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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
10
The article discusses reviving a concept from 1917 that classifies Marines by blood type Type A Type B or Universal O. It suggests blood kinship within units could aid medical care in battle with donors at stations and experimental groupings.
South Boston reports 90 beauties from seven states chosen for the queen of the seventh National Tobacco Festival. Senorita Christina Michels will crown Regina Tobacco VII with a parade, tea dance, coronation at the ampitheatre, and an evening of music by Harry James and Frankie Masters.
The Sun Oil Company selects eight young women from over 500 applicants for training as gas station attendants in Philadelphia to ease manpower shortages in defense areas. Chosen for charm and ability, they will perform tasks from wiping windshields to pumping gas, earning 100 dollars a month, with tailored uniforms and six and a half hour shifts. Helen Rawlinson, a librarian with a bachelor of music degree, is among the first selected.
Talfourd Shomo was reelected president of the Rockingham Young Democratic Club in Harrisonburg. Richard A. Jackson was reelected secretary. Vice-presidents named include Francis Jackson Berlin Bodkins Meta Keezell Howard Swank and Guy Ritchie. The 130 members will send delegates to Roanoke for the state convention where Richard S. Wright will run for state president.
Raymond L. Jackson received a letter from a selectee reporting a notary public charged 50 cents for notarizing his questionnaire. The selectee called it a shame to have to fight for a guy like that, noting the selective service act prohibits such charges to selectees.
At Williams Grove Speedway fans will see the AAA big car sweepstakes on a half mile oval. The 50 lap race promises a large field including Indianapolis stars with entries like Evertt Saylor Vic Nauman Ottis Stine Danny Goss Bert Ross Bob Kronister Woody Camp Lancaster and Elmer Norris. Richwine awards a large purse and the winner becomes permanent owner of the trophy after two victories.
London reports official optimism in Washington and London about Russia's fight with Germany based on three assurances Hopkins gave Roosevelt and Churchill after meeting Stalin. It notes Stalin’s access to Soviet HQ, three army groups remain intact, and Soviet industrial expansion could sustain war effort with Western aid for immediate needs.
An informant cites Nazi spies and fifth columnists in Russia at war start. Stalin is described as unoptimistic and practical, having welded the army and people together while purging dissidents after the purge.
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