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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
2
In Stephens City Virginia Lloyd Reynolds builder and superintendent says a new colored school building will be ready in about two weeks. The 25 by 38 foot structure on the burned site replaces the old frame school and costs about $2 000. About 40 children will attend the school once finished.
University of Virginia ace track squad, noted for a strong hurdler lineup, defeated VMI on April 6 and aims to extend its spring momentum. Star Frank Paget leads a returning group including Armist a Peyton and Harry Stokes, with Bill Rathbun and Kenneth Norman among other versatile hurdlers ready for sprint and field events.
A fragmented quiz entry appears printed on page four labeled WERS TO TODAY'S QUIZ with a wind instrument reference and disconnected items including George Washington Princeton twelve and a stray housing authority note. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent narrative.
Plans are set for a Middletown fashion show on Friday March 15 with C. G. Wilkins as Mae West and W. F. Shipe as Gloria Swanson. Clyde Thompson plays Little Bo Peep and Arthur Byerly the Old Maid’s Dream. Principal H Dennie Hoover hosts with R A Wall Joe Bordon and others assisting. Bingo afterward on Saturday night will raise funds for books. The public is invited.
The French Senate unanimously voted to hold an immediate secret session to hear Premier Daladier explain war conduct to date. Officials defended rapid material aid to Finland, noting Finland requested help late February and that no troop call came from Helsinki. Daladier had said a 50 000 strong French British expeditionary force stood ready to sail for Sweden if summoned.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to reopen reargument of the south to north freight rate decision and upheld reductions to be in effect June 1. The 5 to 4 vote again denied northern petitions for rehearing, noting no grounds to reopen the proceedings. Current south to north rates remain about 37 percent higher than within the north.
The Passion Week Service will be held tomorrow night at 7 45 at Centenary Reformed Church with the Rev Wes L Flickinger D D in the pulpit.
Senator Byrd urged senators from tobacco states to protest to the state department against Britain's long term purchases of Turkish and Greek tobacco, risking permanent loss of U.S. markets. He noted January February shipments abroad, and pressed for canceling contracts that violate trade agreements while calling for tax relief and limiting seed export to aid farmers.
London dispatch reports British foreign office circles say peace between Soviet Russia and Finland removes the likelihood of a Soviet German military alliance. Russia is viewed as isolationist for now, reducing aid to Germany to a minimum while continuing oil and wheat shipments.
The local army recruiting office lists a vacancy in the air corps Hawaii for a high school educated man and a field artillery post in Panama. Applicants should apply at once with a required filling date of March 20. The recruiting sergeant is available at 11 a.m. on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
Mrs. Lawrence Jolliffe announced the Sketch Club would meet at the studio tonight at 7 30 o clock.
Dr Meta Glass of Sweet Briar College will speak at Handley Library auditorium during the Saturday morning meeting of the Virginia Division of the AAUW. She is sister of Senator Carter Glass and will address International Fellowship. Officers for 1939-40 include President Gil lie A Laren and Treasurer Miss Lucy Lee Lancaster. Local conference committee members listed with addresses in Lynchburg Newport News Williamsburg and Winchester.
In Boyce Virginia on March 14 the Clarke county farmers meeting series continues with extension agronomist W H Byrne speaking on The Use of Lime and Fertilizer at 7 30 pm The program includes Edward Cross Fairfax magician for 30 minutes and district county agent W C Shackleford closing remarks Over 80 attended the first meeting in Berryville inviting all in agriculture to join the event
The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will host a benefit food sale on Saturday March 16 from 10 a m to 7 p m at 179 North Loudoun Street. Soups sandwiches home made ice cream pies cakes and Easter novelties will be offered.
Gainesboro High School has reduced auditorium equipment indebtedness from 1600 to about 350 in four years. Principal Fred Braithwaite credits students, patrons and teachers for curtailment. Remaining debt covers chairs bought for 940, curtain and stage items paid. A benefit dinner and oyster feed will aid further reduction.
Funeral services for Charles C. Lloyd of Nain will be held Sunday from Bethel. The Shenandoah County native and retired merchant died Tuesday of a heart attack. Survived by widow Daisy Kipps two sons three daughters and three brothers with several survivors on the West Coast.
Treasury figures show March 12 receipts of 20,375,140.87 and expenditures of 16,164,314.41, leaving a net balance of 2,325,831,282. Gross debt stands at 42,397,784.99 with an increase of 2,126,247.05 from the previous day.
Presbyterians invite all interested to attend home meetings and evangelistic services at Highland Avenue Chapel and Loudoun Street Church next week. Prayer meetings run this week at 7 30 p m in ten homes with specific addresses listed for March 14 and 15. Also prayer services at Highland Avenue Chapel begin at 7 o clock for the northeast city section.
The Winchester and vicinity telephone directory is being delivered with listings for Berryville Boyce and Stephens City. Subscribers are asked to remove personal papers from directories before discarding them and to turn in old directories when the new book arrives.
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