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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
11
Marshall Texas citizens form penny a plane clubs to donate for each enemy plane shot down. Harry Adams started the Marshall group signing up 200 members in four hours. Funds go to the Federal Government with boxes placed in public spots for contributions.
Charles West former interior undersecretary testified before a Senate defense panel denying he sold influence with U S agencies. He said in 1940 he worked for Empire Ordnance head Frank Cohen as a business consultant earning one percent of gross business and sought $687 000 unpaid from a $700 000 claim while aiding Cohen by consulting with government officials for information to guide his advice.
San Francisco report on excavations at Drake's Bay shell mounds revealing iron ship spikes and Wan Li porcelain linking 1595 Spanish explorer Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno and Francis Drake era artifacts. UC Berkeley researchers Heizer and Kroeber identify 1573 1619 Wan Li porcelain and 1550 1644 late Ming export ware.
Clifton Forge voters chose the city manager system over councilmankc government. The tally was 649 for change and 442 against with ward results showing mixed support across the first second and third wards.
An armed man entered the Western Union telegraph office in Columbus and, after scribbling and discarding two messages, handed Clerk Clarence Gloeckner a third demand note. He escaped with an undetermined amount of cash as the two discarded notes warned to stay calm and comply.
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