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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1941
Page
10
Domestic livestock during wartime produces at full emergency rates and farmers receive prices 17 to 78 percent higher than a year ago. Butterfat, chickens, beef cattle and other outputs rise above parity, aided by government purchases totaling nearly 500 million pounds and strong consumer demand, boosting 1941 farm income prospects.
The German assault tightens on the southern sector near Kiev as reinforcements bolster a major operation. Centerline fighting rages around Smolensk with a reported deep thrust north of Smolensk at Kholm. Berlin says the aim remains the destruction of Bolshevik forces and their communications.
Classified brief lists a rental at 411 North Loudoun Street and notes dates and text about an ad submission to Star. The item appears among other lines for sale listings and a grocery business sale pending departure. It includes a phone-like contact and a reference to a 1939 Frigidaire sale. The clippings resemble a multi-item classified page.
The piece analyzes how Soviet defiance halted swift German advances, forcing a shift from territory capture to protracted combat. It questions whether Stalin will hold the front or redeploy reserves, noting a likely long, cold winter for Hitler with eight weeks to decide strategy.
A scaffolding fall at the Solvay Processing Company plant in Hopewell killed John Clarence Wright, 20, of Petersburg, and Harry Grady Fisher, 51, of Highland Park. Three others were injured including George Womack of Hopewell with a spine fracture, and Mack Brown and Garland Denson, both of Petersburg, treated for cuts and shock.
More than 6 000 officers and men including Virginians will take part in maneuvers at the A P Hill reservation over the next three weeks. The 104th cavalry from Indian Town Gap Pa moved armored cars mounting machine guns and horses onto the training field for maneuvers with antitank units of the second army corps.
In loving remembrance of Adalade Farmer who departed this life August 5 1925. The years may wipe out many things but not the memory of those happy days when we were all together. A mother who gave us the best of her life. Her husband, children and sisters.
At press time The Star lists correspondingly 9 P.M. in London 10 P.M. in Berlin and Rome and 11 P.M. in the Balkans reflecting a fluid coverage window across major European regions during late evening.
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