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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1943
Page
10
Fashion editor notes a surge in fur coat purchases as households cut other costs and pay off core expenses. Prices range from fifty to twenty five thousand dollars with styles including Persian lamb beaver mink and sable offerings, favoring loose boxy designs and collarless necklines for a banner year.
In fond memory of husband and father Benjamin F Hawkins who passed away June 30 1942. We watched you suffer day by day and could not give relief. Your weary hours are past and in our aching hearts we know you have sweet rest at last. His wife and son. (6 30 11)
Britain signals no weakness to Mussolini and urges surrender amid looming heavy fighting. The piece notes Allied air power intensifying the Mediterranean onslaught and explains fighter aircraft roles and losses, detailing P-38 P-47 P-51 and other fighters and their performance in various theaters.
Classified notices list real estate for sale at 302 National Avenue Winchester Virginia with frontage details and owner contact Mrs Cornelius Edmonds. multiple items include 1939 Dodge 27 W Hart Street and 1942 Buick Special and 1937 Chevrolet offers. farm equipment, milk cows, and farm duties advertised. rentals for 8 room house and two modern Chapin apartments. demand for electric refrigerator and radio batteries. miscellaneous items like locust vests and stakes. multiple WANTED notices for engine, dishwasher, and ride share pickups.
Lost gasoline book No. F-159074-H belonging to M. H. Rosenberger of Hayfield Virginia, reported on June 29, 1921. If found, contact the owner or local authorities.
John E. Zombro chief observer and disabled World War I veteran has logged about 600 hours in watch over six months. The Boyce Post on Force Ground Observer Corps operates with limited personnel due to summer absences and gas shortages.
The Tokyo radio announced a Nanking signed agreement restoring administrative rights in Shanghai's former international settlement to the Chinese puppet regime. Premier Hideki Tojo hailed it as a turning point aligning with Japan's aims to curb British and American influence. The puppet government will assume settlement control August 18 with matter decisions by Japanese and Chinese officials.
Elmer Davis chief of the Office of War Information warned the hardest phase of the war lies ahead and casualties will be heavier than those seen so far. He told the National Women's Press Club that Germany did not capitulate until it endured longer and heavier bombardment at higher casualty costs.
Boston notes a light hearted consolation for those short of life’s luxuries. The Boston OPA office quotes ancestors endured scarcity, listing sugar coal buttered bread potatoes coffee matches and gasoline as examples from various centuries.
Stockholm reports 1342 killed in an RAF raid on Elberfeld in Wuppertal last Thursday. City still lacks water gas electricity and telephone service. Fires burn at chemical and textile plants. Elberfeld station half destroyed and narrow area bombing causes many wounded.
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker arrived Moscow June 20 on a mission for Secretary Henry L. Stimson and left for a brief visit to the Russian front. He planned to return to Moscow before heading home.
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