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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1941
Page
3
An experiment in Wisconsin shows capons match roasters in growth and feed use when Barred Rock stock is used. Capons move easier in groups, command premiums of four cents per pound over roasters, and yield higher income per bird, especially at seven pounds. Hatch May or June for capons, March for pullets, with seven months as the practical capon horizon.
The undersigned will offer for sale at public auction at the dwelling of the late Michael Lillis at 600 South Braddock Street Winchester Virginia at 10:00 AM on Saturday May 10 1941 Executor Michael Lillis.
The Special Commissioner will offer by public auction on May 10 1941 at 11 am in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia the property at 113 Millwood Avenue fronting 50 feet on Millwood Ave to James Street improved by a frame house. Terms: one third cash then two equal installments over one and two years secured by deed of trust and insurance. Bonds of purchaser bearing 6 percent interest. Auctioneers Dunn and Davall. Clerk P J Marshall confirms bond per decree.
March and April 1941 White Hall 4 H Club meetings cover old and new business. Miss Sprouse led talks on fitting clothes and grooming. Members planned a finance committee and named James Hutton, Mary Ellen Nethers, and Robert Clevenger. Jokes, S C A convention notes, softball plans, and school events accompany student reports and poems.
The Association of American Railroads reports Virginia in 1940 spent 67,338,909 dollars on materials supplies and wages. Taxes to state and local governments are excluded. Wages paid totaled 56,349,484 dollars to 31,923 employees as of July 1940, with purchases across 413 localities.
Ann Harding played the title role in the stage premiere of The Trial of Mary Dugan at the open performance in New York City on September 19, 1927.
The Red Cross production rooms at the Baptist Church will be closed Thursday afternoon May 1 and reopen Monday May 5. They will then continue regular schedule on Mondays and Thursdays from 2 to 5 p m under the supervision of Miss Mary Jane Gray and Mrs Edgar Payne. The piece also notes a census fact about Washington D C population rising by 55009 since the 1940 census.
Gainesboro High School features biographies of Harold Larrick Helen Hook and Willis Michael with ambitions hobbies and club memberships. The senior class thanks juniors after a banquet and reports on the upcoming senior play Set A Thief at Gore Virginia with leads Nelson Beard Robert Philpott June Unger and Esther Richard. The article also notes Sophomore study of As You Like It and Junior Senior Night at Winchester with Mickey Rooney film Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary and a closing banquet.
Pieces of rag were found in an engine of a Pennsylvania Airlines plane that forced landed near Charleston West Virginia on April 16. Dr Melville Peters testified to a Senate air crashes hearing saying the rags could have been left in the engine or placed there. He notes rags are sometimes used in engine testing.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order freezing Greek credits and cash in the United States to prevent seizure by Germany. The action follows Greece taking cognizance of German advances and mirrors similar freezes enacted after other European countries fell to Germany.
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