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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
12
Mrs. Geneva Humphrey aged 47 surrendered to Little Falls police in New Jersey after allegedly killing her husband Hugh 43 by running him down with her car during a dispute. Police say he was trying to flee down a blind alley when she rammed him into a cellar door, fatally crushing him.
John Martini and N. S. Sousa of the Norfolk Naval Air Station and Warren Sholes are held for grand jury. Martini and Sousa were arrested in the theft of a 1931 Chevrolet sedan from Raymond A. Nenning of Amherst Street. Sholes is suspected in the theft of a 1935 Dodge pickup from Isaiah Allamong of Woodstock. Both vehicles were recovered by State Troopers Seal and Trice. Judge Rice presided in Police Court.
Classified blurbs list needs unfurnished small house rental, a phonograph, livestock for December and January, culvert pipes for farm use, a 1937 Dodge panel pickup, and restaurant equipment for sale. Locations include Opequon and Winchester with contact numbers and dates.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes rising English divorces linked to long overseas service. He cites separation, redistribution of wives to industrial posts, hasty marriages, and war stress as key factors, noting men claim relations while not admitting adultery and court rulings on petition amendments.
The piece notes rising divorces during wartime and describes welfare workers helping couples. Returning soldiers often stay with wives despite affairs, influenced by children or realization of home life monotony. Women with husbands who varied overseas also face strain.
The funeral date for Mrs Cornelia Bell Walter of Middletown was changed from Wednesday afternoon to Friday December 14 at 10 30 at the Stover Funeral Chapel in Strasburg Interment will be in Mt Carmel Cemetery Middletown She was 44 and the wife of James W Walter She died Monday afternoon at 310 PM in Winchester Memorial Hospital after an operation
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