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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1941
Page
1
The house votes against an amendment aimed at British troop deployment plans while another proposal to clarify the 10 percent equipment value limit is accepted.
Washington delegation reports the House votes down an amendment to prohibit sending American troops outside the western hemisphere. Leaders push a 1.3 billion ceiling on military equipment disposal under the aid Britain bill while Rep Rankin argues against abroad deployment.
In the wake of negotiations the plant reports removal of army and navy defense equipment. The company and union say they have been summoned to a meeting with Max Babb, president, at a Washington temporary office Tuesday after Bann.
A blaze at a Salvation Army men’s lodge in downtown Dallas killed seven men and injured twenty five others. Fire officials cite improper use of inflammables and gas as the cause, with victims trapped by a blocked exit and no fire escape noted.
Brown heads veterans post as officers will be installed with Peat et al in attendance and Fosbrink Gi Aneel Mar Marple or C. L. Peffer named among attendees.
Former Kansas governor and 1936 GOP nominee Alf Landon accuses President Roosevelt of trying to gag Senator Wheeler over foreign aid bill. He denounces the effort to silence Wheeler and curb debate, saying it signals a dangerous power grab and undermines free discussion in America.
Illinois rural residents on a 40,000 acre tract are told to move as Uncle Sam expands to 60,000 workers for Elwood and Kankakee ordnance plants. About 450 farms must vacate by March. cemeteries promised protection. many will stay within 50 to 60 miles and take jobs on the project.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will replace Harpers Ferry to Strasburg Junction tracks with heavier rail this spring to handle larger locomotives and growing traffic. Double header trains, including freight 97 with 96 cars, run daily through Winchester. manganese shipments from Cedar Creek will use a 60 foot scale at Winchester for weighing ore. The project will create jobs and enable loading and re shipping of materials like stone lime sand lumber apples and other raw goods to support local manufacturing.
Mrs Louise Hewitt Parsons died at 11 this morning at 438 West Leicester Street after a protracted illness. A Richmond native, she had lived in Winchester 14 years with husband Freeman Earl Parsons of E W J Hearty apple brokers. Survived by three brothers, two sisters, and two nieces. Funeral Monday at 2 from Sota with Revs Wilson and Womeldorf officiating. interment Mount Hebron.
Treasury figures for February 6 show receipts of 42.31 million dollars and gross debt at 45.95 billion dollars. The data comes from the Treasury Status release dated February 8.
Vichy France on February 8 reports Chief of State Petain announced Pierre Laval refused an offer to become minister of state. The refusal marks Laval’s stance amid political reshuffles in the Vichy government.
R Walton Moore 81 longtime State Department counsellor died of pneumonia at his Fairfax home. A bachelor, he entered the State Department at 74 and served in Congress from 1919 to 1931. He guided trans Atlantic air service negotiations and held posts with railroad and legal agencies. He was a Virginia legislator, bar association leader and Smithsonian regent.
Delegates and alternates from the Virginia Conference of the United Brethren in Christ to the 33rd General Conference set for South Bend Indiana next May were announced. Ministers listed include J Paul Gruver E E Miller J R Collis R L Brill and A P Havermale with alternates Wade Safer and others among Virginia and West Virginia clergy and lay members.
Admiral Mineo Osumi, 64, Japan's naval minister in several cabinets, was killed in a naval plane crash in Kwangtung Province, China, en route from Canton to Hainan Island. Six other officers, including Rear Admiral Kikojiro Suga, perished. The wreckage was found on Huyanyang shan near the Sikiang river. The crash occurred as the officers were inspecting the Chinese front.
Captain Frank M. Wray of Berryville said the Protective Service Force will likely reach 60 men and three officers after a meeting next Monday night. Medical exams will be given by Dr. C. H. Iden, Berryville, with further enlistments anticipated. gubernatorial appointments will determine permanent leadership.
London reports quote L. 8 Amery secretary of state for India telling a daytime audience that the next big move by Adolf Hitler is imminent and that Germany can only achieve a decisive result by conquering England. British circles deny confirming Istanbul reports of a warning to Bulgaria over German troop transit.
D J Howard of this city will speak at the Com pany I and Headquarters Detachment banquet at the George Washington Hotel Monday at 6 30 pm. The event is arranged by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade with Lions Rotary Kiwanis and the American Legion. The procession will be led by Mellwee's Municipal Band with Lieut Miller rejoining Company I after duty at Fort Meade. No departure date for the units has been announced.
Raymond Parker 52, a convicted bank robber and forger, confessed to F B I agents that he extorted $10 000 from Countess Marc De Tristan of Hillsborough California last year.
Harry McKeever has been notified of appointment as local register of vital statistics for the Gainesboro district by Dr. W A Plecker. Births and deaths in the district must be registered with McKeever or deputy registrar Jeanette B McKeever.
Allied forces reported heavy fighting around Bengasi as Italian defenses near the port collapsed and large numbers surrendered. British and Cairo dispatches spoke of a successful trap and a 150 mile forced march to seal the retreat. Greek counterattacks in Albania were said to have inflicted losses on Italian units.
Frederick County Board and School Board meet to review the next fiscal year's budget. Superintendent Leslie D. Kline says the School Board will discuss the tentative budget at 10 o'clock with further questions on future building policies and county construction plans to be resolved with the Supervisors.
Heart shaped candy packs advertised with prices 2¢ 50¢ and 1.00 and up. Brooks Pharmacy lists phone contact 766 and date line shows 2-8-1p-1t.
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