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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1941
Page
9
In a six round clash at Yankee Stadium Louis dominated Nova with relentless lefts and rights. The bout ended at 2:59 of the sixth when referee Arthur Donoavan stopped the fight as Nova was overwhelmed. Louis claimed the victory by technical knockout.
Rewards totalling 2277 dollars and a fund raising proposal for a memorial were announced as Lexington police hunted for clues in the slaying of Marion Miley, 27, star golfer. Her mother Mrs. Fred Miley remained in grave condition after surgery. Governor Keen Johnson added a 100 dollar state reward and urged citizens to aid the investigation. Funeral services planned for 10 a.m. tomorrow.
London report says Mrs. Alice De Trafford formerly Alice Silverthorne of Buffalo was found shot dead at her Gilgil farmhouse in the Kenya Colony. Her earlier life included a 1927 shooting on a London boat train and a 1932 marriage to Detrafford later divorced for adultery.
Reeves died as market closes. Angus reserve champion David Chiles weighed 1020 pounds and sold to Safeway Store Winchester for 14.50 per hundred. Cecil Wolfe’s Shorthorn reserve champion 920 pounds sold to Safeway for 14.60. Other sales include Millison Angus 1025 pounds to American Restaurant Berryville 15.10, Levi Hereford 956 to Safeway 14, Pope Shorthorn 850 to Ramsburg Berryville 14, Fenton Angus 870 to Ramsburg, Russell Hereford 855 to Safeway, Levi Shorthorn 865 to Safeway 14.10, Childs Hereford 770 to Swift & Co 14.05, Clevenger Angus 800 to Safeway 12.25, Childs Angus 890 to Swift & Co 13.80. Grand champion was Clevenger Hereford. reserve champions were Childs Angus and Wolfe Shorthorn. Other winners listed by breed include Shorthorns Cecil area 1, vi. Angus 1 Childs, 2 Millison, 3 Fenton, 4 Lewin. Hereford 1 Clevenger, 2 Levi, 3 Russell, 4 Childs.
Coordinator Alan Peery, appointed by Governor Price, leads Winchester efforts to reinstate draftees to former jobs or find new employment. The plan divides into three tasks: returning locals to prior positions, sending records to State Employment Offices, and locating local work for those without placements. He urges immediate contact with the Selective Service Board on return.
The funeral for Miss Kate Barr who died last Saturday in Wilmington Delaware will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow from the Church of the Sacred Heart. The Rev Father R E Hannon will officiate and interment will be in the family lot at Mount Hermon Cemetery. Miss Barr daughter of the late Cornelius and Mary Frances Barr was born and raised here. Her father was a prominent brick contractor and she was niece of Mrs Hunter B Grimm and Mrs C B Grimm of South Loudoun street.
Informants report Hull plans to ask the president to revise the neutrality act allowing U S ships into belligerent ports and combat zones. Willkie supporters say he backs relaxing the law as overdue. Connally urges reasserting freedom of the seas doctrine.
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