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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
7
General Hugh Drum calls for conscription and unified weapons production to meet a looming crisis. At St Lawrence University Stadium he criticizes overemphasis on volunteers, urging universal service and national obligation to mobilize 90 000 troops in the largest war games.
Reports from Shanghai indicate renewed Chinese military activity in North China and unconfirmed accounts of a large Japanese withdrawal. The figures suggest about 100,000 Japanese troops left Hopeh Honan and Shansi via Tangku ports aboard south-bound transports, with some replaced by Manchoukuo forces under Japanese officers.
The Hot tel Keller clan held its 200th anniversary reunion at the old Hot tels homestead near Mt Olive with 720 members present. Lawrence Hottel presided and the welcome was delivered by J K Hottel the 94 year old eldest member. Rachel Maurer gave the response as officers were elected for the year. Speakers included Rev Harry C Laun and J K Huddle of Washington DC.
Refuges onboard recount a calm sea journey with no periscope sighting. A Scotch boy discarded lifebelt saying it must swim. On a refugee train, children ask for their nanny as Dr. Anderson notes a five year old crying for his governess. They glimpse the U S Capitol in Washington. Birthdays on board mark Brenda Carter turning 15 and Roger turning 14. Betty Edmonds’ birthday is June 9.
In Frederick Virginia Circuit Court the complainant Sylvestia L. Dinges seeks a divorce from bed and board from Charles W. Dinges on desertion. An affidavit shows the defendant is nonresident, with publication ordered in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and notices posted at the county courthouse and mailed to the defendant. Deputy County Clerk Bessie Brannon signs the order, dated August 2 1940.
An all day meeting at Old Bethel Baptist Church near Millwood Clarke county is set for Sunday August 25 with two services 10 30 a m and 2 p m Dr L A Parker Berryville will speak morning session Clarke County Historical Association will supply the afternoon speaker The event marks the church’s Memorial Baptist status since July 30 1939 and invites members and friends to bring a basket lunch to be served on the grounds. The historic church organized in 1803 sits on a hill opposite Blue Ridge country near Shenandoah river and historic Greenway Court.
The Star notes that local market listings are correct daily but cannot assume responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify details with original sources.
Berlin August 23 Frita Reinhardt state secretary of the finance ministry says Germany is paying for the war as she goes with no extraordinary tax increases or new public loans. He notes income tax estimates for 1940 at 25 billion marks and cites growth from 6.8 billion in 1933 to 23.6 billion in 1939 due to expanded productive capacity under Hitler.
AnnapolisMd August 23 The legislative council added to its file a program from the State Conservation Commission to improve Maryland oyster markets. Edwin Warfield chairman offered a plan to empower the conservation department to establish cultivation areas, license dredge boats, and secure dependable seed stock. The proposal targets Chesapeake Bay waters with minimal impact on county oyster bars.
Mil ford Smallwood, 42, of Clarke County Virginia, died from a shotgun wound at Llangollen estate near Upperville. Sheriff 8. P. Alexander said the death appears related to a personal safety incident. Funeral held at Providence Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. C. W. Floyd officiating. burial in adjacent cemetery. Survived by wife Violet Carroll and six children, plus several brothers and sisters.
Through this method I wish to extend my thanks to my friends and neighbors for their kindness through the illness, death and burial of my dear husband, George Bennett, especially those who gave such beautiful flowers and for use of their cars. His Wife, Mrs. George Bennett.
Atlanta reports James Colescott imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan ordered the immediate removal of two New Klan officials after a Klux Klan meeting in Andover New Jersey at a German American camp. Arthur H. Bell grand dragon of the New Klan and A M Young Newark grand kaliff were named for failing to uphold Klan ideals and for allowing a German American band officer to address the meeting.
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