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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
4
A church notice quotes Romans 13 14 urging believers to wear Christ and resist fleshly lusts. It emphasizes spiritual readiness and righteous living as Friday’s theme for worship.
Frederick County fruit grower Phil H. Gold, a leading apple and peach producer, was named one of four Virginia farmers to receive Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s annual certificate of merit. He has long served public roles in agriculture and local government.
The piece argues Hitler delays invasion until dark nights from Aug 3 to 10 favor German cross-channel landings. It notes British defenses and air power, while experts see no political delay, only a strategic preference for darkness to complicate coastal defenses and reinforcements.
Major Boris Kharakhanoff, a Russian aviator, claims a world record for a delayed parachute jump. He exited his plane at 40 813 feet and deployed the rip cord at 2 100 feet, dropping nearly seven thousand feet.
A narrator questions the thinker’s priorities as he approaches a dangerous fall while contemplating political events and a possible record attempt. The piece implies detachment and a preference for personal risk over party ideology. The imagery suggests a high altitude misadventure and uncertain outcome.
The piece satirically notes the Ku Klux Klan leasing a German American Bund camp for a session to test Americanism. It argues the bandsmen may endure the display as a test of patriotism while contrasting civil liberties threats from both groups and warning public complicity would worsen societal quality.
A Virginia religious leader revises earlier pacifist views in the Virginia Methodist Advocate. He concedes pacifism must be international and tied to disarmament, arguing national pacifism and unpreparedness risk crises for the nation.
The Charlotte News reports a rookie police officer toured about 700 speakeasies in Charlotte and found $3,650,000 in annual sales. The Distilled Spirits Institute will reflect this in its upcoming public revenue report. Census data show Charlotte’s population around 82,675, with Vermont and Wyoming combined larger than the city.
Burr and Harrison win the Democratic primary for state Senate in the 25th district, defeating incumbent T Russell Cather. Orville Hoover becomes president of the George Washington Hotel Orchestra. Brown Lovett risks life rescuing Angus Cahill in Capon River and is resuscitated after 10 minutes underwater.
Five years ago Ernest Luttrell was selected as the candidate for state senate or county party. Addis Ababa contemplates martial law amid tensions with tribesmen warned of possible Italian invasion. Miss Jeannie Miller is honored at a Republican 24th district dance for her 14th birthday.
Ten years ago a lumberyard blaze cracked tombstones near Mt Hebron cemetery while boxwood and elms burned. The 1930 Frederick county apple crop is estimated at about 1,000,000 barrels. Republicans urge H B McCormac to oppose Senator Glass for the U S Senate.
Twenty five years ago heavy rains turn Back Creek from a placid stream into a swollen river causing many in western Frederick to struggle. Pope Benedict XV issues a moving plea urging belligerent leaders to end the war and seek peace. Government leaders plan a summer White House in the Blue Ridge proposing Braddock Heights Frederick Maryland Heights Harpers Ferry Mt Weather Bluemont or Monticello Charlottesville.
A brief archive note states no copy of The Star was included in the files for this date.
The article argues that games benefit beyond muscles by improving eye ear balance poise and concentration. It discusses golf versus tennis and age limits noting over 45 tennis can be recreational, not competitive, and cites An Anatomical Analysis of Sports by Gertrude Hawley for muscle groups used in various sports.
The editor notes Dr Logan Clendening offers seven pamphlets at ten cents each. To obtain a copy readers should mail 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Reader questions cover topics from fur use in medieval Europe and royal restrictions to Daedalus wings and Ma Perkins on radio. The piece cites Canada banning US periodicals, Virginia Payne’s Ma Perkins start date, Cripps' Labour break, Franklin's quote, first patents, Chicago population, Regular Army gifts, Congress politics, and the Paris gun range.
The Star lists seven quiz questions covering mayoral nicknames national standards department authorship life expectancy geography and vehicle wheel size. Readers are guided to page 2 for the solutions and explanations for each item.
A style note advocates using set out or set off for journeys and trip terms, while avoiding crude phrases from historical uses. Start may describe a journey’s beginning but should omit out for cleaner phrasing.
The notice promotes a pamphlet titled CANNING AND PRESERVING offering more than 100 tested recipes for fruits vegetables meats jellies jams con serves marmalades pickles and fruit juices. Priced at 10 cents, it invites readers to send TEN CENTS with name address and city to the Information Bureau Washington D C through the Winchester Evening Star.
Linda faces a tense morning as Ronald and Sarah navigate alibis after Clara Bell’s murder. The trio’s entangled loyalties collide with press scrutiny while Linda prepares for a crucial coroner’s inquest and the search for the killer continues.
The piece cites Adolf Hitler’s past boast about forming a new government with men of his choosing in France Austria and Czechoslovakia and notes continuing evidence of such plots. It questions whether similar efforts exist in the United States and wonders if suitable figures are ready.
Conservative Democrats express initial hostility to Secretary Wallace as VP pick. The scene at Chicago triggers Ickes anger and departure from the convention. The piece casts the selection as potentially favorable for the Democrats despite early opposition.
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