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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star page includes a Bible verse from Proverbs 6 6 8 about diligence and harvest. It lists publication details and advertising rates for the Winchester Va newspaper dating April 30 1940. It notes Associated Press copyright and subscription options.
The piece discusses U S gold reserves, noting 18 billion in Fort Knox representing about 70 percent of world monetary supply and contrasting the $35 per ounce buying price with production costs under $20. It cites 1939 import totals, a suggestion to give away gold after a European war, and asks for better use of the gold.
The article announces the third consecutive year sponsoring a marble tournament for children in Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties. It notes marbles is a timeless game with evolving tricks, promotes spring activity, and highlights benefits like skill, self control, fair play, and coordination of mind and muscle. It invites open participation and wishes the best player wins.
Reprinted editorial reflects on the life of singer Lucrezia Tetrazzini noting her colorful personality and the public’s adoration in San Francisco and London. It recalls her rise to fame at the Manhattan Opera House in 1908 and her charitable open air Christmas Eve concert.
Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago argues higher education should not teach character directly. The Raleigh News and Observer notes public schools may need character teaching, but calls it not a simple task and urges strengthening character through homes, schools, and college life.
Tulsa Daily World discusses the looming financial strain from Europe’s wartime crisis. It notes the expectation that American aid will be stretched as European nations collapse, with the U S taking in displaced people and bearing housing and food costs.
Polish government orders stronger border forts. Mid Atlantic Professional Golf Association announces second year hosting with Rut Coffey as local pro host. Joe DiMaggio sidelined with bad knee. Yankees slide without him.
Five years ago Mrs. Marshall Willis reopened her home on South Washington street after a winter in Rock Hill South Carolina with Mrs. John Roddey. The marriage of Miss Juanita Teets and Mr Edward C Jackson is announced. The American Legion wins bowling season top honors and Fred Glaize wins the sweepstakes.
A Virginia report places Winchester as the second lowest tax rate in the state. The public release highlights fiscal efficiency and municipal policy impact for residents and businesses.
Messages from Athens Greece report British troops defeated Turks in a decisive Gulf of Souvis battle as war ships shelled towns. A high wind with storms follows drought, causing county damage. S. EB. Brown's barn blown down near Gainesboro. Cholera found among hogs on Robert M. Henry's farm, farmers warned there is no cure.
Forty years ago workmen uncover a corner stone amid the debris of an old mill at Red Bud after a recent fire. The mill, said to be erected in 1860, is noted in recovered papers. In Strasburg, eight masked men enter the Massanutten Bank before dawn and blast open a safe, taking $5,000 in cash. no injuries reported.
Young spiders are called a troop or cluster. Old Rough and Ready was a nickname for General Zachary Taylor. The Secret Service is in the Department of the Treasury. The Vice-President’s constitutional duties include presiding over Senate sessions and casting tie-breaking votes. Mice do not grow into rats. Brazil’s currency unit is the real. Franklin New Hampshire is not the birthplace of Webster or Longfellow. There is no medicine that cures cancer. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" was spoken by Admiral David Farragut. Little John appears in the Robin Hood tale.
The note highlights a common error in speech: asking what line of business instead of what kind of business. It emphasizes clear phrasing to avoid ambiguity in enquiry and professional writing.
Dr Clendening explains pruritus or itching as a skin reflex to the need for massage and circulation. He notes causes from sweating to soaps, aging skin, bath relations, and liver or bile issues, with treatment focusing on removing the cause and soothing remedies.
Capon Bridge notes report J Robert Giffin underwent an operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital last Wednesday. Nearby residents and visitors include Curtis Anderson of Florida and Mrs. George Cunning am, with others visiting, attending meetings, and hosting relatives in Capon Bridge and nearby towns.
The narrator waits at the boat landing as George Markham returns with news on Alfred Markham's death. A coroner and Captain McDonald discuss investigation strategy, hinting at an inside job and a potential saving outcome for the killer. Markham approves a nonprosecution, noting Alfred's will for a hospital, while Louise awaits outside.
A digest of Q and A items from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. It covers pensions for Civil War children, actor aliases, wartime evacuations, New Jersey governor salary, Philippine Islands sizes, machine gun bullet spacing, lynchings in 1939, hog processing tax date, venom effects from the African spitting cobra, Central America's volcanoes, Myron C. Taylor's Italian home, 1919 potato prices, and who played instruments in Intermezzo.
The Winchester Evening Star notes a red letter edition of the New Testament with harmony notes, Bible history sections, and indices of biblical trees waters mountains birds. It runs 254 pages in a black flexible cover and costs 20 cents plus handling. Send twenty cents to Washington D C for a copy via Information Bureau.
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