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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star records its publication details listing HF Byrd Jr editor and post office entry in Winchester Virginia. It notes second class matter status and daily except Sunday publication by The Evening Star Publishing Co. and AP membership with reprint rights.
Friday June 28 1940 features a scripture quotation from Isaiah emphasizing protection in righteousness. The short devotional note anchors a message about liberty from oppression and fear, citing a biblical verse.
City regulations ban sale of fireworks from 8 a.m. July 2 to 6 p.m. July 4 and limit noise and certain dances. Police will enforce the rules while states reconsider bans. Officials urge parents to prevent children from owning or using firecrackers and ensure only competent individuals handle fireworks.
The article outlines Republican confidence fueled by 1938 congressional gains. It notes key state groups likely to deliver electoral votes, including six New England states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, and the Western and Rocky Mountain states, summing to potential advantage over Democratic strength in the South. It discusses gubernatorial results and how shifts could raise GOP electors toward a 220 vote scenario, with 146 from the South acting as a Democratic bulwark.
In 1938 Delaware elected a Republican to the House after a Democratic senator’s term amid a GOP surge. Oregon followed with a Republican governor and two Republicans joining one Democrat in the House, reflecting party shifts across the region.
Reprinted editorial notes define the ideal husband from a wife's perspective with a list of duties. He rises early, shaves before school runs, eats oatmeal, handles the paper without distraction, and times meals. supports finances, groceries, and car care. shares homework help, avoids nagging, and tolerates radio and travel. The piece critiques domestic expectations in a humorous social column.
The article argues freedom and civic values require effort to defend. It connects popular ideals like liberty equality and fraternity to real-world action. It emphasizes daily courage and sacrifice by individuals for lasting liberty and democratic rights.
The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company employs roughly 11,000 people, all but two of whom are American citizens. The two are in the process of obtaining final naturalization papers. This record stands as a point of pride for the institution and is likely unmatched in the United States.
Buddy Cooley pitched a complete game as Midway Nine defeated Abner Johnson's Redsox 11-0. Miss Margaret Larrick announces engagement to Mr. Ashby Brumback. Miss Pauline McFarland and Mr. Wilton Chapman wed yesterday in Mrs. Charles Pine's garden.
Council directs Field to examine ending street loudspeaker ads. Jack Holt's mother, resident of Warren County, attends a local theatre screening one of her son's films.
Carroll Campbell a Handley vocational agriculture student ranks 8th best statewide among 327 at a Blacksburg meeting. E R Branch elected secretary treasurer of the Southern Hotel Association. The Lee Baking Co opens a new plant after a fire destroyed the old bakery five months ago.
Twenty five years ago Henry Lamp, eldest citizen of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated his birthday with a party. The Civil War veteran was honored as the town’s senior resident. J Milton Williams purchased the Holliday farm on North Frederick road for sixty one dollars an acre from the Miller estate. Germany and Austria mark the first anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination with patriotic fervor in Sarajevo.
A brief reminiscence evokes events from four decades past, noting absence of the current Star issue on this date and recalling historical highlights.
A column discusses tennis injuries including tennis elbow an inflammation near the elbow and the role of X rays in diagnosing sprains. It notes heat rest and strapping as treatments and warns against playing through pain.
Reader questions span debt rise from 1917 to 1919, Graf Zeppelin's 1929 arrivals with primates, CCC enrollment totals, and other varied facts. Notable items include U S debt growth, Soldier Field capacity, wildcat wells in 1939, and Kipling's Recessional as source of a line.
A set of seven trivia questions covers topics from presidents and travel speeds to Gold Rush pioneers and famous columnists. It asks about a hunting president, fuel use at different speeds, California gold rush diggers, coalition government proposals, mail rules, a famous battle quote, doldrums meaning, pole directions, mosquito biting, and a boxing champion managed by Joe Jacobs.
A guidance note emphasizes using precise phrasing for raises. Avoid saying I got a raise. say my salary was raised. The term raise is no longer current. adopt clear, direct language in formal writing.
Learn knitting crocheting and embroidery with a 32 page booklet. Includes easy instructions and illustrations for beginners and contains expert tips. Send ten cents postpaid to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C.
Linda Avery hosts Robert Barton in her one room apartment after a tense night with Ronnie. Robert, a potential ally from a wartime project in China, shares a wary but warm connection as Linda weighs leaving with him to a party and away from her memories.
The city follows daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September each year. Answers discuss selling copies of And Tell of Time by Laura Krey and note about Texas accident patterns in July.
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