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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1940
Page
10
President Roosevelt won a third term with 449 electoral votes to 82 for Willkie. The electoral college met today in state capitals and will mail its official ballots for counting in January. Roosevelt's popular vote totaled 27,241,939 while Willkie's reached 22,327,221.
The Greenway United Brethren Church will host a Christmas entertainment on Sunday evening December 22 at 8 oclock. The program directed by Mrs. Herbert DeHaven and Mrs. C F Armel welcomes everyone to attend.
Virginia Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley said the approach to the new Potomac river bridge at Dahlgren would be oiled after settling. He noted the gravel approach is soft from lack of traffic and expects one to two weeks for packing before oiling, matching the Maryland side.
Last rites were scheduled today for Charles W. Galloway vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad who died Saturday of a heart ailment. Public services were to be private at his Baltimore home, marking the rise from messenger boy to railroad executive.
The text notes a 52 year old man becoming operating vice president of the B. and C. in 1920 and working until late last month when illness led to hospital care. It then discusses camel feet with a cushion of hardened skin and leather over the hoof as a protective measure.
Classified advertisements show rooms for rent at 148 Washington and an apartment for rent at 411 N Loudoun St. Also offers Xmas trees cedar and pine delivery from 427 N Cameron St and Bond Brothers apples for Christmas with phone listings 1294 and 787 respectively.
The article argues Britain’s Mediterranean control is pivotal, aided by its navy and resources, with Greece Libya and Salum as key fronts. It notes Italian failures in Greece and Egypt and warns Mussolini faces economic strangulation from a British blockade. Allies and neutral moral support bolster Britain’s longer war effort.
A Rock Island passenger train rear collided with a southbound train near Wapello Iowa injuring sixteen people. Three were seriously hurt: Ellen Brady of Keota Ed Ludwig of Cedar Rapids and L A Boos of West Liberty. They were taken to a Burlington hospital. The northbound No. 61 struck the rear coach as the southbound train entered a siding. Both trains ran from St Louis to St Paul.
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