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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1941
Page
9
The ad touts a Navy career with regular pay increases and free living costs, no board or medical bills, and $118,000 worth of uniforms at no cost. It urges readers 17 or older to request a free illustrated booklet “Life in the U. S. Navy” from the newspaper’s Navy Editor and invites them to join to serve their country and build a future.
After a 40 mile night march the 29th division joins the huge First Army in South Carolina for the largest mimic war yet. Adjutant General Hugh A Drum commands about 350000 men against red forces with tanks and armored cars. The 29th moved in a long line, bivouacking before rear units departed, as Drum urges the army to emulate the World War I standard of never retreating and never yielding.
Handley’s winless football team in the CVAL faces Charles Town Panthers Friday in Martinsburg where Thanksgiving week league play resumes. The game, moved up from Saturday by mutual agreement, is billed as Father’s Day for the squad’s dads per Coach Hunter Maddox.
Funeral services were held Saturday in Charlottesville Virginia for Mrs Henrietta G Burgess 92 widow of J Anderson Burgess a longtime hotel operator. She died Thursday at her daughter's home Mrs William P Gleason after an extended illness. She had lived in Culpeper and Charlottesville, survived by her daughters Mrs Gleason and Mrs R Ernest Yowell and by two brothers Edgar B Gianning and R L Gianning.
Six Kensington children described chewing dynamite and using it as spitballs after a trip to Pen nypack Park. They reported finding a long box of sticks near a small house with open windows and inspected the explosives before throwing them at one another. Police say only minor injuries occurred and the boys had not intended harm.
Washington reports the United States offered to accept a lump sum of 2,697,092 dollars as full settlement of all claims against Germany for the sinking of the American steamer Robin Moor. The German Embassy indicated an appropriate reply was expected from Germany.
Richmond Virginia resident D Johnson Li R i was held for grand jury action on two manslaughter charges and named in three damage suits totaling 70 000 after an accident that killed two pedestrians Howard Britt 17 and Elaine McIntire 17 of Wheeling and seriously injured Mary Rauscher 16. Livengood posted 5 000 bond on each charge. The suits were filed by the victims’ parents.
Washington reports Senator Langer faced allegations of paying out about 1700 to 1800 dollars to two men to influence a federal judge during a 1935 trial, with some funds allegedly going to the judge’s son. James Mulloy, former North Dakota official, testified at Senate Elections Committee hearings on Langer’s fitness for office.
The total number of graduates of the United States Military Academy who served in the United States Army during the World War is 96. These graduates served as emergency officers.
Boyd Larrick 1872 year old Frederick County farmer died at 2 45 PM in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a three week illness He lived on Buff Lick road and farmed 25 years in Clarke County He is survived by widow Mary E Larrick four children Leonard Virginia Patterson Agnes Luttrell Ruth Smallwood six brothers and one sister Final funeral plans were not set with tentative service at Jones Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon
Tokyo reports show Japan unlikely to act hastily after Germany accused the United States of attacking. Informed quarters doubt Berlin will urge Tokyo to invoke the Axis pact now. The Asahi notes the strain in Japanese American relations as the worst in history.
United States Commissioner James K. Cullen held Michael William Etzel, 22, for federal grand jury action on charges he cut vital wiring on Martin bombers. FBI agent Carl W. Hansen testified Etzel said sabotaging the bombers would keep them from being used against the German people. Bail set at $25,000 at the hearing.
The Paris press reports railway guards foiled a new derailment attempt in the German occupied zone. Three guards reportedly received rewards from German military commander Lieut. Gen. Ernst von Schlumberg for their role.
Simon Guggenheim former United States Senator from Colorado and noted philanthropist died last night at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York at age 73.
Six R A F planes damaged the 4578 ton French freighter Senneville yesterday in Tunisian waters. The freighter was escorted by a French destroyer.
Baltimore markets report mixed prices for produce and livestock on November 3 and 30. Potatoes unchanged. sweet potatoes and poultry vary by grade. cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep show overall softer tones in Chicago and Baltimore listings, with weight bands and price ranges detailed for each group. Notable items include steady day- to month-long trends, with some categories down and others holding, across hogs, cattle, and sheep.
New York November 3 The stock market shows a tentative recovery with early gains in fractions that broadened toward midafternoon. Earnings and dividends spark optimism while bonds and major commodities hold steady as traders note improving appetite and selective leadership among key issues.
The radio serial's theme song is identified as Verlassen Verlassen, a traditional German melody, in a brief exchange.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes few inquiries and limited sales in Boston with graded quarter blood combing wools at 50 to 51 cents grease, Ohio de laine at 44 to 45 cents grease, and French combing wools moving between 1.07 and 1.10 dollars scour for good lengths.
The Fairfax Conservation District board announced that the conservation program has gained approval from the U S Department of Agriculture. The plan, created after a county survey, outlines steps for local natural resource management.
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