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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1940
Page
10
Jean Prentice explains practical lighting upgrades for kitchens. She notes replacing a bare ceiling bulb with a reflector adaptor, adding side lighting above the sink, and wall mounted lamps to brighten work areas and reduce shadows.
Mayor LaGuardia sits on a table taking notes as coal drivers and company officials confers on a strike that tied up coal deliveries in New York. Edward F. McGrady, former Assistant Secretary of Labor, acts as the Mayor's representative at the parley.
Raymond Massey who plays Abraham Lincoln traveled by automobile to the White House gate for a dinner engagement. He was accompanied by a Washington police officer playing the Robert E. Lee on a motorcycle.
The National Broadcasting network will carry a twenty fifth anniversary address of International President Bennett O Knudson on a Kiwanis program from 7 to 715 pm EST Monday January 22 over Station WMAL Washington DC. Winchester and Frederick County citizens are invited to listen in tonight at 7 pm.
Ambassador Grew reported that James Young Tokyo correspondent for the International News Service was detained by Japanese police for examination. Police gave no charges or possible release date. The embassy will monitor the case closely.
Seven men pleaded guilty to indictments charging escape from Federal custody on two occasions. One count involves breaking out of a prison bus on July 26, 1939 in Spotsylvania County. The other charges breaking out of Henrico County jail on November 5.
Handley High School seniors Catherine Beattie and Jacqueline Womack present essays and poems praising Matthew Fontaine Maury. The pieces recount his sea dreams, turn to charts, Gulf Stream discoveries, and later work in meteorology and ocean navigation.
In New York on January 22 the Finnish relief fund hit one million dollars. Chairman Herbert Hoover announced an additional four hundred thousand dollars for emergency civilian relief in Finland, following six prior grants of one hundred thousand dollars each.
Edwin Carewe, a noted silent era director, was found dead in his bed in Hollywood. An ambulance surgeon attributed the death to a heart attack. Born in Gainesville Texas, he acted on stage before joining Lubin Film Company in 1914.
Jacob Freedman of Boston sought help after the state department and the International Red Cross failed to locate his sister and her two sons. He directed a personal plea to Pope Pius XX for aid and guidance, learning they are safe in Warsaw.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 p m from the Methodist Church in Middletown for Mrs Viola Willey of Clearbrook who died Tuesday night at 9 15 at her niece's home. She was nearly 84 and the last of her immediate family. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. She leaves numerous nieces and nephews and was a Grace Methodist member. Pallbearers included E R Sperry Charles Rhodes Trone Sperry W F P Little Arthur Everly and M H Rhodes.
Berlin dispatch notes the German high command repeats no special events on the West Front while Paris reports the Allied communiqué again says nothing to report for the day. The exchanges reiterate quiet conditions amid ongoing combat.
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