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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1940
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star public notice for advertising rates and deadlines. Mentions 2 cents per word minimum 25 cents, 9 PM pre-deadline, and 45 cents per inch for transient ads with contract rates on application.
The New York police missing persons bureau reports 90 percent of runaway boys aged 15 to 21 flee from school while 10 percent cite family trouble. Girls cite stage dreams and romance plus other pressures. overall most runaways are not mentally deficient. Last year the bureau logged over 55 000 cases with 85 unaccounted at year end.
Since the war began, debate over foreign funds in U S securities linked to British security collateral. Britain seeks a 1 billion dollar loan using its securities, potentially triggering orderly liquidation or large market pressure. A strong US sentiment opposes foreign lending for war, shaping policy to reject the plan.
Reprinted Alexandria Gazette notes American ire over Britain blocking U S mail and seizing ships. It cites Congress calls for retaliation, cites Senator Lundeen urging red blooded diplomacy like Andrew Jackson, but argues Britain currently serves as a defensive shield keeping European autocracy at bay and allowing the U S fleet to guard the Pacific.
Richmond Times Dispatch notes the shift from dry memorization to audio visual learning. The Virginia State Board of Education approves a program using radio broadcasts and film to teach history science and literature starting next September.
Detroit departs with a Finn ahead and his artillery backing him. A Russian warrior seeks full armor as a bullet proof vest that goes all the way around.
In a wartime report Hitler hails Spanish insurgents for capturing Barcelona signaling potential end of the civil war. Felix Frankfurter is shown seated as a U S Supreme Court justice in a solemn ceremony. he is Vienna native. Mrs M P Ebert dies at home near Stephen son ending a 54 year marriage.
Five years ago the local gun club urged sportsmen to feed game birds if any are to be left for hunting next fall. An explosion blew a kitchen range through the wall of Mrs. E B Jacobs home near Boyce. Mr and Mrs Raymond Patton of South Kent Street welcomed the birth of a daughter.
Ten years ago Charles P. McVicar is elected president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. Harris Hart is appointed Supervisor of Public Education and John M. Purcell state treasurer by new Virginia governor John G. Pollard. Walter Crabtree goes on trial in Romney for the murder of three people.
Aubrey G. Weaver member of the House of Delegates declares he will not seek re election and will run for the State Senate. Frederick County dealers price wheat at 1.42 per bushel locally while Baltimore offers 1.51 per bushel. Ernest and Dewey Batt sons of Henry Batt Reynolds Store escape injury after a wagon overturns and rolls down a steep embankment.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank officials consult with architects on a plan for a new bank building costing more than $25,000. Local youths Charles, Arthur and Nick Worthington, working in South Africa, are pressed into the Johannesburg police for the Boer War duration.
A collection of seven test items asks about a southern South American strait boiling point at sea level Danish currency a ministerial replacement in Britain the weight unit for gems Russia's largest river the sport linked to Amos Alonzo Stagg a thousand grams in a kilo gram and the correct galaxy pronunciation plus naturalized citizens' eligibility for U S Senate.
A note correcting phrasing in transit reports prompts officials to use station instead of depot when describing Broad Street arrivals. Transport aides emphasize precise terminology in daily reports and public notices.
Dr. Clendening discusses fever in newborns noting early temp rise is common and varies by infant. Italian researcher Taddei cites Pisa hospital observations showing babies regulate temperature differently with no link to feeding. twins often have different temperatures.
A Chicago hospital study shows mastoid disease in children mirrors the common cold pattern and responds to weather change rather than temperature. Researchers found that abrupt temperature shifts and cold fronts affect nasal and throat mucosa, precipitating middle ear and mastoid infections in children.
A Boston hospital review of 20 patients treated with injection therapy for hernia over four years found only two cures. The report concludes the method is unsatisfactory and should be used only when surgery is not possible, after fully explaining risks and potential outcomes to the patient.
Q A explains viosterol by mouth at eight drops daily and states it can be obtained without a prescription. The editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets, each 10 cents, available by mailing 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening with specified pamphlet titles.
Renewed snowfall across the Western Front slowed army activities today. French artillery was active in the Vosges and along the Rhine, shelling German labor battalions aiding fortifications of the Siegfried line.
Romany, a Deeply Passionate young woman, navigates romance with Dover Hayworth and Cholly amid a Miss Television bid backed by Brent Nelson. Brent and Hal Trotter push her fashion showcase as Romany worries about money, love, and a missing Bax.
Romany Haile receives a contract offer after a chance meeting with Brent Nelson in Chicago. She earns a hundred dollars a week and a lead in Twilight of Love with Celeste as the new second lead, while Myra Noyes’ rival role changes heighten the drama.
A long reader Q and A compilation answers queries on punctuation usage and trivia. Items include scene details at St Pauls Winter Carnival, dead letters money totals, the origin of chenille, Clark Gables former wife location, rail travel averages, Lilith, house fly eggs, Army Company J omission, a government service book, Tennyson bar, personal letters, the Bible poetical books, rose cuttings, and Alaska statehood steps.
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