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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1941

Page

2

State inspector surveys city eating places after complaints

Following Mayor Anderson’s warning, State Health Inspector E W Braithie of Richmond and local Health Officer Ernest Déve inspected all city public eating places. Only two had inadequate sanitation and were ordered to remedy the unsanitary conditions by today. Next, grocery stores and tourist homes will be visited.

Anderson E. W. Braithie Richmond Ernest Déve Officer Dove

Scouts Distribute Festival Literature

Boy Scouts of Winchester will distribute a pamphlet with the tentative festival program to hundreds of homes in OK City. Folders are also available by calling the festival headquarters in the George Washington Hotel building or by telephone.

Boy Scouts of Winchester OK City George Washington Hotel

Answers to the Daily Quiz on page four

The page lists quiz answers including topics such as the law test, the Roman highway and California references, plus a note that lightning causes a fire loss of nearly seven million dollars annually.

Tad

Double Tragedies Investigated in Baltimore

A double shooting and a double asphyxiation were investigated by police and the medical examiner. Chester Bull survived a head wound after his estranged wife Mrs. Rose Bull, 44, was found dead in Pimlico. Victims of the asphyxiation were Mrs. Molly Klompus, 70, and her son Herbert, 30, found in a gas filled third floor apartment.

Baltimore Chester Bull Rose Bull Pimlico Bull Molly Klompus Herbert

Costanzo Coal Co To Face Hearing

Washington April 25 The bituminous coal division notified Costanzo Coal Mining Company Wheeling West Virginia that a hearing will be held May 13 in Pittsburgh to determine if it violated price regulations in sales totaling over 200000 tons.

Washington Costanzo Coal Mining Company Wheeling W. Va Pittsburgh

Raincoats Issued For Winchester School Patrol

The Consumers Utilities Company along with the Winchester Kiwanis Club Lions and the Junior Board of Trade funded 20 rain coats for the School Boy Patrol. Captain Gilbert Helsley distributed the coats Thursday. The coats, rubberized yellow, are supplied by the American Automobile Association and aim to improve visibility and safety in rain. The purchase was sponsored by the Laftey Committee of the Junior Board of Trade the Police Department and The Winchester Star to promote Winchester as a Safe City.

Consumers Utilities Company Winchester Kiwanis Club The Lions Junior Board of Trade Gilbert Helsley American Automobile Association United States Laftey Committee Police Department Winchester Star Winchester

What DNB initials stand for in foreign news dispatches

The initials DNB denote Deutsches Nachrichten Bureau, the German news bureau.

DNB Deutsches Nachrichtenburo

British Army in Retreat as Balkans Campaign Intensifies

British forces withdraw toward Athens with heavy German pressure while RAF raids hit Kiel Wilhemshaven and Ijmuiden. London says BEF losses are light. Athens reports German infantry losses and heavy shelling as Nazi drive widens from Norway to France. German claims of shipping sunk accompany air battles and coastal raids along southern Greece.

Middle East Athens London R.A.F Ijmuiden Netherlands of Ministry Kiel Wilhelmshaven Reich Norway France Nieuwe Waterweg Hook of Holland Rotterdam Bri Greece Balkans Dunkerque Flanders Berlin Paris Luftwaffe Nazi High Command Germany

Speed Causes Most Traffic Accidents

Chief Hollis of the Police Department says speed too fast for conditions is a principal cause of traffic accidents. Always drive under the speed limit and slower when conditions are bad.

Hollis Police Department

Coal Strike Threatens War Effort Amid Wage Clash

The United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis seeks a seven dollar daily wage for 400,000 miners across eight Appalachian states, challenging southern producers who oppose uniform contracts. War Dept and Bureau of Mines warn of fuel shortages. CIO plans to picket Baltimore Martin aircraft plant as 7,500 workers report to work.

Appalachian Perkins C1.c. United Mine Workers John L Lewis North Lewis’ Group War Department Bureau of Mines C.I.O Martin Airplane Baltimore

Axis Crisis Echoes Through Cabinet Voices

Three cabinet members Secretary Hull Secretary Knox and Secretary Wickard urged a decisive wartime move amid the Greenland crisis signaling a major development. The leaders spoke to varied audiences pushing for action while a press conference raised questions about more than a convoy plan to aid Britain.

Britain Hull Navy Knox Agriculture Wickard

Mrs. McIntosh Died Today at 64 in Riverton

Mrs Robert McIntosh 64 of Riverton died at her home this morning at 11 30 She was born March 25 1877 a daughter of the late Stewart M Carper and Albert Grim Carper She is survived by her second husband and three sons by her first marriage a granddaughter and a great grandson Also surviving are several sisters and brothers Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm from the Riverton Methodist Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City

Robert McIntosh Riverton McIntosh Frederick County Stewart M. Carper Albert Grim Carper William Ewing Stephens City Emmett and Ernest Ewing Strasburg Harry Ewing North Carolina Green Hill Cemetery

Suit over Staunton Military Academy finances continues

The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals previously ruled Rowland must refund over $100,000 to stockholders of Staunton Military Academy. William G. Kable II seeks to hold Gilpin Willson liable for unresolved judgment funds and additional claims tied to goods, bonds, and life insurance. Willson's attorneys claim vast profits benefited the academy, with debts paid, dividends to Mrs. Kable, and major new buildings financed. The case, opened by R Gray Williams and J M Perry, was taken under advisement.

Kable Rowland Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Staunton Military Academy Russell William G. Kable, II Gilpin Willson J. M. Perry Staunton R. Gray Williams J. Sloan Kuykendall Winchester Academy Willson R. Gray Willia Oseph I. Nachman William G. Kable

New Drink Matches Protein Rich Meal Say Scientists

Boston April 25 science introduces a chocolate flavored drink that supplies 17 of 23 amino acids and may mimic a full meal. It aims to supplement diets for those with absorption issues or underweight and has shown benefits for stomach ulcers nervousness post surgical recovery and hypoproteinemia.

Howard W. Blakeslee Boston Science

Negro Slain By N and W Officers in Kenova West Virginia

A suspect in a holdup refused to surrender to three Norfolk and Western officers in Kenova Wayne County and was killed. One officer, John Suffin aged 68, was shot three times and critically wounded in the exchange. Ira J. Wright 28 of Huntington was identified as the slain man.

Kenova W. Va Norfolk & Western Railway Neal Wayne County Ira J. Wright Huntington John Suffin

Frost Closes In On Frederick Clarke Apple Bloom At Festival

Prediction notes only a few scattered trees will bloom at the two day fete next week as frost was reported in Frederick and Clarke counties. Winchester laboratory recorded 38 degrees with possible drops to the high 20s tonight threatening the apple crop before a warm weekend return.

Frederick Clarke Winchester Research Laboratory

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