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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1941
Page
3
Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian exiled president, held talks with President Roosevelt in the White House about the Baltic situation under Russian control. Smetona refused to disclose any details of the conversation.
In a radio broadcast Irish Prime Minister Eamon De Valera urged the nation to stand ready to resist attack. The warning followed Ireland’s largest military parade, with about 20,000 soldiers marching through Dublin in full war kit.
Two officers of the Shipyard 3 Union at the Maryland Company of Baltimore were expelled for communism. The CIO Industrial Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America announced the move. Charles land, president of the local, and Carl Brad were named in the action.
Ethel Barrymore buys two maroon ties to send a message to brothers Lionel and John amid a tale of Times Square, Olympia Theatre memories, and a local store opening on the former theatre site. Jim Connors passes the story along as curtain calls accompany her new play The Corn Is Green.
President Roosevelt met for two hours with Senate and House leaders in Washington to discuss the legislative situation. They touched on the proposed 3.5 billion tax program but gave no details on what would be taxed, and there was no mention of the convoy issue. Barkley noted incidental talk of labor and prospects for an early settlement of soft coal disputes, with no forecast of action on bituminous mine shutdowns.
Major-General Julian L. Schley testified before the House Flood Control Committee, urging new authorizations to cushion unemployment after the emergency. He said Congress should pass an omnibus bill for about 200 million dollars in flood control projects to back national defense and build a backlog of desirable works.
A two year probe by the Federal Power Commission into Hope Natural Gas Company of West Virginia moves to its final phase. Counsel Milton Springer argues wholesale rates should be cut, claiming reductions would lower retail rates in Akron and Cleveland Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Allmen of Co 115 Virginia Protective Force under Capt. W A Baker call members to drill Tuesday night April 23 at 7 30. Guns issued are cleaned and ready. Regular Friday drill will be held and extra sessions Wednesday and Thursday nights are urged to make up lost time. Recent contributors to the uniform fund include R T Bryarly Jr Sanitary Laundry Harry McCann Schlenperger Co A P Store J V Arthur National Fruit Prod Co Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co Philip Williams Kalbach and Son Haldeman Creamery H R Kern Sr Mrs Helen W Conrad and Harry K Thaw.
The American Red Cross has spent nearly 27 million dollars on war relief since Poland’s invasion. Britain received the largest share, with relief exceeding 12 million. About 23 ships per month carried Red Cross supplies to the besieged island, per Norman H. Davis at the convention. President Roosevelt praised foreign relief efforts in his message.
Washington April 21 labor department economists estimate that a 40 cent per hour minimum for rubber products manufacturing would affect about 10 000 of 130 000 workers. Wage division witnesses at a hearing said only 7 percent earned under 40 cents while spokesmen called the figure too low but acceptable to fix troublesome situations.
Fort Meade Maryland reports the 29th Division will add about 3 000 selectees by tonight, increasing federalized national guardsmen to one third of the needed strength. Headquarters say four regiments reached full strength last week.
R I Ruggles of Adams Electric Co operative testified before the Maryland Public Service Commission on a petition to build new lines in Maryland. He said 379 Maryland farmers requested service, with 68 in Carroll and 311 in Frederick counties, and rights of way secured for about 75 percent of proposed routes. He noted Pennsylvanian and West Virginia crews aiding Potomac Edison and called these activities feverish.
On the Susquehanna river bridge in Havre de Grace Maryland a parked car carrying five Fort Meade soldiers was struck by another vehicle. Sgt Fred J Hepler 23 of Philadelphia attached to the 51st medical battalion killed instantly. Injured Woodrow Schlegl 24 Bath Pa and Malcolm Y Tarring Aberdeen identified by state police driver of the striking car. The soldiers vehicle had stopped with a flat tire at the south end of the bridge and both injured men were taken to Havre De Grace Hospital.
Superintendent M. H. Eichenlaub testified that a 358-strong hospital strike disrupted all orderly procedure at West Penn Hospital. A hearing sought to prolong or dissolve a temporary injunction against further picketing while doctors, nurses, wives and volunteers helped care for about 400 patients. Eichenlaub said under the emergency setup they are managing to feed the patients.
The United States Court of Appeals ruled that the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers' Association must pay about 30000 in intangible personal property and business privilege taxes to the District of Columbia. The court found the association acted in its own behalf, not merely as agent for its 1100 members in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia, and referred the case to the District Board of Tax Appeals for redetermination of the exact tax due.
Floyd Ginn, an employee on Dr. Boyd's farm near Kernstown, won the grand prize car at the Lions Club fun festival held last week at the armory. The event, co sponsored by the Lions and the hospital's Junior Auxiliary, drew over 1,000 attendees.
In east Africa a commander rejects a British surrender demand to protect Italian populations. London debate grows on withdrawing expeditionary forces from the Aegean as British troops move toward Iraq. Hitler aims to trap the Mediterranean fleet and seize new ports. King George II leads a new cabinet with Skel larious as vice premier after Premier Korisis dies by suicide.
United States and Canada announced a mobilization agreement after a Roosevelt King meeting at Hyde Park. The pact calls for interchange of defense articles with each nation supplying its best equipped units to speed aid to Britain and bolster Western Hemisphere defense.
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