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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1940
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment lists subscription rates for a publication with weekly and monthly options and mentions a biblical verse Nehemiah 8 10. The text contains prices for one week one month three months six months and yearly terms. It ends with a quote about strength in the joy of the Lord.
Reprinted Newport News editorial urges disclosure of terms for Tugerstown Hightstown New Jersey and Aberdeen Negroes village. It claims high unit costs of about 20000 per family and questions taxpayer losses and lack of public terms. It calls on Congress to force federal agencies to release full details.
The item lists seven quiz questions asking about a sleeping animal, Daladier’s post, the word formidable pronunciation, colleges in New City, tin can composition, H M S prefix meaning, lighter gas, Japan's famous mountain, tornadic cloud meaning, and the quote by a famous American.
The Byrd County Road Law enabled state take over of secondary roads eight years ago, yielding farmers in Virginia a savings of 24 million dollars to date. By eliminating county road taxes and keeping gasoline and license taxes, 97 of 100 counties adopted the plan, with Arlington, Warwick and Henrico remaining on the old system.
A historic note reflects on the adhesive postage stamp reaching its hundredth year and its impact on mail. It traces Rowland Hill's Penny charge, early resistance to stamping, and the quick adoption that transformed correspondence and postal costs worldwide.
The Raleigh News and Observer quotes Winston Salem’s Industrial News opposing Parley for the Presidency while noting Protestant dominance and religious prejudice. It argues a Catholic can be as free and patriotic a citizen as any other, urging Protestants to recognize equality.
The News reports Edward W. Brice of Clinton College for Negroes advocates a domestic servant training program. He notes wage levels and economic factors complicate the servant shortage in the South and suggests better trained workers may justify higher pay, especially for upper income employers.
National railroads face hardship as miners strike for soft coal. Schools close in mine regions due to funding gaps. Frederick County Juniors elect Jack Larrick as club president. Miss Lillian Gatewood wins a northern district public speaking contest at Fredericksburg. City planners urge urgent water system study to secure Cedar Creek supply. Hilda Levi engaged to Edward F. Joyce. Roll of Honor recounting four local volunteer fire departments goes to press.
Brunswick and Knoxville students plan an Apple Blossom circus parade as part of a festival. Overnight theft at W. E. Cooper warehouse on East Piccadilly street includes over 20 000 cigarettes valued at about 400 dollars. Mrs Katherine Glass Green attends the National League of American Pen Women annual dinner at the Willard hotel.
The guidance urges using direct wording over hedging in quoted phrases. It emphasizes replacing phrases like I kind of felt my way with concise alternatives such as I felt my way, after a fashion, at first to improve clarity.
Dr Clendening explains scurvy as a food deficiency disease from lack of fresh foods, common in lonely older men and some infants. He notes vitamin B and riboflavin deficiencies in alcoholics, explains symptoms, and mentions remedies and pamphlets available from Dr Clendening.
Twenty five years ago reports say the Western front saw artillery duels mainly in the Argonne region while the Russians claim the Turkish fleet is blocked in the Black Sea. Harry Lynch and Casper Fries win two of ten five dollar prizes for clean back yards in the city. Mrs Adamson of Philadelphia is arrested and fined for speeding through Middletown, paying $20 and giving a county official 25 cents to gain a share.
Forty years ago The Star lists S M Chiles offering a large brick house and improved yard at Kernstown for sale. Clinton Haddox is stabbed in the side after slipping on a tree and falling on an open pen knife in his coat pocket. Ohio stone for Reuss city hall arrives with stone cutters from Washington.
In Memphis on April 20, doctors deemed hope abandoned that Barbara Joyce Davis, age 11, would regain sight or hearing after a cataract operation left her eye hardened. The girl, blinded and deaf since infancy from meningitis, learned to distinguish only by touch. Her education remains a long challenge, likened to Helen Keller's struggle.
A Q and A column lists responses by Frederic J. Haskin on topics from traffic accidents during wartime Britain to the origin of Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus. It covers Sea Scouts theatre buskin sky color altar details at St John the Divine cathedral and more.
The narrator wakes at 9 15 after a sleepless stretch and learns William Calla has been found. He plans to use Calla to shield Jerry from murder charges while keeping Alfred Markham's drug addiction hidden from his sister Louise. The meeting with Harvey McGuire reveals fear of a trial and attempts to halt proceedings.
Bill learns Alfred Markham was murdered not by Jerry and may reveal the truth to George Markham. McGuire questions if exposing the secret will save Jerry and protect the Markham family from scandal while Bill plans to confront Markham to prevent a courtroom broadcast.
In Cumberland Maryland on April 20 the Potomac neared flood stage at 8 a.m. after five days of rain. The river rose nearly six feet in 24 hours and advanced at two inches an hour, Fire Chief Reid Hoenicka said. Kitzmiller’s river level fell four feet since Wednesday. April rainfall totaled 4.18 inches, above the 3.09 inch normal, with 2.13 inches in the last five days and rain occurring on twelve of twenty days this month.
A 32 page booklet offers tangrams match tricks domino problems and a maze for kids and adults with math puzzles enigmas and simple magic. The publication is advertised for 10 cents via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC.
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