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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
7
In Hayfield, speculation runs high for Candlemas Day February 2 as a local sage outlines hog lore. A noted naturalist with a Ground Hog farm explains that the omen hinges on whether the creature emerges or retreats to its burrow, signaling six weeks of weather.
Marriner S Eccles, former Mormon missionary and architect of New Deal finance, finished his term as Federal Reserve chairman. Friends anticipate Roosevelt will request his indefinite continuation, though Eccles prefers returning to private business. He opposed reform limits and feared entanglements with treasury and Congress.
In Vatican City on February 1 Pope Pius XII delivered a ten minute radio address from his study desk. He expressed happiness with New Zealanders entering the second century of Catholic life and urged them to live as devout Catholics through faith prayer and sacrifice.
Japan responded to a British protest over the seizure of 21 Germans from the Japanese liner Asama Maru. A Foreign Office statement said an eighth meeting was ongoing and a new session was set for Friday.
Local officials announce a highway project with new toll offices at Seeseere and the Irwin area. Details describe construction steps and funding sources for the stretch, referencing a forthcoming timetable and public notices for residents.
A condensed list covers towns and counties including Donegal Westmoreland Somerset Bedford Breezewood Bedford Fort Littleton Fulton Willow Hill Blue Mountain Franklin Carlisle Cumberland counties referenced in regional coverage.
London reports King George VI is confined to his quarters with a slight cold. Officials announced the condition today as the monarch rests at Windsor Castle.
A daughter, Dorothy Alyce, was born today to Mrs. Charles Correll wife of Andy of the Amos and Andy wedin term.
In January Congress enacted three laws. One raises prison terms and fines for attempting to intimidate a witness before a congressional committee or government body. Another regulates public utility bond sales in Alaska. The third adds land to the Siskiyou or related forest lands in Oregon.
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