Midway Isle Show Wins Praise From Bomb Group Crew
The B 17 crew led by Captain Charles E Gregory and Lieut Robert O Pate describe their June 3 4 action at Midway. They praised Marines and naval staff for perfect coordination as they survived two bad engines and near misses while striking a Japanese carrier and battleship.
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Clark Lee Emmons
Territory of Hawaii
Army
Midway
Charles E. Gregory
Houston
Robert O. Pate
Dallas
Henry H. Fitts
Macon
N. C
Melvin E. Lomax
Wichita
Kansas
Gregory
Lieut
Yale H. Lewis
St. Louis
Eino Hamalainen
New York City
Lamar C. Peterson
Gunnison
Utah
Matt Schu
Plankinton
8. D
Robert Martin
San Francisco
Fitts
Sout
Pate
Lexington Losses Reported As War Nears Pacific Battles
Navy briefed on heavy Japanese losses in key Pacific actions including the sinking of an aircraft carrier and multiple cruisers and destroyers. Highlights cite the Coral Sea and Salamaua Lae operations with 20 plus ships damaged or sunk and over 100 Japanese aircraft lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Australia
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Pacific Fleet
Wilson Brown
Coral Sea
Solomon and
Louisiade Islands
Frank J. Fletcher
Tulagi
Solomon
Navy
Fletcher
Louisiade
Mesima
Ryukaku
U. S
Tao
Neosho
Sims
Lexington
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Jane's Fighting Ships
Unclear Auxiliary Note on August 1939 Commissioning
Fragmentary report mentions August 1939 commissioning and references Southwestern Pennsylvania with incomplete details. No clear event, people, or organizations are specified beyond generic regional context.
Russians report advances but cite counter attacks in Donets basin
Soviet dispatches claim some German advances were checked in the Donets basin while counter attacks restored the line. Reports say Red Army mortars repelled a northwestern infantry assault leaving about 200 dead and wounded. Guerrilla actions behind enemy lines in the Leningrad region felled more than 800 Nazis and damaged or captured tanks and trains. Soviet air forces damaged or destroyed numerous German vehicles and depots. Western allies back plans for a second front in 1942 and sign a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union. Molotov denounced Nazi atrocities and outlined plans to exterminate Soviet populations and prisoners of war.
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Donets
Semeon Timaces
Kharov
Red Army
Leningrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Midway War Refocuses Pressure as Luftwaffe Fights
The article notes that Midway eased pressure in the Pacific but Japan remains formidable. Airpower is pivotal, and even a destroyed Japanese fleet would leave the U S with continued combat. Some observers anticipate a Russo Japanese clash, with Japan possibly striking Siberia as Russia and Japan edge toward renewed hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
Pacific
Japan
United States
Alaska
Russia
Siberia
Answers to the Daily Quiz list solutions
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page 4 include Transport Brig Gen James H Doolittle Duke of Bedford American Institute of Public Opinion True Traveler in Asia Christian X of Denmark King Lear s A hatchet Volume
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Transport
James H. Doolittle
Duke of Bedford
American Institute of Public Opinion
True
Asia
Christian X of
Denmark
King Lear's
Moone's Emerald Oil Ad Promises Foot Relief
An old advertorial for Moone's Emerald Oil deodorant promises real ease for tired feet. It touts a small bottle with directions and appeals to workers who stand all day, citing Miller's Drug Store and Druggists as sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
Miller's Drug Store
Ady
New 6 Billion Tax Program With More To Come
The Ways and Means Committee approved six billion dollars in additional revenue and signaled more billions may follow before House action. A tabulation shows six point zero eight seven billion agreed upon so far, with further votes on minor excise taxes. Prospects include a possible sales tax to fund war efforts and curb inflation, along with potential reviews of existing income and corporate tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means
Attack on Tulagi Delivers Heavy Losses in Coral Sea Engagement
Lieut. Commanders Joseph Taylor and William Burch describe a surprise dawn strike on Tulagi harbor from carrier squadrons, sinking nine to eleven ships including two heavy cruisers and two transports. They report no personnel injuries, and say the Coral Sea campaign followed with a stronger strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Taylor
Danville
Ill
William Burch
Paducah
Australia
Little Frodida Island
Solomon Group
Burch
Tulagi
Coral Sea
Taylor
Bill
Pearl Harbor
Treasury Plans Are Rejected by House Committee
Washington June 12 Chairman Doughton said the House Ways and Means Committee rejected a proposed 15 percent manufacturers tax on candy and kept open the possibility of revisiting it. He noted analysts suggested considering candy taxes with a soft drink levy and a tax on carbonic acid gas. Morgenthau estimated candy and chewing gum would raise about 45.3 million dollars, soft drinks plus gas tax about 146.9 million.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Coughton
Morgenthau
Eight Army Fliers Die When Bomber Crashes in Sarasota Bay
Eight Army fliers were killed and two injured when a four engine bomber crashed into Sarasota bay during a pre dawn training flight. Major Gardiner Fiske said the heavy ship touched down on its back in shallow water about 200 feet from shore and two crew members were rescued with minor injuries. Identities were not yet confirmed and a new list was withheld.
