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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1940
Page
3
Installation of new white way lights on Braddock and Cameron Streets is underway. W M Krise of Northern Virginia Power Company said completion time cannot be set due to delivery delays in materials and supplies.
Excellent progress reported at the Winchester armory site with foundation concrete being poured. City Manager S. Lee Grant said brick work is expected to start this week.
A New York cinema tax plan adds 10 percent to tickets under 40 cents, aiming to raise 60 million dollars nationwide. The public bears the tax while theaters act as collectors, with thousands of box offices becoming tax windows and pennies pouring into revenue.
Virginia commercial banks, 37 percent of the total, made 839 000 loans totaling over 723 million dollars in 1939. The survey shows 191 000 new loans totaling 177.5 million, 642 000 renewals totaling 534.96 million, and 5 189 mortgage loans totaling 11.39 million. Open lines of credit were underused with 40.4 percent actually drawn.
In 1929 Frank Headley noted Henry L. Stimson arriving as Secretary of War. Now Stimson sees his own portrait beside former secretaries, while starting early conferences with top officials and visiting General Pershing with General Marshall.
Dewitt Mackenzie reviews Churchill's wartime address praising his quiet force and persuasive power. The piece notes Britain's sea dominance, the Royal Navy’s numbers, and the goal of maintaining blockade while aiming for an offensive by 1942 as a sign of preparedness and resolve.
Louisa Augusta Ingram a 42 year old German born wife of a Royal Air Force sergeant was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to ten years penal servitude. She was accused of a spy ring at Portsmouth naval base and had worked in the homes of two admirals over the past four years.
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