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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists display and subscription rates by carrier and by mail with a 9 PM prior publication deadline. It notes 45 cents per inch for transient display and requests contracts rates on request.
A devotional note cites Psalms 119 verse 140 praising the purity of the word of God, and a faithful servant expresses love for the scripture. The passage emphasizes reverence for the sacred text and steadfast devotion.
The Nebraska and Wisconsin outcomes highlight Thomas E. Dewey s appeal as a Republican. Senator Vandenburg fades, narrowing the race to Dewey and Taft with Taft favored. Illinois shows Dewey unopposed and Roosevelt sweeping the Democratic side, underscoring party organization strength.
Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant advocates Canada offering sovereignty to gain U S support in the war. He urges approval of Canada allowing the United States to build the Lawrence waterway and a road to Alaska, arguing America could become the ally of the Allied cause. He frames U S participation as vital and criticizes Anglo-Saxon motives behind war aims.
MIT professor A J Bone reports Boston Tremont Street traffic at 4.4 mph with a 52 percent stop rate on a stretch costing motorists about 18000 dollars annually. Detroit Rapid Transit Commission confirms similar congestion with downtown corridors moving under five mph, noting horse speed would beat that rate.
Reprinted editorial argues the Jones Wheeler bill would cut interest on government loans, expand refinancing, and remove stock requirements, effectively delaying collections and shifting financing from private to government channels. It cites Louis Taber and Edward O Neal criticizing increased government control and warns against socialization of farm credit.
Albemarle growers and business leaders study quick freezing to preserve fruits and vegetables for sale beyond scarce domestic markets. Crozet Lions Club sponsors the plan with input from Dr. Harry Carlton of the University of Tennessee, as they assess viability and safer investments to expand outlets.
The Raleigh News And Observer cites the Raleigh Register from June 5, 1850, lamenting rapid modern life. It notes faster eating drinking and talking, predicts quicker deaths, and fears the lightning telegraph will accelerate humanity beyond control.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt host a massive Easter Monday event with more than 50,000 children and parents. Fruit growers meet to back a movement aimed at excluding themselves from wage and hour bill provisions. Miss Rosalie Montague and Frank C. Little ton Jr. wed in Charleston South Carolina.
Festival finance committee reports $4,000 raised of a $10,000 goal for the 1935 celebration. Bill Tilden visits Winchester for several days but goes largely unrecognized. Mr. and Mrs. James Brannon of Gainesboro Road announce the birth of a son on April 4.
Senator Black accuses a state editor of cowardice and lying during a Washington hearing. Miss Frances Storey wed Mr. Clarence H. Robinson in a wedding announced locally. Miss Mary Helen Glaize Stine named princess in Frederick county Apple Blossom Festival.
Twenty five years ago Russians halt German forces in the Carpathians as WWII era notes report freighters sunk by submarines and Greece prepared to join the Allies. Marriage announced for Miss Emily Conner and Mr. Clarence Hoover. Scranton builder Patrick Mulherin notes Scranton real estate deeded to Winchester by Judge Handley is excellent, warns trustees not to sell now.
Mr and Mrs W F Pannett return from their wedding trip and plan to live on Well Town Pike. Harry Baetjer serves as goalie for Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team. Friends search for rumored large sums of money hidden in the late Uncle Caesar Grant's house.
The questions ask about holidays, dam heights, the Septuagint, Steinhardt's post, weather effects on milk, Sofia’s country, a president’s nickname, Pacific coast distances, Windsor name change, and Crusade centuries.
A style note shows how to correct a sentence about Bible stories by replacing i e with namely viz and keeping concise phrasing. The guidance highlights preferred punctuation and avoids unnecessary repetition.
Medical column explains two common irregularities. Respiratory irregularity affects youths up to mid teens and resolves with infection. irregular dropped beats occur in adults 40 to 60 and generally lack serious significance. Exercise is advised to tire the heart and aid sleep rather than sedatives or rest alone.
The article reviews telegony the idea that a mother's earlier mates influence later offspring. It cites Weissmann and others, notes a Royal Society case with stripes in foals, and reports Ewart’s experiments across birds and mammals showing no inheritance from previous mates. It concludes there is no biological reason against a woman marrying her deceased husband’s brother.
Question about treating eyebrows raises concern over cancer and infection risk. Answer states no cancer danger but yes infection risk.
In a tense cottage visit, Belzer and Butch connect Alfred Markham's death to a bootlegging scheme tied to the Rio Vista club. A dope addict, a ransom note, and a hidden stash behind a warehouse boiler room guide suspects toward a bootlegger’s circle, while the knife and gun stories evolve.
The New York Times reports Field Marshal Goering revived Blitzkrieg talk, noting Poland's rapid 1939 defeat but arguing the term misapplies due to limited surprise. It criticizes a Western war likely to be met with strong retaliation and warns about conditional use of the lightning war concept.
Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia surveys official titles in the Secretary of Commerce's office. He notes the long chain includes The Secretary The Under Secretary three Assistant Secretaries administrative assistant seven assistants to the Secretary and many Secretary to titles. He warns the tongue twister risks confusion.
Frederic J. Haskin provides reader questions and official replies on diverse topics. Included are rain inside a Goodyear Zeppelin hangar in Akron, the Bounty ship history, U.S. Agriculture staff numbers, 1906 San Francisco earthquake facts, Coxey’s Army arrival in Washington, Bordeaux mixture origins, quotes about ignorance, John Garfield stage roles, Boston’s coldest recent temperature, and Cordell Hull’s ancestry.
The Evening Star promotion offers a 32 page durable Household Budget Booklet with 20 pages of thrift hints and 12 ruled accounting pages to record daily expenses. Mail ten cents to Washington, D. C. for delivery and receive the booklet by post.
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