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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1940

Page

11

Court Appeals To Produce Dealers

Philadelphia August 15. Magistrate Edward W Henry dismissed charges of conspiracy to terrorize produce truckers against Herman Weiss 42 urging racketeers were preying on city food haulers and calling on businessmen to testify The Weiss arrest spurred an investigation of the produce trucking industry with Delaware and Maryland touched and Captain Richard Doyle of the labor squad reporting truckers had been stopped outside the state and beaten up

Philadelphia Herman Weiss Edward W. Henry Weiss Delaware and Mary Richard Doyle

Denver red squirrels raid nests and chew wires amid hunger

Denver's malnourished red squirrels seek food by robbing bird nests, stripping inner bark from trees, and gnawing insulation on electrical cables. Local authorities warn of continued wildlife activity as resources remain scarce.

Denver

Reynolds Store Notes

Reynolds Store Va August 15 report of social guests and gatherings. Attendees include Amos Moyer Miss Cora Bowers Lonnie Shenk Hockman Clark Adams Gardner Carpenter and numerous local residents from Luray Strasburg Winchester Oldtown and Gainesboro. Docked items note weekend visits and Sunday events.

Geraldine Carpenter E. D. Shenk Gravel Springs Clarence Bohrer Cumberland

New Staff Chief Appointed as White Killed in Crash

Canberra reports Maj Gen Northcott named chief of the Australian staff to replace Lieut Gen C B White, who died in yesterday's air crash alongside nine others.

Canberra Australia Northcott Ont C. B. B. White

Local Social Visits Across Cross Junction and Nearby Homes

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Place spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carter at Cross Junction. The Place and R. E. Place families visited Harvey Gano and R. L. Omps Monday night. Harry Gano and daughter Catherine left Sunday for sal to spend a week with relatives. Russell Fletcher and family visited R. E. Place on Sunday. 8. T. Mitchell and daughter Anna and Harry Ray of Lewistown Penn called on Mrs. H. W. Moore Sunday evening. Joshua Place visited Cecil Yost Sunday.

R. E. Place T. Mitchell Anna Harry Ray Lewistown Penna H. W. Moore Joshua Place Cecil Yost

Ackroyd and the Canadian on Bunker Hill

Henry J. Ackroyd, a Boston tourist information expert, tells a Canadian the Boston view of the Bunker Hill story. The Canadian asks about the British gun, and Ackroyd responds with the familiar tale of red coats and the whites of their eyes, noting Boston still holds the hill.

Boston Henry J. Ackroyd Boston Common Trigger Bunker Hill Ackroyd Mister Canada

Tulsa engineers fix misnumbered addresses

Tulsa city engineers warn property owners misreading house numbers to contact the department for verification. A new number 1208 was posted and later corrected to 404 Cincinnati as the proper municipal address was confirmed.

Tulsa Eng Cincinnati

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