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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
12
Joseph P. D Arezzo of Los Angeles failed to receive a naval commission in 1940 due to a minor eye defect after graduating top of his class at Annapolis. He instead joined the Army, earned a lieutenant’s commission, and served in the Panama Canal Zone where he earned the nickname Admiral.
The article discusses Red Army counter moves on the German Russian front and how Soviet tactics aim to blunt German encirclement. It notes British hopes that persistent Russian resistance might enable Allied pressure on Germany via a Turkish flank and Syrian occupation.
Connecticut launches a beetle control campaign安排 using milky disease. One hundred thousand Japanese beetle grubs are inoculated with milky disease bacteria in New Jersey and ground to dust for distribution in infested Connecticut plots to kill grubs and curb beetle reproduction.
Harold Mac Daniel, who faced a medical discharge from Great Lakes Indiana due to a deformed toe, had the toe amputated after returning home. He is now back in training.
Card of thanks from the Jenkiniss family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of Frank L. Jenkiniss including use of cars and flowers. Wife and Children.
Mrs James Roosevelt formerly Romelle Schneider arrives in New York from Los Angeles to greet her husband President's eldest son Jimmy who is returning from Europe by Clipper. The Marine captain cut his honeymoon short for an assignment in the Middle East.
Weather Bureau and Virginia crop reports show minor overall changes with some improvements in northern counties and other moist areas. Many regions still suffer from insufficient rainfall. hail damage is reported sporadically while corn tobacco soybeans and cowpeas progress well. Pastures improve then decline. wheat harvest continues. cattle are in good health and weeds are generally controlled.
In Corvallis Oregon and Independence Oregon a man named Ethan F Parker had been drafted but was turned down due to a stiff finger. Parker nonetheless joined and later went to a hospital where he reportedly ordered his finger cut off.
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