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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1941

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Hitler declares Russia crushed as winter aid drive opens

BERLIN Oct 3 Adolf Hitler returned from the Russian front to launch Germanys ninth winter relief campaign claiming Russia is stricken and will never rise again. He admitted underestimating the opponents preparations and defended his silence while hailing Germanys wartime aims and disarmament efforts. </s>

Berlin Adolf Hitler Germany Russia Fuehrer Kroll Opera House Hitler Churchill Britain

Winchester angler unveils mirrored lure for bass

A Shenandoah River angler experiments with a wood feather and paint lure that hides hooks and includes a small mirror. The device aims to provoke strikes from bass by vanity or fury, prompting reader curiosity about its effect and purpose.

Winchester Shenandoah He-Bass

Cause of Blasts At Cumberland Is Investigated

Cumberland Maryland October 3 city officials hunted a cause for a major explosion that wrecked three two story buildings in the heart of the city injuring 23 people with two in critical condition. The blast damaged a meat market haberdashery and drug store and caused a fire that injured 19 more. Rescue efforts by firemen police and volunteers continued through the evening as investigators and officials to determine if gas caused the blast.

Cumberland Maryland Theodore Hershberger Cresaptown John Christ Hershberger Christ Medical Arts WPA

Cather Denies Legion Building Has Been Sold

T Russell Cather president of the Handley Board of Trustees denies reports that the American Legion Building on North Loudoun street has been sold to the American Federation of Labor. He says the board has desired to dispose of the property for some time and several prospects have looked at it, but no transaction has occurred.

T. Russell Cather Handley Board of Trustees American Legion North Loudoun Street American Federation of Labor Cather the Star

Chains Selling Windfall Apples In Central West

The National Association of Food Chains issued a bulletin to members noting windstorm damage to apple orchards across Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan and western New York. About ten million bushels were knocked to the ground and chain stores are selling the fallen fruit. Government and state groups partner with the Surplus Marketing Administration to direct some apples to school lunches and relief through the food stamp plan to stabilize the market.

National Association of Food Chains Central West The Star Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan New York State Colleges of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture Surplus Marketing Administration

Pantelleria Targeted As British Navy Presses Med Convoys

The British Mediterranean fleet, under air attack pressure, concentrates on Pantelleria, the Italian stronghold 62 miles from Sicily. A Reuters report notes 122 shells struck the island in a five minute bombardment turning wharves to an inferno as British destroyers and escorts raid the harbor area.

Mediterranean Pantelleria Sicily Reuters Gibraltar Panetelleria

Webb Charged With Worthless Checks After Society Elopement

Jacob L. Webb, great great grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, arrested at the Waldorf Astoria on charges of issuing two bad checks for 20 and 100 dollars to hotels last April. He was arraigned in Yorkville Court after the elopement with Leonore Lemmon.

New York Jacob L. Webb Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Society Aftir Leonore Lemmon Waldorf-Astoria Michael F. O O’connor Pierre Webb

Engineer Expected to Report on Sewage Tuesday

City Manager Grant received a telegram from M Klegerman of Alexander Potter Associates stating he will arrive in Winchester Monday. He plans to remain until Tuesday night to present a survey report and alternative solutions to the sewer problem to the Council. The Berryville avenue residents pressed action after unsanitary complaints and lack of sewer connections. Council may overhaul the system or build a new disposal plant east on Abrams's Creek to serve the whole city rather than a smaller plant for the southeastern section.

Grant M . Klegerman Alexander Potter Associates Winchester Klegerman Council Berryville Avenue Abrams's Creek

Third Ball Game Is Postponed by Rain at Ebbets Field

At Ebbets Field Brooklyn on October 3 the third game in the Yankees Dodgers end series was postponed by Commissioner Landis after a steady rain left the field unplayable. Weather bureau predictions foretell continued rain with clearing skies by afternoon tomorrow.

Ebbets Field Brooklyn Yankees Dodgers Landis Weather Bureau

Centenary Reformed Church to Observe Centenary Weekend

The centennial observance of Centenary Reformed Church will be held Friday through Sunday October 10 to 12 with sermons by Drs Casselman Garrison Gluck Wagner Stonesifer and remarks by Judge Williams and B Floyd Flickinger. The following Sunday will feature the Harvest Home service at 11 oclock.

Centenary Reformed Church S. L. Flickinger D. D Francis R. Casselman Altoona J. Silor Garrison Harrisonburg A. M. Gluck Martinsburg W. Va Philip Williams B. Floyd Flickinger Richmond Scott R. Wagner Hagerstown Potomac Synod Paul T. Stonesifer Chambersburg

Farm near Gore to be sold at noon October 4

The Isaiah C Roe Farm consisting of 225 acres two miles north of Gore will be sold on Saturday at the Court House front at noon. The notice appears in the public sale listing.

Isaiah C Roe Gore Court House

Rouss Fire Co. Notices Regular Meeting October 3

Charley Rouss Fire Co. will hold its regular meeting Friday evening October 3 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. M W Weaver president.

Roosevelt Aims To Resolve Neutrality Law Changes

President Roosevelt said a bipartisan White House conference with Senate leaders is planned to decide on possible changes to the neutrality act. He rejected quick revisions to arming merchant ships and noted no prep underway to alter combat zone delineations. Pepper urged executive order to loosen rules, while Taft warned such steps would drag the nation toward war without Congress approval.

