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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
3
Hollywood faces a wobbling box office as war and defense strain consumer spending. Industry leaders debate how to please a war-weary public, with comedies and light fare favored while prestige pictures retreat.
Myron C. Taylor former U S Steel board chairman leaves the White House after conferring with President Roosevelt on the strike at Kearny New Jersey federal shipbuilding and drydock company a U S Steel subsidiary. The president declared the government did not want to take over the shipyard and urged negotiations to resume.
Rev Ezaras Gruver and wife visit his parents Mr and Mrs Ira Gruver in Reliance for a few days. Walz family attend ministerial rally in Dayton Virginia. George Hinkins ill at Kline nursing home Middletown. William Stickley vacationing in Detroit and nearby points for a week. Four H Club members from here at Powell Fort Virginia. Home-coming day was a great success with ideal weather and many old residents. Page family visit Lewistown Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Shanholtz at Blue Ridge Sanitorium not to be released soon. Derrick ill for several days. Home demonstration picnic at Powell Fort. Gilbert Brumback and his wife visited Brumback's parents. Lena Arson visits Grover family then returns to Washington DC. Robert Baker sells Long Meadows farm and buys Stover property near Strasburg.
Louis Posner a Brooklyn mail carrier found a five cent piece on Bergen street and turned it in at Brooklyn police headquarters after walking four miles. With no claimant six months later the nickel is legally his to keep and he may collect a reward.
Richmond August 26 State Selective Service announces plans to appoint local re employment committeemen to aid men discharged from the army in finding jobs. Committeemen act as liaisons between soldiers former employers industry and the state employment service.
Peyton Randolph Harrison 82 longtime Martinsburg resident and former mayor from 1912 to 1914 died at a daughter's home. Survived by two daughters Mrs Bennett Taylor and Mrs Forrest A Brown. two sons and his wife preceded him. Funeral set for Wednesday in Martinsburg. He was a Democrat and a 50 year Mason. His father died in the first Battle of Manassas. He married Lillian Gorham in 1888 then Nannie Spottswood Boyd in 1898.
About 23.3 percent of men drafted by Selective Service were over 28. Through July 31 Virginia had 12 237 men accepted at induction stations for army service. Applying the 23.3 percent rate implies 2 851 of these men could face discharge under the amended law.
Webster S. Rhoads Sr. 83, co founder and long time president of Miller and Rhoads department store in Richmond, dies. At his death he was board chairman. his son Webster Jr. became president in Feb 1940. He served as director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and State Planters Bank, and elder of Grace Covenant Church. Funeral at Grace Covenant Church Wednesday at 4. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Store to close Tuesday and Wednesday.
The owner Geo Chapman of Red Fox Restaurant Berryville Virginia will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Friday September 5 1941 to apply for a license to retail beer and wine of more than 3.2 percent for on and off premise consumption.
About 700 youngsters monthly write to Tim Holt after seeing him in a movie. The 23 year old western star mails free portraits at his own expense, opposing the common practice of charging fans. He says fan loyalty and outdoor work keep his career alive, and he prefers horse operas for longevity.
Tim follows his father Jack Holt in continuing a Western film tradition. The elder Holt has been a Western star for over two decades, shaping a lasting screen presence.
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