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Sarasota
Fla
Sarasota Bay
Gardiner Fiske
Sarasota Air Base
Fiske
Chinese concede loss of Chuhsien rail center western Chekiang
The Chinese conceded the loss of Chuhsien, a key rail center in western Chekiang, while claiming recapture of Iwu on the Chekiang Kuangsi railway, about halfway between Chuhsien and Mangchow, the line’s northern terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Iwu
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Mangchow
Local Apple Crop Prospects Smaller Than Year Ago
Virginia crop prospects for 1942 show wheat better in May but overall acreage smaller. The June 1 commercial apple crop condition is 63 percent of normal with Winchester area near last year and the southwest much smaller. Peach crop predicted around 1,863,000 bushels, about equal to 1941.
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Richmond
Virginia
State
Winchester
Diploma Recipients List Names from 122 Graduates
A continued page lists 122 graduates including Kenneth Lineburg Logan Massey Robert MacDonald Eugene Mc Intyre Wm H Miller Loring Pingley Charles Pitzer Lewis Richards Howell Rivers Gail Robinson Stephen Rosenberger Warren Rudolph Edgar Utz Robert Lee Eugene Sirbaugh Frisby Smith James Sprint Robert Taylor Donald Tinsman Emery Tinsman Paul Tomney Winston Wallace James Whattell Wayne Whitham Edgar Whiting Sidney Willey and Charles Zuckerman for the boys with a long companion roster of girls led by Peggy Anderson Sue Anderson Dorothy Armel Alta Mae Ayers and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lineburg
Logan Massey
Robert MacDonald
Eugene McIntyre
Wm. H. Miller
Loring Pingley
Charles Pitzer
Lewis Richards
Howell
Rivers
Gail Robinson
Stephen Rosenberger
Warren Rudolph
Edgar Utz
Robert Lee
Eugene Sirbaugh
Frisby Smith
James Sprint
Robert Taylor
Donald Tinsman
Emery Tinsman
Paul Tomney
Winston Wallace
James Whattell
Wayne Whitham
Edgar Whiting
Sidney Willey
Charles Zuckerman
Peggy Anderson
Sue Anderson
Dorothy Armel
Alta Mae Ayers
Darlene Barr
Mary Beattie
Emma Bledsoe
Janiva Bohrer
Mary Virginia Bowman
Margaret Brown
Alice Brumback
Anna E. Burchell
Audrey Cain
Brenda Carter
Jane Cather
June Cline
Nancy Lee Cable
Helen Virginia Cooper
Mary Elizabeth Cooper
Dorothy Davis
Julia DeHaven
Anna Lee Easter
Elizabeth Edmonds
Thelma Edwards
Louise Ensogna
Jessie M. Fanning
Dixie Fugitt
Betty J. Gearing
Mary Greene
Rosalie Grimm
Helen Grove
Maxine Grubbs
Louise Henry
Jane Hinkle
Helen Hodgson
Margaret Jackson
Helen Kibler
Phyllis Kramer
Marjorie la Follette
Alice Lake
Jane Lanahan
Mary Jorie Lewis
Elizabeth Linkous
Betty Jean Miller
Pearl Nicholson
Betty J. Nixon
Virginia Omps
Mary Pappas
Catherine Patton
Martha Rees
Doris Register
Virginia Rittenour
Elsie Lee Rogers
Aletta Rudolph
Asphacia Sempeles
Colleen Shine
Gretna Sirbaugh
Enola Smith
Reba Snarr
Sophia Spanos
Imogene Sperow
Susan Shryock
Collen Wisher
Ethel Trenary
Sylvia Triplett
Juanita Weatherholtz
Winifred Wilson
Anne Woolfolk
Virginia Reporter Recounts Harrowing Western Desert War
American ambulance detachment members missing after Bir Hacheim's fall amid fierce German Italian assaults. Corporal Edgar Marshall Dickerson of Clarke County Virginia links the account, a VMI graduate and former Bolivian army captain, who served with the French Foreign Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Desert
