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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1941
Page
6
May 24 Parson s Kansas ranch report describes a coyote caught in a perfect circle by a fence while two horses attempted to attack. Fletcher joined in and killed the beast as a bystander collected a $1 bounty. The piece ends musing about taming hyenas.
In St. Louis on May 24 Mayor Williams Dee Becker attended a Missouri Botanical Garden board session, the first mayor to do so since 1889. The meeting referenced Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight, noting he held the rank of captain in the Missouri National Guard.
Major-General James C. McGee and Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire say that more than 200,000 Americans will be needed to form a plasma bank essential to national security. They note army and navy surgeons general call first on collected supplies at military and naval sites and spoke at the national emergency blood donors project luncheon.
Military funeral rites will be held at noon Monday in the Fort Myer Chapel Arlington for Brig Gen John Philip Hill former representative from Marylands third district who died yesterday of a heart attack Interment will be in the National Cemetery Arlington
Past rainfall data shows 24 hour total none and May to date 1.38 inches. Year to date 7.73 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 list totals for each month with a 35.80 inch average annual rainfall over 28 years. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
The Treasury Department Alcohol Tax Unit in Baltimore issues a seizure notice for a 1928 Chevrolet Sedan with accessories, motor number 4482071, seized March 30, 1941 in Shenandoah County Virginia for IRS violations. Claimants must file a Claim and Cost Bond by June 16, 1941 at the Richmond office. District Supervisor R. E. Tuttle signs the notice.
Powell visits stir excitement as June and Donald reconcile. Natalie proposes a Havana honeymoon by yacht, with Brooks Tom Betsy Bill and Terry joining. The Sea Sprite steams toward a grand post wedding voyage, signaling a bright future for the group.
A radio schedule listing stations and programs from WJSV to WMAL with music, talk, and news segments. The article compares present naval disasters to World War I, noting the sinking of the British cruisers Aboukir Hogue and Cressy in 1914 by submarine U-9, with 1400 lost in thirty minutes.
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