Navy plans massive shipbuild to boost fleet and focus on carriers
Washington reports the House Naval Committee will approve a historic 8.55 billion dollar program to double the fleet with 500000 tons of aircraft carriers and 500000 tons of cruisers plus 900000 tons of destroyer escorts. Four or five battleships are deferred as carriers become backbone of naval power.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D.ga
D.-Ga
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Ellender
D.-La
Reclassification Of State Road Projects Begun
The Virginia Senate Highway Commission began reallocating road projects amid wartime need. Chairman James A. Anderson warned 1942-43 revenues may drop about 45 percent from 1940-41, with projects split into three priority groups and many on hold due to material shortages and a federal stop-work order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate Highway Commistre
Eermdinemns Taare
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Department
Washington
Highway Department
Flag honors Captain Winnett in W. Boscawen Street display
Winchester readers recall the Colonial Kitchen flag on West Bos cawen Street honoring Captain Charles Henry Winnett III who died in March 1942 at age 70. Winnett held a nautical pilot license and captained an oil tanker. the Veterans Bureau draped the flag on his coffin in Houston after a long service on the Atlantic.
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Colonial Kitchen
W. Boscawen Street
Charles Henry Winnett
Winnett
Houston
Tex
Veterans’ Bureau
Air Raid Wardens Appointed For Dusk to Dawn Duty
E P Browning announced a preliminary list of air raid wardens and fire watchers for the dusk to dawn blackout tomorrow night. He cautioned the roster is incomplete and may contain inaccuracies while promising a full update within about a week. The list names Browning as chief, with wardens and fire watchers across sectors 1 and 2 including Mary Lou Steele and Elmo Cooper among others.
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E. P. Browning
Browning
West Clifford
P. G. Treland
Mary Lou Steele
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Marion Sutton
Charles W. Molden
Edith Rush
Cullen Orndorff
James Kinney
Pred Ridgeway
John Golden
Ray Butler
Lou Larrick
A. C. Long
Elmo Cooper
Maynard Wisecarver
John Cammer
J. L. Hauptman
Robert
Convict 29 of Driving While Under Influence
City authorities charged 36 persons with operating automobiles while under the influence during the year ending May 30 1942. In two cases charges were reduced to reckless driving and five others were found not guilty. Of the 29 convicted only two received suspended jail sentences.
Final Orders Issued for City Blackout by Wardens
At a Sarah Jane Hall meeting, air raid wardens and fire watchers issued final instructions for civilian defense volunteers for tomorrow night dusk to dawn blackout. E P Browning urged 100 percent compliance and noted violations will be reported. Drug stores will close and all but one restaurant have blackout measures. Auxiliary police to patrol and curb loitering. State troopers may not be available.
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Sarah Jane Hall
E. P. Browning
Hollis
Protective Force Training Planned for Enrolling Battalions
Lieut.-Col. James C. Anthony announced in Lexington that the intensive training of the sixth battalions and related units will finish as men from the seventh through twelfth battalions arrive from northern and central areas to begin similar work. The effort aims to ready a protective force for war needs with completion expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
James C. Anthony
Richmond
Anthony Eid
Danny the Monk's Romance Shapes Carnival Tale
Union City dispatch reports Danny the Monk falls for a dame fueling a carnival story about romance and return of the carnival season. Ronald D. Baker, noted for monkish wisdom, figures in the tale as the carnival era resumes.
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Danny
Monk
Union City
Conn
Ronald D. Baker
Cherchez
City Over Achieves USD Goal With 2300 Donor Count
City surpassed its USD target with donations totaling 4,468 dollars. Winchester exceeded the top mark for D Grim, reaching the quota of 2300 donors, with funds allocated to provide items and services to those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
D. Grim
Occar
Veniences
Italy claims destruction of more British warships
Italian high command reported heavy naval and air battles in the central Mediterranean on Monday. They said a heavy Italian cruiser was lost and an Allied cruiser and two destroyers were destroyed, with 15 more Allied vessels damaged. The claim referenced two large British convoys and noted several sunk ships, though no independent confirmation existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Pantelleria
Sicily
Malta
Dentists Rally Rubber Salvage Drive For War Effort
Winchester dentists join Major Wright and Dr. Yost in a salvage campaign asking dentists to donate rubber mats from car trunks and floors. Dr. Hugh Clark suggests repurposing stairway mats as salvage. The drive aims to extend the push to other professional groups and continue the wartime effort.
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Anderson
Yost
Hugh Clark
Winchester
Tom Wright
Public Health Service
Baltimore
Edward C. Yost
The
Star
Uniis
Fost
Den
British convoy sails west to east through Mediterranean
The Evening Standard cites an unconfirmed Italian report of air and naval battles in the central Mediterranean noting a British convoy successfully made the perilous west to east voyage for the first time in four months despite no official confirmation of the battles.
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London
Mediterranean
Evening Standard
Malta
Send-Off Party Planned for Local Selectees
Winchester and Frederick county youths head for induction this month with 90 men total bound for Fort Myer. The plan includes a community send-off with friends, relatives, and citizens. events to honor 27 city selectees June 26, 21 county selectees that day, 12 city youths June 27, and 30 county selectees June 30, followed by final physicals the last week of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
City Selective Board
Army
Fort Myer
Dorothy Rice
Allied forces deliver Malta Tobruk supplies despite heavy attacks
London announces successful delivery of food and munitions to Malta and Tobruk garrisons. Admiralty and Air Ministry deny enemy claims of sunk ships, noting losses inflicted on Axis naval and air forces. Royal Navy and US Army Air Corps, with RAF, supported operations amid fierce engagements and bomber attacks in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
London
Malta
Tobruk
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Royal Navy
Merchant Navy
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
His
United States Army
Cairo
Unite States Army Air Force
Medierranean
Fleet Air Arm
Ae Ae
Naval Gun Crew Fights U Boat. Ship Sunk
Four naval gun crew members died as their ship’s plates snapped from recoil during an engagement with a U boat. Eleven seamen also perished while twenty five sailors and five crew survived. Continued on page 2.
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Gulf Coast
United States
Casualty Station Volunteers Prepare for Test Blackout
Four fire halls will be staffed tomorrow night with casualty station personnel under Dr. P. W. Boyd. Volunteers report on foot at signal, remain on duty until relieved. Names listed include Glaize, Legge, Plumly, Plumly, Taylor, Fansler, Galliday, Patton, Boyd, Chapman, Russell, Petri e, Reading, Dunlap Webb, Clark, Hinkel, Seal, Massie, Riise, Burke, Rouss, and doctors Allen, Gibson, McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Boyd
Office of Civilian Defense
George Washington
Glaize
Robert Legge
Paul Plumely
Herman Plumly
Robert Taylor
Vincent Fanslermore
Galliday
Patton
Hinkel
Corps
Seal
Cecil Grimm
Robert Grove
George Dove
C. C. Ann Weate
Oe Stuart
Rosd
Insurance offices to close early on summer Saturdays
Notice lists Hollis O L Jamison Earl L Mason J V Arthur Good Co Arthur L Dunlap H B Lupton & Son H T Goode as offices closing at 1 PM Saturdays during June and August due to blackout. Also mentions dining room and job ad for tires by John Va in Berryville.
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Hollis O. L. Jamison R. R
Earl L. Mason J. V. Arthur Good & CO
Arthur L. Dunlap H
Lupton & Son
H. T. Goode
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Atlantic Ocean
Eastry
Eleanore
Lowden
Col
Epie
John Va
Berryville
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