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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1943

Page

2

Farm Labor Center Seeks Volunteers for Seasonal Work

An AM meeting of the farm labor relief committee led by Richard will be at 8 15 tonight at the Frederick Labor Center to recruit volunteers for farm work. Farmers report labor shortages and callers offer seasonal help from June to November across tasks like orchard and tomato picking, hay making, threshing, and housework.

Farm Labor Realtment Committee Richard Frederick Court Kila Merica Zas Au- S

Baltimore Grain Market Closing Brief

Timore June 15 reports a mixed grain market with prices for No 2 red winter garlicy domestic at 1.56 and Winchester Market at 1.55 per bushel. Corn trades around 1.10 with deliveries noted and S-1,123 cases. butter priced at 56,117 pounds.

Winchester Market T Prichutter

Japs Drop Bombs On Guadalcanal

Washington reports Japanese bombers attacked Guadalcanal Sunday night with a small number of bombs but caused no casualties or material losses. Navy communiqué No. 412 details June 13 actions including damage to a Japanese recon aircraft and additional nighttime bombing over Guadalcanal.

Washington Guadalcanal Navy South Pacific

Virginia Soldiers Wounded in North Africa Named

The War Department released a list of 393 U S soldiers wounded in action. Six Virginians are listed as wounded in the North African campaign with next of kin provided: Clyde P. Counts Glade Springs. Richard C. Holloway Jarrett Route 1. Harvey C. Sutherland Pulaski 216 Floyd Ave. Leroy T. Virts Lovettsville. James T. Williams Jr. Drakes Branch. Donald R. Bailey Langley.

Washington United States War Department Middle East North Africa Pacific Southwest Pacific Clyde P. Counts Anne F. Counts Glade Springs Richard C. Holloway George C. Halloway Jarrett Harvey C. Sutherland Evelyn M. Sutherland Floyd Avenue Pulaski Leroy T. Virts Myrtle V. Virts Lovettsville James T. Williams, Jr Bessie C. Williams Drakes Branch PFC Donald R. Bailey Ethel J. Bailey Langley

Stilwell Urges Hard Fight to Defeat Japan in Orient

General Stilwell spoke of a savage enemy and hard fighting as Allied forces coordinate a broader campaign in China and the southwest Pacific. He praised Yangtze front support from the 14th Air Force and noted efficiency in Africa and American home front resolve as essential to victory.

China Southwest Pacific Japan Stilwell Orient Mediterranean Stillwell U. S India Burma London Cairo Yangtze Front 14Th United States Air Force Claire L. Chennault 14Th Air Force Washington

Eastern Gasolin Rationing Not To Be Lessened

Petroleum Administrator Ickes warned Washington that oil resources may dwindle and stricter rationing could come. He rejected claims of secret schemes and urged curbing non essential gasoline use to support war, noting no current plans to extend severe eastern curbs to other regions due to transportation issues.

Washington Ickes Middle West

German U-Boat Woes Stir Armaments Council

London reports that the German armaments council threatens to halt raw material priority to submarine yards unless U-boat effectiveness improves. Grand Admiral Doenitz has three months to deliver results, as two new U-boat techniques go into operation amid rising losses.

London Daily Sketch German Armaments Council Karl Doenitz Gott Daily Express Adolf Hitler Voelkischer Beobachter Stockholm

Further Cut In Newsprint To Be Considered

New York June 15 The American Newspaper Publishers Association said reports indicate the advisability of recommending a further five percent cut in newsprint consumption by newspapers and tighter inventory limits effective July 1 The War Production Board advisory committee will meet in Washington Thursday to consider the measure The cut would reduce the L-240 order beginning July 1 to about 95 percent of the 1941 net paid circulation for producing newspapers

New York American Newspaper Publishers’ Association Washington ANPA War Production Board Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee

Young Roosevelt Exonerated in Fatal Shot Incident

William Donner Roosevelt age 10, grandson of the President, was exonerated by a Montgomery county coroners jury in the June 6 shooting of 11 year old Lewis Hutchinson of Ardmore. Coroner Winslow J. Rushong ruled the death accidental based on evidence and Roosevelt statements. The same conclusion had been reached by Delaware County Juvenile Court last Friday.

Norristown William Donner Roosevelt Col Elliot Roosevelt Montgomery County Lewis Hutchinson, Jr Ardmore Young Hutchinson Roosevelt Boy Winslow J. Rushong Young Roosevelt Roosevelt Delaware County Juvenile Court Delaware County

Indication of Bomb Damage From German War Report

A Berlin radio broadcast quoted a German war reporter describing tremendous Allied bombing damage in the Ruhr and Rhineland. He said soldiers from the eastern front pass those towns in silence and bow to the unimaginable suffering of the local people, as recorded by the Associated Press.

Africa Stillwell North Stilwell America London Berlin Ruhr Rhineland Associated Press

Dottie Thompson Marries Maxim Kopf in Quiet Vermont Ceremony

In Barnard Vermont on June 15 Dottie Thompson columnist and Maxim Kopf Czech artist wed before about 50 close friends and relatives. The ceremony at the Universalist church on Silvery Lake near Twin Farms was conducted by Rev. Robert Killam. It marked the third marriage for both spouses.

