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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
4
Text indicates it was entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class matter and published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. This item records standard newspaper mail and publication particulars for the Winchester paper.
A religious quotation from Isaiah 53:12 is printed on the Friday July 12 1940 page. The verse speaks of sacrifice bearing sins and intercession for transgressors.
T P Wright vice president of engineering at Curtiss-Wright and adviser on aircraft on the national defense advisory commission argues in Aviation Magazine that expanding production fourfold is necessary to reach 50 000 military airplanes annually. He notes US output is about one fifth of target and cites Germany's 1930s ramp to 31 000 planes as a sobering comparison. Wright stresses time large scale expansion requires public support and months of labor, not overnight progress.
After months of testing the first transcontinental flights move to high altitude operation with sealed pressurized cabins. Planes cruise around 20 000 feet above earth delivering subatmosphere service between North and South America to avoid weather hazards and groundings.
National figures show five hundred deaths during the four day Fourth of July weekend. Traffic deaths totaled 209, lower than the typical July weekend, while only eight fatalities were due to fireworks. The overall toll exceeds civilized-nation norms, yet the trend is improving.
The note observes 107 holiday drownings, over twelve times the fireworks deaths, urging legislators to consider swimming bans. With summer and the swimming season opening, authorities stress the need for caution, as swimming is healthy but perilous for the careless.
Reprinted editorial extols King Haakon for refusing to abdicate amid German occupation. It argues Norway is controlled from Berlin, condemns puppet regimes, and lauds the king and exile government for upholding Norway's independence and the line of American nonrecognition of proxy rulers.
The Duke of Windsor will reside as Royal Governor of the Bahamas about 160 miles by air from Miami. His wife, the Duchess, could shop in Miami Beach and return for royal dinners, highlighting the awkward distance between their new life and American comforts and homeland nostalgia.
Mr and Mrs J C Rathborne hung 125 feet above ground in a famous parachute rite at the New York World’s fair for five hours with Mrs Rathborne formerly Nancy Huidekoper. Mr C Vernon Eddy sailed for London to attend ceremonies installing the Duke of Kent as Grand Master of the Masonic Mother Lodge. Ralph Ware was elected chairman of Clarke county School Board.
Clinton Athey, World War veteran, dies at home. City council notes its application for 239 400 dollars to develop a new water source is with federal authorities under state blessing of the P W A setup.
Dr. Clendening discusses sprue cases in the southern United States, its tropical links, and diet based treatment. He cautions against high carbohydrate diets and outlines liver extract therapy, plus a sample 4 000 calorie plan. Pamphlets offered for 10 cents each.
A compilation of Q and A items from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau covering wartime open city rules the Paris example, livestock twinning rates, Canadian passport policy, lawn toadstool control, additions to In Flanders Fields, tarantula size, Capitol steps, 1862 lunar eclipse, a syphilis lecture nickname, Hawaiian volcano legend Pete, and the song Down The Oregon Trail by Billy Hill.
A Baltimore Evening Sun report notes a boys' band planning a concert during a valley tour. A Pennsylvania grower earns attention by selling York Imperials at 2.50 dollars per barrel before harvest. Local men find work on a new Heinz plant project south of the city.
A fatal stabbing occurs after a street fight involving a Black man named John L. Quiett, son of a respected retired African American teacher. The only roof garden in the area opens at Hotel Jack. J M Pangle and Charles Winesberg lose their houses to fire in Middletown. Edwin Ritter and Howard Shockey escape serious harm when a live wire knocks them from a tree on National Avenue.
Forty years ago Young Preddie Forney provisional night clerk at Evans Hotel is badly beaten by a drunken man. Miss Cary Barton of Kernstown is left over 500 in Mrs. Susan Bonsall's will. Local businessmen seek affiliation with an original group planning to finance a woolen mill for the city.
The Star presents seven questions covering topics from anatomy to geography history and science. Questions ask about facial muscles the Capitol statue Liberty or Freedom the largest auto producer the heaviest element the French capital in WWI BEF postal letter rights Shakespeare mercy string theory and the lightest gas helium.
A compact note highlights a recurring language slip in usage guides. It warns against phrasing like I seldom ever read and the double negative fallacy, urging concise expressions and consistent tense in everyday writing.
The notice promotes a new compact guide titled Home Law Book covering business property family copyright patents and citizenship with state marriage and divorce requirements and ages of majority. It invites readers to order a copy for ten cents postpaid by mailing name address and payment to Washington D C. Frederic J. Haskin is listed as director.
A rare animal, described as being owned by the university’s agricultural college and its father, is discussed in context with a moose, a mother cow, and questions about lineage.
Linda Avery, a New York models agency receptionist, rekindles romance with Ronald Stafford while rival Sarah Markley schemes to trap him. Linda uncovers a murder plot scent by Mina Nevins as she and Caroline Pickard flee a staged danger. Robert Barton and Terry Adams complicate matters in a world of glamor and ambition.
A House of Commons discussion scrutinizes Britain’s plan to move tens of thousands of women and children to the United States or Canada. The piece weighs logistical and ethical challenges, uncertainties about sponsorship, duration, and lasting policy amid wartime fear and public emotion.
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