Washington Roosevelt Senate Congress White House Bloom D-N.y House Foreign Affairs Committee Pepper D-Fla Capitol Hill Taft Ohio Connally D-Tex Foreign Relations Committee Great Britain Russia United States George D-Ala

Curtin to Form New Australian Government after Fadden Resigns

Labor Leader John Curtin accepted a commission to form a new Australian government after Prime Minister Arthur Fadden's cabinet resigned following a defeat on a confidence motion. Curtin, 56, said he would select a cabinet Monday and would carry on the war with broad support. The motion, to reduce the administration budget by one pound, ended in a 36 to 33 vote against the government. Parliament recessed until October for developments.

Canberra John Curtin Arthur W. Fadden Curtin Fadden Lord Gowrie Labor War Council

Russians Storm Across River in Baltic Front Days

Roosevelt disclosed he instructed Harriman to discuss religious freedom in Russia with Moscow authorities. White House statements followed misquotations, urging definite action as a potential wedge for freedom. Soviet reports claim limited gains and counterattacks near Leningrad and Sevastopol amid broader European violence.

Washington Roosevelt W. Averell Harriman America Russia Moscow Lawrence Steinhardt United States Harriman

Crews Struggle To Raise I-61 After Collision

Tokyo Oct 3 salvage crews toil to lift the submarine I-61 reported sunk after a collision during maneuver near Kyushu. The 1 635 ton vessel normally carries 60 to 70 men. some crew rescued, exact number aboard unspecified. The I-61, commissioned 1927, 321\ 12 feet long, had six 21 inch torpedo tubes and could cross the Pacific.

Tokyo Navy Department Kyushu Pacific Bungone

Highway Worker Burned Cleaning Power Shovel at Waterloo Site

Otis Ryder of Hot Springs Virginia is hospitalized with serious burns after gasoline ignited his clothing while he cleaned a power shovel at the Blackwell Construction Company overpass project across the Norfolk and Western Railway at Waterloo Virginia.

Otis Ryder Hot Springs Memorial Hospital Ryder Blackwell Construction Company Norfolk & Western Railway Waterloo

Mayor of Prague Condemned to Death in Plot Case

Berlin reports the Prague mayor Otakar Klapka has been condemned to death by the people's court on charges of plotting rebellion in a conspiracy with Alois Elias. Elias, also sentenced to death, appealed to Adolf Hitler. Klapka allegedly recruited other municipal officials for actions against the German protectorate. In France, Marshal Petain commuted Paul Colette's death sentence for the attempted assassination of Laval and Dent to life imprisonment after Laval and Dent urged clemency.

Berlin Prague Otakar Klapka People’s Court Bonomia-Moravia Alois Elias Oe Aus Deutschland Elias Klapka Adolf Hitler Protectorate Colette Vichy Marshal Petain Paul Colette Pierre Laval Marcel Dent Norman Paris Laval Deat

Rockingham to Market Ten Million Broilers

Emmanuel Blosser president of the City Produce Exchange announces that 10 million broilers will be marketed in Rockingham county this year. He notes rising poultry consumption and that Virginia poultry now largely supplies the New York market, crediting D. F. Detweiler with pioneering dressed poultry shipments to New York.

Rockingham County Emmanuel Blosser City Produce Exchange Virginia New York D. F. Detweiler

United States freighter rescues 18 from torpedoed tanker

The West Nilus reported picking up 18 survivors from the Panama-registered tanker J. C. White, torpedoed September 27 about 450 miles east of Recife, Brazil, as it steamed toward Rio de Janeiro.

Rio DE Janeiro United States West Nilus J. C. White Recife Brazil

Soviet Forces Claim Bold Naval Landing West of Leningrad

Soviet marines reportedly made a daring landing west of Leningrad and dug in on the gulf coast while Kronstadt faced bombardment. Berlin and British broadcasts cited shifts in frontline lines, with heavy German casualties reported on multiple fronts and the Dnieper river transporting many invaders' corpses.

Berlin Leningrad Skoye Selo City Strelna Lake Ladoga M Ino Moscow Kronstadt Iian Klementi Voroshilov Ukraine Dnieper Germany

Moderate Showers Indicated Then Fair Weather Returns

Weather outlook for the Middle Atlantic States from 7:30 p m October 3 to 7:30 p m October 8 shows moderate showers first half, followed by generally fair and warm start, then seasonal temperatures after Monday.

Washington Middle Atlantic

Final Rites Held For Gene Lamarr

Final rites were conducted Thursday afternoon by Rev. J. T. Brown for Gene Otto Lemarr two months and one day old son of Mr and Mrs Donald Otto Lemarr of near Middletown. He is survived by brothers and sisters Edgar Cleo Earl Detta James and Leroy at home. Pallbearers were Donald Snarr Beverley McCracken Andrew and Charles Mowery.

J. T. Brown Gene Otto Lemarr Donald Otto Lemarr Middletown Mt. Carmel Edgar Cleo Earl Detta James Leroy Donald Snarr Beverley McCracken Andrew Charles Mowery

Household effects of late Rhoda C Anderson sale details

Will be sold at No 19 W one at 10 o clock A M Monday October 6th. Oriental rug display Mr John H Mooradian will be at our store molding and all day Saturday. Play bingo Friday night adm 50c 8 p South End Hose Co.

Rhoda C. Anderson W. Cne M. Montober John H. Mooradian Moling South End Hose CO

Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Recap

The Sarah Zane Fire Co held its regular monthly meeting on Friday evening noting attendance and routine reports. Members discussed equipment status and upcoming drills and training for the community fire safety program.

Sarah Zane Fire Sarah Zane Fire Co Fire CO

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