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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
11
Senator Maloney proposes that all unused railroad tank cars be sent into immediate service to relieve shortages of fuel oil and other products. He suggests moving whole trains of tank cars to cut transportation costs, as he heads a Senate investigation into shortages while a plan against gasoline profiteering is drafted.
R H P A states fur is widely used by Alaskan defense troops. Regular equipment includes a fur parka and fur mittens. A notable advance is the reversible parka with one side white and the other forest green, providing camouflage for snow or woods.
Members of the Virginia Protective use 115 were asked by Ca A Baker to wear specified kit for a Friday night drill at 7 30 at the armory. Sergeant E A Anaeteon bayonet instructor at Quantico will provide proper methods of handling the weapon, Capt. Baker stated.
Front Royal VA Aug 27 Robert Townley 16, of Front Royal, colored, drowned yesterday afternoon in the South Branch of the Shenandoah River near the Front Royal station. Townley and six companions were in the stream. the victim, unable to swim, went beyond his depth and sank.
The Clark County civic groups and the Chamber of Commerce will dedicate the new pool at 5 pm Friday. Co chairs Ralph Dorsey and Hobson McGehee lead the central committee with the Lions Club, American Legion and Junior and Senior Woman's clubs backing the project. About $4,000 of the total cost is already secured.
The high command declared continued offensives on the Finnish front and the siege in the Estonian capital. Luftwaffe squadrons struck Soviet troop concentrations east of Kiev, destroyed rail networks west of Moscow and in Leningrad, sank four Soviet transports totaling 9,000 tons, damaged four more ships in the Finnish gulf, and hit three destroyers plus another war vessel.
Isolationist Senator Gerald Nye denounces Oklahoma City’s refusal of Col Lindbergh for a speech as intolerant folly. He predicts growing isolationism as the United States nears involvement in the European war and cites Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt as subjects of his talk. Nye, speaking under the America First banner, warns historians may name the United States the No 1 sap of all allies if Britain falls.
Farmers were advised that August 30 is the deadline for filing wheat insurance applications. All risk coverage up to three quarters of normal yield is available at a cost of a half bushel per acre. About 50 applications have been received, compared with 85 last year and around 20 for loss adjustments.
A. D. Davis of Gore received a new school bus for his routes today. It is one of three ordered in the summer. another bus bound for Gore is expected before the opening of school, while a county order from Fort Wayne, Indiana, is due soon.
Eleven year old Jerry McLeran slept in a Chicago alley until policemen found him and fed him. He said he had been barred from home for more than two months because his parents did not want him, and neighbors noted the McLeran family had seven other children but showed no care for this boy.
Wardensville West Virginia prepares for the 1941 42 session with a WPA built high school costing 30000 dollars. Pitt McKeever a school board member said the new building will open September 8 housing five classrooms a principal's office a gymnasium and an auditorium as desks and final preparations are completed.
An issue reports unconfirmed German claims of capturing Luga and the Dnieper hydro power center Dnieperopetrovsk. A communique says Karelian isthmus fighting has not advanced beyond Kakisalmi. Helsinki observers sight a huge blaze near Tallinn amid Soviet withdrawal pressures. Tallinn’s last Soviet broadcast noted. Russians retreat from Viipuri under Finnish air bombardment.
The report shows hotels allocate about 9 million dollars annually to advertising efforts across the industry. This figure highlights the scale of marketing in the hotel sector and its role in attracting guests and competing for bookings.
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