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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
13
Win chester merchants announce a two day bargain festival on August 1 and 2 with regular merchandise at deep discounts, inviting shoppers from Virginia and West Virginia counties. The piece cites wartime costs and inflation, urging early purchases to avoid higher future prices and save money on shoes clothing and home goods.
James Earle Fraser created the sculpted figure The End of the Trail from which the widely copied paintings were derived. The sculpture debuted in 1915 at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Milwaukee writer Kermit Holt portrays a nationwide trend of the college-on-wheels movement. Students swap summer classrooms for traveling education across the United States Canada and Mexico. The outdoor setting turns lectures exams and texts into real world exploration with sites from the Plains of Abraham to the Grand Canyon.
Ten thousand copies of the Bargain Issue are being run today and will reach about 40 000 readers in homes within a 25 mile area. Special routes and carrier bays are arranged to cover the area. The feature highlights college on wheels with traveling units from more than twenty universities and colleges offering summer programs.
Seneca woman Ethia Van Aernam defies court orders by blocking a road with barbed wire claiming ownership because she and her ancestors were not paid for the land. Authorities seek removal and resolution of disputed property rights.
Washington July 30 official circles say the mechanized minute man expeditionary force will be divided between the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Two transports and two destroyers slated for the east coast. four World War destroyers to be converted to high speed troop carriers. contracts to convert liners President Grant President Jackson Santa Barbara and Santa Maria for overseas use. six defense battalions to join the fleet marine force.
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