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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
4
Five Heroes Earn Royal Decoration for Mine Exploit
British naval officer Lieutenant Commander Ouvry and four assistants earned a royal decoration for disassembling a German magnetic mine. The risky test revealed a 700 pound explosive and learned mine mechanisms. They showed mines are effective mainly in sea lanes, not deeper waters, offering hope to countermeasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Santiago Harbor
D. Ouvry
House Urges Action on Wagner Act Delay
Impatience grows in the House over the Wagner labor act showdown as a new discharge petition group forms after Rep. Cox attacked the labor committee. The Smith committee interim report is under fire and critics say the committee must not withhold recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regar Labor Committee
Howard W. Smith
Smith Committee
Cox
Georgia
Labor Board
City loses bid to issue 60 million state revenue notes
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled against Chicago by declaring a 60 million dollar plan to issue state revenue notes for highway work invalid. The notes would be serviced by Chicago gasoline tax receipts for 20 years, but the court said the obligation rested with the state if the tax rate stayed at current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Supreme Court
Mioreower
Reprinted Editorials on Federal Lending Agencies
The editorial cites Senator Byrd's critique of Morgenthau's report showing 25 billion lent by 31 agencies with 12 billion in assets and over a billion in defaults. It argues about lack of budget reporting, uneven audits, and possible debt-limit violations. It warns that diverted funds and hidden obligations burden the public and demand urgent federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Congress
Federal
Treasury
General Accounting Office
Commodity Credit Corporation
Home Loan Bank
Federal Savings and Loan Corporation
General Treasury
Bagatelle
Roosevelt
Mayor Louthan Visits Berryville Home After Years Away
News from a past year notes Berryville born Mayor C. G. Louthan now in Littleton Colo visiting his old home. Local cold storage holds 202 573 barrels of apples with movement at average for the season. Ridgely White wins the first annual city wide ping pong tournament defeating H. B. McCormac in the final match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Louthan
Berryville
Littleton
Colo
Ridgely White
H. B. McCormac
Holmes, famed dissenter, dies at 94 of pneumonia
Oliver Wendell Holmes dies in his sleep at age 94 after battling pneumonia. The renowned Supreme Court justice, noted for bold dissents, leaves a lasting legal legacy and unfinished opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
State Corporation Commission
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Berryville Forms Girl Scout Troop Leaders Named
Mrs Frank Tappan and Mrs 8S C Williams organize a Berryville Girl Scout troop. The Little Theatre movement grows in local and national interest. Catholic Association warns the House Judiciary Committee that anti-prohibition groups may spark a revival of the Whiskey Rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tappan
8S. C. Williams
Berryville
Little Theatre Movement
Catholic Association
House Judiciary Committee
Cattle Die in Local Trench Burials Amid Health Drive
Twenty five years ago fifty head of cattle in Rosser Campbell and M L Miller herds were killed and buried in trenches by government men fighting hoof and mouth disease spreading from West Virginia. Council seeks $50 000 bond to refund floating debt while Allied steamship lines report daily losses to German torpedo warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosser Campbell
M. L. ‘Miller
West Virginia
General Assembly of Virginia
Local Officials Appoint Glaize and Rinker to Valuation Board
Forty years ago David S. Glaize and A. R. Rinker were appointed to the board of the commission of valuations. Local business men were approached by interests seeking to organize a cotton mill here. Worthy Parker, once of this city, was noted in Chicago papers as a top middle west footballer attending Hyde Park College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David S. Glaize
A. R. Rinker
Commission of Valuations
Worthy Parker
Chicago
Middlewest
Hyde Park College
Daily Quiz Answers on Page Two
Read the page for answers to seven test questions. Topics cover a film role, U S politics, Cuba’s capital, Edison and batteries, name variations, Wendell Wilkie roles, Jules Verne, newspaper column counts, U S mint location, and shipping volumes between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Flanagan
United States
House of Representatives
Cuba
Thomas A. Edison
Wendell L. Wilkie
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jules Verne
Elphia
Baltimore
Local reader notes odd phrasing preference
A reader comments on avoiding phrases such as Heaven around every so often and at regular periods and Invervale percent in casual speech. No further context provided.
Probing The Origins Of Fainting Attacks
This medical note explains fainting caused by fatigue or sudden emotional shock. It describes mechanisms such as drastic blood pressure drop, heart pauses, and carotid sinus reflex sensitivity, with suggested self help like lowering the head to restore circulation.
Postural fainting and carotid sinus treatment notes
Medical discussion outlines fainting from neck sinus sensitivity and posture. Drugs may prevent certain fainting types by affecting heart rate and blood pressure. cerebral fainting resists drug therapy. Severe cases sometimes cure with carotid sinus removal. Convalescent patients benefit from gradual standing to train vessels. Editor lists seven Dr LeGans pamphlets offered for 10 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. LeGans
Logan Clendening
Notre Dame Cathedral Construction Span
Construction began in 1163 and finished in 1304 marking a 141 year build. The planned spires atop the twin towers were never completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Paris
Killer Speaks Dowhn Year Events at Rio Vista Club
Bill Strickland is suspected in the murder of Alfred Mark at a Rio Vista river side party. Jerry defends Bill by placing him upstairs moments before the crime, while the crowd debates evidence, police, and alibis as tension rises among partygoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bil Strickland
Alfred Markoa
Rio Vista Riverside Club
Hospital Dreamer’s Fate and Club Portrait in Dark Night
In a hazy afterglow at the Rio Vista club a man named Alfred Markham, once rich from jewelry, vows to help the poor amid a police call and a looming coroner visit. Bill, Muriel Benson, Jack Berry, and St Clair face a night of shock and publicity as a police camera nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Markham
Markey’s
Bill
St. Clair
Jack Berry
H Im
Jack Barry
Morning Eagle
Muriel Benson
Frank
New York White Pine Timber Resources and Pencil History
New York state holds about 1 500 000 acres of white pine with a commercial value around 57 million dollars. The origin of lead pencils traces to 1565 after graphite mine discovery in England. Conte improved with clay in 1795 to vary hardness. Gold shipments to the United States face no duty. Premier Edouard Daladier’s father and grandfather were bakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Borrowdale
England
Conte
Budget Battles End as House Hammers Spending
The House of Delegates clashes over a budget with a 1.7 million overage and 1.8 million in increased appropriations, despite salary cuts and a proposed liquor sales plan. Amid protests over executive orders, critics urge restraint and a balanced bill before Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
House
Commission of Fisheries
Senate
A. B. Co. Board
College of William and Mary
London
Paris
Secretary
The
Commonwealth
Richmond
Answers to Questions from Frederic J. Haskin Column
A reader questions column from the Winchester Evening Star info bureau covers topics on the pledge of allegiance for the American Youth Congress, Hitler and Mein Kampf, a talking book for the blind, Johnny Roventi birth and early life, and the Liberia jungle expedition led by Dr. William M. Mann sponsored by Firestone and under Smithsonian supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington
D. C
American Youth Congress
Reader’s Digest
Liberia
R. T
William M. Mann
National Zoological Park
Washington, D. C
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Smithsonian Institution
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Jerry
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Rio Vista Club
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France
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William Allen White
T. S
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Johnny) Roventi
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