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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1940
Page
4
The STAR argues Americans should subordinate emotion to reason amid war hysteria over the compulsory military training bill. It condemns personal attacks by Holt and Lindbergh while urging strong defenses and preserving liberty, stating both sides show patriotism and that logic, not frenzy, must guide policy.
Paul F Watkins editor of the Herald Progress and Virginia Press Association president argues that America preserves free minds and a critical press. He praises the dispersed U S newspaper system with over 10 500 titles, contrasts with centralized international presses, and urges continual survival of free independent press as democracy’s foundation.
A line states that liberty endures while any defender remains, noting that even with danger from behind, an inner fort protects freedom and serves as refuge and shield for the nation. The quotation emphasizes resilience and vigilance in safeguarding liberty.
The Petersburg Progress Index argues against low Army pay under the Burke Wadsworth plan and supports Senator Sheppard’s bill raising the lowest Army grade to 30 dollars a month. It contrasts Army pay with Navy and Marine Corps raises and urges action to relieve wartime morale and recruitment concerns.
Dr Clendening outlines how a future draft could reveal the incidence of physical defects among young men. He notes height weight and conditions like flatfoot hernia and heart murmurs as rejection causes, plus the possibility of specialized regiments and pension concerns. He lists pamphlets available for 10 cents each via the newspaper office.
A reader questions universities offering Far East studies and Chinese language options at Princeton. Other items cover the Appalachian Trail Conference, a bulldog-kill home run in 1898, one-dollar bill circulation life, Swiss village Helvetia in West Virginia, Conrad learning English late, and radio lane transmission details.
The Richmond News Leader reports Virginians traveling during summer trips note millions spent on selected playground roads while trans continental routes remain narrow and poor. Yet Virginia highways are straighter smoother and wider than many eastern roads with mountain routes praised as masterpieces. Tidewater and Old Dominion roads handle weekend traffic well and landscaping enhances many routes.
At the Cape Charles annual firemen's convention the Friendship Fire Co captured the state reel championship. An engagement announcement follows naming Miss Dorothy Lupton and Mr. Glenn Seabright. A gunpoint confrontation occurred as two C. C. C. hitchhikers forced an Army private from his car nearby.
Will Chamblin reports 75 Rhode Island Red hens stolen from his rural chicken house. Authorities have no immediate leads as the theft disrupts a small farm operation in the region.
Seven questions cover royal jelly Jeffersons estate Treason trial Vice President authors of the New Testament sun position last time voting rights for territories DC why not vote Pimlico winner Seabiscuit or Kayak eye transplants Mandalay location and drowning myths
The statement explains that to say I take no stock in his judgment equals I do not trust his judgment using slang. It contrasts stock in trade with trust and highlights casual language.
More than 4 500 Winchester and county residents attend a courthouse prayer service and bow heads for rain amid drought. Hugh S Duffey resigns after nineteen years as head of Handley Schools in Winchester. Ed Stone and Logan R Fay reach the golf championship semi finals at the club.
Twenty five years ago the Kaiser bypassed a triumphant return to Warsaw fearing assassination by spies. Mrs. Allen Potts rides her entries in Berryville Horse Show and wins several ribbons. Charles Grove, who piloted the company horses, is kept by the Sarah Zane Fire Co. as driver of their new motor apparatus.
Forty years ago F H Jackson an architect is appointed as building supervisor at city hall by the council. Hobo Sam Johnson jailed thirty days for vagrancy escapes from the street cleaning gang. A G Bentzel reports his horse stolen from the county hitching yard, second loss there this month.
A reader praises The Star for accurate reporting on the City Council meeting and the Town Going To Dogs article. He notes public reaction and plans to possibly run for dog related offices, while referencing a later exception he will mention.
Sue Ackerman arrives with a police delegation and district attorney representative at Linda's apartment, requesting witnesses including Miss Markley Mr. Bagley and Mr. Stafford plus the district attorney. Linda contemplates Robert Barton while the room gathers, and tension mounts as Ackerman explains safety concerns and a Bronx trek.
The prosecutor reveals a gun found in a corner refuse can linked to Linda Markley as a potential weapon in the shooting that killed Clarabell. Miss Markley explains her father bought her a permit and that she used the gun for target practice, not for harming anyone. The district attorney presses for Bertillon fingerprint testing. The scene ends with unresolved questions as the case continues.
E Leatherman writes to The Star praising dogs and a public tribute by George Graham West while defending a city council stance for quiet nights. He recalls The Coward and Sneaker piece and asks forgiveness for any discontent caused by his council presentation.
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