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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1940
Page
2
Milo M. Thompson reports from London on Britons under attack who seek normalcy in a rural bar dancing Harlem style as German raids light the streets with parachute flares. He notes air raid alarms, home guard vigilance, a clocked factory alert system, and a win or lose sweep for sheltering.
Kansas City on July 23 after a money order arrived from an Iowa farmer asking Grane Eye music store manager to send a phonograph record of God Bless America and Let the Rest of the World Go By. The message expresses the farmer's feelings.
In Pairbury Nebraska a mother reported stolen chickens and police found two 13-year-old boys had traded their mother’s birds for a battered movie projector. The incident highlights juvenile mischief and property theft.
The page lists quiz answers featuring individuals such as Harding Clark Morello LaGuardia and Kelly, with locations including New York Chicago and Baltimore Maryland. It notes an Italian violin maker and confirms a yes answer for item nine.
Hollywood reports fashion forecasts for fall with shorter skirts and leg emphasis. The source predicts more sleeved high neck garments as skirts rise, plus a shift to homemade calico over satin and silk due to economy and frugality.
Dr. I C Riggin health commissioner warns that tanning and excessive sun exposure endanger health. He urges gradual sun exposure, wearing clothing, and warns vacationists of painful sunburns and possible illness. Red Cross and safety council sponsored a sunburn patrol at southern beaches to curb injuries.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote the poem beginning Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing made by the Hand above titled A Woman's Question. The poem reflects Browning's voice on gender and sacrifice.
About 250 delegates are expected at the Virginia Chapter National Association of Postmasters convention July 29 30 at the Nansemond hotel Ocean View Norfolk. Speakers include top post office officials Congress member Colgate W Darden Jr and others. Local organizers are R W Shultice Fairfield Hodges and John W Wright with officers from Roanoke Lawrenceville Disputanta and Crimera.
South Branch Mutay and North Branch Milky show varied flow and water levels across Riverton. Readings indicate changes in current strength and potential flood risk along tributaries. Authorities advise monitoring gauge updates and local weather advisories for river conditions.
The Clarke County Fair and Gymkhana to benefit the Clarke County Nurse Association will be held Wednesday September 4 at Berryville Horseace Grounds. General chairman is Miss Mary Dougherty with assistants including Miss Polly Winslow and Miss Agnes Mitchell. Community groups urged to cooperate include Clarke County Chamber of Commerce, J B T, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, PTA, GAA, Junior Women’s Club, Red Cross, 4 H clubs and others.
Akron Ohio July 23 Mrs Rose Baker won the Akron Beacon Journal census contest by within 107 of the county ten year population decrease of 8153. She was no longer in the area after moving to California leaving 335987 residents.
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Hollywood July 23. Funnyman Joe E Brown recalls a near fatal experience after an automobile crash last December. He says his pulse stopped for 40 seconds on the operating table and he died briefly but recovered to return to work in So You Won’t Talk. He describes injuries, stunts, and a career built on avoiding sympathy to preserve comedy.
Coast Guard cutter Perseus completed an official inquiry into reports of Soviet military preparations near Big Diomede Island in the Bering Sea. Sources say the Soviets may be building an air base and berthing submarines four miles from American territory.
Ottawa reports plans for immediate construction of 12 additional munitions plants costing 19 million dollars as part of a government financed expansion. Last week an 11 million dollar plant for chemicals for explosives was announced. Total expansion under way or completed totals 80 million dollars with estimated annual production above 400 million dollars.
Commonwealth's Attorney Ww. Erle Edwards spent a comfortable night at Memorial Hospital after an emergency appendectomy and is reported as continuing to recover.
A Frederick county delegation plans to attend the Institute of Rural Affairs at Virginia Tech next week. The program opens Tuesday July 30 with morning sessions on club business and the Agricultural Conference Board, followed by exhibits and demonstrations, a PWA WPA building dedication, and an Institute Farmers joint meeting. A late evening program includes group singing, a keynote talk by Clem D Johnston, and certificates of merit presented by Dr. Julian A Burruss.
Towson Jeffersonian editorial blasts President Roosevelt for insincerity and says Chicago convention debauched political morality by nominating him for a third term. Editor Logie Bennett declines to confirm any shift in affiliation while noting the piece speaks for itself. As of June 18 1940 total U S gold stood at 19 507 917 622 46 dollars with about 5 500 000 000 stored at Fort Knox Kentucky.
An announcement from the U S Army recruiting station Baltimore states Louis Asbury Hoover son of Mr and Mrs Clayborn L Hoover of Sunnyside Frederick county has been accepted for enlistment in the medical department with station at Fort Belvoir Virginia.
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