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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1940
Page
10
The Navy said the submarine Sea Wolf will depart Portsmouth New Hampshire on April 12 for a shakedown cruise to Gulf ports and the Canal Zone. Sea Wolf built at Portsmouth Navy Yard, commissioned December 1 1939 under Lt Cmdr Frederick B Warder.
Scout reports from Troops 1 40 and 21 cover pledges and oaths drills and games. Troop 1 accepts a softball challenge from Troop 9 with a game set for April 6 1940 and extends a bird house contest to April 15 with prize money. Billy Chrismore earns Tenderfoot and others reach Second Class. hikes and denoted plans continue.
Word reached Winchester of the death of Ruth Cary Weaver wife of Christian Weaver of Newport News Virginia in a Richmond hospital Easter Sunday morning after an operation. She once taught at Handley High School in Winchester and is survived by her husband a young child and her Richmond mother. Funeral and interment were held in Newport News last week.
Treasury status reports March 30 receipts of 9,374,072.71 dollars and expenditures of 14,539,712.08 dollars. Gross debt stands at 42,540,013,233.04 dollars, up 5,430,632.15 dollars from the previous day.
A sharp column warns against underestimating a woodtick its bite can cause severe illness. The author mocks tenderfeet and condescending attitudes toward dangers, linking the woodtick to financial and personal ruin for the foolish. The piece uses vivid metaphor to urge caution and self awareness.
Morrisville Vermont residents have not paid town taxes for four years yet enjoy an airport hospital golf course and repaved streets. A municipal electric plant built 45 years ago funds public services with minimal debt while overseen by a non-salaried board of local businessmen. Bills show small charges for services and a six month bill for a nine room house averages around 11.50.
New York April 2. Bell Telephone laboratories announce calcium can harden lead to form a strong alloy for cable sheathing. Calcium replaces antimony from China in lead alloy. One pound calcium in melted lead yields about 16 pounds of hardened material, the extra coming from the lead.
Hong Kong dispatch cites Central News saying Chinese forces shattered a four day Japanese counter attack on Wuyuan in Suiyuan province, 350 miles northwest of Peiping. It reports Japanese use of artillery and air support but failed. Chinese raids on coal mines at Tsingching left many Japanese dead in barracks.
The undersigned will sell at auction in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia at 12 o'clock on Thursday April 4 1940 a 6 room house at 110 Handley Blvd with double garage and stable. Terms cash. Buildings to be removed by April 19. M M Lynch Attorney.
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