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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1940
Page
4
The prompt text presents a biblical proverb fragment about lips and trouble. It does not describe a news event, person, place, or organization. No identifiable entities or events are present to summarize into a newspaper card.
New speed rules enacted by 15 states vary by prima facie and fixed limits. Minnesota sets daytime rural limits at 60 mph, 50 at night, with municipal cap at 30 mph. North Carolina keeps 45 mph prim a facie but 60 mph fixed. Maryland raises rural 45 mph to 50 and 55 on double lane highways, with urban limits 25 to 30 mph. Wyoming adopts 60 mph rural prima facie and 30 mph rural, 20 mph business zones, plus zone powers for absolute limits. Oklahoma has no state wide limit, but zoning and municipal controls exist.
A rare volume rescued from the 1814 burning of the Capitol has been donated to the Library of Congress as a government owned artifact. Historians note Admiral Cockburn possibly took the book during the attack and its return prompts discussion of wartime restitution and a possible bill to Britain.
Reprinted editorial advocates a licensing bill by Delegate C Q Quesenberg for tourist camps. It argues the bill would require court licensing, patron registers, motor vehicle numbers, and operator permits, with inspections by sheriffs and health officers to curb fraudulent registrations and protect a growing camp industry.
The list presents seven questions about territories names pronunciation and science. Topics include the status of the Philippine Islands, Kentucky Derby winner 1939, materials hardness, Mozambique Channel island, granivorous pronunciation, foreign birth residency, cribbage, electrical power units and Nantes location.
A note highlights how to phrase a command for clarity by using an implied subject. It contrasts passive sounding constructions with concise imperative style and suggests avoiding repetition in guidance.
Dr Logan Clendening answers questions about preventing scarlet fever spread after illness. He notes that scarlet fever is mildly contagious and stresses strict disinfection with formalin, burning toys and bedding, and keeping rooms unused for six weeks after recovery.
The flight ray combines a single viewing glass with readings from artificial horizon directional gyro and air speed indicator to guide pilots for true instrument flight and blind landings at airports with radio landing beams. Alerts flash when near airports and over their edge. Civil Aeronautics Authority plans to install the system at ten of twenty five major airports as testing continues.
William L. Whisson, a veteran tobacconist, dies following a Friday Woodmen of the World gathering. The engagement of Miss Rosalie Montague to Mr. Frank Littleton Jr. of Middleburg is announced in Charleston. Chile earthquakes reported with over 30,000 dead and towns leveled.
Five years ago a Valley thermometer plunged to nine below zero breaking a 23 year cold record. Victor Ridgeway hosts a turkey dinner for six at Ridgeway West Virginia. Poison liquor sickens 32 in upper New York with many others hospitalized after a party.
Ten years ago Mrs. Kate Arnold widow of Edgar Arnold dies at her home here. Carroll Campbell FFA student at Handley High School is declared champion boy corn grower for 1934. George W. Koiner is appointed Commissioner of Agriculture by newly inaugurated Governor John Pollard.
The Star publishes photos of the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and Paris reports heavy German losses. Miss Minnie Love Parlett and Mr. R. W. Green Walt marry at Grace Lutheran parsonage.
Winter dermatitis causes rough cracked skin on exposed parts from excess washing. Limit hand washing and apply toilet lanolin generously at night to protect and soften the skin against cold and irritants.
Forty years ago George Lee shipped $4,000 worth of cattle to eastern markets from Stephens City. Local residents feared smallpox rumors spreading in Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County. W Va clerical staff of J B Russell and Brother enjoyed a dinner and party.
A reader asks why burning on the mouth and tongue occurs, and the answer notes multiple possibilities. It may signal anemia ulcers or dental issues and requires examination by a competent doctor.
Texas consumer law expert R J Scott explains that larger dog bottles may not hold more fluid despite their size. He notes labeling must accurately state content, volume, and ingredients to protect buyers.
A crowded yacht party reveals tensions between Romany Haile and Cholly O Neil as Dover Hayworth woos Cholly while Brent Nelson contends with social snobbery. Amid rumors of engagements and money anxieties, Cholly confronts class pressures and vows to stay prudent.
Rev. John D. Jenkins led a well attended revival last week and Sunday. Six persons to be baptized, 192 homes visited Sunday afternoon by a church committee. This week topics include The Place of Jesus Open Door Life's Crossroads. Public invited.
A reader’s Q and A page lists farm crop values for 1938 led by cotton lint, followed by tobacco, wheat, and truck crops. Navy Yard employee counts as of October 1939 include Portsmouth and Brooklyn among others. other queries cover music origins, World War II markers, time standards, pronunciation, egg composition, green ducks, biographies of American women, Edith Cavell, Stockton and Darlington rail line, solar plexus, steel can production, and Italy’s four great artists.
Large colored map shows old and present boundaries with tentative German and Russian occupation of Poland. Reverse side contains economic and political data. Offered by Washington Information Bureau for ten cents postpaid with coupon.
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