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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
7
Two networks describe one game and broadcast multiple games on Saturday. CBS and NBC Blue show Colgate versus Dartmouth and Pittsburgh versus Michigan at 1 45 p m with Minnesota versus Illinois around 4 30. NBC Red carries Texas at 3 15.
Lawmakers consider trimming a 1.875 billion fund for agricultural and defense commodities and restricting aid to Russia. Representative Cannon warns of production loss while Engel seeks 60 million in tank cut. Day and Woodrum discuss constitutional and strategic stakes as party lines tighten.
Congressional foes of neutrality act revisions sharpen plans to oppose President Roosevelt s bid to arm merchant ships. Senator Taft notes main aim is to preserve the ban on ships in combat zones while some lawmakers admit arming ships could be acceptable if it avoids widening the ship movement ban. Representative Fish warns against any move that undermines the combat zone restriction. President Roosevelt urges action to carry out lend lease intent, while leaders split over changes and timing.
Maryland's decade worst drought eased as general rains spread from North Carolina to southern New England. The Baltimore weather bureau said the system, driven by a low pressure area, replenished water supplies revived crops and grass and the precipitation should ease this afternoon.
German authorities in Paris announced the seventy fourth execution by firing squad as reprisal for attacks. The gunfire order reflects the harsh crackdown by German forces in occupied France during October.
Fort Bragg North Carolina October 10 Col D John Markey of Frederick Maryland who suffered a fainting spell during 29th Division maneuvers Monday was reported much improved today The post hospital had no date set for his release however
Market pages appear correct daily though The Star disclaims responsibility for any typographical errors.
Reports from Red Star and Soviet dispatches describe heavy German losses near Vyazma and Bryansk, while counterattacks kill thousands of Germans and knock out hundreds of tanks. Moscow notes a strong Red Army defense, but German advances threaten Rostov and Azov shore pockets.
President Roosevelt announced Navy Day on October 27 would broaden into a day to observe total defense and said he would deliver a radio address. He spoke at a press conference and expected to make the speech at the 8 Navy League dinner here.
Prices shown for egg mash 2.90, chick grower 2.80, broiler mash 2.85, turkey grower 2.85, creamery butter retail 0.42, country butter 0.30. Items read from a historical feed sheet with fragmented text.
Negotiations between National Fruit Product Company management and Cannery Workers Local 22948 committee with a federal conciliator from the Labor Department are ongoing. Union leaders Ed Smith and Ed Seal with Strother Boyd and H B Douglas press for a union shop a 10 cent wage rise and better conditions while management has not commented and a strike remains on call only if talks fail.
Maryland's volunteer airplane spotters were criticized by Major Gordon Saville as lax in the first eastern seaboard tests. He said Maryland posts scattered reports and failed to observe or report enough, blaming faulty instructions to observers. The remark came in a Baltimore Sun telephone interview.
Office of Production Management experts forecast a sharp cut of about 60 percent in non defense construction in 1942 as critical materials like steel copper and aluminum are reserved for military and naval needs. They estimate non defense building may total no more than 2 billion dollars next year versus 5 billion this year. Building trades workers face reduced demand while some communities may see job shifts.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor may stay six days in Baltimore rather than three, arriving tomorrow afternoon. An embassy official said they would likely divide time between Baltimore and New York, with a British War Relief Society function in New York on October 22. Baltimore’s official welcome is set for Monday.
Springfield Missouri October 10. Arnold Mickey Owen famed Brooklyn catcher and farmer on a 250 acre farm sold his herd of goats. He joked the sale not due to the World Series muff in game four but to invest part of his Series money in cattle.
Four American pilots in the RAF Eagle Squadron died in Britain in an accident. The victims were Acting Flight Lieutenant A. Manedoff of Thompson Connecticut, Pilot Officer Hugh Harrison McCall of Minneapolis Minnesota, Pilot Officer Roy Neal Stout Jr of Kansas City Missouri, and William Joseph White of Topeka Kansas. The source gave no location or exact date of the incident.
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