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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
4
Horace Edwards Elected New State Democratic Chairman
The Democratic State Central Committee in Richmond chose Horace H. Edwards city attorney of Richmond as chairman, unanimously succeeding J. Murray Hooker. Born in Tidewater, Edwards earned a 1925 University of Richmond law degree and served in the House of Delegates until 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committee
Richmond
Horace H. Edwards
Edwards
J. Murray Hooker
Stuart
Tidewater
Mr. Edwards
University of Richmond
House of Delegates
Horace Edwards
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Grange Sees Census Growth and Federal Power Debate
The National Grange highlights Washington D C's 1940 population rise from 486 869 to 663 153 in ten years with a 36 percent gain. It argues adding government workers would boost taxes and federal power at the expense of states and individual liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
National Grange
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Scraps Sent to Japan Amid War Era Trade Tensions
From January 1939 to June 1940 nearly 36 million dollars in crude metal and aviation fuel were shipped from West Coast ports to Japan. The San Francisco Chamber defends shipments as industrial, while critics argue any aid to Japanese industry strengthens wartime capabilities. Calls grow louder as oil and iron exports are viewed as risking national needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Japan
America
Clarifying Democracy Warned by Columbia Teachers College
An unsigned Teachers College draft at Columbia urges education on democratic ideals to counter external threats from dictatorships and internal issues of economic inequality and civil liberty abuse. It contrasts democracy with totalitarianism and calls for renewed national unity through clear democratic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Columbia University
Teachers College
Western Hemisphere
Frozen Foreign Assets Policy Declared by Morgenthau
The United States has frozen assets of invaded European nations and Morgenthau proposes to sit on the funds for now to protect owners from seizure or forced conversion. The policy treats the U S as trustee for both governments and individuals whose money is in safekeeping amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury
Morgenthaut
Germany
Dies Skepticism on Communist Threat in Hollywood
Representative Dies argues the fifth column danger in the United States is greater than in Germany invaded nations and cites troubled city conditions. He contends Hollywood Communist ties are overstated and praises a federal inquiry as a fair, necessary step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Dies
America
Germany
Hollywood
Motion Picture Producers’ Association
Dies
The Day's Worst Pun Milwaukee Journal
The piece jokes that while the little woman does most buying, the husband still bears the invoice, a light caption about household purchasing roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Journal
War games mishap injures three near Manassas
Jack Shumaker William Cochran and Ralph Lamp suffer minor injuries when a tank tears a barbed wire fence during war games in the Manassas vicinity. Elks Clubs of Virginia report 37505.89 spent on welfare work last year. Mr and Mrs W D Grim celebrated 50th wedding anniversary at a party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Shumaker
William Cochran
Ralph Lamp
Manassas
Elks Clubs
Virginia
Mrs. W. D. Grim
Funeral draws vast crowd for Rogers and Post
Over 100000 people attend funeral services for Will Rogers and Wiley Post who were killed in a plane crash in Alaska. The event draws mourners across the nation and highlights the aviation tragedy from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Italy
Ethiopia
Amelia Barret
White Hall
Raymond Edwards
Gainesboro
Clara Bow Film Shows at Local Theatre
Clara Bow appears in Love Among Millionaires now playing at the town theatre. Also reported a barn fire at White Post claims farm hand Wiley Weeks burned to death. Secretary Hyde tours drought hit region highlighting relief needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Bow
Wiley Weeks
Joe Funkhouser
White Post
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
City manager plan eyed by council in 25th year
Twenty five years ago the council discussed adopting the city manager plan of municipal government. The piece notes two Americans lost when the German torpedoed the White Star liner Arabic not convoyed. Over 10000 dollars funded improvements at Virginia Woolen Company plant. Mrs. B. B. Valentine, state Equal Suffrage chairman, explains Equal Suffrage in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester
B. B. Valentine
Equal Suffrage” Organization
Militia Cavalry Arrives. Woman Injured in Runaway
Forty years ago Annie Whitacre is injured in a runaway on a road near Pleasant Grove. The Rev. W. H. H. Joyce preaches against militarism in a strong sermon. Troop A of Maryland National Guard is met coolly in Winchester for not signaling a stop on their practice march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Whitacre
Pleasant Grove
W. H. H. Joyce
Maryland National Guard
Winchester
Its Sneezin Time and Dr Clendening Answers
Medical discussion traces immunity and hay fever treatments from injections to swallowing compounds. Readers’ questions cover diet during weight loss, nausea from nervousness, abdominal organs, and a list of Dr. Clendening’s pamphlets offered by the paper.
Answers to Questions From The Information Bureau
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau provides brief answers on varied topics. Below are summarized Q A pairs covering travel distances, Caesar, evolution, agate lines, quotations, hitchhiking clubs, penny production, vitamin K, Niagara Falls to Callander, and the Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O— Q
Christ
Rio de Janeiro
L. H. Ss
Harbor
Paul Landowski
Mount Corcovado
Seven Quiz Questions From The Star Quiz
The Star presents seven questions on general knowledge including osmium weight, Emerald Isle country, Washington wig, Lou Jenkins sport, Muscle Shoals location, State Street preposition, and U S Supreme Court Catholic member patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerald Isle
George Washington
Lou Jenkins
State Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rhodesia
Adolf Hitler
We studied Span ish
A guidance note emphasizes avoiding the word take when describing studying a language. It advocates using clear terms like study or learn and warns against casual or informal phrasing that implies use of a course or assessment.
Winchester Star Offers a Booklet of Favorite Poems
Public poll selects poems for an 48 page booklet titled Americas Favorite Poems. The Winchester Evening Star promotes the collection with a coupon offer and requests ten cents to cover cost and handling. The notice cites Washington director Frederick J. Haskin and invites readers to mail payment and address details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Gun Cotton Returns to London After a Turbulent Night
Gun Cotton travels from Victoria to Westminster after a rough assignment. He reports no serious trouble but admits fatigue and contemplates a countryside rest. On his way home he encounters Lord Fairgrove and Tommy, who urges him to try Egyptian ray baths at Sleichtner's in Leicester Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Station
Gun Cotton
Victoria
Gun
Westminster
Charles
London
Telegraph
Egypt
Antony and Cleopatra
Sleichtner’s
Lord Fairgrove
Tommy
Cotton
Feeicester Square
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MR. Dies
Progress Index
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Clendening
Satan
Tucson
Arizona
Chicago
San Diego
California
J. E
M. F
C. H
Scott
R.j.scott
B. S
Bureau of Fisheries
Alaskan
Siberian
Ume
Julius Ceasar
J. B. A. Froude
Caesar
Herbert Spencer
College Hitch-Hiking Association
R. G
Stanley Fiese
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Iowa
Riverside
New Jersey
Riverside Metal Company
United States Mint
Philadelphia
A. Hygeia
Niagara Falls
Callander
Ontario
Winchester Star
Washington, D. CF
Guiana
South America
Air Service Insignia
Paraguay
Rupert Grayson
Intral Press Association
Chapter
Gun Handed
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