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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1941
Page
3
Baltimore on January 13 Col Amos R Koontz Maryland selective service chief medical officer said many Graft registrants were late for physical exams. He warned the medical bottleneck could force tardy registrants to be considered draft evaders if cooperation does not improve.
In Arverne Queens a fire destroyed 15 houses and damaged 25 more causing about 100000 in damage. Hyama Lowe a 71 year old man was found dead in the basement of his two story home as a cigarette from a passing car was deemed the cause.
The Reverend Claudius Shelton, new rector at Cun am Parish in Clarke County, will deliver his first sermon at Clarke Sunday January 25. The parish includes Christ mas Church in Millwood Emanuel Chapel in Boyce.
The 5,620 ton American freighter West Kebar reported heavy list and taking on water about 600 miles east of Baltimore amid heavy seas. The Coellada, another American ship, said it could reach West Kebar within about two hours. West Kebar sailed from Free Town December 23 with cocoa and mahogany and was bound for Boston. home port listed as New York.
Six Cub airplanes from the Southern Flying Service encountered bad weather between Harrisonburg and Hagerstown causing low fuel and a turnback toward Winchester. John Dean, airport manager, boarded a plane to overtake and guide the group back to Harrisonburg where they refueled and stayed the night. The pilots praised Harrisonburg's airport and local flyers' hospitality.
The House in recess heard a request to transfer a British aid bill to the military committee. The Naval committee heard aircraft makers on a defense program. A reader asks when lima beans began in the United States. answer notes introduction from Lima Peru seed in 1824.
State Comptroller LeRoy Horge reports an unobligated surplus of 2,628,513 in the general fund and says revenue prospects for the remainder of the biennium look bright. He notes inflation from military preparedness complicates estimates as war spending in Virginia boosts income related taxes, but warns the surge is temporary and should not fund permanent state programs.
In Rossban near the West Virginia line three members of the Panetta family died in a house fire. Panetta 58, his wife Cora 49, and Dimple Blankenship 23 perished. Three other relatives escaped.
NEW MARKET Jan 13 Frank L Wickes 76 a veteran printer in the Shenandoah Valley retires after more than 50 years in publishing He spent time with Henkel Calvert Shenandoah Press and a Lancaster Ohio office and was a longtime Valley compositor and trusted worker with many friends wishing him happiness in retirement.
The piece argues right can triumph over wrong, citing history from the American Revolution to the Civil War. It urges unity, calls for removing prejudice, and stresses human effort alongside divine guidance to heal and prepare the nation for war and democracy. It notes 9,000,000 unemployed and 44 percent of large firms lacking skilled labor. It mentions Luray Caverns discovery by Andrew J. Campbell in 1878.
Last fall Carper's Valley School elected S C A officers led by President Virginia Anderson and Vice President Marie Pinney along with secretary Peggy Allen Golightly and others. Delegates Rosa Finley and Peggy Golightly attended County S C A Council meetings as the group met monthly and carried out projects including hot lunches dental clinics and holiday events with community support. Florence White, Reporter.
Six Squares NEW BERN N C Jan 13 Judge Leo Carr excused a grand juror who said medical orders require him to eat six times daily.
The Rev R Homer Anderson D D Lutheran Synod of Virginia will address the Men's Club of the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday night January 28 at 6 30 o clock. A dinner precedes the talk with Dr George G Snarr club president presiding. Also notes the first U S Secretary of the Navy was Benjamin Stoddert serving 1798 1801.
A Lincoln report notes State Senator Tom studying tobacco dealer licensing and plans to push changes. The article mentions a Navy secretary, with A. Benjamin cited as having served from 1798 to 1801.
WJSV anchor Frazier Hunt hosts a news program on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. WRC features Francia White and James Melton in a Die Fledermaus duet with other arias. Alfred Wallenstein conducts an evening program including Rosina Barber of Seville and Pizzicato Polka. A courtroom drama Libel stars Ronald Colman Otto Kruger Frances Robinson. Art Tatum performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street.
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