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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1942
Page
10
A Berlin based report notes expanding Gestapo influence as the war continues. Alvin Steinkopf, former AP Berlin correspondent, contributes analysis from his new position in the United States after a national exchanges.
A June 24 dispatch analyzes the Gestapo’s expanding power after Hitlers Reichstag speech declaring war on the United States. It warns of arrests and disappearances, but argues the force is fallible, corrupt, and not omnipotent, while detailing methods it uses to monitor citizens and enforce wartime controls. The piece notes many Germans live unaffected, while urging caution and loyalty to Nazi rules.
In hopeful notes, Allied forces prepare for a push in North Africa as Rommel massed on the Egyptian border. Reinforcements reach the Middle East while US heavy bombers and British ships strike at Rommel’s lines. Moscow reports partial Reds withdrawals south of Kharkov but stresses ongoing battles at Sevastopol.
Classified listings include rental offers for three and five room apartments at 10 E Piccadilly 302 N Rent and 511 S Rent, two furnished rooms, plus a new apartment. Sales: 6 year old mare harness work phone 4013, used manure spreader phone Boyce. Also real estate wanted for a hunting lodge or rustic mountain property and elderly housekeeper wanted. Plus poultry and grain notices and a brick house for sale with rental history.
analysis notes how Hitler presses Red positions near Balaklava with withdrawals continuing. It argues Hitler’s hold weakens his offensive capacity yet allows selective thrusts. It also discusses Axis propaganda pushing Japan toward Russia, with Tokyo mobilizing near Manchukuo and Siberia while awaiting Europe’s outcome.
The fifty second reunion of the United Confederate Veterans opened in Chattanooga with about 30 members hearing welcomes from civic leaders. General Homer Atkinson, 95, of Petersburg Virginia, was re elected commander in chief with a staff of about 15 officers. Also named were Dr George Bolling Lee of New York Lt Col E E Hume U S A of Carlisle Pennsylvania and John L Strohl of Mount Morris New York as vice commanders in chief.
J. W. Morrow a renowned Winchester Sunday School teacher spoke to Leesburg Virginia Baptist Church Bible Class last Sunday. His message was well received and he has been asked to return at his first opportunity.
Casualties from the Navy since the war began exceed 10000. Casualty list number 5 names 98 dead 8 wounded and 2101 missing. Army reports 796 battle deaths and 930 Phanero of troops. The Navy list covers May 11 to June 6 across Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. many missing were in Manila Bay and may be prisoners of war. The final clause references Pennsylvania stone production, unrelated to the military data.
The best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in the United States are at Mesa Verde Colorado. Archaeologists note the site’s well preserved masonry rooms kivas and painted shelters revealing Ancestral Puebloan life.
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