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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1940
Page
4
The article lauds the resignation of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce. It notes Hopkins' lack of business knowledge and prior Socialist ties, calls for an able Democrat to fill the vacancy, and urges him to stay in the background during the campaign.
The article notes Emily Post issuing six rules for motorists on safety and etiquette. It highlights don’ts like hogging the road and leaving bright lights on, arguing social custom can curb dangerous driving better than statutes.
The city operates the only municipal weather bureau in the state, since 1933, sharing records with the U S Weather Bureau. It provides 24 hour climatological data, frost and storm warnings, daily weather charts, and reports aiding local industry and federal projects.
Reprinted editorial features William Knudsen citing Dornier production in Germany and warns against excessive model diversity. It discusses 5,500 plane goal by April, 15,000 total, and cautions voters over defense delays affecting Roosevelt’s political fate. National defense is framed as the campaign issue.
The Baltimore Sun quotes Mark S. Watson warning the Army will be unprepared for a serious foe for at least a year. He argues the whole government and people bear indictment for delaying mobilization and asks why France fell, urging immediate action to build forces.
Randolph Gaunt is elected to replace S. M. Lane on Boyce town council. Clinton D. Catlett who fell and broke his hip about a month ago is released from Memorial Hospital. Hitler asserts that any country's interference with German plans for western Europe will be blamed for a second World War.
Charles E. Pope a veteran B and O section foreman dies at his Middletown home. A barn on the late C. W. Shapp’s Cedar Creek grade farm is destroyed by fire with an estimated 10000 damage. Italy threatens war with Ethiopia unless the emperor agrees to cede territory.
Reports say members of the Friendship Fire Co attend their annual sermon at Congregational Christian Church. Lon Chaney, veteran actor, remains in critical condition at Hollywood Hospital. A barn on Clarence Lockhart’s Rock Enon farm was destroyed by fire, valued at about $8,000.
Twenty five years ago reports describe fierce fighting on the Western front with British troops striking anew while attention shifts from the Russian campaign to Germany. Sergeant Moss Gray of the U S Army drills Co I in Winchester amid looming war with Mexico and plans for the electric powered battleship California.
Forty years ago Jacob Hoover, the inventor of the automatic railroad brake and coupler, refuses several lucrative offers. Henry Eishalberger of York Pa is hired as the new pharmacist for Baker's Drug Store by Franck Baker. Abram's Creek becomes polluted when Gas Co cleans out vats and storage tanks.
Dr. Clendening reports that nearly half of a tested group had visual defects affecting sight and test results. Hyperopia, astigmatism, and other eye issues are common in elementary children, with far sightedness often more prevalent than near sightedness. Color blindness can impact school work, while eye health evaluation must use standardized lighting and tests.
A reader question column edited by the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau provides brief fact answers. Topics cover baseball history, wheat harvesting, signatures, World War II events, English Channel geography, international offices, papain, past interest, birth timing, fire losses, Mayor LaGuardia, Black Sea salinity, embalming legality, and the last French king.
A list of seven test questions asks about a birthday for a famous auto maker, the King of Birds, a Disney Academy award for 1937 38, presidential veto power over the Supreme Court, a noun for blood relation, Willkie delegates in 1940, the number of US Standard Time zones, the alphabet’s origin, a King of England with six wives, and the class of foods with the highest fuel value.
City event coordinator reveals a fresh crops exhibit at the county fair with plans for demonstrations and vendor booths. Officials from the agricultural society and the chamber of commerce promote the program to farmers and families.
A 32 page Winchester Evening Star information bulletin offers a practical guide to parliamentary procedure. It outlines rules of order for deliberative bodies, forming temporary and permanent organizations, model constitution by laws and minutes, officer duties, and a glossary. Copies mailed for ten cents with coupon.
A quirky item notes a rat kangaroo in Tasmania carrying grass and sticks within a Form 1S nest with a 1s tail. The caption evokes a whimsical, colonial-era naturalist tone and highlights unusual animal behavior observed in the field.
Gun Cotton, the famed Scotiana Yard agent, arrives in London and hands a mysterious packet to his superior X. After a tense ride, he suspects a bathhouse front while observing a powerful stranger, Mr. Pullinger, and noting his striking tattoos and physique amid a bustling Egyptian Bay Baths scene.
Gun studies a mysterious tattoo resembling the Crux Ansata on a fellow captive named Pullinger. Heat rooms, sweat boxes, and Oriental cushions frame a tense scene as Gun debates Pullinger’s motives while the encounter remains unresolved.
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