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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
7
The March 31 deadline applies to signing ACP and submitting farmer applications for the 1940 program. Payments arise from soil building practices and planting within special acreage allotments, with Virginia expected to receive about 1.7 million dollars in total payments and related farm inputs.
New York Giants powered to an 11 to 6 exhibition win over the Washington Senators before 1,500 fans in Orlando Florida on March 12. Babe Young blasted two homers Lou Chiozza added another as Cecil Travis homered for Washington off Cliff Morton in the second inning. The Giants roughed up rookie Joe Beck from Florida State League for five runs in the first.
Auction set for 11:00 A. M. Saturday March 15 1941 in Frederick County Virginia to sell two parcels of Annie R Shuler estate parcels located near Clowser and Winchester comprising 20 and 46 acres more or less parcels described as J D Bowman Lands and Hayfield area. Terms include one third cash with balance secured by a Deed of Trust and homestead exemption waiver. Decree execution notice appears in Merchants National Bank filing.
Handley Library notes highlight forthcoming reads and notable works. Among the selections are My Name Is Million describing a Polish refugee escape from Warsaw, The Four Horsemen of the m by Blasco Ibanez, Fifth Column Is Here by George Britt, Mr. Britling Sees It Through and Babes In the Darkling Wood, I Accuse by Andre Simone, All American Front by Duncan Aikman, Winston Churchill by Rene Kraus, and mystery titles Speak No Evil, Last Train Out, The Man With No Face, The Haunted Brides, Headed a Hearse, The Great Mistake. Lent readings include The Bible Designed to be Read, Christianity by H F Ball, Return to Religion, Not Alone, and The Choice Before Us by E Stanley Jones.
The U S Circuit Court in Richmond held the Peers Union of the textile plant in contempt for failing to comply with a 1940 decree on collective bargaining and representation. The company faces 30 days to show compliance or face further penalties as NLRB proceedings were involved. The session also addressed an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad case over a 1935 discharge and subsequent compensation dispute under the Railway Labor Act.
A list of religious and psychology titles available for borrowing from the Handley Library. Entries include Re Thinking Religion by A, As I See Religion by Dr Ay ry B Fosdick, Psychology of Christian Personality by E M Ligion, and Christ of the Mount by £. All books are borrowable.
Virginia Methodists meeting under Bishop W. W. Peele urged the Virginia conference to back Senator Sheppard’s bill to prohibit or restrict liquor and prostitution near army and navy posts. The plan would empower post commanders to set zone boundaries and seeks church involvement in defense efforts.
In San Antonio on Tuesday March 12 the St Louis Browns suffered injuries from bad grounders. Second baseman Don Heffner fractured his nose and shortstop Johnny Berarding was struck above the right ear. Heffner hospitalized. Pitchers Whitshead has measles Gatehouse out with a leg injury Kennedy sent home for his mother’s death.
Many treasure hunters have been digging junked items from the Oria river bank to sell. Mayor A. B. Cooper threatened arrests to make them stop.
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