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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1941
Page
9
The Miller School page lists student names with birthdates from Frederick County and Winchester details, noting ambitions such as stenographer and policeman. It covers class rings, S C A district meeting delegate Janice Stine, and various nicknames and habits among eighth and seventh graders.
A proposal to schedule a softball game with you on either Thursday or Friday. Awaiting your preferred day and time to finalize venue and participants.
Fourth and fifth graders at Miller School display a shell collection, old bird nests, stones, coal, and wood. Robert Shambaugh contributed a piece of wood with a knot. The exhibit includes a crawfish shell a hardshell crab shell and a starfish with rocks named granite limestone marble and sandstone.
Virginia Garden Tour opens Monday April 28 with a social emphasis as Mrs. D. C. Sands of Middleburg announces honored guests including Mrs. Henry Morgvaeronemy Clarke Co. Lady Lindsey at Scabby and Mrs. William O. Douglas at Woodlawn near Washington. Notable figures from Europe and government will attend at Oatlands Gunston Hall Stratford and Woodlawn through May 3 with plans to support hospital restorations in England.
The Handley Volunteers lost 2-1 to Strasburg as Horan was held hitless and Swinchester failed to reach base. Grove drove in the tying run in the sixth inning for Strasburg, giving them the win.
The advertisement extols HALDEMAN S offerings as fresh pure and healthful qualities boosting its popularity daily.
Eyewitness account describes Allied resistance in Greece and Crete as German forces advance. RAF and ground units clash along Volas to Piraeus with limited air support while British, Polish and ANZAC troops defend the Albanian line and Kozane-Katerini sector amid heavy German pressure.
Washington on April 23 reports Treasury receipts of 33 838 381 76 dollars and expenditures of 62 797 508 12 dollars. Gross debt stands at 47 170 529 183 64 dollars.
This describes Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as a major Navy air facility with the main station and three auxiliary fields, housing nearly 8000 personnel. Seaplane facilities include three hangars and six ramps while land plane facilities cover about 2050 acres for the main base and 2600 acres across three auxiliary bases, with nine hangars and four runways 6000 to 7200 feet long.
Richmond officials hear a proposal to scrap the 2 percent gross receipts tax on highway common carriers as a step toward a fairer tax system. Speakers compare taxes in Virginia and North Carolina and call for a simplified, unified approach while deferring action to the General Assembly.
An Associated Press report surveys corn trials showing three-year rotations with wheat and clover yield 34 to 61 bushels per acre, versus 18 to 33 without heavy fertilization. Fertilizer costs average about 3 dollars per acre, yielding the cheapest extra corn.
The Rev. Samuel A. Virgil, former pastor of John Mann M E Church, died suddenly of a heart attack in Baltimore on Monday. He was a leading minister of the colored Methodist conference. Survived by nine daughters, Rosa among them. Funeral at St. Paul Church in Baltimore tomorrow at 1 PM.
MILLWOOD April 23 Mr. and Mrs Edward G Butler left Tucs for Thibodaux La where they spend time visiting Mr and Mrs Richard Slater on their sugar plantation. Several social visits are noted including Miss Elizabeth Bradford and guests from Washington Philadelphia Baltimore and New York with various dinners and weekend visits. Col Consolvo of Norfolk spent weekend in Clarke with Mrs Consolvo.
In Salem Oregon on April 23 a State Penitentiary baseball pitcher faced Willamette University pinch hitter Roy Keene and threw a hittable pitch. Keene connected for a safe hit while Willamette coach Roy Keene observes the play.
Gardeners seek a substitute for American Elms destroyed by Dutch elm disease. The White Ash Fraxinus americana is recommended for similar conditions and good moist soil performance. It grows 50 to 80 feet tall, 2 to 3 feet in diameter, with golden autumn color and a symmetrical shape. Disease pressure is low. proper feeding keeps trees vigorous and resistant. April is advised for feeding all trees with a balanced fertilizer per label directions.
In Richmond on April 23 a taxicab driver Sherman Parton was convicted in city court of parking on the wrong side to discharge a passenger and collect a 25 cent fare. He was fined $1 plus $11 costs for the traffic violation.
Several hundred 29th Division soldiers gather near Fort Meade’s 1,000 seat moving picture theatre. The new theatre sits beside areas used by the 54th field artillery and the 121st engineers recon, becoming the fourth movie house for troops here. Two more theatres are planned, one seating over 1,000 and another for 600, to be built soon for the division.
Evening programing information lists times for London at 9 PM Serun in Rome at 10 PM Alexandria and Bucharess at 11 PM, indicating a regional broadcast schedule spreading worldwide.
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