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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
11
American Progress was published by Senator Huey Long as a daily newspaper and later as a weekly from August 1933 to August 1935.
Navy reports indicate Wake Island radio contact was severed and capture is probable while defenders claimed two enemy destroyers sunk in the final Japanese landing. Palmyra and Johnston Islands were shelled with no casualties, and the carrier Larry Doheny reached port after shelling. Montebello sinking reports were confirmed.
The State Highway Department warned motorists to drive carefully in winter as stopping distances on ice and snow increase up to eleven times. It urged reducing speed, slowing before intersections and curves, keeping safe distances, braking lightly, and signaling turns. Chains cut stopping distances by 40 to 50 percent and aid snow removal. abrasives like sand and salt speed traffic but cannot cover all slick spots.
Howard I. Bobbitt, formerly assistant special agent in charge at Cleveland, succeeds Col. Heinrich as special agent in charge of the Richmond office. Heinrich moves to Norfolk. Bobbitt, from Portland Oregon, has served in Milwaukee San Francisco and Los Angeles and joined the FBI in 1937. He graduates in science and law from the University of Oregon. He will aid in a civilian defense school in Roanoke January 19 3 and in Bristol March 9 14.
The afternoon edition explains press time differences with 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome and 11 P M in the Balkans. It notes how publication aligns with local clocks and regional news windows.
Washington reports that Churchill's talks with Roosevelt aim to boost U S wartime production by engaging small businesses. Officials expect policy changes after Christmas to push contracts to smaller plants, but only about ten thousand of eighty thousand adaptable plants are operating.
The Kiwanis Club swapped its regular luncheon for a Christmas dinner at the hotel. Thirty needy children attended the event with Santa Claus distributing several gifts to each youngster.
Wheat No 2 Red Winter near 1.21 1 4, December delivery. Chester Market Wheat 1.13 per bushel. Corn 80 cents. Barley 65 cents. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
Latest market quotations cover livestock prices grain quotes top stocks and wool values. Highlights include shifting cattle futures corn and wheat trading near session highs with notable gains and declines across key grain contracts. Wool quotes show steady demand from textile buyers and regional fluctuations in fiber prices.
Winchester company of reserves plans weekly Wednesday meetings at the armory. At a January 7 election,date final organization will be completed after 23 men signed up and more are expected to join with a goal of at least 100 members. Meetings focus on instruction and city policing in emergencies and weapon familiarity.
The State Defense Council reports 32 Virginia communities have enacted blackout ordinances. Four test blackout rules require time and duration, no industry or military airfields, and keep aircraft safety lights on. Permits go through Mitchel Field, New York, for Eastern Seaboard air defense tests. Communities include Lynchburg Newport News Kenbridge Orange Rappahannock Brookneal Culpeper and more.
The United States Navy calls for men to apply, directing interested individuals to seek information via a Star Office advertisement.
Berryville council granted war time emergency powers to Mayor Leonard H. Bell at an earlier week meeting. The ordinance mirrors the one adopted by Winchester Common Council and previously published in this newspaper.
Jacob Coxin, colored, 85, respected Clarke county resident, died at 1:30 yesterday after a long illness. Funeral at St. Luke's Baptist Church Thursday at 1:30 officiated by Rev. E. T. Johnson. Interment in Milton Valley. Survived by wife Minnie Coxin, five children Jane John Jake Herbert Howard, and sister Louisa Smith. Pallbearers: Luke Young Fenton Allen Hugh MclIntree Frank Liggin Carter Dixon Horace Dixon.
Attorney General Biddle announced the FBI has arrested 2,944 enemy aliens since the war began, an increase of 58 since Saturday. The arrests include 39 Germans, 13 Japanese, and six Italians. Alien enemy army boards are being appointed in 24 districts, with 36 boards yet to be selected.
British bombers attacked the naval base at Brest and German warships, with objectives at Cologne, according to the air ministry. Western Germany, Dunkerque, Calais docks, and Ostend were among other targets in occupied Europe.
Senator George of the Foreign Relations Committee says the war in the Atlantic could rival the Pacific in importance. He urges an overall allied strategy and warns that U S efforts may center on the Atlantic route from South America to Africa to the Middle East China and India as the potential main supply line for Allied forces. He asserts the final outcome will be decided in the Atlantic.
Defense savings stamps will be redeemable for federal tax notes starting January 1. Stamps can be turned in to buy tax anticipation notes ranging from 25 dollars to 1 million dollars. Those not buying notes can cash the stamps and use funds for taxes.
Fourteen sailors and twenty others survive the freighter Lahaina sinking after a Japanese submarine attack. Nine and half weeks at sea in a 20-foot lifeboat ended with a Maui landing where two crew died on the craft and another perished after reaching shore. The Lahaina and its 5,646-ton freight carrier status and attack details are recorded with captain Hanso Matthiesen recounting shots from the submarine. The piece ends with a brief note on Theodore O'Hara's burial in Frankfort Kentucky and inscriptions on his tomb.
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