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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
2
Treasury daily totals show January expenditures of 9 276 164 18 and 27 131 862 26 gross receipts 45 110 362 275 39 with a daily rise of 4 089 762 16. A note asks if the play Farmer Takes 4 Wife is based on a book and answers confirm the source Rome Haul by Walter Edmunds.
Major Dale V. Gaffney and crew tested electric underwear on a 1500 mile Arctic flight from Ladd Field. The 712 hour mission aimed to prove the heating garments while cruising at about 200 miles per hour in sub zero air.
The Illustrious, a 23 000-ton British carrier, endured a six to seven hour air raid by German dive bombers with 40 to 50 jets, fires raging across the ship and massive blast effects described as hellish. An Associated Press correspondent reported extreme damage and vivid testimony from British officers.
A listing of radio programs with hosts and guests across stations WJSV WMAL WRC and WRC plus news and weather segments. Appearances include Gypsy Rose Lee Fred Uttal Orson Welles Kay Thompson and Rudy Vallee among others with Town Meeting of the Air and various orchestras.
The Red Cross annual meeting will be held Thursday evening February 6 at the George Washington Hotel. Miss Edythe Ballard, executive head, chairs a committee including Rev. T Clark, Mrs J W Arthur, John Scully Jr, Mrs E G Rusk and J H Louden. Visitors from national headquarters in Washington are expected as the event aims to enable all members to participate in officer elections.
Maj. Klimes, a Czech native who arrived in 1917, served in the U S Army and fought in France. He rose from private to battalion sergeant major and later was commissioned in the Officers Reserve and promoted to Major. He led Alabama Reserve Officer Department and Indianapolis American Legion posts and stays active in Rotary International. He is married with daughter Ann and will reside at 303 Amherst Street while on active duty in Wilmington.
The Klimes family said Major Klimes' mother and brother, who still live in Prague, communicated with them. Their update confirms ongoing contact and concern for the soldier.
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