Barnard, Vt Dorothy Thompson Maxim Kopf Universalist Silvery Lake Twin Farms Robert Killam Paspane

Hungarian Nazis Fight Non Belligerency Policy

Budapest reports say Bela Imredi leads an underground Nazi effort to overturn Hungarys anti axis stance. Premier Nicolas Kallay has closed parliament and ordered police action after 372 arrests, a ban on intercity calls, and demonstrations were suppressed.

Bern Switzerland Bela Imredi Budapest Nicolas Kallay

Navy Men Return To Los Angeles

The Eleventh Naval District ordered Los Angeles reopened to enlisted personnel at noon. About 17 leaders of youth gangs were summoned to a county grand jury probe of clashes between zoot suiters and service members. Rear Admiral D W Bagley said lifting the ban followed assurance from Mayor Fletcher Bowron that police can handle the situation.

Los Angeles Eleventh Naval District D. W. Bagley Comandant Fletcher Bowron

Americans Bomb Lines In Burma Jap Communication

New Delhi reports American medium bombers hit Japanese communications in Burma. They struck the railroad bridge over the Mu River west of Legyi and railway shops at Maymyo with B 25s, all returning safely. RAF bombers engaged targets at Akyab and fighter planes attacked positions on the Mayu peninsula and Kale Myo area with one loss.

New Delhi Burma Mu River Legyi 10Th United Ne Air Force Maymyo Burnie Akyab Mayu Kalemyo

Sipe Appointed Physics Instructor at Bethany College

H Craig Sipe, former Handley High School faculty member and O Sullivan Rubber Company development physicist, has been appointed instructor of Physics at Bethany College in Bethany West Virginia.

Ward Bethany College Bethany W. Va H. Craig Sipe Handley High School Sipe O'Sullivan Rubber Company

Greek Guerrillas Stand Firm Against German Drive

Ankara reports Greek guerrillas have resisted a German Italian offensive begun ten days earlier with tanks planes and artillery. An ultimatum issued in late May demanded cease fire by June 4 under threat of action, but the guerrillas ignored it. A strong force was sent after them and only a few irregulars were captured according to Greek sources.

Ankara

Soviets Repel German Counterattacks Near Orel Front

Soviet midday communique says German infantry supported by tanks and planes attacked four settlements northeast of Mtsensk in the Orel sector. heavy losses reported with about 200 German troops killed in one sector and three Nazi planes downed. Russians also report scouting near Belgorod and artillery activity on multiple fronts.

London Mtsensk Orel Belgorod Ore Moscow Volkhov Leningrad Smolensk Rostov

Roosevelt fourth term fence building hints at 1944 bid

The New York Times reports Roosevelt’s nomination of James B. M. McNally for U S Attorney in the Southern District of New York is seen as an open signal of a possible fourth term bid. McNally is a Tamany Hall ally and heads the party’s law committee.

New York New York Times Roosevelt Senate United States James B. M. McNally McNally Michael J. Kennedy, Jr Tammany Tammany Hall Tammy

Evacuation Appeal Urges Action Over Bomb Damage

Das Reich quotes an appeal urging citizens in western and northwest Germany to be ready and help those affected by bombing. It warns that bombs affect all and calls for deeds rather than words, noting conditions like lack of movies and sanitation in evacuation areas.

Das Reich Hitler Germany

Let The Star Make The Contact In Advertising

Local ad copy highlights The Star as the preferred channel for reaching audiences. It emphasizes direct contact with readers and the impact of effective placement. The message frames advertising outcomes as the key measure of success for campaigns.

Night break in at Berryville filling station ends with youth arrest

A Berryville filling station on North Main Street was entered last night. A 15 year old boy was arrested by Town Sergeant 8 M Carper and placed in Winchester jail. He was seen climbing from a window with a large bundle of cigarettes cakes and chewing tobacco. A juvenile court hearing is set for Thursday at 10 o'clock before Trial Justice Loring Kackley.

Berryville O. M. Murphy North Main Street Winchester

Corn Shortages Hit Main Markets Across the Belt

Reports to grain firms show similar tightness in corn across several corn belt states. Major markets lack sufficient maize at week start and discuss enforcement limits on ceilings. Transactions remain informal, known only to buyer and seller, not officially recorded.

Chinese claim swift near Shasi capture and Linyang assault

Chinese high command announced the capture of a town southwest of Shasi and the encirclement destroying more than half the enemy garrison. The communique said Chinese forces pressed from the north and south toward Linyang in southern Henan, with fighting continuing for the town on the Peiping Hankow railway as Japanese reinforcements arrived.

Chungking Yangtze Shasi Ichang Peiping Hankow

Answers to the Pace Daily Quiz

The page lists correct quiz answers: composer 7 332000 times. The Old Testament. No. Byron Price.

Byron Price

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