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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
11
The first month of the experimental Consumers’ Store run by the State Relief Administration showed no declared profits yet and uncertain operating costs. Manager George Keller remained hopeful while customers expected dividends from store profits. nearby shopkeepers reported steady trade losses since the co op opened.
London reports that the first contingent of British volunteers may depart for Finland next week. Only men over 27 not in lines for national service are eligible. The move is unofficial with Finnish supervision and no formal British government involvement.
In Grimes Virginia on February 8 community notes report preaching at Galilee next Sunday and Mrs. Robert Clevenger in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Wedding at White Hall Church last Sunday united Mr Jones Jr and Miss Strother. Local visits include Fred Teets and Homer Conner from Winchester and others from here to Buncker Hill to hear Rev. Howard Amoss.
In San Francisco on February 8, Municipal Judge Arden Ames ordered arrests and prosecutions of about 15,000 overtime parking violators. The move, supported by the district attorney and police, targets a backlog of roughly 50,000 ignored citations linked to downtown traffic congestion.
MARBLE ROCK IOWA Feb 8 Jack Weise 11 aimed to learn knots but tied himself to a chair so tightly he rang a telephone and needed help to escape from the chair.
Twenty six miners are believed dead after fumes from a smouldering mine caused by a short circuited electric motor at a Marchienne au Pont colliery near Charleroi. Four miners were injured in the incident.
United States Ambassador to Paris William C. Bullitt departed Lisbon for a short return voyage to the United States aboard a trans Atlantic clipper, signaling a brief domestic visit after duties in France.
The Very Rev. Paul James Francis, 77, founder and father general of the Graymoor Monastery and Retreat, Garrison New York, died today of a heart attack.
Treasury status shows Feb 8 figures with receipts 20.41 million and outlays 22.75 million raising a net balance of 2.35 million. Gross debt stands at 42.18 billion, an increase of 28.34 million from the prior day.
The admiralty attributed to an enemy mine the sinking of the 4305 ton Irish channel steamer Munster yesterday. All aboard were reported rescued. The incident occurred in the Irish Channel near London on February 7.
The Riteway Barber Shop announces it has moved across the street to 215 North Main Street. Former occupant Hoover Shot is noted in the notice dated February 6, 1931.
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