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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1941
Page
7
Virginia Tech pathologist S B Fenner warns for early spring control of the European corn borer to protect Virginia corn. The pest overwinters as larvae, emerges from April, and lays up to 400 eggs per female. control includes tillage and destroying infested plants to prevent spread, with cooperation required across farms and regions.
Mrs Bernard Blake Thomas boards the liner Excalibur at Sea City New Jersey to sail for Europe and join her husband, an officer in the Royal Artillery in London. She has lived in Syracuse New York since the war began.
The Boston wool market was generally quiet today as the new clip contracting continued in Texas and other western states at firm to slightly higher prices. There was solid demand for spot Australian and Southern American fine wools.
Special Commissioner will offer four parcels of Clarke estate in Winchester Virginia at the county courthouse on April 5 1941. Parcel one is 604 South Cameron Street a small frame home. Parcel two a large frame dwelling at the southwest corner of South Cameron and Gerrard Street, suitable as residence or commercial site. Parcel three a lot on East Gerrard Street behind parcel two. Parcel four includes Lots 58 59 and 60 along Kerr Avenue with deeds of trust and two year notes. Sale in one or more parcels with payments secured by bonds and a Deed of Trust. James P. Reardon Special Commissioner.
The Rev E B Smith of Albin will speak at Lenten services at 7 34 tonight at Centenary Reformed Church. The public is invited.
Town heard opposition and support for installing parking meters on Loudoun Street. Critics argued meters would hurt business and lower property values while proponents said meters free space for shoppers and could work without tax impact. Council members cited narrow sidewalks and potential need for more police, while dismissing a $700 Town Run damage claim.
Reports say Yugoslavia may join the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact as German and Yugoslav officials meet in Belgrade. Turkish Greek Thrace leaders confer at a frontier station near Alexandroupoli while Britain plans relief for Greece. Sukru Saracoglu travels for talks, and Greece braces against a potential Nazi move with 300000 British troops aiding. The era notes a shrinking Jewish population in Germany from 522700 in 1933 to 190000 now.
Indicted are Dillard Nicholson Earl Shively Bewley Frank Scott James Mosby Paul Simon Cassell Bewley and others from Franklin and Campbell counties. U S Attorney Frank S Tavenner Jr says the case will likely go to the Lynchburg term for trial with ten overt acts alleged including delivery of liquor at Happy Land Lake and warehouse storage by Roosevelt Fowler. Witnesses described car use known as the black ghost and untaxed liquor sales in Campbell and Albemarle counties during 1939 1940.
Former Pennsylvania state senator John McClure and six co defendants arrive in Media for trial on charges of a $625,000 real estate fraud. All defendants pleaded not guilty as the case proceeds.
About 30 reserve midshipmen enrolled in February at the U S Naval Academy were honorably discharged for not meeting physical duty requirements. Twelve resigned voluntarily. Officials say many former college studies were insufficient to sustain academy courses as instructors assess first month exams to determine remaining cadets fate.
A Buffalo druggist created Peterson's Ointment to soothe itching and pain from piles. The ad claims quick cooling and astringent relief that spread nationwide and asks customers to buy a 35c box or 60c tube with applicator, money back if not delighted.
Secretary Welles announced that Jay Allen, an American newspaper man, was detained by German authorities in Paris while trying to cross the demarcation line after traveling there from Vichy without required authorization. The American embassy in Paris notified the State Department of the detention.
County cases heard this week before A J Tavenner include J W McDonald reckless driving $15.25 Joseph Hillyard drunk and dis orderly six months on state road suspended after 10 days in jail $5.35 costs Q R Brown no driver's permit $9.25. Police court items list George Riddelle forger grand jury Ray Cameron assault and battery $25 and coats Fred Mills drunk $5 and costs Tom Paxton $5 and costs Charles Reid disorderly $6 Raymond H Morton speeding $10 and costs Harry Wilkinson drunk and disorderly $10 and costs Kathryn Jounelle disorderly $5 and costs.
Louis Townsend Moreland a 51-year-old Clarke and Loudoun county farmer is in grave condition after an accidental shooting last Monday night. He was reported in Memorial Hospital this afternoon with injuries described as serious.
The notice outlines promotional pricing on tires and explains service options. It mentions warnings about casings and aims to clarify the store’s tire care approach to customers.
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