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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
10
The dialogue notes that the first cattle and hog stockyards for commerce began in 1848 on West Madison Street near Ashland, named Bull's Head. It cites Randall E Nutter and E J B A while listing the date and location.
Secretary Knox’s account stresses no alert failures but highlights the scale of damage. He notes allied confidence restored, cites Wake and Midway Marines, and warns of possible Japanese landings on Borneo and the strategic risk to Hong Kong and Singapore. The Canton offensive offers tentative relief.
For sale six pigs nine weeks old. See E. L. Tharpe or Glaize Bros. (11).
Trustee offers 148 acre Clarke County land with a dwelling and outbuildings for public auction at the Clarke County Court House in Winchester. Sale set for December 13 1941 with terms one third cash and balance in two yearly installments at 6 percent interest. Postponed to December 20 1941 at same time and place.
About 100 residents met at the Independent Hose Company engine house to form an air raid warning post near the fire hall. Mayor Lomax Parker named air warden with four day shifts and three-hour night shifts totaling 46 volunteers from 74 offering. Red Cross volunteers were urged to bolster local emergency drive efforts led by P. E. Lineburg.
Detective Captain O. D. Garton searched Richmond for a cheap camera a soldier left on the curb after guiding a convoy on December 4. The man said his sweetheart gave him the camera and he hoped it would help a buddy evade a looming Waterloo.
In Chicago on December 16 Ed ward A Loss Jr 23 of Oak Park was barred from a Roosevelt newsreel theater after he was punched by bystanders. U S Marshal William H McDonnell arrested him for disorderly conduct at a police station. The piece also notes rapid spray painting for railroad cars and a geography Q A about Lake Lure North Carolina.
In San Diego 1896 A P Paulsen was five feet eight inches and nineteen years old, narrowly missing cavalry enlistment and Spanish American War service. He later sought World War II exemption before a birth record proved he was sixty five too old for active duty. A separate note confirms refined gold bullion valued at about 113 million dollars moved from San Francisco to Denver for long term storage in fiscal year 1940.
The South African fish morphs its skin in patchy plates, shedding old layers to reveal a fresh epidermis beneath, akin to a snake’s renewal process observed along its body.
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