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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1940
Page
10
Peter Sonts, 33, a riding instructor from Troy, traveled four hiking trips totaling 616 miles to convince army authorities his enlistment papers were in order. He sworn in and chose the infantry.
Herbert Leigh Holman receives an absolute divorce from Vivien Leigh on grounds of adultery with Laurence Oliver. Decree nisi granted February 19. Actress Jill Esmond also gains an absolute divorce from Oliver on August 5 with Miss Leigh named as correspondent in Esmond suit.
A dense list of local wholesale and retail market prices for short patent flour, mixed feeds, corn meal, oats, and various animal feeds. It also includes horse feed, butter, and creamery products with specific bag weights and price points, plus scattered oddities and Q&A snippets from the page.
In a commentary on wartime politics, the author argues Canada would resist any U S attempt to annex or bargain away sovereignty despite defense talks with Britain and U S plans to lease naval bases. He notes Westminster 1931 autonomy and confirms Canada can independently make accords with the United States.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported 53,305 freight cars handled in the week ended August 24, up 6,837 from the same week last year. For the week ended August 17 the line moved 53,361 cars.
In Buenos Aires two deputies fired single pistols at close range as a duel over Saturday’s vote refusing President Roberto M. Ortiz’s resignation. Paul Damonte Taborda of the Radical Liberal Party and Miguel Osorio of the Conservative party exchanged shots and then reconciled.
Police Court in Washington fines Fred Pettis 10.25, Razzle Dowd 10.25, and Jack Wimsett 10.25 for disorderly conduct. Defendants listed: Pettis of 3250 O Street N W Washington DC Dowd from Altavista Maryland and Wimsett of 102 Oxford Street Chevy Chase Maryland. Trial Justice Don ald Weems presided.
President Roosevelt today nominated Captain Aubrey W. Fitch, commandant of the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida, to the rank of rear admiral.
Ant eggs are known as ant rice in parts of Africa and form a principal native food. Government ownership of telephones stood at 40.5 percent globally on January 1, 1939.
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