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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1940

Page

8

Calendar of Luncheons and Meetings at Local Venues

Friday schedule lists the R. Y. Conrad American Legion post luncheon at the George Washington Hotel at 12 30 p m. A 12 45 p m monthly lunch and meeting of Wympan’s Civic League follows at the same hotel. At 6 45 p m the City Fellowship Club holds an important meeting in the First Baptist Church. The W O W meets weekly at 8 p m in the Odd Fellows Hall.

R. Y. Conrad American Legion Post George Washington Hotel Wympan Civic League City Fellowship Club First Baptist Church Odd Fellows Hall

Leap Year Dance In Front Royal Tonight

On the only day of its kind in four years the Front Royal young set plans a Leap Year dance tonight February 29 at the Recreation Park club house beginning 9 30 o clock Music by Bob Riley’s orchestra Girls will take the boys and it will be a girl break affair.

Front Royal Recreation Park Club Bob Riley

Censor Forces Showgirls to Wear More Clothing in Boston

City Censor John Spencer went backstage at the Opera House after the first act of A Night at the Follies Berger e opened last night and ordered chorus girls and principals to wear more clothing. He warned Manager A G Munro that further violations in the second act could lead to suspension or closing of the show and also ordered profanity removed from the dialogue. Changes were completed after the performance.

Boston John Spencer Follies Bergere Spencer A. G. Munro

Local residents note illnesses and visits in city and region

Mr J Scott Atkinson, ill with pneumonia in Cumberland Maryland, has recovered enough to return to his parents home. He previously volunteered for a blood transfusion at Memorial Hospital, giving a pint of blood. Miss Betty Riley convalesces from a tonsil operation, while Miss Mollie Glass recovers from ten days of flu. Mrs R E Byrd hosts the Friday Bridge Club. Alfred Reeves of Philadelphia and Mrs Reeves travel via Winchester. Mrs Philip W Boyd leaves for Florence Alabama to visit. Mr and Mrs Thomas B Byrd return to Kentmere after a Georgia shooting trip. Mrs John Lynn of Cumberland visits Mrs Lewis H Hyde. Mrs James P Reardon travels to Frostburg with Mrs Herbert B Williams. Miss Anna Belle Teets visits Washington DC. Mrs Hoy Smith shows slight improvement from grippe.

J. Scott Atkinson Cumberland Atkinson Memoriete Hospitali

Modern Etiquette Q and A in a Washington Visit

Question and answer column on giving advice during sorrow, sending gifts, timing dinner announcements, and etiquette notes. Mentions Mr Turner A Dunlap in critical condition and visits by Ruth Bywaters Marion Bayliss and Mr Mrs McKinley Turner in Washington on Monday.

Ruth Bywaters Marion Bayliss McKinley Turner Washington

Loring Kenn Himelright Named to Phi Beta Kappa

Loring Kenn Himelright of Duke University College of Engineering was named to Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society. A Handley High School graduate class of 1936, he served as class president and excelled in student activities as an officer of the Duke American Society of Civil Engineers chapter and a member of the Engineers Club. He had prior invitations to Pi Mu Epsilon Phi Eta Sigma and other scholarship societies.

Loring Phi Beta Duke Duke Chapter American Society of Civil Engineers Engineers Club Pi Mu Epsilon Phi Etaens

Appeal Lost in Death Sentence Case and Divorce Action

The State Supreme Court of Appeals denied the writ of error for Willie Bradshaw Halifax, in the death penalty case for the slaying of Deputy Herbert A Boelie of Halifax. In Frederick Virginia Circuit Court Pauline M Finchum seeks a divorce on desertion grounds. she must appear within ten days after publication of this order in The Winchester Star and be notified by mail to her last known address.

Richmond Var State Supreme Court ‘of Appeals Willie Bradshaw Halifax C' Negro Herbert A Boelie Halifax Frederick Virginia H. Ne Finchym Pauline M. Fincham Pauline M. Finchum Winchester Mening Star Syratime Eouse Winchester Oe Arene Esste Nnon Frederick County A. Raymond E. Perrine

Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets

Local prices show Chicago and Baltimore notes with wide ranges for cattle calves hogs sheep. Steers yearlings and lambs move slowly with steady to slightly down bids. hogs rise modestly on medium weights.

Pratt Baltimore Fem Aer U. S Chicago U. S. Dept. Ag Colorado Iowa

Stock Market Report on Selected 2 PM Stocks

A list of 2 PM quotes for major companies with prices in fractions. Notable names include American Can Anaconda Chrysler General Electric General Motors U S Steel Sears Roebuck Westinghouse Woolworth and others, with shares ranging from 16 to 176.

P. m. Stocks. al. Chem Can Roll Mill Am. Smelt Ah. Tel Tel Am. Teb. B Beth Steel Co. and Chrysler Colum. Credit Can. Edis Corn Products DuPont Dec Gen. Elec Gen Foods Gen. Mills Gen. Motors Int. Harvest Int Nick Can Johns Manville Kennecott Mont Ward Nat. Biscuit N. ¥. Central Owens Ill Glass Packard Motor Penny (Jc Penn R. R Proct. and Gam Rep. Steel Sears Roebuck Son. R. R Ltd. Oil N. J Texas Corp United Aircraft U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel Western Union Tel West E. and Mfg Woolworth

Turkish Attitude To Be Explained

Premier Refik Saydam plans an address to outline Turkey's stance amid tensions in southern Europe and the Near East. Political sources indicate Turkey may have not opened the Dardanelles to British and French fleets except under Montreux treaty terms and the mutual assistance pact with Britain and France.

Istanbul Refik Saydam Turkey Europe Near East Russia Dardanelles Black Sea Montreux Britain France

Hitler Seeks No Peace Talks During Welles Visit

German officials stress Welles comes strictly to inform on behalf of Roosevelt and Hull and will avoid proposing peace plans or social junkets. Invited guests stay at Bellevue Palace. Welles will reside at the Adlon Hotel near the embassy as he pursues business and pays his own bills.

Germany European England Britain France Welles Bellevue Palace Prince Paul Yugoslavia Adlon Joachim von Ribbentrop Goer Ing E.S.T Roosevelt Hull Fuehrer

Estate Notice for Alice Campbell Presented by Executor

All parties holding claims against the estate and all parties owing the estate of Miss Alice Campbell are to present them to executor P. B. Lineburg. The notice is dated February 28, 1936.

Alice Campbell P. B. Lineburg

CIO Unemployment Chief Urges Census Income Questions

Ralph Hetzel director of CIO unemployment division testified before a Senate subcommittee that the 1940 census should include questions on individual income to better target anti unemployment efforts. He spoke as Tobey seeks to eliminate those questions.

Washington Ralph Hetzel CIO Senate Commerce Senator Tobey

Decree For Reference In Winchester Court Case 1940

The case of Harry R. Kern administrator v Howard Meer et al is referred to a Master Commissioner Harry K. Benham to determine heirs, property interests, value and partition possibilities of the Hodge estate with notice by publication in The Evening Star Winchester. Hearing set for March 18 1940 at 9 00 A M at 32 Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia.

Howard Meer Eycaves Corporation Court Winchester Virginia Harry K. Benham Charles Hodge Katie Hodge Lot Evening Star Rouss Avenue Ee K. Benham Acaatar Commnissi Eegnet H. R. Kern

Bout Put Off

New York February 29. The 12 round heavyweight fight was postponed, postponement details pending.

New York

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