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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
3
Regional church notices list worship times and events at White Post Cedarville Brucetown Capon Bridge and other locations. The piece also includes a long devotional on Christian suffering and perseverance from Peter and references to martyrs and faith under trial.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson told a House Banking Committee hearing that Representative Dies was not a responsible member of Congress. He said he would rely on FBI or Treasury reports on price control office staff and refused to weigh House Un-American Activities Committee findings against Dies.
Maryland reserves of Class 1-A draft registrants are expected to run out before year end if inductions keep pace. Local boards have classified over 95 percent of first-draft registrants and are processing new registrants from July 1. Brig Gen Dwight H Mohr reports 1,150 men have enlisted in the state guard. 2,000 more are sought.
Grace church Sunday School 9 45 a m worship and sermon 11 a m Young People service 7 30 p m Epworth Sunday School 2 30 a m Relief Sunday School 10 a m Hite s Chapel worship and sermon 7 30 p m All services eastern standard time Rev J T Brown pastor
F W Kittrell selected as chief engineer and secretary of the Potomac Riot Anti Pollution Board with permanent Washington offices planned. Board actions await confirmation. Congress authorized five jurisdictions to join a compact to control Potomac pollution. Kittrell, born in Florence South Carolina, is a North Carolina State College and Harvard University trained sanitary engineer.
In Crisfield Maryland a suspected peeping tom was trapped after a month of prowler reports. A posse formed by police and residents searched the area and found a cow near a window eating flowers and weeds from a window box.
Galilee Church of Christ led by A Quenzel offers Bible School at 10 a.m. with Charles E. McVay as superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.m. on "The Voice of Human Need" followed by a communion service at 11:45 a.m. A picnic will follow at Jordan Springs with baskets, free ice cream, and lemonade for families.
Major General James E Edmonds at Camp Lee praised the British American accord on war and peace aims as a great story for the nation. He urged 11,000 quartermaster replacement center troops to study Roosevelt and Churchill's statements. A similar talk was given to 7,500 medical units by apm Rane and William R. r.
The Third Corps Area headquarters issued a call for 720 white and 117 Negro men to report for army duty September 8 to 15, with the governor’s office confirming. This follows an earlier call for 615 white and 177 Negro men to report September 2 to 8.
Baltimore Aug 15 Special News Service. Middle River near Baltimore hosts Martin Aircraft, led by Glenn L. Martin, expanding rapidly as war needs surge. He forecasts strong post war sales, with 40,000 employees during expansion and a decline to about 18,000 after the emergency, then rising again. The firm builds medium bombers and large flying boats, including the Navy's largest flying boat, with orders totaling 662 million dollars.
The Tennessee Valley Authority and ALCOA signed a contract giving TVA operation of ALCOA’s five dam hydroelectric system on the Little Tennessee River. TVA plans a $50 million Fontana dam in North Carolina and expects to boost ALCOA output to 22 million pounds of aluminum annually.
The United States and United Kingdom leaders met at sea to discuss munition supply under the lease law and allied aid. Lord Beaverbrook joined talks as they cover Soviet support and warn against German aggression. A joint declaration outlines common principles for safer world policies.
The STAR notes press time differences with 9 P.M. in London 10 P.M. in Berlin Rome and 11 P.M. in the Balkans as the late news window. This briefing outlines hour distinctions for regional editions and international deadlines.
The Senate Finance Committee heard protests against billboard and radio advertising taxes in the $3.2367 billion revenue bill. J. B. Stewart of Clinton Iowa, secretary treasurer of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, said the billboard tax would apply to only 20 percent of outdoor advertising and noted taxes from $1 to $11 per billboard annually would be paid only on signs maintained by outdoor advertising companies.
In Yukon a car plunged 150 feet off a cliff. Ralph Short of Short Gap Va identified the victim as Mrs. Katie Cassey of Premier Va, 20. Short survived a serious head injury and improved, saying the car failed to take a curve on the way to War W Va.
Montreal reports Lord Beaverbrook linked to a Toronto mining figure who crossed the Atlantic in a Beaverbrook plane. The flight joined by an Indian officer, left England Sunday to attend Roosevelt talks. News notes a large transport crashed on a Scottish hillside, killing 22 US and British ferry pilots and crew.
Salisbury Md August 15 State's Attorney Rev A Taylor announced he was entering the investigation of a reported shortage in the Worcester county accounts after a letter from county commissioners. He arranged a conference with auditors working on the county's accounts based on information in the letter.
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