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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
1
Prospects of settling a Ford Motor Company strike emerged after a conference with federal and state mediators and UAW leaders. A second meeting was planned as negotiations continue amid broader labor stoppages including coal strikes and portending extensive fallout.
London April 9 The admiralty reported that a British submarine torpedoed a 12,000 ton ship and another of 6,000 tons in a heavily laden convoy in the central Mediterranean during the night.
Winchester remarks on a Shenandoah Valley firemen parade for the Blossom Festival. Citizens expect entries from several fire departments in Shenandoah Valley towns and Sy sedocd. The event aims to boost interest and success of the festival.
Michael Lohr Capper 79 long time Winchester resident died at 12:30 this morning at 330 North Loudoun Street after several weeks of illness. Survived by widow Martha G. Capper a daughter and a twin brother Bruce Capper of Cumberland. Funeral arrangements announced by the family.
Brief official notice states Guardsmen are to be present at the armory at 1 30 A M for a scheduled assembly. No further details on participants or purpose are provided in the readable text.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, long an influential Democrat and sponsor of the national prohibition amendment, died at Walter Reed Hospital after weeks of illness from a brain hemorrhage. He served 38 years in the Senate beginning January 29, 1913, and led key defense program legislation including the selective service act. He was to turn 76 next month. He was under care at home before hospitalization. Ellison D. Smith voiced continued duty despite medical advice to rest.
Dr. John R. Steelman announced that labor and management in the soft coal industry reached a wage dispute agreement to avoid a coal shortage. He did not set a resume date for mines but noted 56 percent of tonnage in the eight-state Appalachian region was represented in negotiations involving the United Mine Workers and CI O.
A Pennsylvania railroad owner vented frustration over local service to Perryman accusing the line of civic insult. He demanded officials address slow service and requested a faster train for his return home, noting kerosene lamps and a dated station as part of the critique.
Dr John L Davis humorist and orator will headline the 186th District Conference of Rotary International in Winchester on April 21 and 22 He served as a U S Army captain in World War I and spoke to workers in army camps From New York to San Antonio He previously led Trinity Methodist in New Britain Conn organizing a Bible class that grew from 73 to 200 in four years.
About 500 employees at the Virginia Woolen Company ballot on union or no union for a second time in six months. The election is supervised by William M. Archer of the NLRB with Miss Muriel Ferris on site. Balloting is at a company house near the plant with observers from both sides. polls close at 4 30 PM after an all day vote. Last October workers rejected CIO affiliation amid AFL organizing efforts led by H B Douglas.
Washington reports the release of ten coast guard cutters to Britain announced at the White House. Stephen Early said the vessels, built 1928 to 1932, are prepared for transfer under the lease lead bill and will be turned over to British crews beyond the Atlantic. No commercial ships or naval craft are involved.
Two war correspondents crossing the Greek frontier report Serbian troops repelled German Panzer attacks twice then forced a retreat along the Vardar valley toward Salonika. They describe initial penetration by a small tank force followed by armored cars and trucks, with Luftwaffe bombing of rail stations from Skoplje to the Greek border.
Washington April 9 Stephen Early presidential press secretary favored voluntary press censorship and opposed compulsory government censorship. He said the President did not want censorship and expected no rule for voluntary censorship though no fixed formula could be laid down. Roosevelt also criticized editorials advocating legal censorship as a poor attempt to appease the public.
The Bethlehem Steel Company facing a contempt of court action in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. The NLRB accuses the firm of recognizing an independent union as a company dominated bargaining agent at the Fore River shipyard in Quincy. Five officials led by president Eugene Grace have nine days to respond.
John M. Steck prominent attorney and business man and Handley School Board chairman has recovered health enough to resume law practice. He spends part of each day in his office at 36 Rouss avenue after being stricken four months ago and initially listed in serious condition. Friends have begun greeting him again.
German blitz troops seize Salonika as Greeks withdraw. Axis reports Greek resistance shrinking in eastern Macedonia while Belgrade is bombed and 20,000 Yugoslavs reportedly captured. Italians advance in Yugoslavia as British push Massawa and Eritrea fall. heavy Allied air raids hit Coventry and other German ports.
Prime Minister Churchill warned Russia that Hitler eyes Ukraine and warned Britain that the Nazi threat to Egypt is grave. He reported Salonika fell to the enemy and that Germans sent armored troops and planes to Tripoli while UK subs and air attacks pursue them. He noted Italian collapse in East Africa could free British troops.
A Rome dispatch from Berlin via Popolo Di Roma says the Suez Canal is the Axis goal after Yugoslavia and Greece. The Balkans are described as a dynamic offensive theater aimed at striking British power in the Mediterranean-African- Asiatic sector culminating at Suez.
British Greek and Yugoslav defenses in the Balkans crumble in four days. Salonika falls, Greece’s eastern army of about 300,000 reportedly surrenders. German blitzkrieg advances reach near the Italian front in Albania. Nis and Skoplje fall. Belgrade and Greek positions reel under pressure. The transposed line notes a heavy civilian toll and possible endgame in the Balkans.
A reliable British source said Massawa on the Red sea has fallen to British and Free French forces, completing the conquest of Italian East Africa. The garrison was said to be sabotaging harbor works as defenders were overwhelmed. Cleanup will be conducted by South African and native troops.
The Star reports Maurice M. Lynch a veteran Winchester attorney remains hospitalized at Kings Daughters hospital Martinsburg West Virginia with no change in his condition. His physician had previously indicated there would likely be no developments before the end of the week or early next week.
S C Warden counts 195 geese in one flock and 246 in a second V formed pass over Wardensville last Thursday. Winchester fight fans reach Washington for the Tony Baer bout, with George Elbows McFadden denouncing the match as a disgrace. A Star office worker finds two delphinium stalks left in a car at lunch.
Announcement states due to the death of my heir the feed store will be closed Friday morning. The notice is from Harry and references a short-term disruption to operations and business hours.
Fragmentary local notices list a Sarah Zane Fire Hall event on April 10 at 8:30 with prizes. Other items include bingo at New Eagle’s Home on Wednesdays at 8 and dirt for fill for sale with apply instructions.
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