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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1940
Page
6
The French government awarded the Croix De Guerre to the American hospital at Neuilly near Paris and cited its staff for long hours and devoted care during hostilities, saying they saved many lives by tending wounded from all directions.
Crocheted filet squares shown as simple affordable lace accessories. Pattern 6784 includes square instructions charts stitches and a materials list. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
A Brethren Church rally day features a special service tomorrow. A. C. Frye was reelected superintendent at the school election. A group photo will follow the worship hour and attendance is invited.
British nationals continued to flee Romania after German Italian and Romanian air raids over Bucharest. By Monday night virtually all Britons were gone except six detained on oil field sabotage charges and a few legation staff, as orders from London were implemented.
Berlin reports from DNB state British air losses since July total 3,950 planes with 2,900 fighters and the rest bombers. Daytime raids dropped 12,000 kilograms of bombs on England and 202,000 kilograms at night. Submarines are described as active including a U boat recon sinking 21,000 tons of shipping.
London marks Founders Day at St Pauls birthplace of the Y M C A with relics from its early days. The piece notes 96 years since George Williams started the movement and 2,000,000 members in 57 countries. British representatives send congratulations to 1,200 U S units for services to life and youth.
Readers of The Star are cautioned that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before transmission to the United States. The note signals limited dispatches and potential gaps in coverage during wartime reporting.
Present and past precipitation totals show 24 hour rainfall and year to date figures. The Winchester Research Laboratory provides historical monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 with January through December rainfall amounts and an annual average of 35.53 inches.
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