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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1941
Page
7
Lord Gort publishes an official British report detailing shortages of equipment and coordination failures among Allied forces in the Flanders battle. The account highlights French resistance to withdrawal, misdirected orders, and criticism of planning as British and French troops evacuated Dunkirk under pressure.
The report notes a cautious stance in the British mission as officials describe strengthening defenses. Aimed at resisting potential attacks, they stress not assuming the fort will fall and emphasize preparedness for continued defense efforts.
The word is traced to an old court custom where ladies wore specks of black plaster on the face to set off a pale complexion. This historical note connects the term to a beauty practice from earlier eras.
The article reports the torpedoing of an American warship and the U S response to Axis challenges to the Neutrality Act. It notes German claims of sinking 28 merchant ships after Roosevelt’s sea lanes order and details the Greer incident with the U-boat, including Stark’s account of the engagement and the Greer’s orders not to attack.
Testimony from survivors and motion pictures tied a suspected Nazi espionage agent to a submarine attack near Brazil and South Africa. The government planned to introduce several reels of film showing meetings as evidence, with six weeks required for the case. A juror population note on local demographics followed.
Public auction to be held in front of the De Ngo House in Winchester on November 1941 for Lot No 28 a two story frame house on Glaize Avenue one mile south of Winchester Virginia. Terms: one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments by two purchaser bonds bearing interest.
Plans are finalized for a Home Making project at 104 S Loudoun Street. Sponsored by Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Winchester City Welfare offices as a National Youth Administration program for girls aged 16 to 24 who left school early. Mrs Madeline Blair Myers leads the program focusing on sewing cooking nutrition and homemaking basics to prepare for future family life.
Centenary Reformed Church announces Rally Day with Sunday School classes led by superintendent Herman Lee. Guest teacher D E Leatherman will speak to all classes, and the Jones Quartet along with the primary department provide music. Program starts promptly at 9 45 AM.
Services will be held Sunday morning at 11 o clock in Meade Memorial Episcopal Church, announced today.
A long contributor list details local supporters including Mrs. R T Barton as chairperson and Mrs. Roszel as treasurer. The tally names many Mrs. and Mr. contributors, groups, churches, and a printing company among others supporting the effort.
Lieutenant-Commander A Danis in charge of the torpedoed destroyer Kearny survived two air crashes. He previously served aboard the ill fated Macon and commanded the Kearny after Naval Academy graduation. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island native is 42 and a 1922 academy graduate.
A New England Republican Representative Plumley warned the Kearny incident shows a world conspiracy of criminals while Cox of Georgia argued repeal would amount to a wartime state. The House moved toward a final vote on arming merchant ships despite opposition and procedural objections.
Federal Judge Samuel Mandelbaum today dismissed a complaint accusing Gaik Ovakimian, a Russian secret agent, of being a foreign operative without State Department registration. U S Attorney Matthias F. Correa said Ovakimian left the country two months ago with Department approval on condition he not return. He was arrested last May. The nature of his activities was not disclosed.
The American Institute of Steel Construction warned White Sulphur Springs officials that wartime unemployment will worsen after the conflict ends. Carter Field of New York City argued it falls to business or government to solve the issue, with potential Socialism if the government bears the burden. He said traditional business landmarks may vanish and cited an estimated $5 billion annual relief cost.
In Lexington Kentucky Thomas Penny and Robert Anderson, ages 32 and 36, were indicted by the Fayette county grand jury on a murder charge in the robbery killing of golf star Marion Miley and her mother at the Lexington Country Club on September 28. The indictments followed the arrest of Raymond Baxt er, 27, a greens tender at the club for two years, hours earlier.
Military dispatches report American ships ordered to leave Japanese waters as war rages in Europe. In the Soviet front near Moscow, fighting by the Red Army slows German advances while Moscow braces for a last stand. Luftwaffe attacks threaten supply lines from Odessa as Britain debates invasion and reviews Lord Gort’s dispatches on Allied coordination.
Poultrymen contest continues with Page Farm offering prizes of 5 2 and 1 to winners in each section. Farm Class open to producers with up to 500 layers. entries are a dozen birds. First prize lowered to 2 dollars. Question and answer: black is the most popular auto shade.
Carter Glass III of Lynchburg Virginia, grandson of Senator Glass, has enlisted as an air corps aviation cadet assigned to ground duty communications. He reports to the Richmond district recruiting office tomorrow and will proceed to Scott Field Illinois for the class in communications training starting October 13. Glass is a 1924 graduate of Washington and Lee University and son of Carter Glass Jr., editor of the Lynchburg Advance.
Field Agent Leo K. Cook said Charles Henry Puckett, 25, was arrested after forfeiting a $2,000 bond on an automobile theft charge in Martinsville, Virginia six months earlier. A 10 year old youth from Nashville Tennessee was also arrested with Puckett for questioning about a North Carolina registered car tied to their drive to Huntington.
The Office of Production Management orders a six month halt on aluminum operations at Pattern and Foundry Company, Chicago, through March 31, 1942, except for defense orders. The firm averages about 1.5 million dollars in aluminum sales yearly and is charged with shipping 41,449 pounds in July to six companies for consumer and entertainment devices.
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