Raid of Doolittle Lifetimes Thrill
American internees recall Doolittle raid over Tokyo area during World War II. A military aircraft skimmed rooftops near their camp, sparking alarm then awe as explosions and distant battles unfolded. Internees saw fighter planes, noted factory damage in Nagoya and Kawasaki, and reported waves from fliers above the Waseda district.
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Lourenco
Tamagawa Valley
Puji
Yokohama
Kobe
Osaka
Nagoya
Kawasaki
Yokoska
Theodore Walser
Waseda
Walser
Red Cross Faces Large Surgical Dressings Order
MA Winchester notes the Red Cross has received 34 000 surgical dressings by September 1 and will strive to meet the huge wartime need. Local volunteers note post December 7 duties deepen beyond a day a week as home front efforts vital to victory move forward.
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Red Cross
Berryville Sees Heavy Downpour Flooding Stores
In Berryville Virginia on July 28 a 2.33 inch afternoon rainstorm inundated Main Street drains could not carry away the water and stores on the south side of Matawerect Dam age were flooded, marking the heaviest rainfall since records began over a year ago.
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Berryville
Main Street
Matawerect
Eight Profiteers Given Lashings in Egypt Conviction
Eight profiteers convicted under a revised pricing statute received ten to twenty lashes each in Alexandria. The lash was designed for military offenses and was applied before the offenders were sent to a hospital.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Allied Nationals Humiliated as Japanese Raze Hongkong
VAUGHN MEISLING reports from East Africa on July 25 describing Hongkong's fall to Japan after rapid invasion. Tens of thousands starve amid soaring rice prices and famine while civilians, including 3,000 Americans and Britons, are interned as their city is paraded by occupiers.
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Marques
Par- East Africa
Hongkong
Riviera
Far East
Coron
Hiong Island
Train Service Curtailed During War as Bus Service Used
Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman says local train service likely to be discontinued for war duration where duplicating bus service is adequate. Commuter trains not affected. many areas have bus service parallel to local accommodation trains on main and secondary lines. War needs trump local dislocations and inconveniences, officials say.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Virginia Tech Cadets Protest Over Mess Hall Conditions
At Blacksburg on July 28 President Burruss faced a midnight march by about 1,800 cadets and several hundred students to his home. They demanded action on unsanitary dining hall conditions with threats of revoking commissions, while Burruss called the charges unfounded and said an investigation was underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Julian A. Burruss
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Institute
Virginia Tech Cadet Corps
Cadet Corps
Burruss
Ture Made
Bur- Tuss
Negroes Attempt Voting in Arkansas Primary
In Little Rock and scattered parts of Arkansas a few Negroes tried to vote in the Democratic preferential primary but were refused ballots. Dr J M Robinson of the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association said officials would report rejections to the Justice Department and forward details to Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Department of Justice
J. M. Robinson
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Thurgood Marshal
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Camden
J. A. Pitcock
Postal check received with endorsement at Star Moorefield
The note from South Branch Valley National Bank thanks Mr Bean and Mr Park and mentions a postal check received at the Star Moorefield office on July 24 1942. The item notes the unusual endorsement and asks to check with ee 2 for approval.
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Servie Baker
Ww. Va
The
Star
Moorefield
W. Va
South Branch Valley National Bank
Bean
Mr. Park
Chutist Reports Stir Maryland Area Near Washington
Reports of a parachutist near Washington prompted investigations by state police guard FBI and military intelligence. Sightings from Doubs Frederick County close to the Potomac and Shenandoah Junction West Virginia prompted a cordoned area with reports of an unidentified plane and multiple state police units rushing to the scene. Parachute landings were reported near Annapolis and Bartgis Store Crossroads with limited details available.
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Baltimore
Dantetas
Washington
Third Service Command
Doubs
Mad
Potomac River
Shenandoah Junction
W. V
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Bartgis
Army
State Police
State Guard
Service Command
Frederick County
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hagerstown
Point of Rocks
B. and O
Oeington
Run-Off Primary Now Assured In Texas Race
With 189 of 254 counties reporting, Senator W Lee O Daniel leads James V Allred 464246 to 48 31 percent and faces a runoff on August 22 as the Democratic nomination secures the election. Congressional delegates head home for Texas sunshine amid speculation on involvement.
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Dallas
W. Lee O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Texas
O’daniel
Texas Election Bureau
Volunteer Firemen To Hold Meeting
Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association will meet Wednesday night July 29 at 7 30 in city hall. A financial report will be presented and other business discussed. All members of the four fire companies are automatic members and invited to attend.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Piremen’s Association
Birmingham bombed by Nazi Raiders in night raid
London dispatch reports Birmingham, a major Midlands industrial city, struck by a night raid that killed and wounded civilians and caused fires and damage to homes and shops. A ninth German bomber was shot down off the southeast coast.
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London
Birmingham
Midlands
Greater
England
East Anglia
Northern Ireland
RAF
Hamburg
Sugar Permits Deluge at Winchester City Hall
For the second straight day many people seek sugar permits at Winchester City Hall. Volunteers under Mrs. S C Brooks say 18 workers process applicants in the council chamber and hope to finish by Saturday, with about 3000 permits anticipated despite delays.