Bir Hacheim
Alan Stuyvesant
New York
St. Claire Smith
Alexander McElwain
Corporal Dickerson
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
French Foreign Legion
Installation Services Set for Rev Carlyle McDonald
Installation services for Rev Carlyle McDonald pastor of the Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches will be held at Burnt Church Sunday morning and at Round Hill Sunday evening. At Burnt Church Rev W A Wilkerson will preach and deliver the charge, Dr J A McMurray will charge the congregation, and Elder Bryan Stotler joins the Presbytery commission. Round Hill will feature Rev H H Leach and presbytery commissioners. Service opens at 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle McDonald
Opequon
Presbyterian Churches
Burnt Church
Round Hill
W.A. Wilkerson
Winchester
J. A. McMurray
Winchester Presbytery
Bryan Stotler
Ray Mumaw Dies At Charles Town
Ray Mumaw, 42, died in a Charles Town West Virginia hospital. A native of Columbia Furnace Shenandoah County, he lived here many years before moving to Charles Town to work on J. H. Dutrow’s farm. Funeral services were held in Columbia Furnace with interment there. He is survived by his widow Mary Wolford and three sons Ray Jr Franklin and Harry, plus several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Charles Town
W. Va
Ray Mumaw
Columbia Furnace
Shenandoan County
Solon
Elizabeth Elfen Mumaw
J. H. Dutrow
Mumaw
Mary Wolford
Ray, Jr
A. P. Hill
Fredericksburg
Franklin
Harry
Star Promises Complete Coverage Locally and Globally
The Star pledges thorough reporting across local national and world events offering readers timely updates, in depth analysis and clear context. It emphasizes comprehensive coverage with trusted reporting and accessible insights for its audience.
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the Star
Memorial services planned all day Sunday at Ebenezer
The Rev. S. J. Goode announces a full memorial service schedule at Ebenezer Church on Sunday with visiting ministers and lay speakers. Special music by Gore and Jones quartets, graveside flowers, Cemetery Association meeting, Parsonage activity report, Bible School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Evening worship at Sandy Ridge follows at 8 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Goode
Disciples of Christ Rural Charge
Ebenezer Church
Goode
Gore and Jones
Cemetery Association
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Midway Isle
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
United Food Stores
B. W. Sargent Fair Play Store
Eagle's Meat Market
Riley's Market
Brown
Larrick
Cash
Bailey Brothers
LEZ. Harris & Co
Gash & Carry Gro
Cameron & Piccadilly
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Valley Avenue
Braddock St
S. Braddock St
Cameron St
National Ave
W. Piccadilly St
Berryville
Tonk Ba
Valley Pride
al United Food Stores
Edward Kennedy
Vice
Ebenezer
Sandy Ridge
Tid Duco
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Dial
S. Braddock
South Main St
Buick
H. W. Ebert
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