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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1941
Page
1
President Roosevelt declares the United States in infinitely greater danger than a year ago and asks Congress to authorize extending the one year active service period for selectees guardsmen and reservists. He stresses the need to keep the army strong and ready and warns against reducing trained personnel.
HOT SPRINGS Virginia July 21 Reporters from The Winchester Evening Star and the Richmond Times Dispatch won top honors in the Virginia Press Association first reportorial contests at the midsummer convention. John R Rhodes of The Winchester Star won the news writing sweepstakes for his September 3 1940 story on the Penn Central airliner crash at Lovettsville killing 25. Rhea Talley of the Times Dispatch won the feature story sweepstakes for her March 5 account of life aboard Italian freighters tied up by the war in Hampton Roads. Each sweepstakes winner receives a 25 cash award.
Residents urged to donate aluminum items for national defense. The drive seeks 2000 pounds in Winchester with everyday pots and pans weighing only a few ounces each, urging citizens to collect and deliver metal at newsstands or filling stations by Saturday.
A fifteen year old schoolboy pleaded innocent to murder in the mutilation killing of Constance Shipp of Reading. Police questioned a suspect in the second attack slaying of Frances Cochran whose body was found in a Lovers Lane thicket. Shipp's body was found in a parsonage as police investigated tips and located Cochran's ravaged body in the woods near Lovers Lane.
Election officials announce the Democratic primary will be held Tuesday August 5 to choose the party candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Governor candidates include Colgate W Darden Jr of Norfolk Hunsdon Cary of Richmond and Vivian Page of Norfolk. Lieutenant Governor candidates are William M Tuck of Halifax and Moss Plunkett of Roanoke.
More than 300 American consular officials and their families were ordered out of Axis dominated Europe and will sail to New York aboard the Navy transport West Point. The group includes Virginia residents such as Vice Consul Alfred R Thompson of Linden and Vice Consul Charles C Bray of Sperryville, among others.
Thirty three merchants join three day event offering stark savings on regular stock. The Winchester Star sponsors with the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. A special edition will reach 10 000 homes in Winchester Frederick Clarke and nearby counties.
Renovations at the Hamman building on Loudoun Street will cost at least 7000 dollars to create a Leggett's Department Store branch expected to open around September 1. S J Scott of Lynchburg oversees construction with eight workers, and the store will offer a full family apparel line and a bright modern glass and marble front in the Lynchburg district.
Members of the Turner Ashby Chapter U D C urged friends to donate pots and pans for the defense program. A quantity of aluminum already collected will be turned over to city and county drive organizers which began today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Groves and Mrs. Minnie DeHaven of J. W. Groves Furniture leave by motor for High Point North Carolina to attend the Southern Furniture exhibit and choose purchases for Groves stores in this city and in Martinburg. They are accompanied by Mr. Groves sister Mrs. Minnie Groves.
A church fundraiser titled Yard Party at Relief Church in Fl i on July 25 proceeds aid church work. Local volunteers organize the event with games food and sales to support church programs.
The event for Winchester and Frederick County is set for Sunday at Fort Meade with a motorcade led by a state and city escort. The Chanters and McIlwee Band will perform for the 116th Infantry and attendees will ride in a coordinated convoy from Cameron Street, with inspections, services, and a planned turnout of around 100 cars.
Citizens slow to respond as city and county plan first aluminum collection tomorrow morning. Fire houses report little material, with only a few pots and pans at Charley Rouss and four or five pieces at Sarah Zone. Scouts will help with a house to house drive Friday through Tuesday, and donations may be left at four fire halls or specified filling stations.
The city set the bicycle license tag deadline for Wednesday July 23. Chief C W Hollis urged those without tags to apply at the police department desk where tags are issued after examination for 25 cents.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said the United States has information Germany plans fresh aggression against remaining independent European nations. He warned a Nazi victory could endanger the independence and prosperity of American republics as he noted bolivia and Franco Spain figures in the context of alleged incidents and expulsions.
Berlin reported that German aircraft sank two 11 000 ton freighters and a speedboat in English waters overnight. The high command acknowledged civilian casualties in RAF bombing of western German cities. Eighty Allied planes were shot down, with four enemy vessels captured or destroyed. British toll listed an 8 000 ton freighter sunk and a 3 000 ton freighter trapped off Newcastle.
Berlin reports a large battle east of the Stalin line in the Smolensk area with heavy casualties and claimed German success. Moscow denies collapse of Smolensk, while Berlin says Red Army divisions were destroyed and thousands captured. RAF bombings hit Naples and targets in Rhineland, Rotterdam, Lille and London reports large Nazi shipping losses. Bolivia imposes siege measures amid alleged Nazi plot and arrests.
Tokyo July 21 bulletin reports Chugai Shogyo believes the three power alliance would not mobilize Japan for war if Germany takes the initiative and declares war on the United States.
State official announced urgent repairs to the Panama Canal require curtailing merchant shipping through the canal to prioritize critical infrastructure work and safety.
The British freighter Richmond Castle and the North American merchantman Bangalores reportedly collided about 190 miles off the Brazilian coast near Rio de Janeiro on July 21.
President Roosevelt nominates Thomas M. Wilson of Tennessee to serve as commissioner to India with the rank of minister. The appointment places Wilson in a senior diplomatic post representing the United States in India.
Cumberland Md July 21 State's Attorney Charles F Wagaman of Washington county prosecuted Earl Loveless 23 on charges of slaying Raleigh Poffenberger 76 Keedysville farmer. Wagaman said Loveless admitted taking part in the slaying and that the motive was robbery. The men were indicted by Washington county May term grand jury but the trial was moved to Allegany county Circuit Court upon a defense request for change of venue.
A party of five Winchester businessmen went to Weems Virginia for the weekend to fish. They caught hardheads and trout, with Swordfish landing a channel bass. Weather hindered Saturday fishing but improved Sunday as they returned to Winchester. Cy Mee of Kernstown was inducted into the Australian Society of New York by Hugh M. Casey, receiving an emblem of the Southern Cross with a crown.
Nazi reports say German troops annihilated an entire Soviet division around Mogilev as the eastern front sees continued pressure. Moscow dispatches insist Smolensk remains in Red Army hands amid claims of a 30 day German drive. British RAF promises the heaviest raids on the Reich in three months to aid Russia.
Notice invites interested parties to submit bids to the City Office by a stated deadline. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Details reference page 7 and column 1.
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