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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1938
Page
5
Insurgent aircraft attacked Alicante and Valencia coastal ports. A seaplane hit the freighter Thorpehaven, crippling her, while another vessel near Alicante was struck and holed. The raids raised eleven ships sunk or badly damaged in the last fortnight.
France has fortified its North African forces to counter Italy’s potential Libyan advance. Daladier ordered recruiting 60,000 Tunisian troops and planned a Tunisian frontier line. The system links Morocco Algeria and Tunisia, with desert garrisons, tank pits, and fortified barracks guarding the Sahara edge.
Mme Guy Baer sues her husband, Swiss artist, in Vevey Switzerland naming Cornelia Vanderbilt now Mrs John Francis Amherst Cecil as a party in the action. Mrs Cecil wed the son of Lord William Cecil at Biltmore North Carolina in 1924. Public notice of a possible friendly divorce was released in Paris in 1934.
The Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce send congratulations to Rev E T Clark pastor of the First Baptist Church here as he receives an honorary Doctor of Divinty from the University of Richmond at graduation exercises tonight. Andrew Bell secretary notes pride in the honor and urges a quick return home for the Clarks and their son Edward Jr.
New aviation bases with underground hangars rise in Morocco and Algeria. Harbors along Algerian and Tunisian coasts are fortified for the French fleet. Desert caravan routes to French colonies in deeper Africa are tightly guarded, described as life lines between North Africa and France’s vast back reservoir of manpower and food.
The Euterpian Club staged an evening of musical entertainment on Friday in Market Street Church drawing about 130 townspeople. The Community Chorus directed by Mrs Peter Y Brinton performed seven numbers highlighted by The Evening Star with Andrew Babb on baritone, while the Winchester String Ensemble impressed with Andante and Londonderry Air.
Chicago June 7 An inquest into Mrs Florence Johnsons slaying turned chaotic as her husband Elmer Johnson attacked 18 year old Robert Nixon the accused killer. Nixon fought back as officers restored order in a crowded courtroom with about 200 people present. The coroner jury urged Nixon and Earl Hicks to stand before a grand jury for murder charges. Police said both confessed entering the Johnsons south side apartment but accused each other of wielding the brick. Also Theenas McCall 39 was convicted of an attack and given five years at Joliet penitentiary after claiming innocence under duress.
Representative Randolph announced a proposed pickup air mail route through Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The plan would receive first consideration if a $150 000 appropriation for the service is approved.
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