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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
10
Radio schedule features WMAL programs including This Our America on transport in war and a second string dramatic piece Escape Stuff. The lineup lists performers such as Scott Corbett John Paxton Earl Harrison Ray Kinney Kyser and Roth with news and orchestras throughout the night.
Middletown Grange marks its 13th anniversary with ceremonies led by Worthy Lecturer Mrs D N Gruver. Washington speakers invited include Mrs Virginia McCloskey Arlington deputy and State Master Mark Turner of Sterndon. Syron Brumback will recount Grange history as home economics committee serves ice cream and cake.
Two scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences will search Shibe Park tonight during the Phillies vs Bees game to identify insects attracted by the field lights. Speakers John W. Cadbury and John H. W. Rehn will lead the study and report findings.
Writer argues the Bahamas near Florida could pose a major American headache if controlled by a hostile power. He traces the islands' turbulent history from Columbus to Prohibition, notes Nassau as the tourist hub, and warns that the Duke of Windsor’s role as governor and military commander could face serious defense challenges.
A severe storm demolishes the Carpers Valley School building and damages nearby properties. School board chairman Larrick visits the ruins and plans to transport 145 pupils to Shenandoah Valley Academy. Trees and structures suffer major damage across the area, with injuries avoided but close calls reported.
The gagged and stabbed body of Rose Lodi 22 an attractive Springfield Match Company employee was found by her father in a roadside thicket. Police said she vanished yesterday afternoon after leaving for work and the area where found is frequented by vagrants. Witnesses recalled she was last seen at 1 18 p m near a drugstore. Two liquor bottles were found near the body and sent for fingerprints. The medical examiner noted a narrow knife was used.
Coal consumers in eastern markets face mine prices from 1.45 to 2.55 dollars per ton for southern West Virginia smokeless coal as minimums set by the bituminous division. Prices await possible appeals to Secretary Ickes before September 3 to stabilize the soft coal industry.
Nazi fliers raided Britain sporadically today after a night of diminished activity. High explosive bombs wrecked two farmhouses in southwest England and damaged several others, with occupants narrowly escaping. A 64 year old woman died from the shock of hearing the explosions.
New York dispatch from the Havas French news agency reports the French embassy states newspapers in occupied France are fully under German control. Even titles like Le Matin and new papers such as Les Dernieres Nouvelles De Paris are governed in administration and policy by Germany.
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, crossed a picket line to address a Columbia University summer school audience. He claimed the United States' effort to play God in world affairs has probably cost us the ill will of most nations in Europe and Asia.
Trees toppled in the Thornhill yard on Washington street and the Harroe home on Braddock street. Handley School shrubbery and other city trees damaged. A small area bore the brunt while motorists south of the city noted light winds. Reliance weather station logged a 5 PM thunderstorm and 10 mph wind. Superintendent Kline called Carpers Valley School poorly constructed, insured for fire and lightning but not wind, worth about $3,000.
Shanghai dispatch reports China warned French authorities it would take military measures if Japan is allowed to establish bases in French Indo China. The notice frames Sino French tensions amid broader Pacific power struggles.
Sir Hubert Wilkins and an associate planned a flight from Pittsburgh to Detroit to organize an expedition aimed at flying to the North Pole to substantiate the claim of the late Dr. Frederick A. Cook regarding its discovery.
A 70 year old farmer named Jacob Gray was struck and killed by lightning during a heavy rainstorm in the Waynesboro district. He stood under a tree on his Sabillasville, Maryland farm near the Mason-Dixon line when the fatal strike occurred last night.
The Treasury reports on August 5 receipts of 1,673,054.72 dollars and expenditures of 52,211,910.30 dollars. Gross debt stands at 43,771,675,312.66 dollars, with an increase of 2,028,810.34 dollars from the previous day.
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