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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
10
State police initiate an intensive campaign to enforce all traffic laws uniformly across Virginia. Colonel Battle reports strict measures, speed limits, and court summons for violators while urging public cooperation and noting new radio teletype support.
Dartmout h Mass Aug 1 The Lovers Lane slaying of 22 year old Irene Perry of New Bedford described by Assistant District Attorney Edward Harrington as an unwed mother whose partially decomposed body was found trussed under a tree yesterday developed into a baffling mystery today A 31 year old New Bedford millhand who had been questioned throughout the night was released police say they are up against a blank wall in their investigation Harrington said the girl apparently had been strangled
Staunton jurist Judge Joseph A. Glasgow, age 73, died at the University Hospital in Charlottesville from a heart attack after cataract surgery. He had served as prosecuting attorney, police justice, and associate judge before his 1938 appointment to the eighteenth circuit now including Buena Vista.
Washington reports the new cotton marketing season opened August 1 with officials noting a possible dip after a peak. The prior season ended strong with sales around 13.8 million bales and exports at 6.2 million, the largest since 1933.
Stockholders of Martinsburg Apple Harvest Festival Inc elected a 14 member board for one year and debated whether to hold the festival this fall. A final decision will depend on reception by fruit dealers and merchants. No date is set. past events attracted 40 000 to 50 000 people including an apple show parade and coronation. The nonprofit group reported a slight cash balance in the budget, over $5 000 last year.
The Agriculture Department forecasts a decline in foreign cotton sales. Exports likely fall below 3,000,000 bales as European war conditions and the British blockade hinder access to usual buying countries.
Clarke citizen learns from State Department that Neurdenburg family in Rotterdam is intact after the Dutch capitulation. The letter details destruction in Rotterdam, displacement, rebuilding efforts, and life under occupation as Holland shifts to eastward exports and German currency.
Three founders formed the Freedom of the Press Company Inc. and purchased the Daily Worker and the Sunday Worker in New York. They declare themselves sole stockholders and say the paper ceases to be the official central organ of the Communist party while pledging wholehearted party support.
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