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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
8
Washington March 20 America operates the largest radium stock to inspect naval vessel components for flaws. About two grams are used in ongoing industrial work to X ray drives shafts engines armor plates and gun parts up to 12 inches thick. Radium photographs reveal hidden flaws through high voltage X rays and a simple setup.
Under ordinary conditions water freezes at 32 degrees F and expands about one eleventh of its volume. If confined this expansion can exert great force, such as bursting pipes.
Classified notices list a General Electric refrigerator for 35 dollars in Cameron plus real estate and business opportunities on Whitlock Avenue in Winchester and Route 11 near Winchester. Also offered are a foundation garments appointment, a nearly new electric White sewing machine for 190 dollars, antique furniture, glassware, and a Colonial Walnut sofa at 119 West Boscawen Street.
A prose essay argues that people are not wholly good or bad but mixed, urging readers to analyze their own behavior. It cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox and asks readers to credit others and themselves for decency amid imperfection.
Allied interest centers on a modified P-38 fighter now released for export with a secret device required for top speed. The British French purchasing mission continues talks on potentially 1 billion dollars of American aircraft, while US officials withhold the secret supercharger.
Puzzle grid clues listed with across and down entries including spigot yearning dissolvable and many others. Includes theme note and answer line from King Features Syndicate with yesterday's solution reference.
The 27,000 ton Panamanian, linked to Arnold Bernstein, listed at 10 degrees and filled with water at Locust Point. Crew reported water flooding engine rooms and holds after unexplained ingress. investigation by Baltimore agents and the FBI declined. Fireboats attempted to salvage. officials emphasized salvaging the vessel if in danger.
Roosevelt notes that confidential military secrets will stay hidden as long as possible while Allies show interest in the P-38 to counter Germany's fast two engine fighters. German Messerschmitt 110 and 111 are cited for high speeds and an alleged raid success against British forces. Berlin claims 34 of 52 British bombers downed in a December action at Helgoland. Airmen say the American aircraft could offer decisive speed, but doubt remains without it against the Nazis destroyer.
District of Columbia police said the night was the quietest in ten in terms of crime. A filling station manager named Thomas D. Althaus said two robbers, described as negroes, held him up and took $40.
Petition filed by E. H. Dulaney as agent for Carriers seeks cancellation of various Note B Items in Exceptions No. 19. Southern Classification docketed for hearing before the Commission in its Court Room Richmond on Tuesday April 2 1940 at 10 00 a m. Agent E. H. Dulaney Atlanta Georgia 3 21 39.
Secretary Morgenthau said preliminary estimates show annual income tax collections 31.2 percent ahead of last year and comfortably ahead of Roosevelt's budget. Telegraph reports from regional offices cited $621,000,000 collected in the first 20 days of March versus $473,000,000 in the same period a year ago.
Penitent members of Holy Redeemer Catholic parish filled the small frame church in Cleveland for the first service since Archbishop Scrembs placed the parish under interdict on February 18. Dr. Achilles P. Ferreri, appointed parish administrator, and his assistant Rev. Shea Towell, officiated Maundy Thursday mass.
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