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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
10
Tokyo reports a large Japanese merchant ship, under naval escort, torpedoed in the South China Sea by an enemy submarine. The vessel burned instantly. 541 have been saved. The sinking occurred May 8 and the scene lies west of the Philippines or Borneo.
Divisions will undergo intensified training at multiple centers including the Northwest desert training center and Camp Forrest Tennessee to operate with air and armored forces. The plan emphasizes task force effectiveness and physical mental toughness with units required to complete a continuous 25 mile foot march and conduct at least one third of training at night.
The list names 124 individuals including Jessie M. Fanning Dixie Fugitt Betty J. Gearing Greene Rosalie Grimm Helen Grove Maxine Grubbs Louise Henry Jane Hinkle Helen Hodgson Margaret Jackson Helen Kibler Phyllis Kramer Marjorie LaFollette Alice Lake Jane Lanahan Elizabeth Linkous Betty Jean Miller Pearl Nicholson Betty J. Nixon Virginia Omps Mary Pappas Catherine Patton Martha Rees Doris Reister Virginia Rittenour Elsie Lees Rogers Aletta Rudolph Aspacia Sempeles Colleen Shine Gretna Sirbaugh Enola Smith Reba Snarr Sophia Spanos Imogene Sperow Susan Shryock Cullen Wisher Ethel Trenary Sylvia Triplett Juanita Weatherholtz Winifred Wilson Anne Woolfolk.
The United States under President Roosevelt seeks an arrangement with local French authorities in the Caribbean to protect French possessions from domination by the common enemy. Admiral Hoover and Samuel Reber began talks on Saturday with no public details, aligning with Laval’s collaboration policy and reflecting Vichy relations.
Chinese spokesman Paoshan said a Japanese advance from the Burma road threatens Tengyueh as Chinese forces battle to defend the city. The spokesman disputed Japanese claims of capturing Pacshan while noting the Salween bridge at Huiting and key road segments remain contested.
Soviet dispatches from the Leningrad front report German six inch anti tank guns deployed against Russian Voro s Milov tanks but the heavy Russian tanks kept advancing. The new Nazi shells supposedly reach 3000 degrees Celsius upon detonation and the tanks are said to outperform German armor while destroying several of the new guns.
L S Cotton senior business specialist from the Office of Price Administration will speak at the Martinsburg courthouse tomorrow at 8 p m Merchants of Winchester and others invited through the Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce to attend The invitation was extended by Nelson Clark chamber secretary to Andrew Bell local chamber secretary
Dispatches recount Jack Rauhof’s 1941 service with the regiment in China Philippines and Bataan and Corregidor under MacArthur and Wainwright. A Star photo captioned Captured by Japs? raised hopes for crew safety. Rauhof later served as a Marine and former Winchester Evening Star carrier. He has a wife Helen Martin of San Diego and relatives in multiple cities including Pulaski and Los Angeles.
A vintage advertisement urges men and women under 30 to take Kruschen Salts daily for 30 days to stimulate liver bile flow. It promises relief from headaches, sluggish bowels, and bilious indigestion, with a money back guarantee and availability at Miller's Drug Store.
Sir Stafford Cripps announced in the House of Commons that a war debate would be held on the first and second days of the next sittings. He said participation by Prime Minister Churchill would depend on the war situation and on the Prime Minister. The opening date for the next series was not announced.
Representatives from more than 50 local councils across Virginia are expected at the 30th annual convention of the State Council of Daughters of America in Richmond. Mrs Daisy Cardoza of Norfolk serves as president.
Robert J. O'Brien a 51 year old Brooklyner veteran of the last war reports to the medical replacement center at Camp Lee as a private. He previously served as a guard for the U S customs and was a corporal in a field artillery unit.
May 14 Washington: Senator Norris blocked consideration of a Downey resolution declaring no special privileges in rationed gasoline. Senate Democratic leader Barkley led a strong push against the measure.
The Berlin commentary described German advances in Crimea near Kerch Strait with forces pursuing retreating Russians and clearing pockets at Akmonai. It noted air raids on Kerch port, mine clearance by engineers, and Finnish air strikes on shipping at the Vodla river mouth on the broader front.
West Virginia May 14 officials paused an official inquiry into the dis aster at Christopher Coal Company's No 3 mine as rescue crews sought 11 missing miners. Four more bodies were recovered and crews faced hours more to remove those buried under heavy collapses three miles underground. Chief N P Rhinehart led the effort.
The State Mines department said the mine was not badly wrecked and an inquiry would not begin until all bodies are found. Five rescue crews work in four hour shifts wearing oxygen helmets due to the fumes.
In Wichita Falls Texas on May 14 two men leaped from the top floor of the Texan Hotel as flames gutted the building. Firefighters battled the blaze but the men did not survive.
A blaze at the Texan Hotel began before 5 A.M. and rapidly engulfed the seven story structure. Ten other guests were injured, with W. W. Collier of Fort Worth aged 52 and Chester F. Windel of Dallas aged 47 identified among the dead as flames spread to the adjoining Studio Hotel. Firefighters gained control mid-morning as ambulance calls continued.
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