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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
10
The War Department drafted 102 fixed telegrams for Expeditionary Forces Messages to send home. Message No. 53 reads Happy Christmas and New Year, with costs set at 60 cents per message and options to reuse up to three texts in one. The collection includes love notes and money requests like Please send me pounds or dollars.
A small bomb exploded in an underground passage near Paris city hall, part of ongoing violence against German occupation and French collaborators. No injuries were reported. offices above were damaged. Charles Magny, named governor of Paris and prefect of the Seine in 1940, has offices there.
London June 15 A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports many persons wounded in Norway in a battle between Quisling followers and other Norwegians in Rissa and Selbu near Thorndheim. Quislingite units reportedly entered towns to take reprisals but faced strong resistance with disturbances also reported at Troendelag.
Ensign Huyman Harris, a former University of Oregon football player, recounts being rescued by a destroyer after an hour in the water from the Lexington. He describes a light bulb loosening on deck as he climbed aboard. The text also presents a weather trivia Q A about the hottest part of the day and heat gain loss cycles from sunrise to morning.
The article reports intensified Nazi offensives at Kharkov in Ukraine and Sevastopol in Crimea, with Soviet defenders engaging heavy losses. It notes Murmansk as a critical supply port and stresses the need for sustained transportation to keep Allied material flowing to front lines.
Notice states that I will not be responsible for any debts other than those contracted by myself. Signed by Lester Nesselrodt.
Classified column lists WANTED real estate including hunting lodge or rustic cottage with mountain acreage, plus modern options. Also seeks roomers at 312 Amherst Street and a colored cook with references at 214 West Germain, all under dated notices.
The Associated Press reports that ten million eastern motorists entered the first month of gasoline rationing across 17 states. Fatalities and highway accidents fell, while hundreds of stations closed and toll bridges saw revenue losses up to 75 percent. Golf, minor league baseball, beaches and other recreation were hit hardest.
Funeral services for Miriam Campbell White 76 were held at the Lutheran Church in Stephens City with Rev. F L Roof and Rev. Walter Smith officiating. Interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included Carmel Boyer Fred Ridings Harry Stickley Floyd Cadwallader Julian Steele and P E Linebreg. She was survived by nephews nieces and a great niece including Annie Sonner Frank Sonner Prince Ridgeway Katie Weaver Ida Pomeroy Earl Sonner and Lawrence Gregory.
Manheim Pa June 15 The Zion Lutheran Church founded by Baron Henry William Stiegel paid its annual rent for another year in a traditional ceremony. The stipend, exacted by Stiegel when he deeded the church plot, was paid to his descendant Mrs Edwin J Pager of Harrisburg. Stiegel set the rent as one red rose each June forever hereafter.
Miller plans a banquet on June 24 for the 68 voters who backed him. He would order 100 dinners to ensure no voter is overlooked if any ballots are invalidated.
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