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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1941

Page

9

Byrd urges labor chief to halt defense strikes

In a Senate address Senator Harry Byrd demand s certification and action by Secretary Perkins to curb strikes in vital war industries. He cites the Bethlehem Steel and Allis Chalmers cases, argues for Mediation Board powers, and warns of tax and cost impacts from union fees on defense projects.

Washington Harry F. Tiyrd Senate Byrd Perkins National Mediation Board England Great Britain Our Republic Army Air Corps C. I. QO Mediation Secretary of Labor New Mexico Allis-Chalmers Mediation Board William S. Knudsen Office of Production Management Frank Knox Dykstra Board Dykstra James Pennsylvania National Defense Mediation Board Bethlehem Steel Company Bethlehem Fort Meade Camp Meade Stimpson Stimson War Department Unons Frances Perkins United States

Bridgewater College to Celebrate Founders Day Events

Bridgewater Virginia holds Founders Day events April 3 to 5 featuring a memorial dinner for Dr John S Flory a Founders Day address by Rev Horace K Wright leaders from Juniata College Medical College of Virginia and Union Training College plus a Byron Byrd address and Byzantine Singers concert, open houses and a concluding homecoming convocation.

Bridgewater John Flory All College Harry F. Byrd Horace K. Wright Union Training College Ahmednager India Charles C. Ellis Juniata College Pennsylvania W. T. Sanger Medical College of Virginia John W. Wayland Harrisonburg John C Vis Cole Hall John S. Flory Cc. C. Elis Lyceum Byzantine Singers United States

Army Test Corps Passes Through Winchester

Twenty seven trucks from Holabird Quartermaster depot tested tires and other gear for the U S Army as forty soldiers ate lunch in Winchester and continued toward Baltimore on a 9000 mile tour begun January 20.

Holabird Quartermaster Depot United States Army Winchester Baltimore Holabird

Treasury Debt and Strike Affect on Defense Aid

Treasury reports total public debt at 16 527 248 29 and expenditures 3 458 360 05 with a gross debt of 619 000 000 and a daily increase of 5 874 383 49. The document stresses prompt action by the National Mediation Board to resolve strikes impeding defense program support for Great Britain and U S efforts.

Mediation Board Secretary of Labor Labor Department Migsing Great Britain Congress of the United States Congress America Republic Washington of the Treasury National Mediation Board Mikhail Gorin Los Angeles Ralph S. Jenny United States Russia Gorin Vladivostok

Bird Season Opens Later In This Area

Richmond March 29 The commission of game and land fisheries voted to shift the quail hunting season in 1941 42 five days later west of the Blue Ridge and ten days later east of the mountains. West of the mountains November 20 December 31 east of the Blue Ridge December 1 January 20. The commission recessed until 10 am tomorrow. Rabbits banned for sale in state. Proposals to raise bass size and trout bag limits postponed.

Richmond Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries Blue Ridge James Taylor Robertson Real Richmond Times-Dispatch Winston Montague The News-Leader

Quail Census Supports Shorter Hunting Season

George Freeman of Loudoun county reports a quail census across 739 farms averaging 125 acres found 19 coveys per farm and urges a shortened season from November 15 to December. Turner Jones of Highland county notes little quail hunting locally and supports a uniform limit.

George Freeman Loudoun County Turner Jones Highland County

Quote attribution and source question on fools rush in

The line is from Alexander Pope. The corrected form appears in his Essay on Criticism not as a direct quoted line but echoed in a broader meditation on importunate vanity and rash judgment.

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