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City Hall
Winchester
S. C. Brooks
Council Chamber
German Troops Near Stalingrad Reach Lower Don At All Points
Adolf Hitler’s field headquarters claimed German forces have reached or crossed the lower Don at all points south of Kalach as pressure around Stalingrad intensifies. Red Star and Soviet papers acknowledge Rostov’s fall and hint at opening an Allied second front in Europe.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Lower
Don
Kalach
Volga
Red Star
Europe
Rostov
Novocherkassk
Fry Successor To Mr. Legge At Handley High
A. L. Fry, six years vocational agriculture instructor in Sperryville and Washington, Va., is named to fill the Handley High vacancy after W. R. Legge moved on. Fry and his family reside at 324 West Leicester Street. he is a Virginia Tech graduate who first gained experience at Hands High School in 1935 and hails from Loudoun County. Pred Dobbins may be called to service in August, with Willard J. Henderson slated to assume duties if needed. Henderson, Fort Hill alumnus and VPI graduate, has been visiting Vo-Ag students with Dobbins and starred in the Stephens City lineup last Sunday.
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A. L. Fry
Sperryville
Washington, Va
Rappahannock
W. R. Legge
D. J. Howard
Virginia
Mr. Fry
Cora Helen
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hands High School
Rappahannock County
Mr. Frye
Loudoun County
Clark Fry
Lucketts, Var
Dobbins
Stephens City
Middletown
Willard J. Henderson
Henderson
Fort Hill
Cumberland
Vo-Ag
Plans For Air Raid Wardens Dinner Progressing
At a meeting of the Air Raid Wardens and Fire Watchers the Red Cross Canteen Corps plans a dinner to be served mid August at the Armory. Miss Mary Lou Steele chairs the arranging committee. Civilian defense workers will receive their certificates and insignia at that time.
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Red Cross
Mary Lou Steele
Carper Forecasts Rain Delay for Tuesday Event
The note indicates a plan at Carper's on Tuesday July 28 with a rain contingency for the following night. It records a weather dependent scheduling tweak and assigns a tentative backup date.
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Carper
Yard Party Burnt Factory Church Announcement
A local notice states a yard party at Burnt Factory Church on Friday July 31 with related schedule codes 1 25 28 30 31. The brief adds no further details on activities or organizers.
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Burnt Factory Church
Gainesboro Church
Wed
Nazis Press Caucasus Push Amid Heavy Losses
London military quarters reported Nazi forces, perhaps 625 000 troops, slowed by heavy losses as the Red Army held lines near Rostov Novocherkassk and the Don. The Voronezh front was described as defensive with German tanks and infantry crossing the Manych and Sal connections toward the Caucasus.
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London
Voronezh
Man- SP Wis
Manych
Rostov-on-Don
Northern
Caucasus
Novocherkassk
Adolf Hitler
Apsian
Semeon Timoshenko
Rostov
Don
Stalingrad
Stalin
Bateway
Body of Virgil Baughman Still Unrecovered Near Breezy Point
Coast guardsmen and others continuing search for Virgil Baughman who drowned in the Chesapeake Bay off Breezy Point Maryland while diving from a fishing boat. Father of eight, he resided with his wife in Sunnyside. Final rites delayed pending body recovery.
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Coast
Higgins Disputes With Land Over Ships' Building
Andrew Higgins argued before the Senate defense investigating committee that canceling the 200 Liberty ship contract would cost the nation about 75 million dollars. He claimed labor savings of 60 million and government losses of 15 to 25 million from abandonment of the New Orleans plant. Land countered that the Maritime Commission faced a 50 50 chance Higgins could meet speeds but would incur about 65 million dollars in additional costs to the government.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Adgram
Maritime Commission
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Pe Gpin Land
Higgins
Higgins Corporation
New Orleans
Land
Drawbridge Smashed by Small Tanker on Chesapeake Canal
In Chesapeake City Maryland a small local tanker struck the south concrete abutment of the highway drawbridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. Part of the bridge fell onto the ship bow and a hole was punched in the vessel. Initial reports claimed no injuries and no opening of the bridge. Continued details promised on Page 7.
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Chesapeake City
Chesapeake A Delaware Canal
Third Service Command
Chesapeake Bay
John M. Reed, Jr
Condition of Rivers Riverton North Fork Muddy South Fork Clear
North Fork river near Riverton is muddy while the South Fork and Clear Creek show clearer flows. observers note water levels and potential runoff impact on local fishing and recreation activities. Authorities monitor sediment levels and advise caution for boaters.
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Riverton
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Doolittle
By Joseph Dynan
By Vaughn Meisling
Tech Cadet Corps
P. L
Maryland
West Virginia
Russia
Lower Don
High Command
Red Army
Fry
Mr. Legge
Handley High
Mr. Baughman
Wreckage Falls
Mt. Pleasant U. B
Mah
Stee Ee
Winchester Evening Star
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