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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1939
Page
10
Pan American Airways 74 passenger clipper No 20 left New Orleans at 6 49 am for Baltimore to enter trans Atlantic service. Ten persons aboard. The craft spent Sunday in port en route east from California.
A barking Irish setter awakened three people who escaped a blaze at a Baltimore night club. The owner Mrs. Carl Hanlon, a boarder Earl Meyers, and Herbert Miller a Black chef who lived above the club, all escaped unharmed.
Crossword clues mix across and down entries from a 1939 King Features Syndicate puzzle. Readable segments hint at test terms, river names, countries, and common crossword answers across categories like geography, flora, and misc. The page includes a note about copyright and puzzle solutions from prior issues.
Richmond reports by Henry M. Taylor show Virginia flue cured tobacco growers intend to plant 103 000 acres, up 10 percent from 1938, the largest gain after barley. Oats, soybeans and peanuts rise while cow peas, sweet potatoes and corn fall. Weather before March 1 hindered early crops. more dry weather needed to ready land for seeding.
French authorities assumed police and security powers in Syria and began occupying Damascus as riots spread to Homs and other cities. The move followed protests over the 1936 treaty and Syria's autonomy under a French mandate, with nationalists voicing anger at the failure to ratify independence. Meanwhile a quiz item asks how many newspapers a press can print per hour, answering 60,000.
Railways Express Agency, Inc. filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission a petition for authority to revise its intra state rate structure in Virginia. The hearing is set for Tuesday, April 11, 1939 at 9:00 A.M. in Richmond. All interested parties should appear to present testimony.
The Treasury Department notice reports a 1936 Plymouth Sedan with accessories seized in Warren County near Front Royal, Virginia, February 18, 1939, for violation of Internal Revenue laws. Claimants must file a claim and cost before April 19, 1939 at the Alcohol Tax Unit in Richmond, or the property will be disposed of.
A newspaper interview with actress Caroline Chatfield explores whether the world favors men or women. The star argues two paths to success exist for women: ally with a powerful man or forge ahead independently through business, art, or science, challenging the notion of a strictly male or female world. The column notes readers may submit general-interest problems for discussion and privacy assurances for names.
The unemployment compensation office reports February figures show an average weekly jobless payment of 7.15 dollars in Virginia, the lowest since last year. Partial payments rose to 11.7 percent, with 5,549 checks totaling 26,830.99 dollars to the partially unemployed, while totally unemployed averages and totals are also detailed. Mayor Frank P. Evans heads the commission reporting the data.
Highlights show Spates of H C with a 139 high game and White 138 while team leaders include Rouss Fire Company 574 in high team game and 1 638 by Rouss in high team sets. Other top marks include Spates 337 and La Follette 367 in high individual sets.
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