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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1940
Page
2
A large Gore crowd attended the Modern Woodmen picnic in Capon Bridge with Miss Helen Elizabeth McKee 19 named prettiest girl. Claude Grove of Winchester presented the crown as voting followed a regional parade. Virginia Woolen Mill defeated Winchester All-Stars in a morning softball game at Powell’s Fort.
St David's Church notes from July 29 record Mr. and Mrs. John D Clem and three children visiting Miss Maud Crabill at Toms Brook. Miss Crabill accompanied home for a week or two. Lester Funk of Hagerstown visited his mother Mrs Dollie Golliday over the weekend. Mr and Mrs T A Crabill visited Mr Clarence Crabill and family near Edinburg Sunday. One Tobias Clem has returned.
The list provides quiz answers including the FCC, Theodore Roosevelt, Mediterranean, Lewisburg Pennsylvania, a manicurist, coal, and Swithin's Day on July 15. Also notes Maryland location and the question marked No with a percent sign.
All parties with claims against the estate of George W. Schnibbe deceased must present them properly authenticated to the undersigned. Herbert S. Larrick is administrator of the decedent.
Notice against the estate of Annie R Crone deceased. See J Crone and Herbert H Larrick heirs of Annie R Crone dec’d.
Atlantic City on July 29 reports four synchronized gambling raids led by Mayor Tom Taggaret. He and 40 unknown policemen swooped four north side cabarets closing Paradise Club Harlem Wonder Bar and Little Belmont. Thirty two arrested for maintaining disorderly houses with bail set from 500 to 5000 dollars. hearings due Wednesday.
Daily market page lists prices for bags of corn meal feed and various bag sizes of patent brand broiler mash and other feeds. Also shown are prices for live hogs cattle and dairy products with regional measurement units and mixed feed tags.
The Rev. 8 L Flickinger D D pastor of Centenary Reform ed Church learns his name will appear in the 1940 Edition of Religious Leaders of America. His biography notes multiple degrees and active roles in the Church League of America the National Committee on Religion and Welfare Recovery and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He has long served in the General Synod and held leadership in Carlisle and Virginia Classes and served as Synod president.
Nassau businessmen pin hopes on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor attracting visitors to the Bahamas. They note a steep drop in tourism since World War II began, with past growth tied to prohibition and rum runners. The arrival of Edward and Wallis is seen as a potential turn to a lush season despite wartime fears and limited local relief.
Borah Peak in Custer County Idaho rises to 12 655 feet in elevation. The prompt provides a direct factual height for the notable summit.
U S Agriculture Department reports that Europe may avoid famine this fall and winter if bread grain supplies are proportionately distributed. It notes wheat and rye may be 5 to 10 percent below peacetime needs, with 15 percent lower harvests, offset by reserves in Germany and Italy and regional crop variances.
The Save Children Federation asks Sunday schools to collect funds to feed clothe shelter and care for refugee children in war torn Europe. Dr John R Voris and Hon John Q Tilson urge aid and outline cooperation with British Save the Children Fund and Save the Children International Union. They stress many children remain abroad and require swift support with overseas transmission of funds.
Congress weighs a possible October 1 draft start with about 400000 men aged 21 to 30. Proposals favor training 21 to 25 as substitute. John L. Lewis opposes conscription, aligning with Senator Wheeler. Taft and Van Denberg favor voluntary enlistment. Additional measures push a 4.8 billion defense package and a 25 million TVA aluminum project. Tax experts pursue an excess profits tax sought by Roosevelt.
Cordell Hull announced completion of the pact, clearing the docket for an emergency committee of 21 from American republics. The agreement allows individual or joint action for defense and aims to boost inter American trade under the Havana framework. Leopoldo Melo will travel to Washington with a letter from President Ortiz following Roosevelt’s Buenos Aires visit in 1936.
W Lee O Daniel 50 year old radio orator governor leads Texas Democratic primary with about 53.4 percent of votes tabulated from 242 of 254 counties. He aims to avoid a run off under the rule requiring over 50 percent. Other figures include Ernest Thompson 185 423, Harry Hines 95 285, Ma Ferguson 172 392, Jerry Sadler and Cyclone Davis Jr. Also noted are Sen Tom Connally renominated and most incumbents assured of victory.
Middletown’s Ben Rogers, a versatile railroad stationman, reported a large bed of dahlias finishing bloom over two months early, a feat for gardeners as dahlias usually bloom by mid-September. He credits good soil and cultivation plus a varied garden of zinnias marigolds peonies cockscomb and a 238-plant gladioli bed in a plot near Main Street.
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