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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
8
Auction style ads offer a 1936 Dodge long wheelbase truck with dual wheels at 225 dollars and a 1936 Ford sedan delivery in extra good condition at 245 dollars from Bickers Motor Co. Also a help wanted notice seeks an experienced feed man as assistant manager with advancement potential. married with dependents preferred, contact Box 100 with complete information.
A cryptic pastiche lists scattered clues for a crossword style solve with entries like Policemen Lumps and Eagle's nest alongside language crown anoint epoch and other terms. The grid appears corrupted with stray letters and a last line hints at a stalled answer.
A columnist lauds the Anglo American Russian pact as a historic three nation alliance. The piece ties the 1942 second front plan to the fight against Hitler and notes Soviet morale boosted by Allied coordination and commitments.
Eight of 85 U S Army nurses from Bataan have reached San Francisco after months in jungle warfare. Their letters describe the Bagio hospital bombing, shifting to Corregidor and onward to Australia, and the brutal conditions, malaria and mosquitos they endured while tending wounded amid ruins.
Alexander Lewis, proprietor of Phills Choice, 2 miles east of Berryville on Route 7, Berryville, Virginia, will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on June 22 1942 to apply for a license to retail beer over 3.2 percent. The beverage may be consumed on and off the premises.
The party includes Florence MacDonald of Brockton MA Harriet G. Lee of Boston MA Sue Downing Gallagher of Petersburg VA and Mary Lohr of Johnston PA. A fifth woman remained unnamed fearing harm to her sister, a prisoner of the Japanese, if she revealed any details.
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