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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
4
Seven quiz questions test readers on citizenship for adopted children large freshwater lakes native pronunciations and historical baseball feats. Queries cover no hit no run World Series games fur farming and Noahs Ark resting piece with page 2 promised for solutions.
A terse biblical line states that in the heart no belief in God exists. The verse from Psalm 14:1 is cited as a moral or religious reference.
The piece extols Finland's brave struggle against overwhelming odds, noting four million Finns face 180 million Russians unaided. It praises the Finns’ gallantry and readiness to sacrifice liberty, urging world sympathy and recognition of liberty as humanity’s most precious possession.
State entomologist Dr G T French warned before the Virginia Horticultural Society that the Japanese beetle is increasingly prevalent and poses a serious threat to Virginia fruit orchards and other crops. He urged continued quarantine programs and noted soil treatment, parasite releases, and road checks as part of containment efforts in Winchester Front Royal and Berryville to protect communities and the economy.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 1910 to 1937 consumer spending rise of 44.5 billion dollars with prices and population growth. Real purchasing power grew about seven percent, yet share spent on food fell from 29.2 to 24.5 percent as autos recreation and nonessentials rose. Nonessentials drive business during good times and retreat in downturns, linking higher living standards to greater industrial instability.
Reprinted editorial argues Moscow plans aggression against Romania and Bessarabia as a prelude to broader war. It questions Stalin's aims, notes Italian support for Finland, and British and American responses as neutrality erodes and the Balkans heat up. The piece frames the conflict as a widening, unpredictable war with no clear ally.
The annual gathering of the Virginia Horticulture Society concludes with discussions on marketing factors and packing problems. Albert Purcell, Boyce High School principal, serves as Scoutmaster of a new troop organized by local churches. Tony Galento, noted heavyweight contender, bowls for a title shot against Joe Louis.
Five years ago Miss Harriett Krise was elected to the Studio Club of The Horicum School at Bryn Mawr. The Yugoslav Hungarian conflict sparked fears of war across Europe as the League of Nations moved to avert armed conflict. Gen S Gardner Waller, head of the Virginia National Guard, urged an armory at a county Board of Supervisors meeting with the state offering 10 000 dollars if the city could raise 20 000 and secure a county hitching yard property.
A car carrying Judge T. W. Harrison skidded and overturned near Warrenton injuring him seriously. J. W. Butler a local painter was struck and killed by a B&O train near the Millwood pike crossing. G. A. Newcome faced a gun wielding burglary at his National avenue home as a colored burglar looted the residence.
Twenty five years ago on the ninety sixth day of fighting in Belgium and France Allied forces strengthen positions and bring up more men and large guns to the western front. Al Field's Greater Minstrels scheduled to appear at the Empire Theatre per telegram from Mr Field. A carload of apples shipped to New York by Winchester and county growers to raise funds for Belgium relief.
Forty years ago William Carpenter was hurt when caught in a belt at the Paw Paw W Va tannery. A pole erected in front of Hunter Kern store on Water Street fell halfway up narrowly missing workers and pedestrians. Mr and Mrs John Evans observe their 50th anniversary. Former Mayor Jimmy Walker quips about choosing New York Music Week over abroad amid war horrors.
Frederic J. Haskin presents a reader Q and A roundup with brief facts. It lists recommended books on international affairs by Dorothy Thompson, notes on Boston as the Athens of North America, William Lewis Douglas’ shoe chain origins, Tolstoy on war, figures on youth crime, Will Hays’ faith, the meaning of Fuehrer, copies of the Congressional Record, casualty estimates for war, chairmanship origin, and Huey Long’s American Progress paper run.
Simple booklet explains how foods relate to weight and how to control weight without medicines or fad diets. It covers vitamins calories proteins carbohydrates and other food terms with menus for varying needs and daily plans to avoid starving or stuffing. Ten cents for the 32 page pamphlet mailed to Washington D C from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
Fabienne recovers from influenza under care of Prunella as Bill visits and comforts her. Their afternoons alone deepen their bond while Fabienne guards her secret feelings for Ellen and dreams of returning to work and theater. Prunella hints Bill loves Fabienne, a notion Fabienne resists.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gathers money grain apples and carrots to provide free dinners for working horses. Dinners will be delivered Saturday before Christmas with trucks distributing feed to horse wagons and stables.
A collection of disparate clippings notes Soviet Russia declining a World's Fair invitation and Sally Rand facing bankruptcy proceedings. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot remarks on the coincidence of timing. The Bristol Herald Courier observes a trend of using gas for fuel to avoid winter stockpiling.
The article notes a structure having been built in 1700 and discusses its enduring design and historical context within the locality. It highlights architectural features and the building’s significance in the town’s heritage.
Dr. Logan Clendening urges buy Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis work. He notes a decline in US deaths from 200 per 100000 in 1900 to about 50 in 1938, cautions about hidden problems, stresses case finding by x ray, family screening, isolation, and hospital beds need, and stresses school for contacts with parental consent.
A reader asks if teeth grinding in sleep is a sign of epilepsy. The reply says grinding is usually a habit linked to malocclusion, not a nocturnal epilepsy form. Another asks about sodium phosphate for gall stones in a 75 year old. advice suggests potential comfort with morning dosing. A third asks if hay fever is contagious. answer: no.
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