mailing to Winchester Avenue Star Household Arts Dept. Provide name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Bvenue Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Houdry Describes Single Unit Process for Synthetic Rubber
Eugene J Houdry testifies to a Senate agriculture committee detailing a two step conversion and purification process to convert butane into butadiene for synthetic rubber. He touts high yields heat efficiency and lower material needs versus other methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. Houdry
Process, Corporation
Aate
Houdry
Senate Agriculture Committee
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Inductees to Receive Two-Week Government Furloughs
Col Mills F Neal Virginia selective service director announced a two week furlough at government expense for each selectee accepted by the army. The new policy, operative in Virginia Thursday, replaces ten day inductions and covers transport, meals, and lodging for inductees from induction center to home and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Army
Virginia
Neal
Col. Neal
Farm Bill Dispute Continues In Washington
July 13 report on a stalled agricultural appropriations bill shows conferees from the House and Senate adjourning again. Senator Russell (D Ga) accuses the House of refusing to sign an admission of disagreement which would allow appointing new conferees and says he will report to the Senate immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Harold Hayes Named NC War Information Director
Harold Hayes, former Roanoke World News reporter and six months Richmond War Information officer, is appointed director of the North Carolina branch. He will assume duties August 1 and establish headquarters in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harold Hayes
Roanoke World News
Office of War Information
North Carolina
William C. Bourne
Tony. Hayes
Raleigh
Floods Threaten Japanese Held Cities
The Chungking radio quoted by CBS warned floods endanger Nanking and Hankow under Japanese occupation. Evacuations of lower areas were ordered as the Yangtze River rose to dangerous levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francico
Chungking
Nanking
Hankow
CBS
Ng and
Yangtze
Newspaper Truck Driver Killed in Embankment Crash
BRISTOL Va July 13 Ralph Smith 39 of Pulaski was killed at 6 30 am when the newspaper circulation truck he drove plunged over an embankment near Emory State from head injuries. Smith was substituting today on the Roanoke Times route for his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Ralph Smith
Pulaski
Emory State
Smith
Roanoke Times
For & Brother
Germans To Shoot Relatives Of Fugitives In Occupied Zone
Vichy dispatch reports Germany issued a press notice declaring penalties for relatives of fugitives from German military crimes. Near male relatives over 18 will be shot, women sentenced to hard labor, and children under 18 sent to reform schools if fugitives do not surrender within 10 days. The order aims to deter attacks and sabotage in occupied France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Paris
Gesta
RAF Blasts Plane Like Rommel Ships Desert Critique
Two RAF planes bombed and machine gunned a Fieseler Storch type aircraft used by Rommel and senior staff in the El Alamein sector. All occupants were believed killed as a British bomb hit the Axis craft within 15 feet of its end, followed by a second plane’s machine gun burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein Front
Unarmed Panama Vessel Blasted By U Boat in Caribbean
The Panama cargo ship was torpedoed on May 23 in the Caribbean. All 22 crew members reached port safely after the explosion blew a hatch cover into the air and disabled the radio. engines stopped and the crew abandoned ship, rescued about three hours later. This incident contributed to the AP tally of allied and neutral ship losses in the western Atlantic since U.S. entry into the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Navy
Associated Press
Atlantic
New Trial Denied for Max Stephan in Treason Case
Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle denied a second trial for Max Stephan who was convicted July 2 of treason against the United States. Defense contended evidence showed Stephan aided Hans Krug a German officer, but the judge warned the jury to require proof of Stephan’s peering help to the German government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Arthur J. Tuttle
Max Stephan
United States
Vern C. Amberson
Stephan
Hans R Krug
Esca
Tutttle
Pee
Young Wife Held In Murder Case
Mrs Lillian McNabb Parsons aged 15 is jailed in Jasper Tennessee charged with murder in a shooting in the Luck Luck section near the Hamilton county line. Officer Claud Capley and H H Parker arrested her Saturday night after a gun was used. Parsons says Redmond slapped her following an accusation of hijacking whisky. Preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Tenn
Lillian McNabb Parsons
Ames
Parsons
Hamilton County
Claud Capley
H. H. Parker
Hollis Redmond
Luck K
Hamiltonrian
Minute Men Meeting Tonight at Courthouse
A meeting is scheduled at the courthouse at 8 oclock to hear enlistment reports for Minute Men companies organized for Winchester and Frederick County under the Winchester Frederick Game and Fish Association. All men ages 18 to 65 are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minute Men
