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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1940

Page

5

Slavs and Bulgarians Push for Southern European Customs Union

In Sofia and Belgrade, business leaders advocate a Yugoslav Bulgarian customs union to expand trade. A joint board of trade binds Bulgaria and Yugoslavia as talks of a broader political union surface amid wary hopes of external pressure and shifting European interests.

Sofia Yugo- Slavia Bulgaria Europe Black Sea Board of Trade Yugoslavia Ivo Andre Belgrade Rome Berlin Paris London Serbia Austria-Hungary Russia Macedonia Germany Italy Balkan Croatia Vladimir Imacek Geriny Hope Say

German war correspondents drive Nazi home front reporting

Berlin dispatches describe how German war reporters operate within propaganda companies linked to the armed forces. Major Hans Krause notes a shift from sensational front news to immersive, home-front oriented storytelling, with many reporters killed or wounded and awarded Iron Crosses.

Berlin Ee Eee P. K Germany Krause Danzig

Winchester Skyline Drive map printed for Chamber of Commerce

A100000 copies of a new Skyline Drive strip map show the completed scenic highway with parking grounds picnic areas cabins lodges and services. The map lists distances and mountain elevations and 50000 booklets will be issued soon with color World's Fair photos displayed at the Chamber of Commerce office.

Winchester Skyline Drive Chamber of Commerce Andrew Bell Bell

Here They Are America’s Best Dressed Women

The Fashion Academy lists 13 top dressers across fields including sports Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, debutante Josephine Johnson, screen Anna Neagle, ballet Catherine Littlefield, society figure Mrs James H R Cromwell, and businesswoman Madame Helena Rubinstein.

America New York The Fashion Academy Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Oo Life Myron C. Tay Josephine Johnson Heldegarde Anna Neagle Molly McGee Catherine Littlefield Gladys .Swarthout James H. R. Cromwell Helena Rubinstein

Be Thrifty Budget Your Income

Be thrifty and manage income with the Household Budget Booklet. It offers simple facts, tables, budgets, and accounting pages printed on special paper. Frederic J. Fetine directs the project and requests ten cents enclosed for a copy. Street or Rural Route State

Stravinsky Marries Vera De Bassett Sudevkine in Bedford

The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky aged 57 and Vera De Bassett Sudevkine wed in Bedford two weeks ago. Stravinsky, to guest conduct the Boston Symphony this week, was living with his countrywoman since meeting twenty years prior.

Boston Igor Stravinsky Vera de Bassett Sudevkine Bedford Stravinsky Boston Symphony

The Great Victor Herbert Finale Song Question

The piece asks which song served as the finale for the film The Great Victor Herbert. It notes G E E A citing To the Land of My Own Romance from The Enchantress and mentions the Goddess of Liberty appearing on U S postage cards in 1873.

Victor Herbert Goddess of Liberty Unite States

Queen Shenandoah V Chosen For Apple Blossom Festival

Miss Mary Wise Boxley of Roanoke was selected as Queen Shenandoah V for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester. The Roanoke Times notes the Roanoke family ties and Roanokers’ pride as the festival grows in prominence with plans for the 1928 celebration.

Mary Wise Boxley Roanoke Shenandoah-Cumberland Boxley Roanoke Times Winchester W. W. Boxley

Virginia Senate assigns members to 1944 anniversary commission

The president of the Virginia Senate appoints Senator Morton G. Goode of Dinwiddie and Senator Burr Harrison of Winchester to the commission planning 1944 events marking the 325th anniversary of the first legislative assembly in the new world. Senator Aubrey Weaver of Front Royal is named chairman of a tax study commission for commercial motor vehicles.

Morton G. Goode Dinwiddie Burr, P. Harrison Winchester Virginia Senate Legislative Assembly New World Aubrey G Weaver Front Royal

167 Wildlife Projects In 42 States Approved Under Pittman Robertson Act

The 42 state game and fish commissions marked National Wildlife Restoration Week noting 167 approved projects in 42 states under the Pittman Robertson Act. Since the act’s start 19 months ago, $1,315,000 has been obligated with 34 projects seeking $1,200,000 more. Florida Georgia Louisiana Montana and Nevada are ineligible for lacking assent legislation.

Game and Fish Commissions Bureau of Biological Survey H. J. Spencer Winchester Florida Georgia Louisiana Montana Nevada National Wildlife Federation Spencer United States Pittman-Robertson Congress

Prefers Death To Prison For Life

Seattle report shows 23 year old Denzel Davis charged with first degree murder of his mother Harriet Arnold. He says he would rather die than life imprisonment or capital punishment, claiming motive related to his mother’s alleged insults toward his wife and confessing to the slaying.

Seattle Denzel Davis Harriet Arnold K. Bodin Davis

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