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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1940
Page
4
A fragment quoting Ephesians 3 20 21 praising God for exceeding power at work in believers. The passage emphasizes glory to Christ Jesus through all ages and worlds.
The Appalachian Apple Service reports four years of advertising boosted apple consumption and farm incomes in Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. Comparing 1935 pre advertising to after four years of promotion the study shows higher sales and healthier consumer habits.
A note of regret accompanies reports that many demolition contracts for World’s Fair exhibit buildings are signed and more will follow. The fair may extend through 1941, but a large loss is possible. Still, the event broadens American intellectual horizons and reveals engineering prowess across the nation.
In stark contrast to Stevenson like courage, the piece warns that Britain faces an imminent eruptive threat from Hitler. Nazi air raids have daily battered the British Isles for a month, killing hundreds and injuring thousands while destroying property.
The public faces a future with thousands of planes and widespread carnage beyond current raids. Yet daily routines persist as people cling to hope and muster the courage to endure whatever may come.
The piece contrasts Paris under German occupation with old American wartime memory, noting shops selling luxuries to soldiers and the social echoes of Civil War supply fears. It recounts a Virginia family tale of Grandmother seeking modest goods after Cedar Mountain, the Frederick market rush, and Confederate supply effects seen in war booty and survival.
Washington notes displeasure over Secretary Wallace statement from San Francisco asserting wartime conditions and national safety require President Roosevelt to seek a second term in 1940. The White House voiced objection to the suggestion outlining succession logic and political implications.
Mr and Mrs B F Barton Jr receive congratulations on the birth of a daughter in the hospital. The Castleman s Ferry bridge on the Shenandoah near Berryville collapses into the river after a span failure, dumping a truck and a car. Rainfall for July sets a new record at 7 84 inches of rain.
Five years ago officials proposed vaccine clinics in several cities to fight an infantile paralysis outbreak. City planners also considered measures to ease downtown flood risk after heavy summer rains. Miss Frances Virginia Pifer of Boyce and Mr Walter Roesler Jr of Long Island wed.
Ten years ago President Hoover travels with friends to the U S chief’s summer camp on the Rapidan in the Blue Ridge. Congress considers a highway linking Mammoth Cave Shenandoah Park and the Great Smoky Mountains. A fierce heat wave grips the area with temperatures near 100 and little rain.
A twenty five year old report notes Russians evacuating Warsaw while German forces push east. French ship production rises with new submarines. Congressman James Hay of Virginia opposes a large army increase under new defense plans. F B Keedy is bitten by a snake on a B and O bridge in Back Creek. M B Kuykendall is injured when his car plunges down an embankment in Romney.
Forty years ago tensions flare as the O’Flaherty Hansenfluck feud returns in a Circuit Court civil suit. John M. Steck wins election as chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee. Virginia grants Winchester authority to organize a military company, a rare privilege for the city.
A physician discusses how weather influences human activity and temperament. He cites studies linking climate to personal crises and clerical errors, notes how heat alters performance, and explains the physiology of perspiration and cooling. He also references Hitler's activity patterns as weather related, and outlines evaporation's role in temperature regulation.
Reader asks about olive oil as a dressing and a diet for yellow skin with constipation. Answer says olive oil is safe and unlikely to cause harm, suggests constipation is not the cause of yellowing, and notes the editor offers seven Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each with a self addressed envelope.
Reader questions cover Mugwump term origin, chicken lifespans, fifth column war aspects, Star Spangled Banner as national anthem, Biblical marriage, Garfield sons, and Morgan City shrimp fleet blessings. Entries cite dates, locations, and authorities, reflecting a faith in concise factual trivia.
A quiz from The Star tests geography and history with questions on eastern U S cities social security naval ranks alloy chemistry gasoline common phrases postal rules and classic songs. It also asks egg case counts and a musical comedy reference.
Editor note instructs to replace phrases with shorter commands. The directive requests avoiding specific phrase and favors succinct language for records. It emphasizes avoiding verbose instruction and maintaining standard phrasing in summaries.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises CARE OF THE FEET a practical guide on foot care. Readers can order by sending ten cents postpaid with their name address and payment in a coupon. Information supplied by Frederic J. Haskin Director Information Bureau.
Linda Avery faces a hospital scene of a murder with an initial M on a handkerchief and suspects a mistaken identity. Robert Barton arrives to guard and guide her as investigators doubt Mina Nevins while Ronnie's whereabouts loom.
A column discusses the Mona Lisa and Leonardo da Vinci as an Italian cultural symbol. It notes France's use of the painting in Louvre history and links Mussolini to modern power struggles with Nazi Germany. The piece questions the painting's future amid international politics.
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