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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1940

Page

2

School For Pilots Sought At Winchester Airport

At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the board announced efforts to have federal aviation authorities establish a training school at Winchester Municipal Airport. The plan cites local field suitability and potential lease terms, with site owned by Shirley Carter estate and no Washington reply yet.

Chamber of Winchester Muni Innemonths Douglas Army George Schecter Martinsburg W. Va Archie Randolph Shirley Carter Washington Miss Anderson F. Wilbur Coffman Harrisonburg Sue Afitierson C. R. Anderson Winchester South Boston Andrew Bell Ees CDC A. C. Oates United Spanish War Veterans Aftier S. Gardner Douglas S. Freeman Mills F. Neal Virginia Defense Council COC

Vassar College Celebrates 75th Anniversary Founder’s Vision

The article notes Vassar College marking its 75th year as a private endowed women’s college founded by Matthew Vassar in Poughkeepsie New York. It describes his self taught rise from a clerk to a brewer, his donation of land and funds, the opening of the college in 1865, and its impact on women’s higher education with 61 buildings and 950 acres today. Vassar’s death in 1868 is mentioned along with a second endowment in his will.

Matthew Vassar Poughkeepsie N. Y Vassar United States England Vassar College College Board of Trustees John W. Rosenberger & Co Braddock St

Cancer Discussion for Fruit Growers Postponed

The roundtable for orchardists at the county court tonight is postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. Dr A H Teske, who was to attend, has been delayed and unreachable by telephone while in the field. I Fred Stine said the discussion will be held on a date after August 1.

A. H. Teske Hhas I. Fred Stine

Dependents At Home Exempted In Draft Debate

War Department explores protections for married men during compulsory training. Sparkman asks for higher pay of 21 a month, one-year training, and separate home defense legislation. Burke-Wadsworth bill gains Senate committee support amid broad registration plans for 18 to 64 year olds.

Sparkman War Department Congress Senate Sheppard D-Tex

Exempt British Honduras Faces Collected Trusteeship Debate

The article describes a draft plan for a temporary collective trusteeship to govern British Honduras and other colonies. It outlines a joint mandate among ratifying republics, a rotating committee, and a supervising commission with geographic and strategic representation. The framework envisions eventual return to original sovereignty or independence.

Rio de Janeiro United States

Pitched battle near Hong Kong involves Chinese forces

In Hong Kong on July 24 a large clash occurred as Chinese guerrillas and regulars attacked Japanese troops, estimated at 900 Japanese and 3,000 Chinese mercenaries, near the British colony’s mainland strip. Exiled monarchs Haile Selassie, Queen Wilhelmina, and King Haakon are said to be living in England.

Hong Kong Hongkong England Haile Selassie of Ethopia Wilhelmina Netherlands Haakon Norway

Baltimore Market Quoted Prices Across Livestock Produce

Baltimore July 24 Livestock and produce prices show steady potato and egg quotes, mixed poultry and fowl values, and steady calves hogs and lambs with rarer lower trends. Philadelphia and Chicago reports note varied poultry and meat prices with hogs and cattle easing slightly.

Baltimore U. B Philadelphia Dresser U. S Chicago

Grain futures rise on heat as corn leads rally in Chicago prices

Corn sparked a strong daily rally driven by hot weather, rising nearly 44 cents a bushel at one point. Wheat gained over two cents, with closing quotes showing mixed futures activity and various cash grain prices in Chicago and Baltimore markets for No. 1 red winter, No. 3, and other grades, alongside Winchester market quotes.

Chicago Chicago Cash Grain Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four

The page lists quiz answers including General Accounting Office, numbers ninety and five fewer, the figure 435, and Moscow. It also identifies a collector and writer of fairy tales, noting a negative response for item ten.

General Accounting Office Moscow

Stock Market Report Slips in Quiet Trading on July 24

New York buyers were scarce as the market declined slightly in thin activity. About 200000 shares traded for the session with many active issues flat or down. Notable decliners included Bethlehem Steel United States Steel and Du Pont while Johns Manville and General Electric posted fractional gains. The British pound rose 5 1 2 cents per dollar amid market caution ahead of war developments and the U S presidential campaign.

