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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
10
In Vincennes Indiana forty years ago Henry Barr of Bruceville lowered a beer bottle into a well using a string. The string broke and workers recently recovered the bottle. Barr's wife plans to write the brewers to offer it as a souvenir.
War analysis notes six weeks of fighting where the Bolshevists hold and counterattack, draining German manpower and signaling winter will hinder Nazi aims. Turkish dispatches hint at a peace offer plan if Berlin wins, while German claims of progress fade amid resistance and weather. The clash is framed as a battle to annihilate the Red Army, with the outcome still uncertain.
In Winchester Virginia the Corporation Court orders publication to require L M Guthridge and Irene V Guthridge to appear within ten days to protect interests in a suit to set aside a March 11 1941 deed of trust to John W Rice Trustee securing 550 dollars and a 1937 G M C truck. Publication runs four weeks in Winchester Evening Star. Deputy Clerk Corinne Barnett. Counsel R Gray Williams and J Sloan Kuykendal.
Richmond report says about 113 local volunteer groups affiliated with the Virginia Tuberculosis Association will receive roughly 17 000 in bonuses this week for outstanding anti tuberculosis programs funded by the 1940 Christmas Seal sales. The 1940 seal sale raised 147 091 with 108 938 going to county and city units.
A group of junior horse lovers under 21 will stage an August 9 show at Foxcroft School ring Middleburg to benefit the American Red Cross. Owners and riders of all ages are invited to enter. luncheon will be served and proceeds go to the Red Cross. The 18 class program includes a costume class for all ages with prizes.
By order of trustees a public auction will be held in front of Winchester Court House at noon on Tuesday August 12 1941. The property formerly owned by the late W T Sullivan lies east of North Cameron Street between Baker Street and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad office with improvements machinery and buildings. Terms include one third cash and balance in two annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust and fire insurance. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
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