23 Oct 1942
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1942
Page
1
Senate votes 49 to 25 to send six committee proposals on wartime drafts and age limits. The Texas senator influences opposition to calling teenagers into service. Amendments focus on liquor restrictions and extended training before deployment.
A German broadcast claimed Mohandas K. Gandhi had died while in British custody after being placed incommunicado at a home of the Aga Khan in Poona. Gandhi, age 73, was reportedly confined since August 8.
Frederick county will conclude registration for farm trucks under the Office of Defense Transportation order tomorrow. E M Punk the local registration chairman said the courthouse will stay open tonight for the issue of war necessity certificates as part of the echo of war effort.
Rivers at Riverton on North Fork and South Fork show muddy back banks. See goods at 380 East, Saturday October. Advertisement on fee due.
Priday hosts Friday night bingo at 8 30 with 350 dollars in prizes. Rouss Pre Hatstead listed as organizer or sponsor with event details unclear due to OCR text.
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Britain as guest of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to learn first hand about British women’s war work and to visit American troops in Great Britain. She will meet Prime Minister Churchill and other notables during a two to three week stay with Malvina Thompson.
Bar members and legal colleagues gathered in the Frederick County Courthouse to honor Judge Philip Williams. M. M. Lynch read a memorial prepared for the court records, recognizing Williams’s fifteen years on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and his lifelong ties to Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley.
Frederick county scrap collection in the first three days averaged over 21 000 pounds daily totaling 63 604 weighed in. The effort reports strong neighborhood leadership and large piles found. L F Dorsey credited for reporting unusually large amounts. State trucks moved routes but will return Monday. Booster Club Handley High won second prize 50 war bond for over 169 000 pounds. Martinsville High P T A won first prize 100 bond.
The German radio said Madrid security police uncovered a secret group smuggling politicians Jews and men of military age from France to England via Spain Portugal and Gibraltar. It claimed all British consulates in Spain were involved in the operation.
President Michael warns Germans aim to use the Caucasus as a stepping stone to India and calls on the Red Army to turn the region into a grave for the German occupants. The message emphasizes caution as German forces threaten Soviet territories in October.
J Edgar Hoover commends the Winchester Evening Star editorial urging to leave national security investigations to trained law enforcement. He asks for continued public cooperation to report information to FBI field offices so it receives proper attention and notes appreciation for editor Byrd's support.
President Roosevelt announced a shift in war production focusing on firepower over sheer quantities. Tanks and planes will be reduced toward a 1942 goal while steel use remains constant. He stressed production plans adapt to combat experience and warned luxury goods may be cut to free materials for munitions.
Two new Methodist ministers start first appointments this Sunday in White Post and Winchester. Rev C H Glaize, admitted to the Virginia conference, will lead White Post. Rev H W Ashby, a Randolph-Macon / Yale Divinity School graduate, will head Montague Avenue Charge.
The Rev. Herman R Page 50 former Asean of St Pauls Oakwood Ohio was consecrated bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Midwest with seat at Marquette Michigan He succeeds his father the late Bishop Herman Page Sr who led for 16 years He has served as army chaplain with rank Lieutenant Colonel since January 1941 and will be placed on the inactive list to assume his new post.
Italian high command says British planes damaged Genoa heavily in several waves last night and started fires in Turin. Two raiders shot down by anti aircraft, fires in Turin quickly contained. Axis says 20 British planes shot down on Egyptian front as Italian planes returned safely. Genoa raid described as first heavy strike in moonlight after six months.
Handley High School may have a student christen a Liberty ship amid a scrap drive for the United Nations effort. Superintendent Quarles reports Handley’s per student scrap haul averages 119 pounds from 790 students with 92 976 pounds collected overall.
Navy disclosures reported by the Associated Press show two American cargo ships sunk in western Atlantic action since December 7 1941. One vessel was attacked by aircraft in July and sunk as a navigation hazard after abandonment. Captain Julius Holmgren said the ship was badly damaged by near misses in a high level bombing attack beyond its gun range. The other ship was torpedoed last month with an estimated three lives lost.
British war plan previews a strong Indian Ocean battle squadron led by Admiral Somerville with Warspite Royal Sovereign and Resolution plus Illustrious. The drive aims to retake Burma from Japan, following Wavell Auchinleck Stilwell discussions and intensified frontier reconnaissance after the monsoon.
German occupation authorities in Paris intensified labor recruitment for Germany’s war industries. A threatened use of force was issued for those failing to report to a railway for transport to the Reich. Pierre Laval met with officials in Paris and Vichy to press for 150000 workers as Admiral Darlan inspected Dakar defenses.
ABC Investigator John Cowan found an old Colt revolver dating to 1875 in Front Royal. The Winchester Boxing Association’s equipment, stored at the American Legion building, is missing. Groves Furniture Window displays a May 28 1872 patent washing machine. Rain totals widen October’s record as Shenandoah riverwork continues with mud and quarry activity at Stephens City and Middletown shipments.
Soviet dispatch reports Red Army counter attacks as Nazis face setbacks northwest of Stalingrad. Red Star notes initiative seized at ruined-build ing positions while winter weather tightens supply lines. Pravda cites civil orders in Budennovsk demanding warm clothes for invaders.
Victor F. Barnett Tulsa war transportation committee chairman warned gasohol moonshiners may hamper rationing enforcement in oil areas. He said crude oil can be heated and condensed into a lower octane gasoline usable in cars though unsafe, noting some drivers could be suspected if their engines knock.
Francis S. Chase will meet with Frederick County teachers at Miller School to discuss the Virginia state teacher retirement plan. Leslie D. Kline says Chase will answer questions at the 1 o'clock meeting and encourages all interested teachers to attend.
City and county goals set at 2 685 628 pounds with 1 549 379 already collected. Rae weighed in 63 604 pounds. Remaining target 1 026 611 pounds. Daily totals October 20 22 830 pounds October 21 46 028 pounds October 22 17 576 pounds.
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