Winchester
Frederick County
Governor Pleads For Out In Mishaps
Governor Darden addressed the opening session of a week long safety school for state labor inspectors. He urged inspectors to lower accident rates, saying each avoided accident supports the war effort and that industry shoulders the burden as a war casualty would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Department of Labor
Darden
Boston Bombers Pound Boulogne
American produced Boston bombers of the RAF attacked Boulogne railroad yards on the Fenrch coast this afternoon and swept the Abbeville area in the air, strongly escorted by spitfire fighters, according to the official announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Boulogne
Fenrch
Abbeville
Non-Passenger Motor Owners Register in Winchester County
The rationing board announces registration for owners of motor vehicles not classified as passenger cars or motorcycles. Residents must come to Handley School in Winchester on Tuesday and Wednesday with registration cards and fuel-use details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Handley School
Leslie Kline
C. P. McVicar
Handley
Gain Tn
Scottsboro Boy Willie Roberson Sentenced in Brooklyn
Willie Roberson identified by his attorney as one of the Scottsboro Boys was sentenced to 90 days in jail after a conviction for molesting a young white woman in Brooklyn. The case ties to the Alabama freight train assault allegations from over a decade ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willie
Willie Roberson
Scottsboro Boys
Brooklyn
Postmen Named In West Virginia
Readable fragments list names such as Leon Jiiden Rose B and Marie Oa aeet with unclear roles. The partial OCR hints at postal workers or notices but lacks complete details or context for full factual reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ner
Leon
Lucille Jiiden
Ranson
Rose B. C
Marie Oa Aeet
Reesy
Welles Silent On Laval Attitude
Washington July 13 Undersecretary of State Welles would not comment on a published Vichy report that Pierre Laval rejected an American proposal to demilitarize and move French interred at Alexandria to a South African or Caribbean port The issue arose amid Rommel’s advance threatening Alexandria and debates on whether French vessels should be moved from the Egyptian war zone or scuttled to block Axis seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Welles
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Alexandria
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
State Department
France
Aris
Another Ship Lost
The Navy announced a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico and survivors were landed at a gulf coast port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Prison Term For Man Who Fled Prison
John Eugene Eklund, 25, convicted of second degree murder after a 36 hour escape from jail. He had faced charges in the ambush shootings that killed Hyland G. McGlaine, 17, in 1940. Judge sealed the verdict. police recaptured him after a drug store sighting. Maximum sentence for second degree murder ranges from 20 years to life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Eugene Eklund
Eklund
Hyland G. McGlaine
James W. Morris
More Trouble For Youth Boasting About Bullet Wound
In Philadelphia a 19 year old, Norman Berger, shot May 23 by a policeman while driving a stolen car, later boasted about the wound to a prison cellmate. He was arrested on automobile larceny charges, held without bail, and a blood stained stolen auto was found abandoned the day of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Fred Tagg
Tagg
Norman Berger
One Killed Five Hurt In Portsmouth Navy Yard Blast
A blast at the Portsmouth naval yard at 1 pm killed one man and injured five others. Navy officials could not identify the victims by 2 pm. three severely hurt workers were sent to the Naval Hospital where a nonwhite man died shortly after arrival. Welders and shipbuilders were among the injured, pending badge checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Navy Public Relations Office
Naval Hospital
Condition of Rivers At Riverton Va
North Fork river remains cloudy at Riverton Virginia while the South Fork shows clear water as of today with no reported flooding or coulds observed. Local observers note recent rainfall in the region and advise motorists to exercise caution near river crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
Crissinger Dies at 81 After Three-Year Illness
Daniel Richard Crissinger 81 former federal comptroller of the currency under President Harding died after a three year battle with illness. He served as OCC head during the early 1920s and was a prominent U.S. public official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Daniel Richard Crissinger
Warren G. Harding
Pattern 1636 B Shirtwaist Frock for Home Sewing
The Pattern No 1636 B offers a shirtwaist dress with a tailored collar and lapels, a versatile neckline, easy bodice, and slimming paneled skirt available in sizes 14 to 44. Includes fabric yardage for size 16 short sleeves and a request form for a fashion catalogue and ordering details from Barbara Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
New York
N. Y
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