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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
12
Washington reports that during Louisiana maneuvers the army will use more real weapons than last year though shortages persist. Officials note increases in light and medium tanks and substituted 175 millimeter howitzers where 150s are scarce.
Winchester Virginia August 22 1941 the annual meeting of the stockholders will be held at the office of R Gray Williams on Friday September 5 1941 at 12 15 PM for the election of a President and Board of Directors and for other business as may come before it Gen May Secretary
The notice schedules registration for new pupils across grades 7 to 12 at Handley Building on August 28 29 and for other grades at John Kerr Building on September 2 3. Colored pupils register at Douglas Building August 28 afternoon to 3. Bring birth certs vaccination proof and prior school records. Garland R. Quarles Supt. of Schools.
Reports say Persian resistance to the Anglo Russian invasion remains token and unable to stop occupation as Allied forces secure oil and positions. Stalin warns Japan over shipments via Vladivostok while Leningrad and Odessa endure fierce sieges with German reinforcements and heavy losses in a brutal turning phase.
For rent notice advertising a new modern house on Greystone Terrace. Apply Pine Motor Co.
British Premier Churchill warned of a great drain on German manpower in Russia. He cited a massive toll of Nazi troops killed, estimating five to eight million Germans in total and suggesting the war will remain bloody with Allied strength growing.
At the American Fisheries Society Seventy first annual convention in St Louis Charles E Jackson assistant director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service warned that rising demand may cause a national fish shortage. He noted Canadian catches are sent to Great Britain and oyster supplies move west to the east coast. Capt C F Culler of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in Minneapolis said streams do not provide enough food for millions of fish and Ohio hatcheries have closed with researchers seeking improvements to stream conditions.
AP recap covers Dodgers, Cardinals, Giants, Reds, Braves, Pirates, Cubs and Red Sox in opening and nightcap performances. Notable feats include Herman perfect at bat for Brooklyn, Cooper seven hit win, Young bases loaded single to start Giants win, Thompson six hitter, Tobin four hit win, Butcher six hits, Nicholson two run homer, Dalles Sandro circuit, Newsome eight hits and three RBIs, Chapman homer with bases loaded, Siebert go-ahead double. Question recalls first admission charge on July 20, 1859 at Brooklyn-New York game.
In Derider Louisiana a private on maneuvers sends for food to town and returns with corned beef. The report contrasts a trivial unit joke with a note on hunger during drills.
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