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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1939
Page
2
Descriptions from Warsaw reveal a city decimated by bombardment with about one hundred thousand dead and all windows shattered. Curfews, forced living in cellars, scarce food, and compulsory vaccination define daily life while refugees shelter with relatives and friends.
Leading funeral directors in hundreds of communities present Mem-O-Records to each person attending the service. Mem-O-Records are beautifully designed and individually printed for each service. In Winchester the Jones Funeral Home uses these additions for each Jones service.
Mrs Gladys Ethan, blind since age six in Wakefield, disclosed an Albanian immigrant offered her an eye to prevent his deportation to Albania. Doctors say only rebuilding surgery is possible as a whole eye cannot be transplanted. The letter from Fern Hayden of Waterbury, Conn., expresses willingness to sacrifice an eye to stay in the United States. Mrs Northup recalls light returning after her husband lit their Christmas tree following her eighth operation.
Washington reports show the army’s January 1 recruitment target labeled too high as officials stray from haste. Regular army strength stood at 210 340 as of December 14 against 227 000 directed by Roosevelt in the emergency proclamation. The national guard counted 222 700, short of its 235 000 goal.
A public sale of farm personal property on the Swim ley Farm eight miles northwest of Berryville near Swimley Station on December 28 1939 at 11 A M. Includes horses cattle hogs machinery harness and miscellaneous farming gear with cash terms under twenty dollars and six month credit on larger sums. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall with clerks Ware and Fenton.
Waterville Maine December 27. The Jacques family children James and Claire Betty 1 and 5 flew in an airplane at 11 000 feet to test if rarified air could cure whooping cough. Parents report no symptoms since the flight. Dr Ovide Pomerleau offered no firm judgment pending time and Holland experiments cited.
The Lions Club luncheon heard P. G. Treland outline duties of the membership committee and J. H. Lowden was welcomed as a new member. Fourteen baskets were distributed to blind families in the city and county led by Lion Homer Garber. The club will join an international membership contest honoring Melvin Jones in January.
A Pittsburgh man, aged under 30, who planned to end his life at midnight Christmas Eve abandoned the act after pleas from two ministers. He rejoined his wife and baby, now employed at 35 dollars weekly, seeking to care for his ill wife and child with support from Rev. Bernard C. Clausen.
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania on Christmas dawn a baby boy was born to Mary and Gen Czapa. Three physicians confirmed the birth as the family walked home under a starry sky, the city’s only Christmas nativity in a 60,000 population area.
Worcester Mass December 27 Mrs Stella Jaques 42 pleads innocent to three counts of assault with intent to kill and is held on 30000 bail for Superior Court. The case stems from a Christmas dinner shootout that left her estranged husband Benjamin Jaques 42 and host Edward Heiitzler 37 critically wounded.
A Washington dispatch notes reformers doubt cabinet members will stay with the new administration. Ickes Wallace Morine and others face removal as Roosevelt plans beyond the current term. Hull and Farley may also exit as loyalty to the new deal wanes and political backing for a third term fades.
The passage notes five cabinet members stand apart from their peers, with the text suggesting health issues and inactivity. It contrasts political considerations with the cabinet selection process under Mr Roosevelt, explaining why this quintet occupies a distinct position.
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