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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
3
Dr I C Riggin urges balanced Fourth of July celebration warning against excess. Prohibitive laws reduced dangerous fireworks but bootleg devices and toy cannons still cause injuries and deaths with post holiday obituaries highlighting drownings and accidents.
Marshal Feizi Cakmak mobilizes the Turkish army on the border facing Russia amid reports of Soviet advances via Romania into the Balkans. Russia is said to demand a share in control of the Dardanelles from Turkey.
Officials urge education and personal responsibility to prevent drownings burns and other injuries during the Fourth of July and holidays year round. The call emphasizes tempering celebration with caution and basic patriotism to avoid unwise acts and risks.
Four state gathering set for August 8 in Hagerstown Maryland will focus on moisture and soil conservation for orchardists. Attendees include fruit growers from West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania plus federal officials in Washington Dr Frank Mangus of the U S Department of Agriculture will discuss water conservation in orchards Others on the program include A F Vierheller from the University of Maryland Extension Service Dr R D Anthony of Pennsylvania State College and H C Feteroff Pennsylvania state superintendent.
Bloom notes report Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Cooper with two sons visiting T. S. Cooper. The grandsons will spend the summer at the Cooper home. The community mourns the sudden death of Mrs. K. H. Sale and extends sympathy.
Virginia reports tuberculosis deaths fell from 74.1 to 66.2 per 100 000 between 1938 and 1939. Total deaths decreased to 1 639 from 1 831, with declines among whites and negroes alike. J Vaughan Gary credits physicians health departments and Christmas seals for progress.
Berlin sources say Neville Chamberlain earned the nickname sniper for his radio address. They cite his claim that civilian populations form part of Britain's armed force and note Germans will answer soon with arms.
The 1940 General Assembly increased pensions for Confederate veterans and widows, effective yesterday. Veterans receiving 600 dollars annually will rise to 720 dollars, 50 to 60 dollars monthly. Widows at 100 dollars yearly will rise to 108 dollars, and those at 120 dollars yearly will rise to 144 dollars. Other pensions stay unchanged.
In Lynnfield Massachusetts 25 members of the United States fat men's club feasted on a 29 pound turkey and seven cases of soda. They averaged 242 pounds gain per man with Charles F Shaw of Melrose topping the tally at 315 pounds.
W H Stone, police chief for seven years, carried no weapon when two men robbed his drug store manager at the prevention counter. Stone glimpsed the suspects as they escaped with 15 dollars. This was the fourth robbery at his store.
Announcement of evangelistic services led by Rev. C. R. Line from Capon Bridge with Rev. S. J. Goode as pastor at Ebenezer Disciples Church. Services begin next Sunday at 11:00 A M with daily preaching at 8:00 P M through the following Sunday. Public cordially invited.
Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, U S Army, named to head a newly organized panzer corps comprising two divisions. The corps will field 1 400 tanks 600 artillery pieces and more than 13 000 automatic and semi automatic rifles.
On July 2 1940 refugees poured into Jassy as Red Army troops occupied Bessarabia and Bucovina. Authorities reported about 55 000 peasants and townspeople uprooted since June 28 with frontier guards 14 miles north of the city.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces two 4-H Club scholarships covering transportation to the National Club Congress in Chicago from November 29 to December 7. Eligible counties include Rockbridge Augusta Rockingham Shenandoah Frederick and Clarke served by Shenandoah Va B&O. Selection by state club agents based on outstanding work with one winner per county and no previous winners. applicants must be 15 or older submit a filled report form two narrative reports and a photograph.
A coroner jury found Charles Sanders 48 of Burley was taken to a desert six miles north of Kamima tied and left to die by his son George 16 daughter in law Mrs Flossie Phillips 18 and her husband Chester 22 and another son Joe 20. Sanders died from hunger and exposure after going missing June 21. All four were jailed.
Four million American hog producers face a better outlook with reports of declining national pig production and rising British lard buying. Hog prices gained 25 to 40 cents per hundredweight, topping 5.75 dollars, marking the best level in a month as export demand returns. Officials estimate eight percent fewer pigs bred this Spring and sow farrowings 12 percent below four years ago, signaling tighter market supplies by Fall and Winter.
In Dallas a man arrives home to discover a baby possum hanging by a hook in his garage. Charles Jenkins had left tackle there and followed barking from the family dog to the scene where the young marsupial was caught.
Friends in Grand Island Nebraska know George Niemoth for going shoeless in any season. He hikes barefoot year round and, when a cigarette drops, he stomps out the hot ashes with decisive gestures.
The thirtieth annual convention of the Baptist Training Union of Virginia will meet at Massanetta Springs July 8 to 14. An expected 1500 delegates and visitors attend with leaders from churches in Nashville Roanoke Richmond and Charlottesville guiding music programs devotions and training sessions.
Henry Ford says newspapers are the best educators, arriving daily and keeping readers up to the minute with current events and insights. The statement underscores the value of press for timely knowledge and civic awareness.
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