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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1942
Page
2
The ration board outlines how nonhighway users must register for gasoline at Handley School on July 14 and 15. Applicants provide vehicle specifics, usage, and projected six month needs, with bulk transfer options and dealer registrations to follow.
The Park Nine hosts a double bill with Middletown at 1 pm featuring Bordens Jenk Cooleys and Judys in a strong lower county lineup. Front Royal Riverton Cedarville Reliance All-Stars, including former Park players, will follow with Swanson pitching Middletown and Bobby Houghton facing Baker’s All-Stars.
Earl Brown of Clearbrook, 31, sustained second and third degree burns to the face, shoulders, chest, and right hand when the truck carburetor exploded during adjustments about 6 30 p m Thursday. He and helper Bill Owens were hauling pulp wood near Back Creek by the old DeHaven post office. Brown was treated at home by Armell then rushed to Memorial hospital.
Classified page notes rooms for rent listings with details on location price and contact. Ongoing ads show multiple units in varied neighborhoods with short terms available.
Joseph A. Reid 78 formerly of Ohio and Harrisonburg died last night at his son Joseph W. Reids home 344 Virginia Avenue Winchester in failing health He leaves another son Everett in the Army a daughter Mrs Julia Higgs one sister Mrs Annie Farr and 10 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren Funeral is tomorrow at 4 PM at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev C H Anderson officiating Interment Mt Hebron Pallbearers named W A Jenkins Ernest Jenkins A F Jenkins T J Trier A D Custer C L Lockhart
Washington July 11 Joseph B Eastman director of defense transportation told a Senate appropriations sub committee that civilian travel on railroads is not good. He discussed a $1 85000000 supplemental bill and said travel would be eliminated entirely if he did not believe civilian rail service would resume. He suggested rationing could mean a reserved seat basis for transport.
Mrs Lela Eye wife of Rev W D Eye of Glenelg Maryland died suddenly at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg Virginia ten days after a serious operation She planned to return to relatives but relapsed Fatal in a short time Survived by husband daughter Kathryn missionary in Africa son David Peters burg son Paul at home three brothers and three sisters Funeral plans not completed but services expected in Harrisonburg Virginia tomorrow
Dr J Earl Moreland president of Randolph-Macon College will address the 11 o clock service at Braddock Street Methodist Church tomorrow. He succeeds the late Dr R E Blackwell and is noted as an accomplished public speaker. Mrs W H Ballengee will speak at the 730 p m service, formerly president of the Baltimore Conference M E Church South Women’s Missionary Society and now a member of the General Board of Missions and Church Extension.
Washington July 11 Donald Nelson warned the Smaller War Plants Corporation is not a relief agency and most small business owners may still be left out. The War Production Board chairman noted the board appointed five directors to oversee 150 million dollars to assist firms in securing war contracts. He said the contractor must deliver and the number helped may be smaller than the number unable to be helped.
In Winchester Ohio area a father Harry Meister and two children died after hitting a high tension wire following an auto crash. The victims were struck when the live wires sparked andfire. A neighbor and state police responded and coroner Dr H I Pifer ruled death by electrocution. Triple funeral planned Monday at Albin with burial in Mount Hebron.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show dull apple prices and steady to higher cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with modest supplies. Cattle mainly steady to higher, hogs up slightly, calves favored, and sheep mixed with early top bids around 16 dollars.
Pittsburgh markets record July 11 salable hogs 50 steady cattle 25 steady calves 25 sheep 50 slow. Choice lambs bring 14.75 to 15.25 dollars per hundredweight.
Baltimore notices closing grain prices with Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.16 per bushel and Corn at 95 to 98 cents per bushel. Winchester Market lists New wheat at 1.06 and Corn at 90 cents per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at the mill.
Mrs. Carol Montague of Richmond died there late last night. She was known in this area and had visited frequently in Winchester and Berryville.
A Dutch escapee described the Amboina concentration camp on the Japanese-occupied island in the Netherlands East Indies as terrible. He cited starvation, lack of medical care, and deaths from dysentery, plus bayonet pressure to sell valuables and nightly intrusions into sleeping areas.
The apparent motion of sunspots from east to west is caused by the Sun’s rotation. Sunspots appear to move as the Sun turns, not because the spots travel across its surface independently.
New York July 11. The stock market opened hesitantly with light selling but by late trading bids steadied leading leaders around a point higher. Volume for the session neared 150000 shares as fears of war reverses and cautious bullish bets tempered trades. Notable gainers included American Telephone Dow Chemical DuPont and Con Edison while General Motors Chrysler GE and Southern Pacific lagged.
Wheat oats and rye fell fractionally as government crop estimates weighed on prices while corn rose slightly on a smaller forecast for its yield. Open bids: Wheat July 1 20 1 4 1 8 September 1 22 3 4 1 2 December 1 26 1 2 1 4 May 1 31 1 4. Corn July 87 September 89 1 2 3 8 December 92 1 2 5 8. Oats September 48 1 4 December 50 7 8. Rye July 67 September 69 5 8 3 4 December 73 3 4 5 8.
Be Careful, Boys WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., July 11.-If you must get drunk in this mountain, you'd better do it on a weekday-for the sake of your pocketbook. Public dunkenness on a week day brings a fine of $5 on Sunday, a mini mum of $25.
Many relatives and friends attended funeral services for Mrs. Laura B. Flowers at Restchurch in Rest, Virginia. The Rev. John Teter led the service with hymns The Old Rugged Cross Jesus Lover of My Soul and What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery family lot.
A Red Cross Advanced First Aid Class starts Tuesday July 14 at 7 30 P M at the Rouss Fire Hall under Bernard Groves Cecil Grim Herman Plumly and W E Clare. Air Raid Wardens who have not completed this course are urged to enroll. For information call the Red Cross Office 5412.
Mrs. A. C. Frye of Greenwalt avenue underwent a serious operation at Memorial hospital Thursday after a week of observation. Report today says she is making satisfactory improvement and will remain a patient for at least two weeks.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at Gilbo Methodist Church near Charlottesville for John O. Knight 42 of Winchester who died at University Hospital Charlottesville after a brief illness. Survived by mother Mrs. Alice McDaniel sister Mrs. D. H. Collier Barleysville Alma Burcham Newport News Mrs. C. A. Palmer Winchester and half siblings Mrs. R. G. Burcham and Howard McDaniel.
A compact list of quiz answers is printed for readers. The items cover geography Amaknak Island near Unalaska, a carrier ship, true or false, a locomotive, a monk order, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Eastern, Horatius, the four allied powers Britain Russia China and the United States, and the Pacific Ocean.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars announces a meeting on Monday night July 13 at 8 o'clock on the second floor of the Farmers and Merchants Bank building. Members are requested to attend. Commander W. W. Baker will present a report on the State convention.
Major Nichols said the slain soldier was intoxicated and out of camp with others who were absent without leave. A coroner's inquest will be held as civil officers and officials prepare a full report after investigating the weapons and the incident.
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