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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1940

Page

2

Early History of Lutheran Church in Shenandoah Valley Reviewed

Dr. G Morris Smith delivers a sermon tracing the Shenandoah Valley Lutheran heritage from its colonial roots to the 18th and 19th centuries. He highlights pioneers such as Muhlenberg Streit Henkel Krauth and the role of education and missions within Virginia Lutheranism.

Lutheran Church Shenandoah Valley G. Morris Smith Fay Stephens Win Shenandoah Welles Winchester Stephens City Strasburg Staufferstown Woodstock Millerstown Old World New England Virginia New York Delaware Philadelphia Savannah River Georgia Europe William Penn Pennsylvania Germantown Henry Melchair Muhlenberg Lancaster Harrisburg York Frederick Maryland Church of the Reformation Ohn America Old Hebron Madison County Grace Lutheran Church Winchester St. Paul's Peter Muhlenberg Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg Washington Christian Streit Streit Carpenter Henkel Flohr Butler Virginia Synod General Synod United Synod of the South Rev L. L. Smith Stephens City Toms Brook W. J. Smith Mountain Falls Christ God Catherine B. Streit Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg Wm. Finch Paul Henkel Christ Jesus New Market Mt. Tabor Augusta County C. C. Baughman D. F. Bittle Roanoke College R. B. Peery Stirewall Charles Brown Lewis Miller J. E. Cooper Grace Church

Radio Highlights and Nighttime Programs Listing

Radio schedules list multiple stations WMAL WRC WISV and others with 7:30 to 10:45 time blocks. Highlights include Betty Garde star of radio series My Son and I Myron McCormick in Fight for Life air drama by Frank Nolan Manhattan at Midnight and various music and news segments featuring Bernard Herrmann H. V. Kaltenborn Kefauver updates Abbott and Costello and Nat Defense coverage.

WMAL Betty Garde My Son and I Myron McCormick Pare Lorentz Frank Nolan Manhattan WRC Jethro Boys Kentucky WISV Columbia Columbia Concert Orchestra Bernard Hermann Handel Haydn Oxford Harllee Branch Robert H. Hinckley Easy Aces Fred Waring Amos N’ Andy Mr. Keen Europe Lanny Ross the Revelers Streamliner H. V. Kaltenborn Mr. Meek Hollywood America Playhouse Question Bee Dr. Christian Shield T. R. Ybarra Rep Kefauver Will Hudson Russ Morgan Army M'vers Abbott & Costello Star Theater Orch Kay Kyser Glenn Miller Nat Arch McDonald E. C. Hill

Virginia Sets Safeguards for European Child Refugees

W L Painter head of Virginia’s public welfare children's bureau says state law governs interstate placement of refugee children and offers safeguards. The United States Committee for the Care of European Children may place fostered youths in Virginia with committee supervision. Virginia agencies will screen homes, while local information committees open in Richmond Norfolk Roanoke and soon Northern Virginia.

W. L. Painter Children’s Bureau State Department of Public Welfare Richmond Europe Virginia United States Committee For the Care of New York City Welfare Department United States Norfolk Roanoke Bureau of Catholic Charities

Take Your Religion to the Ballot Box and Public Life

A sermon urges Virginia Lutherans to carry Christian faith into daily life and civic duties. It calls believers to vote for leaders of integrity and oppose irreverence and demagoguery, stressing that nations reflect their citizens' wisdom and choices.

Virginia Lutherans God

Government weighs entry rules for children refugees

Mr. Painter reports that clearance exists for a group likely to enter the United States soon, contingent on transportation. The main government concern is ensuring financial support for the children admitted.

United States

Postal Clerk Confounders List Eight Abbreviations Causes Delays

Washington dispatch reports a post office study shows eight states where abbreviations cause mail delays. Md and Ind confusion, Pa and Va mix ups, Miss and Minn, Colo and Calif share errors with identical post offices. Writers urged to spell out state names to avoid delays.

Washington United States Indiana Maryland Cole Calif Miss Minn Oxford Colorado California Missouri Minneapolis Pennsylvania Virginia Troy Warren Unionville William Smith John Jones

Answers To Today's Quiz Format and Winners

The page lists quiz answers for today's test sites. Items include No 2 No 3 Red No 4 William Tyler Page No 5 St Croix No 6 No 7 SIROCCO No 8 Los Angeles No 9 South Africa No 10 Armistice.

Red William Tyler St. Croix Sirocco Los Angeles South Africa Armistice

Twelve Held In Conspiracy For U S Overthrow

In Oklahoma City 12 persons were seized by county officers after a board inquiry into fifth column activity. Each charged under Oklahoma’s 1919 criminal syndicalism law for conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. They pleaded innocent and are held under $50,000 bond.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States

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Dr. Smith Trinity Church Fusion of Luther Leigh Smith Jesus Christ Paul Phonograph Records Victor F. T. Tommy Dorsey Wayne King’s Star Dust F. T Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Kate Smith Lords John Charles Thomas MacDonald and Eddy Sylvia Ravel Boston “Pops" Orchestra Stokowski Orchestra Marian Anderson Fritz Kreisler Tschaikowsky Toscanini Orchestra Miles Music CO Winchester, Va W. Boscawen St John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc Braddock St Farley James A. Farley Democratic Party Edward J. Flynn National Democratic Club Flynn Willkie Starlight Know It All Leibert Ted Weems Herbert Stabile Goodrich Liberty Rubber Silvertown Braddock & Boscawen Wickard Paul H. Appleby Henry A. Wallace Iowa Claude R. Wickard U. S Stokol Mervel W. Adams E. Piccadilly St O’connell S. Braddock St
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