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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1940

Page

7

Anti Nazi Roundups Report Across Border

Reports from Chancy Switzerland indicate hundreds of German anti Nazis who fled Hitler are rounded up by Nazi authorities in France. Civilian internees in unoccupied zones are transferred to Germany as about 75 000 detainees, including ex soldiers and civilians, remain in French camps in the Pyrenees.

Chancy Switzerland Adolf Hitler Porr Asen France Germany Occupied Pyrennes

Communists Barred From Georgia Ballot in November

Georgia Secretary of State John B. Wilson rules that Communists seeking public office cannot have their names placed on the November ballot. He states it would be against public policy to list candidates of a party aiming to overthrow the Democratic constitutional form of government.

Atlanta Georgia John B. Wilson

Quintuplet births occur roughly once in forty-one million

J H A Guzzani analyzed fifty thousand live births and concluded the incidence of quintuplets is about one in 41 000 000, based on his study.

J. H. A. Guzzani

America Must Prepare For Defense Now War Analysis Warns

A wartime analysis argues the United States cannot rely on Britain’s navy and must rapidly expand defense forces. It cites low Western Hemisphere manpower, calls for selective service, and details U S regulars reserves guards and aircraft compared to Germany Italy and Russia.

United States

Dr. G Morris Smith To Be Speaker At Trinity Tonight

Dr. G Morris Smith president of Susquehanna University and brother of C J Smith will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City during 175th anniversary services. Tonight he outlines Ambassadors For Christ and tomorrow The Obligation of the Educated Citizen. The event features traffic safety lectures by Yale expert Maxwell Halsey on channelizing traffic and traffic actuated signals with costs from two to three thousand dollars.

C. J. Smith Roanoke College Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City Smith Trinity Dr. Smith Yale Halsey

Use of Chemistry As A Test For Drunken Drivers Succeeds

Knoxvill e Tenn Aug 20 The National Traffic Safety Institute at University of Tennessee hosts A R Forster who promotes chemical analysis as a means to judge intoxication. Blood urine and breath tests, not walks, reveal true absorption of alcohol and prevent misjudgment due to physical defects. Tests already practiced in Cleveland Berkeley and Indiana state police show practicality with trained officers conducting them.

Indiana Knoxville Tenn A. R. Forster National Traffic Safety Institute University of Tennessee Forster Northwestern University Traffic Institute Cleveland Ohio Berkeley Cal

Police Court Hears Speeding Cases In Berryville

Ralph M. Johnes of Berryville was fined 14 dollars plus costs in Judge Weems court. Other cases included Leslie Brill of Middletown speeding for 14 dollars, Marian C Butler of Wood Inwood driving under the influence with 100 and costs plus one month with 10 days, Henry Luxenburg of Charles Town speeding 14 dollars, and B H Ryan drunk fined 10.25 dollars.

Ralph M. Johnes Berryville Weems Leslie Brill RFD Middletown Marian C. Butler Inwood W. Va Henry Luxenburg Charles Town B. H. Ryan

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