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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
7
Izvestia quoted Odessa officials saying plants and factories are running full blast. Women have replaced men who went to the front and are exceeding output programs. Trains and buses run normally, streets are animated, and the population remains cheerful and resolute in defending the city.
The Rev. Carl A. Honeycutt pastor of Grace Lutheran Church and Mrs. Honeycutt have toured North and South Carolina for ten days and plan to return to Winchester Friday with Mr Honeycutt preaching again Sunday.
London reports Turkish leaders fear Berlin will demand expulsion of Russian and British engineers as a counter to Britain and Russia invading Transcaucasia. Turkish fear is that defiance could prompt a German march from Thrace to seize the Dardanelles and control the Black Sea coast, with neutral diplomats noting Germany awaits Ukraine campaign outcome.
The first Winchester Memorial Hospital nurse class since 1933 will graduate tonight with 10 students. J Sloan Kuykendall will deliver the commencement address at 8 o clock in the Handley Library auditorium.
NEW YORK Aug 27 Morris Kolchian executive director of the Affiliated Dress Manufacturers Association said that despite a new ceiling on rayon prices dresses and other finished textile products would not be cheaper. He noted manufacturers are still delivering at prices contracted for last June and July and are taking heavy losses, predicting dress prices will rise in the near future.
The Works Progress Administration said it would dig up old street car rails to salvage steel for defense needs. WPA commissioner Howard A. directed state administrators to fast track local requests and give the effort priority, with cities required to dispose of rails per the Office of Production Management and certify rails are public, not traction company, property.
Conifers with Welles Mohammed Shayesteh, Iran's minister to the U S, tells reporters before a Washington conference with Undersecretary Sum ner Welles that the Anglo Russian invasion of Iran was prompted by military strategy rather than any German subversive activity in Iran.
Secretary Knox urged the Russian government to permit American observers to the front lines. He lamented the war as private and said repeated requests had failed. He noted only one AP correspondent had reached the German front and named journalists from the Berlin bureau.
The act was completed about four months after the war declaration and approved by President Wilson on August 10, 1917. The question notes the timing of the Food Control Act's passage in relation to the U S entry into World War I.
BrigGen Frank T Hines told the national convention that strikes on defense projects are caused by bad advice. He said workers have no right to strike against government efforts in national emergencies and urged outlawing jurisdictional strikes.
DNB reports from Brussels that the German military commander in occupied Belgium has confiscated all Communist party property by decree and banned formation of any group to promote Bolshevist aims.
Warners casts Ann Sheridan in the comedy Navy Blues with Jack Oakie. Martha Raye Jack Haley Herbert Anderson Jack Carson Richard Lane and William T. Orr also appear in the production.
Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen takes over production at the Federal Building and Dry Dock Company plant in Kearny New Jersey after an 18 day strike. President Roosevelt ordered government takeover and work resumed on government orders valued at 493000000 dollars.
Capt. James Roosevelt eldest son of the President has joined Col. William J. Donovan's staff as a military advisor and liaison between the information office and other government branches. An official said he has no special title in his new role.
Three men were held without bail after police alleged an attempt to blow up Kitchener’s municipal gas works. A reserve tank at the public utilities plant was plugged with copper cylinders to release a gas-air mixture that could have destroyed all gas mains in the city.
Conoco Nt oil claims to reduce pollution from normal engine operation by improving lubrication. The message emphasizes vigilant use every mile and every move, with a slogan about water for drivers and a suggested drink of oil for cars.
U S Ambassador Clarence E Gauss at a Confucius birthday event in Chungking recalled President Roosevelt's pledge to aid China and warned America does not enter or abandon commitments lightly. He spoke extemporaneously at a Sino American culture relations gathering.
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