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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
10
A Q and A mentions Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the bifocal lens in 1784. It also names Mrs. Arthur Terry of Short Hills New Jersey as a philanthropist collecting discarded spectacle frames for those unable to buy new ones.
Sir Archibald Longmore, commander of the British Middle East air force, planned the raids on Italian air bases in northern Africa that crippled Il Duce s African flying forces. The sudden attacks met little resistance.
The pay of a private in the United States Army was $30 per month. It rose to $33 per month for overseas duty on June 1, 1917.
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Paris is in German hands and the war pivots to whether Allied forces can be saved. He notes German thrusts into the Seine and Marne fronts, Weygand's retreat, and the threat of France’s capitulation. He warns Britain may face invasion and Spain and Italy could enter the war, threatening Gibraltar and the Mediterranean.
Report details a Paris attack with more than 250 killed and 650 wounded as the Nasi drive begins. Also notes a hospital treatment for a young air raid victim and a domestic inquiry on patent leather preservation.
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