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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1941
Page
9
Dr and Mrs Thomas Gibson postponed moving into their new house on Avenue after a fire damaged one wing. Firefighters from the Winchester department answered the alarm at about 5 AM causing extensive damage and a three month repair estimate.
Reported deadlock in talks among Japan, the United States and Britain lasts nine weeks as Japan eyes a new approach. Observers note the American ambassador’s secret meeting with Toyoda on the anniversary of Japan’s alliance with Germany and Italy.
Default on debt secured by deed of trust leads trustees to offer 204 acre farm with dwelling near Winchester at public auction October 15 1941 at 2 00 PM. Purchase terms cash to cover principal interest taxes and costs with notes for any remaining balance and optional all cash settlement.
Funeral services for Hughston E. White were held Sunday at 2 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. White, a former police chief in Opequon, Tavis, Durbin, and Elkins, WV, worked for the Western Maryland Railroad in Elkins for 20 years. He directed the Elkins Methodist Church choir and led his own orchestra. Pallbearers included J. W. Cammer, E. W. Richard, Harry Richard, Paul Richard, Harry Windle, and Mr. Heishman.
James Elmer Ching Henry 43 dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week with pneumonia. Survived by two sisters and two brothers, born Oct 20 1897, a gardener by trade, longtime worker for Rev. R B Nelson. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from 114 East Gerrard Street with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
On the central front Britain and Italy recaptured 10 villages in a drive from Yelnya to Smolensk. Soviet troops crossed the Desna River and pressed a six mile front while siege lines around Leningrad reported constant pressure with aggressive local attacks and advances. In Crimea the Nazis stalled at the Perekop isthmus as Russians held a death-trap bottleneck, and German command claimed heavy losses near Dnieperopetrovsk with 13,000 Red Army prisoners cited. Meanwhile Berlin denied peace feelers as Mussolini said Italian planes sank British ships in the central Mediterranean along with other vessels damaged. the British admiralty confirmed a key central Mediterranean seizure.
Norman Thomas is identified as a graduate of Union Theological Seminary and served as minister of several Presbyterian churches in New York City until 1917, after which he pursued literary work.
The American Export liner Excambion reached Jersey City with 134 passengers and captain W W Kuhne denying reports it was convoyed. He said a four motor Condor approached Lisbon bound ship but no signals were exchanged and a British covette later greeted the vessel. He dismissed rumors of Coast Guard convoying as bunk.
HOOKER Okla Sept 29 Seven persons died when a motor car stalled on a main street crossing and was struck by a Rock Island freight train. Patrolman Curtis Busby said mist may have obscured the driver s vision. Dead include Floyd Fidler 24 Wayne Light 25 both of Rolla Kansas Freida Henrix 24 and Carol Grinsley 23 Liberal Kansas Mr and Mrs Abel Kline Hooker Oklahoma and a Cagle 54 Pauls Valley Oklahoma.
New York September 29 Louis and Nova weighed in for their 15 round bout at the Polo Grounds with Louis at 202 1 4 pounds and Nova at 202 1 4 pounds.
Salisbury Maryland Mrs Rachel Wright Day former clerk to the Wicomico County Board of Commissioners pleaded guilty to 18 to 30 counts of forgery misappropriation and related charges totaling about $2000. She was sentenced today to nine years in the state penitentiary.
Apple crops in the mid west and western New York suffered heavy wind damage. Reports from Winchester indicate 5 to 10 million bushels blown from trees with Indiana Illinois Michigan and western New York hardest hit. In many areas about 75 percent of crops destroyed. No other recent severe wind events noted locally.
Lieut.-Col. Frank Reed of Pauls Valley Oklahoma now with the first air force at Mitchell Field New York was ordered by the War Department to London as assistant military attache. He will report to Washington around October 15 for temporary duty in the intelligence branch before sailing for the post. Reed will succeed Lieut-Col. James L. Hatcher of Winchester Virginia who is to return to Washington for duty in the office of the chief of ordnance upon arrival of his successor.
Lawton Oklahoma report says three army fliers were found dead in the wreckage of an observation plane missing twelve hours. Identified by Col Ira A Koenig are 2nd Lt R A McNabb pilot Sweetwater Tennessee Capt O C Appleton Highland Texas and Pvt James D Smith Midlothian Texas. The aircraft from the 15th Observation Squadron left Hensley Field at 7 p m for Fort Sill and its bases.
Funeral services for Nellie Anderson 71 who died Saturday in Clarksburg West Virginia will be held tomorrow at 11 in Duncan Memorial Methodist Berryville with Rev A O Lyons and Rev H M Myerly officiating She was Bruce G Andersons sister and a retired practical nurse Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
London dispatch reports that the Netherlands are sending beacons for British fliers and defying German rationing in persistent resistance under occupation. Aneta notes Anton Mussert, Dutch Nazi leader, confessed in a public address that he feels despair over his failure to gain support for his movement.
Weather outlook for the Polo Grounds 15 round heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Lou Nova promises sunshine with a slight haze and moderate temperatures tonight expected to be clear but cooler.
Berlin report states two men Eugene Devigne and Mohamed Moali were executed in Paris Saturday for possessing forbidden weapons. The executions followed a trial held the day prior under the authority of General Otto Von Stuelpnagel, the military commandant for occupied France.
An earthquake of great intensity lasting 35 seconds was felt today in Quetta India. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Quetta previously endured a disastrous quake in 1935.
Brief services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett L. Molden on Parkway for their one month old son Everett Jr who died in the hospital Saturday night at 8 o clock of pneumonia. The child was born August 28 1941. His mother was formerly Miss Mary K Denny of White Post.
Miss Elizabeth W. Long aged 70 invalid died in a fourth floor Baltimore apartment blaze. A milk man reported smoke from the windows prompting firefighters to enter and find her at a window as she had crawled from her bed. Cause of the blaze is undetermined.
Nineteen army officers labeled outstanding by the War Department were nominated today by President Roosevelt for temporary promotion to Major General or Brigadier General. Officials say the moves follow the army’s revised policy to promote officers of proven ability.
Marriner Eccles urged a centralized labor federation to negotiate a nationwide prevailing wage schedule for the emergency period. He told the House Banking Committee that decentrali zed labor groups hinder inflation control and supported the administration price control bill. Eccles suggested government work with a single agency to establish a base wage pattern until justification for changes.
The Clarke County 4-H Club baby beeves shown at the State Fair in Richmond last week are on exhibit at the Winchester Livestock Market on North Kent street. They will be shown and judged starting at 10 tomorrow morning by David Cloyd, county agent of Warren county, and auctioned at 12:30 in the afternoon as a feature of the regular Tuesday sales. The group includes six Angus, four Herefords and three Short horns.
Brief burial services were held in Mt Hebron Cemetery for Sandra Fay Sargent two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Al-.
Vin Sargent of Kernstown died Sunday afternoon in the hospital where she was born. The Rev. P. W. Manuel officiated at the rites.
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