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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1941
Page
1
An incomplete report notes a Wheeler address suggesting the president could deploy U.S. naval vessels alongside Britain in Far Eastern waters if a bill allows it. The remarks imply coordination with Britain and potential restraint on actions pending further legislation.
Postoffice authorities focus on a notable matter raising attention to mail service and community impact as city officials and residents await guidance on policy changes and service improvements.
Williams argues Wilsons precision and actions shaped postwar policy. He notes Harding era disarmament, the one ocean Navy, and warns of unprepared land forces. Rev L G Bridgers dedicates American flags, praising the flag as emblem of honor bravery and chivalry, and the company motto.
Defense chief Knudsen told the House Judiciary Committee that Congress must act soon to prevent delays in labor dispute responses. He presented a memorandum to Chairman Sumners outlining recommended measures to speed decision making, stressing the need for factual groundwork before a strike.
Confused fragment notes auto license expirations set for March thirty first for 1940-41 plates. Mentions dates March 1 9 18 and a 15 day period with unclear details attributed to a speaker. No further coherent context or names available.
HAGERSTOWN Md March 1 today was sentenced by Judge Joseph D Mish to eight years in the penitentiary. The prisoner asked for leniency claiming he had been ill for several years.
A strong earthquake struck northern Greece at 5:58 p m local time causing panic as residents fled night homes. Reports placed the epicenter near the Reenteree of El ice with Larisa suffering building destruction including a hotel and widespread damage to other structures. Premier Korizis dispatched Public Aid Minister Krim bas to the area to coordinate relief efforts.
A Baltimore blaze trapped a woman and injured several, with residents escaping by ladder or fleeing the flames. Landlord J. Stedman faced inquiries after the apartment was rented to a woman identified as Mrs. McDonald. Five others were rescued or saved from the burning building.
John Sandor Jr 26 on furlough from Chicago Great Lakes area starts a search for his birth or foster parents. Adopted in Pittsburgh in 1915 his records were lost when a shirt pocket was washed in 1916. He plans to visit newspaper offices to print appeals for people who can identify his parents amid a wandering, worried quest.
March 1 dispatches report a Pacific coast hurricane bringing heavy rain, floods, and evacuations in California towns including Canoga Park and Reseda.Los Angeles area records over 20 inches of rain this season, while floodwaters surge in Sacramento and nearby rivers. Cross country, a Atlantic blizzard caused seven deaths in Pennsylvania, three in Virginia and New Jersey, and statewide disruptions from New Jersey to Maryland.
Edward Bruce Capper 79, retired jeweler, died at 1 30 this morning at his residence 44 South Cameron street. A native of Capon Bridge West Virginia he had lived in Winchester 42 years. He married E Belle Hollis in 1887 and is survived by two sons Rev Ronald and Wilson who will be at home. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery conducted by Rev. Ronald.
Clarke County Supervisors and the county school board tentatively authorized $60,000 for a Boyce school project. Details await final planning and a possible state loan application at the next State Board meeting on March 28. The Berryville unit was proposed at $35,000 but no action was taken.
Washington, March 1. Repercussions of the dispute over the British lease-lead loan reached Justice today as Senator Glass urged an investigation into a group of women who demonstrated before his office. Mrs Elizabeth Dilling of Chicago head of the group faced a $25 bond on a disorderly conduct charge. the women oppose the British aid bill Glass backs.
Treasury data for February 27 shows receipts of 15.47 million dollars and expenditures of 35.43 million, with gross totals around 46.08 million. The report notes a rise over the previous day in certain figures.
London reports that Britain’s three fighting services agreed to cut weekly rations to aid the national food and shipping situation. Army and air force rations reduce meat by 14 ounces to 42 ounces, sugar by 3 12 ounces to 14 ounces, and tea by a small cut to two ounces.
United States ambassador John G. Winant was welcomed by King George VI at a Bristol to London rail stop. Duke of Kent greeted Winant and Harvard President Conant alongside assistant Benjamin Cohen, amid ceremonial pomp as the party arrived from Lisbon aboard a Clipper.
Baltimore and Ohio lines install automatic 60 foot scales to handle freight, weighing from 100 pounds to 300000 pounds. The cost runs to several thousand dollars and installation including pit concrete work and an electric pump will take about three weeks to complete.
German troops in armored cars entered Sofia after Bulgaria formalized alliance with Axis nations in Vienna. Reported British ultimatum and observed air activity raised fears of a march toward Greece or Turkey. Sworn Bulgars and vast swaths of terrain linked to 1940 Axis pact discussed amid Allied and fascist commentary.
In Richmond on March 1 A B C agents Duggan and Casey braved a pre dawn snow storm near Godwin Street. They observed a man emerge from a house and head toward a thicket. The agents then detained him and charged him with possessing 194 half gallon jars of moonshine corn liquor.
World Today reports Bulgaria signs in Vienna for a junior partnership in a German Italian Japanese alliance, accelerating mobilization. Nazi warplanes fly past the Thames estuary but British defenses drive them off. Italian reinforcements land from torpedo boats and regain Castelrhasso Island, captured earlier by the British. RAF conducts overnight strikes on Germany and Nazi-occupied Netherlands, with Wilhelmshaven naval base as principal objective.
Ruby Laffoon 72 former Kentucky governor died at 2 50 a m after a long illness. He suffered a paralytic stroke last week. Laffoon served 1931 to 1935 and was succeeded by Lt Gov Happy Chandler. He returned here to practice law after leaving office.
In February 1941 the STAR posted the largest average daily NET PAID circulation in 45 years, up 5.6 percent from February 1940 and 11.3 percent from six years prior. Editor Harry F. Byrd Jr. expresses gratitude for reader confidence and the paper’s responsibility.
The Star Quiz clarifies the solution that ten hens lay 66 2/3 eggs in ten days, with a rate of two thirds egg per day per hen. Named readers Fred Dobbins J D Steele Rev W L Dudley John Lee Krider are cited for their involvement and challenges to the answer.
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