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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1940
Page
2
Treasurer reports the General County Fund holds $4,166.86 as of June 30 after a $5,000 temporary loan from Middletown Bank. Receipts include trial justice fees taxes and transfers totaling $6,593.47. disbursements of $2,426.61 leave the fund with the June 30 balance.
The eleventh Rural Ministers' School opened on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. Paul N. Derring of the Y M C A welcomed attendees as B L Hummel of the V P I agricultural extension division outlined session plans. Rev E B Ca pastor of the Village Baptist Church and director of the school will host lectures through Friday noon.
Police investigate the slaying linked to Harry Jacobs a close friend of Huey P. Long with Edna Jacobs 46 reported as shot when a hunting rifle he was using fired accidentally in New Orleans.
Seventy-seven marriage licenses were issued in Clarke County during June, likely a record for a single month. White couples numbered seventy, colored seven. Pennsylvania led states with 31 licenses, followed by West Virginia 14 and Virginia 13. Local ministers Rev. A. O. Lyons, E. D. Vaughn, and L. A. Parker led ceremonies.
Treasury reports July 6 receipts of 9.93 million dollars and expenditures of 27.73 million, bringing gross debt to 43.07 billion. The daily increase is 1.23 million dollars.
Six United States workers from the Glenn L. Martin plant returned after six months in French Morocco and the French Air Corps. They recount bomber performance against German craft, misidentifications with Spitfires, and learning of the French surrender by radio in America.
Temporary quarters for the Richmond office of the U S Bureau of Foreign Commerce were established by C Roy Mundee former chief of the bureau's foodstuffs division. Mundee will operate from the state Chamber of Commerce offices until permanent quarters are ready and staff will be drawn from Chicago St Louis and Midwest offices. The office will survey local markets for national analyses as Richmond houses about 300 manufacturing plants 2500 retail stores and serves as Fifth Federal Reserve district headquarters.
The State Division of Motor Vehicles collected 26,521,051.51 in state taxes and motor vehicle fees for the year ended June 30. Collections rose by 1,446,019.45 from 1939 and exceeded budget by 630,051.51. Gasoline tax totaled 19,409,505.94 of the receipts.
Oklahoma City July 9 Congressmen campaign by remote control from the halls of a Congress grappling with national defense. About 500 000 primary ballots expected as nominees are chosen for nine congressional jobs and state offices. Notables include Will Rogers seeking a fifth term and former Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray among sixteen rivals.
The article declares France moving toward a dictatorship, signaling a major change in European power and the Anglo French alliance. It argues Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite endures as French birthright and predicts a return to democracy once troubles ease, contrasting France with other nations lacking democracy.
Answers to test questions printed on page 4. Key items include Yes for question 1 Buffalo New York for question 2 Yes for 3 a dash for 4 dry ice for 5 a drink for 6 Billy Southworth for 7 Si Washington for 8 and gondola for 10.
Los Angeles reports Acting U S Attorney William Palmer has new material to present to the grand jury as he seeks indictment of Dr. Herbert Hoehne on failing to register as a German agent. Investigators tie Hoehne to German consulate officials in San Francisco and to coded mail and parcels destined for Latin America.
The Army Air Corps seeks about 500 unmarried U.S. citizens aged 20 to 27 with two years of college or equivalent for Flying Cadet examination in the Third Corps Area covering Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. Training lasts nine months with $75 monthly pay plus $1 daily ration. Cadets are housed and equipped at no cost and upon completion become second lieutenants with potential seven years active duty and eventual promotion to first lieutenant.
More than 100 persons were shot and thousands injured as Mexicans voted for a president. One victim was Ivar Hasslocher, son of the Brazilian embassy counselor in Washington, D C, who was wounded in Mexico City.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh received the Woodrow Wilson Medal and a $25,000 award on March 19, 1928, from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
Under current law a number of regular Army Air Corps officers are needed annually and vacancies are declared each year. Flying Cadets may apply to compete in examinations held periodically when openings exist.
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