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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1942
Page
4
The June 13 1942 issue of The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia notes reader reminders on prompt delivery and subscription rates while featuring a Romans 14 7 8 quotation. The item reflects standard publication notices and daily schedule with no major news event.
A vintage editorial honors the flag's June 14 birthday and the 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes. It links democracy to the flag as a symbol of liberty and calls for vigilance against internal and external threats to freedom.
By mid July patrols rather than convoys will seal the U S eastern sea frontier. Private craft and PC boats are being produced faster with plans to deploy thirty-two 173 foot PCs, fifty 110 footers and twenty two old destroyers from Miami. Detectors and signaling gear will equip all vessels as submarines target tropical shipping.
The article notes extended submarine reach from 1914-18 limits, with U-boats now able to cruise up to 15,000 miles. It cites expanded coasts from Norway to Spain, and French Africa, while warning Allies face reduced naval access and a divided American force for the Far East, with 300 submarines in operation and about ten percent in the Caribbean.
The piece notes rising fear Japan may strike China next, while China reports repulsing over a dozen offensives since 1938 and planning a full counteroffensive with allied support. It urges U S and Britain to supply planes to Alaska and to China, including medium and heavy bombers to strike Japan and bolster Chinese morale and forces.
Reprinted editorials note Princeton University and Washington and Lee University in Virginia have long traditions but now admit women as a wartime adaptation. Princeton offers tuition free summer classes in engineering while Washington and Lee adds a selective summer program and year round instruction to expand opportunities during the national emergency.
Washington reports the Midway action as an air battle not a naval clash. American patrols detected Japanese ships early, blunted carrier air strikes, and pummeled Japanese forces over three days with land based and naval bombers from Hawaii and nearby corners.
The article notes Japanese fleet limits with four battleships and four to five carriers out of twelve, and a smaller cruiser force. It argues Midway diverted Japanese air power from Alaska to the Aleutians, suggesting weather and weather-station use if islands were seized, and that a Hawaii invasion would hinge on submarine and plane bases.
Richmond Virginia June 13 The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation directors denounced John L Lewis and United Mine Workers efforts to organize dairymen and other farmers. The board vowed to solve its own problems. Secretary M B Heizer of Harrisonburg named to attend a meeting in Baltimore with cooperatives from Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania. Organization Director T E Starnes of Pearisburg reported ten new Virginia counties being organized from bureau units.
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, was sworn in as a lieutenant senior grade in the U S Coast Guard. He will command the physical training program at Manhattan Beach station Long Island and will report for duty after MacArthur parade in Baltimore and a USO show in Ogden Utah.
The U S freighter passenger ship Robin Moore locates in the south Atlantic near a submarine Virginia Mackie and Philip Barnhart graduate as valedictorian at commencement for 110 Handley seniors Two new Frederick County Maryland circuits are formed within the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Church
Sheriff J W Newcome asks County Board of Supervisors to ban beer sales in the county from Saturday midnight to 5 AM Monday to curb disorder.
At a national convention Republicans show tension over a six to select a presidential candidate as wet delegates begin arriving. Lawrence Wood of Virginia Apple Storage is injured after a ladder fall. Mrs Andrew Bell takes charge of the wading pool at Rouss Park.
Twenty years ago Republicans in the House replaced Rep T W Harrison with State Senator John Paul of Harrisonburg after a disputed election. Merton W Kremer offers land to extend North Braddock street for the city. Capt Lewis F Cooper and Fred A Robinson defeat Democrats for council seats in the second ward.
Twenty five years ago G H Edwards home at Cross Junction was hit by lightning during an electrical storm. Council approves twenty minute parking limits on several downtown streets. Army seeks over five thousand doctors to train for a large citizen army under the Selective Draft.
A list of seven quiz prompts covers topics from wartime motor torpedo boats and government controls to chemistry initials and geographic capitals. Questions ask about a Philippine commander, a wartime transport agency, the shorthand for trinitrotoluene, Agana’s island, macaroni shape, the homeland of Murillo, Red Sky’s Junior, airplane motives for deafness, state sizes, and a recent prize to El Ten Glasgow.
The note explains a frequent mistake where a modifier should not sit between two sentence members. It gives correct placement examples and emphasizes avoiding awkward phrasing that can mislead readers.
British forces in Libya report German and Italian POWs in separate camps with little interaction. Italians hoard cigarettes, Germans rationed food, prompting exchanges that illustrate a fragile Axis alliance.
New York June 1. A tax commission quotes Manhattan’s assessed value for next year at 7 664 078 941 dollars. The article notes the purchase price of 24 dollars as a quip and invites readers to calculate the percentage gain, referencing Native American land history.
The Star's Service Bureau invites readers to send in questions of fact or information free of charge. Write clearly, sign name and address, enclose a three cent stamp, and mail to The Star's Washington Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth Street, Washington D. C. Medical or legal advice cannot be provided.
The destroyer Ward fired the first two shots of the Pacific war on December 7 against a Japanese submarine entering Pearl Harbor more than an hour before the first air raid. The passage also covers sugar consumption in Britain, what counts as covered employment, tin foil on cigarettes, the Virgin Islands purchase, Fred Waring's family, William Byrd madrigals, and the geographic scope of United States.
Newport residents join the war effort with families noting three Johnsons serving abroad. James Johnson and Joseph Johnson sail Navy assignments while Edward Johnson serves in the Marines and Garnett Johnson remains in the Navy.
Col George Sheppard Clarke the last land combat officer to escape Bataan returns to the United States and laments the public indifference. He cites fast driving, nightlife and crowded bars as stark contrasts to the 15,000 men remaining in Bataan. He brought Lieut Gen Jonathan M. Wainwrights last message to President Roosevelt and warns the nation must understand the Philippines defeat.
Chinese papers urge Soviet Russia to strike Japan following Japanese assaults on Midway and the Aleutians and after the Allied plan for a second front in Europe in 1942. The call comes from Chungking amid wartime pressure and global alliance talks.
The Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for a trainee junior aircraft communicator in Region 1 Civil Aeronautics Administration Department of Commerce. Applications are due at the Second Civil Service District in New York with exams to follow after the receipt deadline. Full details from the Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Winchester Post Office.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses how surface and hidden dental infections can influence overall health. He notes caries and pyorrhea as indicators of nutritional issues or lowered infection resistance, and explains how X-rays reveal hidden infections that may affect joints nerves heart kidneys and other organs.
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