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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1940
Page
7
Clarke county issued 326 marriage licenses in 1939, more than double 1938. June was the peak month with 43 licenses, and Maryland residents formed a large share while 38 licenses went to colored couples. Young applicants included two 15 year olds with parental permission.
An official ban was lifted today after offshore patrols reported action in a case described as necessary. The reasons were not disclosed, but the measure was removed as of January 3.
Local car dealer Pine Motor Co advertises used cars and new car sales and service at Braddock Street and Cecil Street near Loudoun and Monmouth. The notice highlights the dealer’s showroom and service facilities for customers in the area.
The Federal Communications Commission urged consolidation of Western Union and Postal Telegraph as an obvious remedy for industry ills. The report to Senate committee chairman Wheeler recommends Congress lift the prohibition against mergers.
The four city fire companies will elect officers for the coming year at their next regular meetings. Friendship Company will elect on Thursday night. Reuss and Sarah Zane elections are set for Friday night and South End will elect on Monday, January 8.
Douglas School and 5S. V. A. and Harris Addition playground attendance averaged 156 52 and 62 respectively. The Virginia League of Municipalities invited a council representative to a January 23 conference in Richmond but no action was taken. The council accepted Stuart Perry’s offer to sell the citys power shovel for 2000 and will use it at cost. A permit for Tank installation at Quick Filling Station on Berryville avenue was approved.
Judge T. W. Harrison appointed George H. Levi to serve the remainder of the term after Smallwood’s resignation. Levi became sheriff in 1911, then Will Smallwood succeeded him in 1915 and held the office until his last day on Sunday.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise taxes to fund national defense as world uncertainty persists. He defended trade accords, warned against entangling alliances, and emphasized a strong American defense posture while stressing peace through cooperation and a growing federal deficit as a backdrop.
Livestock and produce markets report unchanged状 with poultry and meats steady to higher. Butter prices and eggs noted with unsettled markets. cattle calves hogs and sheep arrivals described with price ranges and test volumes. Grain prices listed for wheat corn oats soybeans barley and hay with regional quotes.
Chicago grain markets closed with wheat futures retreating after an early rise, with September at 1.0449, May 1.055, and July 1.03 75. Corn held steady amid a firmer cash market while soybeans and rye showed mixed moves. Lard and bellies traded higher on nearby boards as cash grain activity continued in Chicago.
New York trading opened with light buying lifting prices as leaders gained fractional to over one point. Quotations at 2 p.m. include Al. Chem 379 and U.S. Steel 68.44 with a broad list of industrials and utilities advancing in quiet early action.
National Commander Raymond J. Kelly said the American Legion did not join the Landis report on Harry Bridges and still regards him as a menace to American institutions. Landis of Harvard Law School found Bridges not affiliated with the Communist party, while the Labor Department considers deportation possible.
New York January 3 MacKay Radio says the Swedish steamship Kiruna reports it has been fired upon by a U boat and is sinking slowly, requesting assistance.
Clarke County Virginia four member board of supervisors held a routine January meeting in Berryville and re elected Clifton Price to chair. Members John Fishpaw Ed Lee and W M Fenton qualified with Clerk J Ed Thoma County Treasurer William D Burtner postponed delinquent land sale to February 26 Buckner the new sheriff will serve as courthouse janitor at 35 dollars monthly Commonwealth's Attorney Edward McC Williams attended.
Homicide detectives report Agnes West a 34 year old West Virginia University assistant librarian strangled her mother Mrs Helen West 58 then leaped from a hotel window. The daughter remained hospitalized with back and internal injuries quoting I was selfish and unstable.
Winchester faces the loss of Sergeant Paul Bromley 44 who died December 31 at Fort Benning Georgia after a pneumonia illness. He was a son of Lewis C. and Emma Leach Bromley who lived in Winchester before enlisting in the U S Army. His body will arrive Friday at 11 45 am and burial follows in Mt Hebron Cemetery with the R Y Conrad Post American Legion in charge.
Louis Lepke Buchalter remains in federal custody and faces a 14 year term as his state extortion trial in the bakery and flour trucking racket is postponed to January 10.
The regular weekly prayer service at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will be held tonight at eight with Rev. G Worthington Lowe delivering a message titled The Cross as the Banner of Life. Immediately after, the Queen Anne Class will hold an important meeting.
Deborah Vivien accompanies a nurse on the final leg of a homecoming trip arranged for Miss Freeman-Mitford by the German leader. London reports say surgeons will remove a neck bullet amid serious injuries. Familial statements offer varying accounts of the incident following a confrontation with Hitler.
Winchester officials failed to present a state grant request for a proposed 46000 armory after a 33000 bond approval. Archite ct Ian MacCallum estimated a 45000 build, but plans could not be revised in time.
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