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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
10
Thirteen year old Bob Similion was swept three quarters of a mile by the swift Colorado river and found alive near the sheriff’s force searching for a body. He had been declared drowned before he stumbled to safety and regained consciousness.
Argentine sources say South American nations need U S financial help to maintain democratic stability amid disrupted exports from the European war. A White House plan for an inter American cartellike sales agency is seen as protecting the republics from barter deals with Germany and Italy and could involve U S purchases of Argentine wool hides meat and grain.
A New York Herald Tribune summary notes the Valley Pike also known as the Winchester road in the Shenandoah Valley served as a vital link for frontier commerce. It describes its origins as a buffalo trail widened by pioneers and later designated U S 11 shaping Virginia development.
Paul Satko of Richmond Virginia arrived in Ketchikan Alaska with his wife and seven children aboard the Ark of Juneau a 40 foot home made vessel built on a trailer. He sought a new life on an Alaska homestead after abandoning Cook Inlet due to 186 inches of rainfall last year.
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Roanoke June 18 Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders say fifth column activity is countered by police and FBI collaboration. Max Singer warns fascist and communist groups target youth while urging aliens be fingerprinted and propagandists registered. He backs public talks on Americanism before school assemblies and opposes sending troops abroad.
In Baltimore on June 18 the Third Corps Army Area announced a 30 day military training course for 300 men aged 25 to 50. Starting July 5 the program aims to educate business and professional men about Army functions and the preparedness effort. Applications must be in by June 28. Participants pay transport and living costs but receive clothing and equipment on loan.
Funeral services for Egbert Edward Barr aged 54 were held at Sacred Heart Church followed by burial in Catholic Cemetery near Berryville. Pallbearers included F. F. Baughman W. D. Wisecarver Harry Langdon William Levi Thomas Fenton and Thomas Trier. He is survived by his widow Theresa Payne Barr and several children.
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain the French premier in 1931 visited Virginia as head of the official French delegation to the Yorktown sesqui centennial celebration. He spoke at Yorktown with General Pershing and attended the unveiling of a tablet in Williamsburg for 125 French soldiers who died at Yorktown. In Richmond he was made an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
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