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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1940

Page

9

Nurses Report June Home Visits By District Association

The District Nurse Association details June activity with 304 total visits. Nurses assisted at a yard party, aided tonsil removal prep, and collaborated with Memorial Hospital, the Lions Club, fire companies, and the welfare department. Visits covered prenatal, postnatal, infants, preschoolers, schoolchildren, TB patients, and adults.

District Nurse Association Rouss Avenue Lions Club Memorial Pital Memorial Hospital City Welfare Department Blue T. B. Fuund Blue Ridge Georgia White Crippled Children Winchester Brick County

British Oil Men Ordered Out After Romanian Edict

Bucarest July 5 Romanian premier Ion Gigurta government imposes 24 hour deadline for departure of British oil men. About 30 field executives are affected and officials say the move signals a first step toward nationalizing oil fields and industry.

Bucharest Ion Gigurta Tce Sone

Efforts Under Way to House English War Refugee Children

Winchester authorities and local volunteers work to shelter more than 25 English refugee children for the war, with affidavits of support from U S and local residents. Miss Elsie Matthews leads housing efforts while Mrs Park M Smith and other residents volunteer to care for a child or two, as word of potential transport to the United States continues to arrive.

Winchester Bny U. S Southampton Eng Elsie Matthews William Beverley Frances Jones John 1735 Valley Avenue England Anderson Edmonds Southhampton Clarke County

Figures training would cost over billion a year

Senator Johnson tells Senate military affairs committee compulsory training would cost about 1.2 billion dollars annually. Testimony from Col Julius Ochs Adler cites 400 to 600 dollars per man. Adler backs Congressional approval of Burke and Wadsworth plan for universal male registration aged 18 to 65 with eight months active training for 21 to 31 on selective basis.

Washington Johnson D.-Colo Senate Military Affairs Committee Julius’ Ochs Adler New York Times Adler Burke Dneb Rep Wadsworth R.N. Y

Ill Luck Boat In For Repair

The freighter Panamanian, linked to Newport News for a minor repair after a fire, arrived at 8 20 a m and will stay about 48 hours. It sent a distress signal off Cove Point but canceled help after radio reports the fire was out. Baltimore officials note the vessel, once the largest cargo ship afloat, left libel charges over 646 000 dollars and 54 Filipino seamen were ashore at the last moment amid ongoing troubles since March 21.

Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Baltimore, Ocean Transport Company Sandy Point Chesapeake Bay Cove Point Patuxent River Coast Guard

British Continue Raids On Germany

London reports in the air ministry communique that night raids by British warplanes targeted Hamm and Emmerich in the Ruhr and struck Amsterdam and The German naval bases at Kiel Wilhelmshaven and Emden. Coastal command aircraft attacked and damaged German patrol vessels off the Holland coast.

London Air Ministry Hamm Emmerich Ruhr Amsterdam Kiel Wilhelmshaven Emdeni Coastal Command Holland

German raids sink British vessels in swift convoy attacks

Berlin reports German sea raids have sunk 106 543 tons of British merchantmen and damaged ships. Three submarines are credited with 34 000, 31 1000 and 21 043 tons sunk. Four 5 000 ton transports were lost, plus other ships and a tanker. The van guard destroyed an enemy submarine off the Norwegian coast.

Berlin High Command Britain France Liebe English Portland Hartlepool

Parker s Grocery Sold to Lor ing S Bean

Parkers Grocery at 103 N Loudoun St operated by Mayor Lomax Parker of Stephens City has been sold to Lor ing S Bean wool buyer lumber man and businessman. Bean lives in Winchester with wife and daughter Mary Lois Bean and will run the store as Parkers Grocery for now while Parker concentrates on his Stephens City stores.

Parkers Grocery N. Loudoun Street Lomax Parker Stephens City Loring S. Bean Mr. Bean Winchester West Leicester Street Mary Lois Bean Parker

State Route Seven Is Being Surfaced

Berryville Virginia July 5 Re surfacing of Route 7 between Berryville and Winchester by Finley Construction Company Roanoke road contractors is progressing and should finish within weeks The crew has moved about five miles west of Berryville and one mile east of the Opequon The surface is tar treated Route 50 from Boyce westward beyond the Opequon has been treated and finished about two weeks ago The Buffalo Lick Creek bridge has been widened to ease a dangerous condition.

Berryville Winchester Finley Construction Company Roanoke Road Contractors Opequon Boyce Buffalo Lick Creek

Sweden Grants Germany Right to Move War Materials

Stockholm July 5 Sweden today granted Germany the right to move supplies including war materials over Swedish railways to Norway German soldiers on leave may cross Sweden to and from their posts and home by special trains a foreign office communiqué said. German troops now occupy virtually all of Norway.

Stockholm Sweden Germany Norway Foreign Office

United States to Cooperate on International Law

Secretary Hull at a press conference commented on a German note about the Monroe Doctrine. He said the United States would continue to cooperate with others to advance international law and order. The German note denied any intention to transfer Western Hemisphere regions to non American powers.

Washington Hull United States Germany Western Hemisphere Berlin

Freedom From Fear speech on government systems and democracy

The speaker criticizes democracy’s checks and balances as causing delays while praising centralized efficiency seen in fascist and other systems. He argues American invention shaped government and warns that many nations are being conquered and replaced by non-democratic regimes. He laments Americans adopting autocratic cues.

Italy Germany Russia

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