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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1918
Page
1
A Wir wd Frederick County resident with a modest salary plans a weekly 31 cent donation to the War Chest. He has arranged to give 1.25 dollars a month or 16 dollars for the year, based on his gross income and weekly hours of work.
Amsterdam reports Czecho Slovak forces have occupied Kasan completing control of the Volga basin. Kasan lies in eastern European Russia about 30 to 40 miles north of the Volga and Kama river junction.
London dispatch notes that Amsterdam reported serious rioting by pro Blav elements, with Vienna sources adding to the warnings. The wire story reflects tense wartime politics and cross city unrest.
A confidential State Department notice says the entente bears no blame for the assassination of Count von Mirach, the German ambassador to Russia, and the Left Social Revolutionary party accepts full responsibility. Moscow fighting reportedly quiets.
At Quantico training camp Major General Barnett awarded second lieutenants’ commissions to 300 Marine Corps enlisted men. Simultaneously 160 Marines in France received veteran commissions, bringing the total new officers for the Marines to 450 in a single day.
An 1880s style notice calls for workers of all kinds and offers 35 cents per hour with transportation to Baltimore. A Chamber of Commerce meeting is noted for tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. in the Bike Rooms to discuss the matter and invite all interested parties.
Director Charles G. Maphis of the University of Virginia summer school and brother of Winchester businessman J L Maphis was appointed by Governor Davis to a commission studying Virginia educational conditions. The panel will review existing laws and school needs, compare Virginia with other states, and recommend changes.
Governor Tivis on Saturday appointed H. St. George Tucker of Lexington as chairman of the central legal advisory council for Virginia draft boards. He succeeds Thomas W. Shelton of Norfolk who resigned recently.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a special full-membership meeting Tuesday at 8 30 p m in Bus Hall. The president H B McCormac urges all members to attend to address important matters.
A license was issued on August host. Mabel Phelavi of Rockingham county Virginia announces marriage in Hagerstown.
Mrs. J Manuel Grim of Highland Avenue received a letter from her son Clark M. Grim stating he arrived safely overseas with the supply company of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment and is in good health and liking the country.
Wheat merchants advertise free storage until price is fixed and promise to pay the highest cash price. caller urged to see Winchester Milling Co before selling.
American troops have landed on the Murman coast in northern Russia alongside British forces. The Anglo American force reportedly occupies the coast with Kem as the principal port on the White Sea.
Privately listed sale offers several good living horses a set of marneat bugles and curreys. The ad fragment notes a price or code 9-p-6t but provides few specifics beyond the items for sale.
American forces hold the line near the Marne as Germans cross the river and establish bridgeheads with pontoon emplacements. United States troops counter attack to free comrades and slow the German advance. A feint at Vaux fails to gain ground and Allied lines push forward, capturing prisoners as assaults resume east of Chateau Thierry.
British forces extended their hold south of Villers-Brettemieux on the Picardy front with prisoner captures and a raid near the Aylette river. Artillery activity persisted around Dickebush as Sunday operations east of the town yielded gains and 260 prisoners.
Washington reports casualties from the American expeditionary forces listing 14 killed in action 7 died of wounds 7 from disease 1 from accident 28 severely wounded and 3 missing. Private Harry S Clair of Roanoke Virginia is reported killed in action.
Fragmentary notice orders residents to return wool garments or crochet items to the Red office by Saturday. The message stresses urgency and requests all persons to bring back their knitted pieces or wool garments as required.
A notice advertises selling timber slate doors and fixtures from the Winchester Inn as it is torn down. It promises good condition brass hardware windows and a range of building materials at better than today’s prices. The seller urges inquiries before everything is picked.
Mrs Himelright of Winchester reports the death of her mother Mrs B C Vance who died last week in Petersburg West Virginia. She was formerly Miss Lough from Kline Pendleton County West Virginia. Besides her husband Justice S C Vance she leaves ten children.
Local exemption board orders men rejected at military camps to return Red Cross loaned kits and sweaters. Property owned by the Red Cross. items were loaned only while the soldier serves in the military.
A man resisted arrest prompting police action and a scheduled hearing before Justice Fults. He remained in custody awaiting tonight’s proceedings as officials pursue further charges.
Mr. Jack Bowers has been appointed special policeman and supply man for a temporary period. He will serve continuously for about two months, with others to follow in order to assist in the man agement of the vine area and public safety duties.
Patriotic dogs involuntarily sacrificed their lives were shipped today from Winchester by Chief of Police Doran to the Bureau of Mines at Whishington for experiments linked to countering German gas warfare in France. This marks the third such shipment from the area.
A letter mailed in France and written at sea reaches the home camp from Corporal A'Temong of Company I First Battalion Sixteenth Infantry. Once reported lost or dead, he is now described as safe and well in France after a voyage said to be wonderful and uneventful.
The Rev. Roy Schmucker, former Christiam Church pastor in Gore Berkeley County West Virginia, declined the Democratic nomination for the house of delegates saying the move would interfere with his duties as a minister of the gospel.
A Winchester bootlegger arrangement unfolds with George W. Anderson paying $3.25 for a quart of liquor in Stephens City. William Willis, a local youth, helped steer the operation as Maynard acted as a mail carrier, with further details promised on page three.
Four prisoners died in a crash near Grash when a motor truck struck a returning group near a grade crossing. A wire to The Mar notes the bound north ships and the mishap occurred last night causing multiple fatalities.
Fragmented OCR text indicates President Wilson signs a measure authorizing the transfer of certain government operations to another system or department. The passage references action on a Saturday evening and the law being formalized, with wording distorted by OCR.
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