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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces publication details for Winchester Virginia. It lists national advertising representatives, display ad deadlines, transient rates, and subscription prices. The date shown is Wednesday May 1 1940.
A religious passage quotes Romans 2 4 6 urging that God’s goodness leads to repentance while warnings of a day of wrath follow against those with hard hearts. It reflects a framing of divine judgment and personal conduct.
The article argues for open trade across the continent, noting Louisiana's early strawberry shipments and forecasts of 3,000 to 5,000 carloads. It contrasts year round US fruit access with Europe’s short picking windows and calls for ending inspection laws licensing and entry hindrances to preserve liberty and prevent wars.
An analysis of the Allied position in Norway and Western Europe notes Britain and France face a long war with continued retreats. It highlights Germanys air and sea superiority, potential Italian ambitions, and the uncertainty of Allied outcomes. The piece warns Americans not to assume final victory and urges realism about a drawn or extended conflict.
The piece surveys potential Democratic nominees for governor in 1941, naming Ashton Dovell Darden Cary Oziin Tuck Battle Weaver Brown and others from Tidewater Southside Piedmont Valley and Southwest Virginia. It notes regional balance but says ability popularity factional strength and organization will weigh more than geography.
A column argues that today’s young people will forge a new code of ethics and conduct. They challenge old rules, aim to achieve valued outcomes, and may raise future standards for raising children, with teachers praising their potential yet wary of obedience to tradition.
The piece argues that communities progress through higher standards of taste reflected in dress, homes, travel, and aesthetics. It urges practical, affordable improvements like lawns, cleaned yards, and avoiding further deterioration, and calls for residents to keep pace with evolving public taste.
Miss Martha Walker Lupton and Mr. George Lee Sheetz wed in the afternoon at the bride’s home on North Washington Street. Festival director general Tom Baldridge informs committeemen in an open letter that personal plans prevent him from returning as head.
Five years ago hundreds of school children began the 12th annual festival with a parade despite threatening skies. Nella Veverka was crowned queen but pageant canceled due to cold weather. Bank stockholders from Clarke County and Boyce State Bank discussed a merger. Miss Queenie V Gilmer and Mr Calvin J Pitcock of Opequon were wed.
Carroll Campbell of near Winchester named top Virginia Vo-Ag sole in soil fertility. Lohn Capper and George Leve appointed to appraise and condemn land for Shenandoah National Park. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hodgson invite visitors to their garden to see hundreds of blooming tulips.
Twenty five years ago German forces shelled Dunkirk and bombarded Rheims again as Polish civilians faced famine after invasion. The Berryville town council votes to drill another well west of town to increase water flow. John C. Coe receives $500 from the city in a suit over alleged sewage pollution of Abrams Creek east of town.
Forty years ago a bucket brigade forms quickly and extinguishes a kitchen fire at Sallie Jones home on Cecil street. Mr and Mrs Joseph Strode honored on their first anniversary at a small party in Stephens City. George Kremer is convalescing from an injured knee.
Nicknames of Franklin Pierce Jackson and Thomas J. Jackson are not provided here. The honeycomb shape is hexagon. The official world speed record for airplanes is held by Great Britain. The Republican nominee for President in 1936 was Alf Landon. Sound travels fastest in iron. The word white is pronounced as white. Rudyard Kipling lived in the United States for several years in Vermont and other places. The fifth largest U S city by 1930 census was Chicago. Complete proverb: When Adam delved and Eve spun. A seat without a back is a chair without a back is a chair.
The item highlights a typical mistake in English writing by omitting or misplacing words. It stresses accuracy in article usage and noun phrases to avoid unclear meaning or errors in structure.
In a column by Dr. Logan Clendening the piece extols time honored remedies for illness especially in children. It argues rest water sun and cleanliness beat flashy new drugs and cautions against unnecessary purges and prematurely returning children to activity. The editor notes Clendening offers pamphlets on child care and health topics for ten cents each.
RIDGEWAY West Virginia May 1 Those who grow cherries commercially in Berkeley and Jefferson counties and nearby Frederick County Virginia expect good prices this season amid a curtailed output for canning plants. Sub freezing weather threatened trees though orchards were not in full bloom and many buds showed signs of hard freezing.
Benjamin W. Merrifield and his secretary Weems interview Gayle Dixon for a job at The Oaks in Montrose Manor. The plan aims to attract a pretty, young, unmarried woman to win the affection of Merrifield’s reserved grandson Jeremy. The premise draws a crowd of hopeful applicants and unsettles the household.
A reader can get answers to facts by writing to the Winchester Evening State Bureau in Wortieston. The column cites questions and concise replies on topics from battles and presidents to biology and art, including the origin of the Junior League, U.S. patents, and the Bronx name.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a five color durable map of Europe to aid war readers. It is printed in five colors and available for 10 cents from the Washington Information Bureau, directed by Frederick J. Haskin, mail to Washington D C.
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