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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
11
Rev John H Gardner Jr urged nearby cities and bases to strengthen church services for soldiers and sailors on leave. He emphasized wholesome social religious life and the duty of local churches to mitigate social moral and spiritual hazards tied to large troop movements.
All persons indebted to or having claims against the estate of M Lohr Capper are requested to settle with the designated executors Mattie G Capper and Frances C Rodman. (5-26-31)
Bank notices state May 30 1941 is a legal holiday and banks will close. Paper maturities dated May 30 can be paid May 31, a Saturday banking day. Banks include Union Bank of Winchester Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Commercial and Savings Bank with cashiers Harold G. Brown Yost and John J. Sloat.
Louis Edward Gissman age 13 of Detroit wins the National Spelling Bee. Phyllis Veg onl age 13 of Akron takes second prize after correctly spelling her 103rd word. The event features 29 entrants sponsored by newspapers in many cities.
First Lt. M. Seeger, linked with the 115th Regiment, has been named commanding officer of the regiment's headquarters company at Fort George. Lt. George Paxson, second in command, returns to duty after three months of training at Fort Benning.
The 2,078 ton private yacht Alder, valued at about 2 million dollars, joins the U S Navy Yard as a gunboat and training ship for midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, marking a historic transfer in private craft use.
An advertorial style claim asserts that waking the liver with bile improves morning energy and bowel movement. It promises the liver should produce two pints of bile daily and urges taking as directed to avoid constipation and sour mood, though details are garbled.
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