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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
3
Campaign chairman Mrs. Ronald Wilson urges Winchesters to display a V-Home sticker in every window. Homes must meet air raid, salvage, rumor control, loyalty, and war bond requirements or have leaders certify via declaration. Stickers available at the OCD office in the George Ashington Hotel.
Memorial services by Madison Lodge No. 6 I O O F Rebekahs and Woodmen of the World Sunday afternoon at Mount Hebron. The group meets at Odd Fellows Hall at 2 with a 230 start, marching to the site.
A packed sports brief covers 1888 to 1892 baseball comebacks, a four-partner amateur golf event in Detroit with 68 best ball, and Jimmy Dykes defending his name after Chicago White Sox incident. It notes Orlo Robertson’s AP editorship, AAU track logistics, and various military athletes in coach and service roles.
Coast Guardsman Gregory Reeser of Cincinnati reports back from a year in Alaskan waters. He describes men on Amchitka Island fishing with shovels to scoop fish from streams, illustrating an abundance of fish in the area.
London reports early today that an east Anglian town was bombed by German aircraft with ten believed dead. Four victims died on one street as fighters swept over after midnight. RAF fighters engaged, claiming five enemy planes shot down. The Berlin broadcast cited Margate and Isle of Wight as targets.
Mrs Beulah Anna Hess 49 died at 8 this morning at her Berryville home wife of Herbert William Hess born February 7 1894 Summit Point W Va daughter of the late Alfred and Annis Riley. Survived by husband three children Lambert Hess Mrs Paul Gladhill Mrs William Underhill two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Friday at 11 church with Rev A O Lyons officiating interment Green Hill Cemetery pallbearers named.
Friends report the Rev F B Sapp and Mrs Sapp are now based in Dublin Virginia The minister was formerly pastor at Walnut Springs Christian Church in Shenandoah County noting a relocation within the regionensis.
Game Warden Pingley stated four ewes and four large lambs were killed and six large lambs owned by Holmes Grover were injured recently by marauders. C. Dunlap reported two ewes and two lambs injured severely and destroyed.
May beer tax collections rose to 426 430 in Richmond Virginia with a fiscal year total of 3 512 000 for the first ten months, a 20 percent increase over the same period last year.
The destroyer Spencer clashed with a German U-boat as both ships traded heavy fire. The U-boat's conning tower was torn away and its crew abandoned ship while Spencer rescued more than 40 survivors as depth charges and gunfire rattled the sea.
Boyce high school announces commencement exercises for Sunday afternoon June 13 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium. Processional invocation and hymn precede salutatory by Carroll Goodridge and address by Rev. Mr Craighill. Irene Shutts delivers valedictory. awards and diplomas presented. selections by the Glee Club. J Sloan Kuykendall cannot attend. Class members include Irene Shutts Carroll Goodridge Helge Anderson Elizabeth Ridgeway Mildred Ritter Mary Jane Huff Margaret Good Edna Huff Marie Stickle Charlotte Ann Feltner Paul Frazier.
Baltimore market report shows produce unchanged for apples and potatoes firm with ungraded cobblers at 4.54 and 2.72. In livestock a steady tone for cattle with varied grades, calves very slow, hogs active with tops near 14.70 and weights listed, sheep values weak with light offerings and lambs at 17.00-17.50 for 70-90 lb. spring stock.
Local market bulletin lists steer prices 16.50 to 17.25 for choice and 15.50 for good, with plain at 13.00. Heifers show choice 16.25, medium 15.00, plain 12.00. Fat cows top 13.00, bulk 10.50, cutters 5.50 to 8.75. Bulls butcher 14.75, sausage 11.50 to 13.75. Veal calves top 17.00, bulk 15.90 to 16.50. culls 10.00. Fresh cows and springers 75 to 225. Lambs choice 15.90, good graded 15.60, medium 14.00, culls 11. Sheep 4.50 to 6.00, old thin 1.25 to 2.50. Hogs top 14.25, bulk to packers 14.15, shoots good to choice 17.50 head. Fat sows 12 to 12.75 per cwt. Pigs 4.50 to 10.00 per feeder. Stocker cattle feed er streets 13 to 16 per cwt. Stocker steers 50 to 87 per head.
In a very quiet opening trade grains slumped minor fractions on favorable crop reports today. Opening prices show Wheat July 1.43 7 8, Sept 1.43 7 8 to 3 4, Dec 1.45 1 4. Corn July 1.05, Sept 1.05, Dec 1.01. Oats July 1 2 to 3 8, Sept 62 3 8, Dec 1 4. Rye July 35 1 8, Dec 99 7 8.
The War Department released 124 U S soldiers held as prisoners of war 35 by Germany and 89 by Japan The Virginia names include Capt William R A Kleystuber and Capt John L Peyton with contact relatives in Engleside Staunton Bristol and Portsmouth among others The list covers Virginians in camps unknown and includes service members from Alexandria Staunton Bristol and Portsmouth with kin noted.
New York June 2 stock market shows scattered industrial leaders up modestly while overall progress remains limited. Rails and steels alternate between small gains and slight losses as traders await soft coal developments. Motors improve. bonds slip. commodities mixed.
Maj. Gen. James Burns and Eddy Gilmore of the Associated Press arrived in Spokane en route to Washington from Russia. Maj. William Martin, ex-president of the New York Stock Exchange, also traveled with them as a private. Their plane, joined by Joseph E. Davis, Roosevelt's special emissary, encountered motor trouble and was delayed.
Red Army forces attempted to breach German lines at Kuban and Velizh 250 miles west of Moscow but were repelled with casualties, according to an official communique. Red Army airmen pounded German airfields while ground actions were artillery and reconnaissance focused with Soviet reports of losses on both sides.
Local families report service members overseas and in training. Pvt Hobart M Offutt Jr arrived overseas after enlisting in November 1942. Pvt Boyd C Fogle, Pvt Dallas M Fogle, and Pfc Thomas Stover Clark are listed at camps and addresses for correspondence. Pvt Ralph Y Grubbs joins the army at North Camp Hood Texas. Cpl Harvey Mills promoted at Kellogg Field and S Sgt Robert Mills transferred to North Carolina.
Washington reports rationing of canned milk began today to conserve supplies for infants and special diets. Evaporated and condensed milk join meats and fats in the points system, costing one red point per pound with 16 weekly points for meats and fats, and supplemental quotas available via rationing boards for approved medical needs.
In Gallitzin Pennsylvania 375 UMW miners telegraphed President Roosevelt demanding immediate action to return to work for national defense. Government agents directed mine owners to blast whistles signaling work available for all even as talks with operators paused.
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes reports shipbuilding is quadrupling, with May construction reaching a new record of 1,782,000 deadweight tons. Navy disclosures say U S submarines destroyed seven Japanese ships including a destroyer, another large tanker and several cargo vessels were sunk or damaged. Production of faster victory ships will begin on the west coast as yards join the program.
Fire Chief Argenbright will lead a demonstration of the Rouss Compa aerial ladder at John Kerr school grounds tonight at seven. Attendees will learn operation of one of the finest climbing and rescue devices in service.
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