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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
2
Virginia Protective Force Company 115 will drill at 7:15 tomorrow night at the armory with a rookies session at 7:30. Captain W A Baker asks for donated 45 caliber revolvers and four rifles from Winter or Frederick county residents to equip non commissioned officers.
Mrs M W Bott wife of Capt Bott of the Salvation Army says she is a qualified minister but has not sought court appointment to perform nuptial rites. She notes Mrs Leslie O Shirley was described as the only woman qualified to marry. Bott says other communities of Salvation Army women leaders perform ceremonies.
Answers to questions printed on page 4 include First Monday in September Alfred Nobel an opera singer Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Prohibition Eighteenth Frequency modulation and the world's largest aircraft the Douglas B 19 with a wingspan taller than a 17 story building carrying a W ton bomb load and full weight.
At Fort Meade and the A P Hill reservation the 115th Infantry combat team of the 29th Division drills for final maneuvers. The 175th Infantry combat team will move into the area on Monday as Baltimore officers inspect conditions ahead of next week’s arrival.
Billy Conn reportedly in Brockway Pennsylvania after losing to Joe Louis at the Polo Grounds. A marriage license for Conn and Mary Louise Smith of Pittsburgh was issued in Brookville and turned over to Thomas Stauffer, a Brookville attorney.
Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra resigns as chairman of the National Defense Mediation Board, effective July 1, and will return as president of the University of Wisconsin. He will stay on call for panel service with the Mediation Board. President Roosevelt expresses regret at the departure and cites the board’s accomplishments.
Neville Miller, head of the National Association of Broadcasters, told Senators the United States is nearing censorship of radio due to fear by networks and stations of FCC actions. He urged the Senate to suspend proposed anti monopoly rules on chain broadcasting and to launch a full industry investigation.
The Moscow radio in a one hour English broadcast to the United States praised food abundance and vacation freedoms, with Pravda cited on Soviet life. The program, heard by CBS in New York, avoided the tense foreign relations topic.
Berlin June 19 sources said nothing is known here about reports abroad that German and Russian forces clashed on the Bessarabian frontier between Russia and Romania. No confirmation from authorities with details awaited.
A Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow expanded as a memorial to a mother whose sons wrote to her about giving themselves to Christ before battles. The mission, run successfully, invites the public to a June 22 Children’s Day service at 3 30 with Rev. Harry M Balthis delivering the address, plus a music and recital program by children.
Richmond June 19 A judge for the 15th circuit will be appointed by July 1 Governor Price announced after a delegation urged Leon Bazile of Hanover County as the nominee Bazile a House of Delegates member and former State Senator S Bernard Coleman are the leading candidates The post has been vacant since Judge Frederick W Coleman of Fredericksburg died in February The circuit includes King George Spotsylvania Caroline Hanover counties and Fredericksburg city with backing from about 50 lawyers and citizens led by George B Kan
Rome reports Virginio Gayda says results of the German Turkish pact may appear in ten days. Il Giornale D Italia notes developments could clarify within the month and Turkish German rapprochement could alter the political landscape and aid Italian German aims toward Suez and Near East oil fields.
Mission Workers of the Presbyterian Church in Lexington Presbytery met at Massanutten Springs Hotel over two days. Rev. W. C. Jamison led, with Dr. J. C. Siler and Dr. H. W. Menatin presenting talks on ministry and pastor life. The conference included sessions on stewardship evangelism religious education and personal conduct of ministers ending with Dr. Williams on the Victorious Life in Christ.
Tokyo reports Ko Ishi, spokesman for the Japanese government, told the Central Cooperative Council that it is almost certain the United States will enter the current war on the British side. He spoke June 19 in Tokyo.
The quoted line appears in the literary line from Ingomar the Barbarian credited to Von Munch Bellingshausen.
King George will present a fine folio Book of Common Prayer from Windsor Castle to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond as the church marks its bicentennial. Viscount Halifax announced the gift and a royal card explains the gift’s circumstances. Rep. Dave E. Satterfield Jr. will deliver the volume for formal presentation in Richmond.
Richmond June 19 The unemployment compensation act in Virginia saved nearly 1 million dollars in the first quarter of 1941 due to merit rating amendments. Employers paid 2,244,550.85 versus 3,181,050 the amount they'd have paid without lower rates. The UCC now pays about 100,000 weekly in benefits. May placed 8,334 workers in regular jobs and 3,585 in temporary or part-time positions.
The Retail Merchants Association of Virginia has opened permanent offices in Richmond to run a state-wide educational and publicity campaign promoting individual initiative and private enterprise over cooperative movement. Oscar H. West, managing director, announced the plan to boost public understanding of private business.
The report notes Finland rushing war plans while south east of the capital troops strike near Jebel El Kelb.It cites a Germany Turkey pivot with a Berlin Nazi pledge and questions whether Moscow, Egypt, or the British Isles are the target. It mentions a purported Stalin ultimatum and a general sense of German strategic isolation.
Interior Secretary Ickes said a ration card system for gasoline in the East is under consideration if petroleum restrictions are needed amid an expected shortage. He also urged no oil shipments from the Atlantic seaboard without prior government approval, and recently imposed a export embargo.
Berlin reports Germany demands removal of all U S consular staff and American Express personnel by July 15 in retaliation for Roosevelt action against German consulates. The note lists Belgium Luxembourg occupied France Serbia and occupied Greece as targets. Undersecretary Sumner Welles cites German officials as engaging in harmful activities.
Washington June 19 The northern soft coal producers and John L. Lewis United Mine Workers planned to sign a two year wage agreement by nightfall to end the 1941 wage negotiations. In the southern Appalachian field talks stalled over vacations with pay for miners.
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