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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1942
Page
1
A sleeper transport plane ploughed into a high ridge near Cisco Utah, killing about 10 people. Wreckage scattered, bodies burned and mangled, some thrown clear. One man survived briefly but could not speak as rescue crews reached the scene.
Chungking May 2 AP Japanese forces marching along the Burma road toward Yunnan have been repulsed with heavy casualties after reaching north of Hsenwi about 45 miles from the border. Hsenwi lies 22 miles northeast of Lashio, where the Japanese reportedly seized the junction of the mountain supply road and the rail line to Mandalay.
Mr Winchester thanks citizens for co operation during air raids and outlines sugar rationing as essential in wartime. He notes water routes and other war complications require shared sacrifice and prudent living.
About 1500 Jammed High students and patrons crowded the auditorium for the fifth annual county music festival. The venue’s seating capacity was taxed by the large turnout.
Navy announces 5486 dead and missing in four months of global naval warfare from December 7 to April 15. Includes Marine and Coast Guard personnel. Most losses from direct action with the enemy. some from accidents at sea or in the air. Pearl Harbor included. possible later additions. Prisoners not counted. some missing may later be confirmed as prisoners. Publication of totals to be followed by casualty lists next week.
Eight Virginia companies received thirty day permits allowing women workers to exceed the 40 hour limit to 56 hours weekly due to wartime production needs. State labor commissioner John Hopkins Hall announced after department investigations.
Race fans flock to Churchill Downs for the 68th Kentucky Derby with Calumet’s chestnut likely to start under Sun Again ownership. Ben Jones and Warren Wright weigh decisions as bets rise and Col. Matt Winn forecasts a big crowd.
Funeral services for Trial Justice Alysil Taverner will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from his Albin home with Rev. Ronald S. Wilson and Rev. R. A. Whitten officiating. Burial at Mt. Hebron cemetery follows Masonic rites conducted by Winchester lodge with active pallbearers named from fraternal brothers.
A rare five generation line is shown in Capon Bridge West Virginia featuring Mrs Judith LaFollette 83 with her son Oliver 63 his daughter Pearl Orndorff 41 both of Capon Bridge and Mrs Stultz 23 with infant Senettos Lee Stultz 3 of Winchester.
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a new corporate tax plan raising excess profit tax to 94 percent and boosting the surtax to 16 percent. It would set combined normal and surtax at 40 percent, with analysts noting shifts favoring war profit cuts over normal revenue. The plan, deemed ideal by committee members, drew mixed views from Wall Street Journal.
The 16 page Future Farmer Home Economics supplement accompanies this issue of the Winchester Evening Star. It promises useful information on vocation and related topics for students and readers seeking guidance.
General Motors ceased manufacturing non functional automotive parts following a War Production Board order. President C E Wilson said plants halted service parts except government orders to clarify compliance and avoid non compliance charges. Walter P Reuther of the UAW criticized the move as punitive toward workers and urged quick resolution.
Eight navy men were aboard an American cargo ship torpedoed recently in the Atlantic. The fifth district said all but two of the 47 crew were saved, marking the first allowed statement on such operations since the Atlantic coast sinkings began earlier this year.
The Federal Reserve Board may act next week on consumer credit cards. A board spokesman said a limit on settling open charge accounts is likely, balancing account convenience with preventing unfair installment buying.
Moscow radio reports guerrillas south of Moscow killed 5 000 Germans and captured 345 villages recently. Stockholm dispatches say the Red Army directed tank assaults against German lines in the Orel Kursk Bryansk triangle to wedge hedgehog garrisons at Orel and Kursk. Russians reportedly captured facing tintin in Fatezh.
Berlin dispatches indicate ongoing German broadcasts on May 2 reporting waves of activity abroad. The fragment shows limited details but suggests continued coverage of wartime events from German outlets.
North Bay Ontario reported Judge J A Valin the 85 year old chief guardian of the Dionne quintuplets wed Beatrice Provencher 29 a former nurse for the five little girls The ceremony took place today with Valin’s connection to the quintuplets noted in the report
Obscure entry notes a local obituary and a mention of a highway rattler incident near Kerestown along the highway east of W. in the George Washington National Park between Massanutten and Blue Ridge ranges. No clear individuals beyond Ritter referenced.
Dispatches from Chungking report reinforcements for Stilwell to bolster outnumbered defenders as Japanese columns press toward the border. Allied air forces bomb bases near Australia and New Guinea while unidentified planes fly over Townsville. In the Philippines Lieutenant Bingo announces a door prize event at the American Legion in Berryville.
South End residents are invited to a May 4 8:00 p.m. briefing led by Fire Chief Barr on the fire department role in civilian defense. The gathering will form fire and rescue squads and seek interested citizens. Capt. Howard Hart notes the event.
Police will enforce this ordinance. C. W. Hollis, Winchester Police De. District, April 28.
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