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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
3
Chicago reports John Dedic aged 64 died nine days after he pulled an abscessed tooth with pliers. He told his wife he felt like a two year old and died in county hospital from infection following the extraction.
Middleway notes recount L M Watson celebrating his seventieth birthday with friends including Ralph Moore and Diana C forfe. visits from Baltimore guests. a society meeting to aid British refugee children. sick list names. mail carrier Paul Miller aided constituents with mail box extensions. Martinsburg ex banker Hare noted as a local businessman.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash of the 510 acre Waverly farm north of Winchester Virginia with 19.4 poles, improvements, and appurtenances. A 10 percent deposit is due at sale, balance within ten days. attorney J. W. Robison is referenced in the 1930 deed of trust. Teete and a 7 acre release tract are excluded.
Col. Leroy Hodges state comptroller unveils a 15 point program including abolition of the poll tax for voting, defense cooperation, better county government, a nine month school term, wage and hour reforms, public welfare, farm cooperatives, highway unification, and a modern merit based personnel system. He urges reserve funds and higher taxes if needed to fund progressive reforms and strengthens support for voting participation and defense during wartime.
The Sanitary retail outlets will adopt the Safeway family name effective Monday January 27. President Langford says the change aligns with Safeway Stores, with no other alterations in ownership management or personnel. Woodrow W. White remains manager of the Winchester Store.
The Virginia State Seed Show opens at the Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon with 46 adult and nine junior classes and a new certified red clover seed class. A total of 465 exhibits are entered and judging will occur tomorrow before public viewing. about 750 people are expected to attend. Exhibit crops include corn, small grain, forage seed, peanuts, and Irish and sweet potatoes with interstate corn entries from several states.
The longest fight with gloves under modern rules was Andy Bowen versus Jack Burke in New Orleans on April 6, 1893. The bout extended seven hours and nineteen minutes before ending in a no contest.
A special meeting of the sound motion picture projector committee on Thursday January 23决定购买一台16毫米Victor声电 projector用于 Frederick County Board of Agriculture工作。资金由县农业委员会七个分支机构共同出资并由 Stephens City Winchester White Hall Gainesboro Mr Airy 等地的代表参与 影片来自 Washington Department of Agriculture 费极低并附带免费放映计划 将用于各社区农业小组月会以提高农民出席率 另有其他机构协助提供免费放映素材
A William Jewell College Sorority chose a slumming motif for a party in Liberty Missouri on January 29. Dancers paying homage to the guests of honor were startled to see the faculty sign reading Lets go slumming.
Washington reports the Raleigh Coal and Company mine in Beckley Virginia suffered a deadly gas explosion caused by a lit match igniting gas. Investigators credit dangerous smoking, inadequate rock dusting, poor haulage maintenance, limited surface communication, and the presence of matches underground. They warn any mine can be dangerous even if labeled nongassy. The report urges stricter safety and tobacco-free policies underground.
Three National Guard officers who served temporarily with the Virginia Protective Force were relieved of their assignments. Major Ernest F. Bluethgen, administrative officer on the state staff, and Major Roy C. Flannagan of the 88th Virginia National Guard, who served as intelligence officer, were reported relieved yesterday.
A quizzical inquiry asks how tall the King of Italy is, with an answer claiming he stands five feet three inches. The source presents this as a brief anecdote or opinion, highlighting a playful or gossip tone.
Capon Bridge notes report Charles Young and family from Romney visiting Frank Spaid. Annie Lovett and Frank Kerns improve after flu illness. N W Oates visiting relatives. O J Nixon seriously ill and hospitalized in Lynchburg. Harrison Whitacre and children visited Slanesville, West Virginia, with Whitacre family.
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