New York England Bethlehem United States Steel Consolidated Edison du Pont Standard Oil of New Jersey Loft J. C. Penney A. S. Gypsum Kennecott Chrysler Eastman Johns Manville General Electric

Abnormally Hot Spell Persists Across Regions

The Associated Press reports continuing record heat from the Rockies to the eastern seaboard with no sign of relief. Heat prostrations caused 68 deaths and 179 drownings nationwide, while Nebraska feared extensive corn damage and drought threatened northeastern New Mexico.

Associated Press Mercury Middle Atlantic States Rockies Seaboard Pennsylvania Nebraska Indiania New Mexico

Russia Denies Demands on Romania Over Government

Moscow denies sending a note to Romania demanding the formation of a Democratic government there. Tass reports any such claim lacks foundation and that Bucharest informants had attributed a note to Moscow seeking better relations and a popular government in Romania.

Moscow Tass Soviet Union Rumania Bucharest

Salvation Army Seeks Four Card Tables

Capt. Mathias Bott announces the Salvation Army needs four card tables and asks anyone with a spare table to contact him.

Salvation Army Mathias Bott

Overall Army Is Being Recruited

The Social Security Board ordered a nationwide survey of labor supply and demand to marshal an army in overalls for defense industries. State employment agencies were told to inventory current and future labor needs and report to assist the preparedness program.

Washington Social Security Board National Defense Commission The Security Board Federal Advisory Council For Employment Security

British Nearing Foe's Air Power

British sources say Germany has lost 4000 to 5000 planes since the war began while Britain narrows the air gap. The Royal Air Force strengthens through doubled home output and new American deliveries, though German production may keep more first line warplanes in service.

Dwight L. Pitkin London Germany Britain Royal Air Force

Convict Surrenders From Water Tower At Federal Pen

Atlanta dispatch reports 20 year old Andrew Jackson Wynne climbed a 100 foot water tower at the Federal penitentiary to avoid transfer to a Georgia Prison Camp. After 19 hours, hunger and guards prevailed and Wynne quit the perch at about 8:30 this morning. He suffered sunburn but no serious injuries, with a fierce appetite noted by Warden J. W. Sanford.

Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Georgia J. W. Sanford Andrew Jackson Wynne

Sixty Planes In Furious Air Battle

A report details a fierce air battle involving sixty planes as Sir Cyril Newall and Lord Beaverbrook discuss wartime strategy. The meetings aim to coordinate air power and production, with Stephenson named director general of equipment for Woolworth.

Cyril Newall Lord Beaverbrook W. L. Stephenson F. W Woolworth Company, Ltd

Roman Aircraft Guns In Action

Roman anti aircraft batteries fired on a raid near dawn to protect Rome. Reports from Gaeta base said British warplanes neared the capital and shelling caused injuries from shell fragments. Italian submarines claimed sinking an Australian destroyer and a submarine in the eastern Mediterranean. British planes reportedly hit a Tobruk jetty where submarines moored, with four explosions noted.

Rome Gaeta Naples Goeta Mediterranean Cairo Toburk

Military Rail Section Established for Army Transport

The Association of American Railroads forms a military transportation section with headquarters in Washington at the Army quartermaster general’s office. Field representatives will coordinate routings schedules and gather information on freight and passenger equipment needed by the Army for troop movements.

Washington Association of American Railroads Quartermaster-General Army

De Gaulle Urges French Fight in Broadcast Appeal

General Charles de Gaulle addressing the French in London urged continued resistance against Germany. He called on Frenchmen to ignore a discredited authority and fulfill the sacred duty to save France.

Charles de Gaulle London Germany France

Hungary Expects Romania Talks Over Transylvania

Budapest papers quote Bucharest circles saying Romania will begin discussions on fulfilling Hungary’s territorial claims. Hungary seeks the return of Transylvania, the border province lost after World War I.

Budapest Bucharest Rumania Hungary Transylvania Romania

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