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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
7
A large crowd attended the Stephens City Firemen’s Frolic with strong turnout over two nights. Proceeds go to retire indebtedness of the fire hall and community building. Miss Molli Lowery won the gate prize both nights.
The German authorities move to suppress protests in France by creating a military court to try demonstrators and levy heavy penalties. The warning targets the occupied population and punishes anti German activity with up to 15 years of forced labor or prison.
The last appearance of Sarah Bernhardt in the United States was in the play Arriere les Huns at B F Keith's Hippodrome in Cleveland Ohio in 1918. It was a benefit performance for the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Baltimore cattle and calves quoted to 13.50 top for calves, hogs steady with day prior and various weight ranges listed. Chicago hogs up 10-15 cents for most weights, cattle and calves largely steady with mixed herd and sows pricing. Sheep activity moderate with steady to uneven quotes across classes.
Boston August 15 USDA grease combing domestic wools showed spotty demand with graded good French combing lengths and fine territorial wools drawing occasional bids from $1.03 to $1.05 per pound scoured. Combing 3-8ths blood territory wools sold in fair volume around 90 cents scoured, with lots at 45 to 46 cents grease for 3-8ths blood and 45 to 47 cents grease for 1-4 bloods.
Cub Pack No 36 postpones its regular meeting from tomorrow afternoon to the following Saturday announced by Packmaster Godfrey Prelip.
British bombing planes damaged the Corinth Canal and attacked the Axis submarine base at Augusta Sicily. The RAF Middle East command also reported fires started in a raid on Syracuse. Washington dispatches note Aug 15 updates from Cairo and allied fronts.
Rep Thill argues presidents act officially only within U S borders unless Congress permits. He cites 1918 Versailles precedent and Senate debate on state governors acting beyond their boundaries. Rep Bradley says the nation shifts from defense to offense in Europe, signaling a broader war stance. Rep Shafer notes new Jersey City terminal would speed troop deployment.
Recovery efforts faltered by mid day with scattered losses around a point. Only a few issues managed to resist the trend while overall turnover remained light for the period. Major quotes include Am Can 82 1 8 and Penn RR 223 1 4 amid a cautious tape.
In Staunton Virginia the Clifton Forge Fire Department won first prize and $300 for best appearing fire company with band and largest junior band in the Virginia Firemen Association grand feature parade. Alexandria Fire Department placed second. Strasburg Ladies Auxiliary came second in auxiliaries. The VFW Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Staunton won first prize. a rival Drum and Bugle Corps from Luray took $25 second prize. The event drew the city’s largest parade since the Woodrow Wilson tribute, with over $2,000 in prizes offered overall and $1,100 awarded today.
German forces push from Kiev and Zhitomir through Krivoi Rog toward the Dnieper bend and Odessa with reported encirclement by Romanian troops. Soviet rear areas suffer heavy losses as 20 000 prisoners and equipment including tanks guns and an armored train are cited in Russian dispatches.
The event features Springsbury Farm and Dr. L. M. Allen leading ribbons with multiple firsts and seconds. Mrs. Whitney's Llan Gollen horses claim several top placements including three firsts and five fourths as classes progress toward 3:30 p.m. standings.
The Rev. C. T. Warriner D. D. will preach at Meade Memorial Church White Post on August 17 at 11 oclock E S T. The public is invited to attend.
Congress completed action on legislation authorizing 244,929,800 dollars for naval shore facilities. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration and outlines funding for construction and modernization of naval shore installations.
Reported discussions aboard the Prince of Wales and Augusta during Roosevelt and Churchill talks focused on war strategy and expanded defense production. Lord Beaverbrook sought more tanks planes and supplies while warning bombing alone would not win the war.
Berlin observers note British emphasis on Roosevelt initiative for the Atlantic meeting scornful of the eight points and urging Germany’s aim is pure military victory. They list eight questions on freedom of the seas bases fleets colonial policy Monroe Doctrine and Bolshevik threat. Foreign office hints the joint declaration reveals desires for omnipotence.
Miss Maria B. Worthington 83, retired librarian of the Episcopal Theological Seminary, died Tuesday in Winchester. Last rites were held at Wheatley funeral home in Alexandria, with burial in Ivy Hill Cemetery. She served as librarian for 41 years and resided in Winchester with her sister Mary M. Worthington.
London dispatch reports RAF bombs heavily hit Hannover and by extent Brunswick and Magdeburg with large fires. RAF fighters attacked Rotterdam and Boulogne docks. The British communique notes twelve aircraft lost.
Pittsburgh experiences the heaviest hour rainfall in weather bureau history with 1.9 inches falling between 10 and 11 am. Motorists streetcar riders and pedestrians waded through waist deep water as cellars flooded and trolleys were blocked at 24 points.
Twelve American officers listed among the dead include Capt. Gerald Hull and Flying Officer W L Trimble. One survivor, Flying Officer Watson, died later in hospital, as another crash of the same ferry fleet claimed 22 lives in the week. The Sunday crash occurred just before Lord Beaverbrook departed for a sea meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill.
Frederick Md Aug 15 Capt Philip F Lee Jr ferry pi- in a brief item details a maritime or naval note involving Captain Lee Jr and local transport. The fragment mentions Frederick and Aug 15 with limited context.
The report describes a Maryland House of Delegates member's brother killed in England. He had moved from Urbana to Sugarloaf Farm with his parents, was married with a five year old daughter, and had recently gone to join the Royal Air Force after leaving Louisville en route to Urbana. The Lee family faces vacancy as they vacation. Captain Lee had previous work in Baltimore and Canada, and early life linked to Louisville.
The Star reports the Lions Club of Clarke County will not sponsor a boxing match for Uso relief. The event had been announced at Winchester Lions Club by Dr. J M Casey of Boyce, a promoter of past events but not a Clarke County member.
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