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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1940
Page
2
Chicago July 17 delegates at the Democratic National Convention face a mix up over pine and oak rooms. A bellboy directs a weary delegate to the oak room and the standing committee with many attendees rises as the bar opens. A single familiar greeting eases one man’s passage amid the crowd.
The second annual Shenandoah County Firemen's Association convention starts Thursday at 2 p m in the Strand Theatre with R L Punk Jr presiding. Joseph Burke will report on two years of progress. A fire apparatus demo and a 6 30 parade precede a band contest and carnival attractions led by Harrisonburg and Strasburg fire units.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for positions in Interior Agriculture and Justice departments. Salaries range from 1 620 to 4 600 yearly with retirement deductions. Full info from Herman Lee, Secretary, Board of Examiners, post office in this city.
A heavy afternoon rain benefited farm and garden crops while Town Run flooded briefly. City crews redirected water with a new storm sewer inlet at Indian Alley and Boscawen and enlarged existing inlets. Monthly precipitation rose to 1.99 inches and yearly total reached 20.46 inches.
Russell Armstrong a 22 year old Lafayette College student was stranded 10 yards from the top of a 200 foot quarry wall. Firemen used searchlights and two hours of effort to rescue him as nearly 500 people watched. He finally found the ball.
The undersigned offers 8 shares Winchester Cold Storage common 10 shares Skyline Caverns common 3 shares George Washington Hotel preferred 1 percent George Washington Hotel common and New Winchester Cold Storage at 11 A M Saturday July 20 1940 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Terms cash. James P Reardon Admr Clarence B Barrett.
The State Highway Department builds a traffic circle at the Lee highway and Lee boulevard intersection north of Fairfax to relieve congestion. Completion is expected about August 1. The project expands Lee Highway from the boulevard to Legato from two to four lanes and adds center parking, with further studies planned for Fort Buffalo near Falls Church.
In Richmond on July 17 General S Gardner Waller said his office will not act on married Virginia National Guard members seeking resignations due to lack of War Department orders. Some married guardsmen already applied, hoping for discharge amid Roosevelt's national call for extended training. No Virginia units were mentioned in Washington dispatches regarding the plan.
In Salt Lake City on July 17 Patrolman C Volkert issued Earl L Nielsen a ticket after stopping his car for standing on the running board He claimed Nielsen was driving at 42 miles per hour as he brushed off the front seat
Three drugstore employees report being robbed of 3000 dollars by two bandits in Los Angeles. The men argued and threatened each other over who would supervise the robbery before fleeing with the money.
Mexico City officials announced that General Manuel Avila Camacho, administration candidate, won the presidential election held two Sundays earlier. The foreign ministry said diplomats were advised of the result.
John I. Sloat, born October 15, 1873 in Winchester, is a longtime banker and cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank. He also serves on the Handley Board, the Winchester School Board, and is a church steward. Dr. Lewis Maitland Allen, a Winchester physician and horseman from Berryville, is vice president and director of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and a vestryman at Christ Episcopal Church. He trained at Shenandoah University School and the University of Maryland, with further studies at Virginia and St. Joseph’s hospitals, and has bred renowned horses at Clifton estate.
Blacksburg July 17 Dr. Charles J. Smith president of Roanoke College opened the annual garden lover's short course at Virginia Tech. Grace H. Lincoln will lecture on flower arrangement and G G Dickenson will direct a flower show Thursday. Examinations follow Friday.
Presiding Bishop H St George Tucker of the Episcopal Church will lecture at Shrine Mont clergy conference on Friday and attend the noon dedication of Tucker Lodge. The conference runs July 16 to 26 with clergymen from Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Newark and others attending.
Dr. I C Riggin Virginia health commissioner outlines the pre marital blood test for syphilis required for marriage licenses effective August 1 1940. Officials stress testing rules, certificates, treatment if infected, and availability of state guidance and bulletins for physicians clerks and the public.
Members of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club will hike in Shenandoah National Park from Rock Spring Shelter to Hawksbill and Thornton Gap to Marys Rock. The 14 mile leg includes a midnight lunch at Pinnacle Mountain and a sunrise finish, with views of Page Valley and blossoms along the way.
Many beautiful and valuable art objects were destined for America on the Titanic, but the plan was abruptly altered and the ship carried none of the Morgan treasures.
Screen stars Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray arrived by train from New York to start work on the film Virginia in Charlottesville. Carroll said she lost track of 200 orphaned children she cared for in a French chateau after evacuation disruption and remained in contact with the American embassy in Spain. She recalled a remark by Ambassador Wed dell of Richmond about future work for attaches.
Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley was informed that the interior secretary approved a 1.81 million dollar Ridge Parkway project in Virginia. The plan covers 23 miles of grading with a total Virginia and North Carolina parkway outlay of 5.2 million for the fiscal year, including several graded segments, overpasses, guard walls, asphalt work, landscaping, and maintenance.
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Hugg Red Grange pain James Buchanan and ten.
Condition of the rivers at Riverton notes South Fork as slightly milky while North Fork shows a milky appearance. River observers document clear to mildly turbid readings and ongoing flow.
An official Italian communique claimed five British-held localities fell in East Africa in brilliant action. London circles dismissed the names as belonging to isolated mud huts with no military importance and called the Kenya salient cut-off claim absolutely untrue.
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