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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
3
Mrs Organ's junior girls learn nursing fundamentals as they tour Winchester Memorial Hospital. They see wards and oxygen tents, the operating room, morgue, x ray and physio departments, and observe diet trays and the tray elevator while noting duties in patient care and observation.
Two men Chauncey Dellinger and Carson Shaffer of Shenandoah county are in custody in Frederick county for trial over a Monday woods and house fire in the Pacoast region. Sheriff John Bywaters and Game Warden F W Pingley made the arrests. The blaze destroyed a vacant house and barn and charred about an acre of woods on the old Will Williams place owned by Pred Watts.
Wheat No 2 Red Winter spot domestic May 1.22. Corn 95 97 cents per bushel. Winchester Market Wheat 16 bushel. Corn 90 cents per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
The report says U S bombers attacked Mingaladon airdrome last night with bombs causing fires and large explosions seen from miles away. Hit runways and buildings as fires burned fiercely, while enemy opposition reportedly did not return.
Corps of Winchester and former residents now at Camp Clar an La have been promoted to sergeant and serve with the 82nd All American Infantry Division. First Lieut. Rodney Taylor, chaplain at Fort Meade, leaves tonight for camp after visiting Mrs. Taylor and daughters. Pvt. John Bays, former Star employee, visits Bedford before returning to Camp Shelby Miss where he serves in U S Army Engineers.
Charlottesville May 5 Thirty one high schools in four classes sent 193 contestants to the Virginia Literary and Athletic League meet. Newport News high defends class A with 16 entries. Handley high 9 in class B. West Point 7 in class C. Beaverdam 6 in class D. Competition runs Friday and Saturday with Big Six events Friday and finals Saturday. Individual champions may advance to the National Interscholastic Tennis tournament in Haverford, Pa.
A War Department plan aims to use civilians with specialized skills by commissioning them through military training schools or prior service. Rep Faddis says he will adjust the amendment to ensure practicality, noting the Army needs civilian expertise to support a national distribution program despite its limited funds. Brig. Gen. John H. Hilldring will testify on personnel policy.
In Chatham Virginia May 5 a four legged chicken a twin tailed calf and a hen egg bearing the Japanese rising sun are reported from local farms. Hodnett Lowe and Barksdale own the respective animals and the egg came from Barksdale's Java flock.
Curt Riess reports on covert anti occupation groups across Holland Denmark Poland and Germany. He details orders like No German soldier should walk alone and lists saboteurs while tracing an invisible underground war waged to disrupt Nazi control.
Arthur Mesere of Dunkirk reports his automobile missing. The car was found 25 minutes later abandoned with about seven gallons of gasoline added. Mesere says he would almost like to thank the thief for the quick return.
Sea-going survivors recuperating in a hospital at Lewes Delaware asked attendants for scrub brushes and a can of cleaner. They joked about cleaning up quarters before they leave and redecorated their room near James Jensen and axler.
Ted Horn of Los Angeles wins the Central States Racing Association opener at Williams Grove Speedway. A field of top dirt-track stars competed over 70 laps before a record crowd of 31,347. Joe Chitwood led early but retired with engine trouble. A collision in lap 11 involving Mark Light and Joe Lance caused a brief scare but no injuries.
Last week 85 tires were released under the tire rationing program for Winchester and Frederick County. Recipients include P W Plumby Lumber Co and Esten O Rudolph among many farmers and merchants, with trucks tires, tubes and retread tires distributed.
Frederick County churches under the council of religious education will observe Rural Life Sunday on the afternoon of May 10. Dr Rev Mark A Dawber, executive secretary of the Home Mission's Council of North America, will be the special speaker. Dawber, born in England, began ministry in 1916 with a Wyoming open-country circuit.
A British communique reports a landing at Courrier Bay with naval air support and a march across an isthmus toward Diego Suarez as the United Nations offer defense aid to Madagascar against Axis aggression. Washington summoned Vichy envoy Haye and reaffirmed readiness to act to deny Axis use of Vichy possessions. Madagascar, a large, resource rich island, is noted for rice, tobacco, coffee and hardwoods. In Iceland a girl is called stuka, a term misused as a name.
New York May 5. Men race to meet a May 9 cuff deadline or face WPB penalties. No trousers may be cut with cuffs after May 9 nor delivered with cuffs after May 30. Bootlegging cuffs risks a $10 000 fine and a year in prison.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the zone deputy collector position in the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Competitors must report for a written examination soon after applications close. Full information and blanks available from the Secretary, Board of United States Civil Examiners, Winchester Post Office.
Winchester and Frederick County selective service boards publicly express appreciation for voluntary services in registering older men. The work was performed by local residents as a patriotic act and is gratefully acknowledged by both boards.
In the Frederick County Virginia circuit court a petition and cross bill seek to require the Special Receiver to deliver the corpus and interest from funds arising from the 1912 Edna B. Lockwood deed to Betsy Rose Lee Shenk Nancy Shenk William H. Shenk and Prances Shenk infants through their mother Lois H. Shenk as next friend. The case names Farmers & Merchants National Bank as Special Receiver and includes non resident defendant E Clark Shenk. Court orders publication and notices with multiple procedural steps.
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