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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
3
The Red Cross launches a city and county safety drive in Salt Lake City Utah targeting accident reduction. A separate report notes a tax commission lawsuit over mismatched license plates and an error traced to a manufacturing plant with inmates from the state penitentiary not facing dismissal.
A long catalog of properties for sale and rent in Berryville and surrounding areas. Tourist homes, apartments, and farms offered with prices from 1 200 to 12 500 dollars plus lots and development land on Valley Pike, Route 50, and Main Street. Includes brick and frame buildings, several 8 to 14 room houses, and commercial sites.
Andrew Bell announces a city and county school program providing 6 000 check lists to youths to inspect homes barns and fields for hazards. The effort aims to reduce deaths and permanent injuries from home and farm accidents, a national toll of thousands yearly.
Tokyo reports the Imperial household announced a daughter born yesterday to Empress Nagako, seventh child of Emperor Hirohito. Only six of the children survive, with Princess Hisa dying in 1828 at age one. Preparations blended modern science with ancient ritual after a September announcement.
The World Day of Prayer was observed at Christ Episcopal Church Winchester on Friday February 24 with a large congregation. Mrs Herbert Larrick led the service and Mrs Henry Gilpin gave a Joyful Giving address. The offering of 39 57 was presented to the Children's Home Society.
C R Massey and E A Gibson of Fredericksburg bought about 100 acres from Mr and Mrs Charles G Baumgardner east of Front Royal along Happy Creek road. They plan to build homes for moderate incomes within weeks. Massey is a builder and Gibson is secretary of J W Masters Inc dealers in builder supplies. Transfer handled by H H Marlowe Inc.
In Los Angeles a federal trial reveals an acid capable of damaging battleship hulls linked to espionage. Prosecutor Ben Harrison details the acid's journey from a German freighter to a Japanese fishing boat and its storage in Ensenada before a blaze and a shooting incident. He ties it to secret Naval intelligence reports sold for 1700 dollars to a Soviet travel bureau manager and wife, with the Flying Cloud and Edna implicated in import and testing steps.
Kernstown school announces an attendance honor roll listing students by grade. First through seventh grades include named pupils such as Billy Cornwell Eugene Grove Charles Keckley Patsy Barton June Butler Virginia Hottle Dorothy Lamp Geraldine Shiley Edna May Tobin and others.
A naval intelligence report cites two incidents of acid being used near a molasses dock vessel and in catching tuna at Los Angeles harbor. About 25 percent of the loading boat’s underwater metal eroded after acid exposure. German ships were said to have brought drums of acid via the Panama Canal.
An 80 year old pensioner testified before a county welfare committee in Superior Wisconsin that he appealed to Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt for aid. He refused to read the reply from Mrs Roosevelt stating he never reveals contents of letters from another man's wife.
The Rev. S. L. Flickinger announced special Lenten services Friday at 7 45 PM. The Rev. L. G. Bridgers of United Brethren Church will be the speaker in the event.
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