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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
9
The National Safety Council reports a 17 percent rise in traffic deaths in the first half of 1941, totaling 16 810, up 2 890 from 1940. If the trend continues, the annual toll could exceed 40 000, with rural areas hit hardest and cities over 10 000 showing a small improvement.
In 1920 the population was 105 710 620. In 1930 it reached 122 775 046. By 1940 the population stood at 131 948 727.
Marshal Semyon Budenny leads Soviet forces on the southwestern front as they counterattack near Smolensk. Red troops reportedly drive Germans from entrenched positions stalled by failed blitz operations.
The Winchester Playground Association reports an average of 210 daily participants at three sites the S V A grounds Harris Addition and Douglas School with shade water and supervised play. John Brown directs the program but more parental involvement is urged as most older boys work and fewer out of town games are played. Story telling remains a popular activity and the association notes 18 years of continuous summer service inviting interested parents to contact Mr Brown.
Hall will end a month long vacation in the West Virginia mountains and return to Washington Sunday. He has appeared on the golf club's putting green and has been practicing daily. He declined to comment on international affairs until his return.
Private burial rites were held in Mt. Hebron cemetery for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert J McNally born and died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs McNally formerly Irene Matthews taught in Handley elementary and Mr McNally is connected with Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Private Kenneth Wilkinson, 19, Oklahoma native with red hair and glasses, toured the big studios and rubbed shoulders with stars in Hollywood. He met Will Hays, lunched with Deanna Durbin, and even declined a kiss from Barbara Stanwyck at a photographer's request. He married Judy Garland’s husband Dave Rose, then flew to Fort Lewis for a week in the sun. Wilkinson has seen 321 films since enlisting and travels 18 miles by bus from Fort Lewis to attend eight theatres with his $36 monthly pay. The industry funded 28 furloughs to promote reviving patronage.
In Baltimore a peace-loving Quaker woman, Mrs. A Morris Carey, rose at a "Stop Hitler Now" rally to gently reprimand a speaker she said urged bloodshed to defeat the Nazis. The event took place at the Friends Meeting House amid tension over wartime tactics.
Cross Roads Virginia July 31 memorial services were held at Pleasant Grove U B Church led by Pastor Rev L C Messick with choir music by the Gore Quartette and addresses by Rev C R Line and Baltimore visitor Mr George Miller. Attendees come from a wide area. Relatives visited Baltimore to see ill J Robert Oates.
Advertisement claims Mone’s Emerald Oil eases swollen burning feet in fifteen minutes with two or three applications. Urges readers to buy from druggists despite unclear brand naming and possible misspellings.
At a Friends Meeting House event in Baltimore a National Maritime Union agent urged building bullets in America to fight Fascism and urged 75 youths to sacrifice in the war against Hitler. Mrs. Carey objected to advocacy of blood and force, then left as the Maryland Youth Congress pushed a resolution for full military defeat of Hitler.
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