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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
7
Mrs. Clara Whitacre rural mail carrier on the Gore to Trone road was robbed and attacked by a man in the fall. She escaped by fleeing to a house after wading a stream with mail bags on her head. A second incident near the same spot involved two men asking for Laurel for Christmas decorations. She may quit due to nerves.
Stalin’s sixty first birthday passed without formal observance in Moscow. No mention appeared in today’s press, a contrast to the prior year’s celebration. A separate note explains the sour taste of vinegar is due to acetic acid.
The moving picture titled Winchester's Hero, filmed in this city with local residents, will be shown on alternating afternoons and nights at the Colonial and Capitol Theatres. Leading roles are Anne Tucker McGuire, Dr. E. C. Stuart, Mrs. Brown Lovett, Bill Huyett, Georgia Pontes and Bill Doran. The film also features views of the city and its residents.
In Boston this week scattered sales offered limited quantities of domestic wools and Merino type foreign wools. Demand for fine and half blood foreign wools broadened versus last week and prices remained firm due to restricted supplies.
A rum fueled shooter Walter Crabtree kills three prominent men including a justice of the peace jailor and deputy sheriff and wounds three others. The slain include a spectator. State police capture Crabtree as he heads toward the sheriff s home or plans another attack.
Treasury data show Dec 21 receipts of 60.08 million dollars and expenditures of 53.01 million, with gross debt at 44.995 billion. The debt rose by 2.02 million from the prior day.
Demand at current quotations shows steady prices for coarsers and combing bright fleece wools. Grease basis quotes stand at 45 to 46 cents for eight and a quarter blood grade wool.
Columbia’s re and WJSV examine postal service roles for the nation. WMAL features Hoover at the Pennsylvania Society dinner and Toscanini with the NBC Symphony. WISV presents Jackson on alien registration. At 11:30, Mauricio Evans Swarthout and MacDonald speak for British War Relief Society.
Britain sails through the Otranto Strait into the Adriatic, striking Valona and Durazzo with explosives without Italian naval response. Analysts suggest Italy may have ceded control of the Adriatic, opening a new strategic phase that could threaten Albania and northern Italy while easing Yugoslav fears of Axis invasion.
A British strategic view suggests help to Yugoslavs and a bigger Balkans foothold if the Adriatic opens. The naval forecast says Adriatic access could enable operations against Germany and pressure on Italy, though the article labels it speculative and notes Italy’s precarious position if Britain controls the Adriatic.
Roger W. Babson argues the American dollar remains king despite devaluation. He claims high living standards, rising wages, and abundant food, contrasting with Germany where shortages abound. He warns against inflation via government control of commodities and urges prudent policy before Christmas.
The term damask derives from Damascus where the ornamental fabrics were richly woven in colors, giving the name to linen and related textiles.
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