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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1941
Page
10
The wartime impact on tea imports is minimal. For the second straight fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, imports stood at about 99.0 million pounds, only slightly above the 1930-31 level by roughly 12.0 million pounds.
The piece discusses the grim but not doomed Soviet defense under Budyonny facing Hitler’s push toward the Caucasus and Crimea. It notes red shortages of tanks and planes, potential spring consequences, and the importance of the Sea of Azov and Sevastopol for control of the Black Sea.
The Virginia Tourist Court Association meeting near Roanoke unani mously approves an ordinance for annual licenses to operate tourist camps. The measure, drafted by Col. James P. Woods and Frank W. Rogers, sets permit issuance, guest registers, eviction rules, and license revocation for noncompliant operators. The plan moves to Roanoke and Botetourt counties for action. The association aims to regulate and elevate standards in Virginia tourist courts and curb trade abuses.
Classified notice offers a 1934 two ton Dodge truck with large bed and low mileage in excellent condition. Barr's Orchard & Farm Supply advertises the bargain in a local sale column dated September 22, 2021.
Government purchases through the Surplus Marketing Administration steady the apple market in Western Maryland with prices from 75 cents to 1.05 a bushel. The USDA bought 65 carloads of about 500 bushels each last week and farmers seek 61 more carloads via the State Apple Industry Committee. Orchardists must sign affidavits not to sell culled apples in fresh markets. Labor shortages push some farmers to haul apples directly to canning plants, cutting packing shed operations.
The Winchester Star instructs readers to seek facts from its Information Bureau with a prompt to check Page 4 for answers. It directs inquiries to the page for authoritative responses on factual questions.
The ailing blues singer Helen Morgan, famed as Queen of the Night Clubs, received two immediate blood transfusions after collapsing following a theatre show in Chicago. Doctors ordered an urgent abdominal operation at Henrotin Hospital.
Bulgarian ports host naval movements with aims to strike across the Black Sea and land in the Caucasus to aid Germany. Berlin pressures Turkey to allow Axis ships through the Dardanelles for a wider war role as Turkey weighs aligning with Germany or England. Boris is reportedly en route to consult Hitler as Turkey faces a pivotal decision.
Announcement and plans reveal Massanetta Springs will add a new hotel wing with a kitchen and sewerage plant for 32 cottages, replace the reservoir, and build a hilltop macadam road to the vesper site. The spa marks its twentieth anniversary with 150 acres, eleven conferences, and a 65,000 annual attendance reaching across eighteen denominations in thirty states.
Health authorities bar Mas sanetta Springs from reopening next year without a new kitchen. The Board of Trustees aims to raise between 150000 and 175000 dollars to build a new wing and kitchen, expecting a generous response because of Massanetta Springs' past benefits.
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