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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
7
Stephens City council approved Mayor Lomax Ker to contract with Northern Virginia Power Company to keep street lights. Town reports $6642 in back taxes collected and notes tax bills for the current year will be sent out this month.
The Indo Ministerial Fire Company has changed its meeting date to the 11th. Members are advised to note the new schedule and attend as planned.
The Virginia defense survey reports rapid mobilization capability with sixteen gasoline tanks eight small shops and one central shop for maintenance. W J Jenks of the Norfolk and Western Railway praises readiness compared to 1917. L M Walker Jr notes aerial farm photos for military planning and potential 50 percent production increase. Dr Douglas Southall Freeman elected council chairman.
Solicitor General Francis Biddle outlined a plan to coordinate the work of six Justice Department units handling aliens and subversive activities. He stressed no merger of Civil Liberties Neutralization border patrol and FBI, aiming to balance duties and reassure immigrants that actions protect them and aid assimilation. He said the department will pursue sabotage or espionage evidence while staying calm amid possible hysteria.
Berryville town council postponed action on a 1 hour daytime parking limit for Main Street after Mrs. John B Neill urged the plan saying it would aid merchants. The state highway department must approve no parking signs, a water line estimate of 2800 dollars for Liberty street was noted but not acted on.
The report outlines GOP push to raise the federal debt limit from 45 to 49 billion dollars and to find revenue to cover a four billion dollar boost in five years. President Roosevelt cites a pay-as-you-go aim, with taxes possibly rising toward 1 billion annually to fund defense and reduce deficits.
PRAYVILLE Va June 5yuna Bessell Page a veteran Clarke County Training School teacher died at Win torial Hospital after a Wednesday illness. She taught since the school’s start and was a respected educator and citizen. Final services set for Friday at Zion Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Body viewable at her Josephine City home Friday morning.
The report lists live poultry, eggs, butter, and livestock prices from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago markets. It covers fowl colors, eggs cases, hogs, calves, sheep, and grain futures with price ranges, declines, and top prices for several weight categories. It notes steady egg markets and mixed meat quotages amid postwar market shifts.
Chicago June 5 Wheat fell about three cents today to the lowest level since May 18. July contracts touched 78 1/4 cents, the lowest quotation at which trades can be made under current rules.
Transactions ended the final hour near 700000 shares for the session. Bonds and commodities fell, with rubber and hides among the hardest hit. Sterling quoted at 3.18. Selected stocks close values include Am Can 89, Gen Elec 29, Sears Roebuck 63, Packard 3, Penn R R 16, Woolworth 30.
A city court grand jury returned multiple indictments. Albert E. Mang faces charges including auto theft and forged checks. Robert Hewitt is indicted for breaking and entering a lamp twin diner and theft about 57 dollars. Additional names include E Homer Harlee Hugh Grim L E Armel H H Hable Oscar S Brown and Paul Carper with H D Robinson as foreman.
The Mexican Navy said it has redoubled patrols along the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific coast to enforce neutrality. Four coastguard cutters and two gunboats are on duty, including the Queretaro and Durango, with no stated special trigger for the move.
War report notes Allied air raids on Fried richshafen following a German push in France. Churchill calls the Flanders battle a colossal disaster as Britain seeks aid from the United States. Italians grow nervous while London and the House of Commons await American entry into the war.
The will dated April 21 1937 bequeaths interests to Billy Lee Boyce and Jack Boyce during minority with the principal later. A $500 cemetery trust is created for Lexington Virginia trustees. Estate shares allot William Patton Bessie Patton and James P. Alexander with a Shenandoah Valley National Bank trust on Nancy Lee Cobl’s death. A May 14 1937 codicil transfers William Patton's share to Miss Bessie A. Patton and awards $100 to each long-serving domestic employee of Mrs Nancy Lee Coble.
About 250 to 300 spectators attended Berryville High School auditorium for the first concert of the Junior Symphony Orchestra directed by Robert Pugh. The 30-instrument group performed a three-part program with ensemble pieces, member solos, and guest artists Catherine Childs Helen Lane Elizabeth Blackwell and Mrs Z D Vaughn.
The Church of Our Saviour holds a prayer service at 8 pm followed by a Queen Anne Class meeting. The class will discuss its sale planned for Saturday.
Clarke County Virginia has tripled its Red Cross war relief quota, raising over 1800 dollars from an original 400. Chairman Graham F. Dougherty reports contributions exceed 1200 by May 20 and 1500 has been sent to national headquarters as Norman Davis urged doubling the quota.
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