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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
12
The Winchester Evening Star publishes on Thursday May 9 1940 with classified advertising rates 2 cents per word and a 25 cent minimum. Subscription prices are listed for mail and carrier delivery including one year six months and three months terms.
A religious quotation from 1 John 5 14 15 emphasizes confidence in prayer. Believers trust God will hear requests aligned with his will and grant petition accordingly.
The United States exported 11 million bushels of apples from July 1, 1938, to April 1, 1939, but only about 3 million from July 1, 1939, to April 1, 1940. The drop of roughly 8 million bushels, 72 percent, reflects the war's effect on the American apple industry.
The Roanoke WORLD NEWS praises director Irving Cummings for proposing to drop long lists of film credits at the start and end of movies. It argues keeping only the director, producer, title, and cast names readable is sufficient, while excessive credits annoy audiences.
Preliminary returns from 44 towns and cities show urban growth averaging 9 percent in the 1930s among 42 typical urban places, with only five failing to grow. The decade’s total urban population rose about 27 percent, though the pace lagged the 1920s boom and reflected the era’s low mood.
If it exists, is far less drastic than some had pictured it. Unless industrial and commercial enterprise in truth are indeed decadent, the typical American city doubtless can look forward to healthy growth for many a decade to come.
The Lynchburg News praises Representative Dave Satterfield of Virginia for voting to table the Hatch bill in the House Judiciary Committee and for openly declaring his vote. It argues the bill would curb state employees funded by federal money and concentrate power in Washington, urging defeat of the measure.
The Smith Committee reveals Harry Bridges wrote a Personal and Confidential letter to Edwin Smith of the National Labor Relations Board on January 8, 1938, and Smith replied January 11. A subsequent request for a Bridges call suggests coordination with the CIO, with further notes on pre hearing notifications and potential influence.
Frank Runkles, 38, of White Hall, dies of injuries from a fall from the roof of the Old Mill Cold Storage south of Winchester. Mrs. W. L. Tyson and daughter Irene sail for England to visit relatives this summer. Dr. Hunter McGuire is reelected hospital president with C. I. Brumback as vice-president and Dr. James Miller as secretary.
Judge Thomas W. Harrison dies at his home after a short illness from double pneumonia. Chairman Jack Engle says plans continue to raise six thousand dollars for Winchester's needy. Postal authorities crackdown on a nationwide chain letters craze marked by fraud.
Thurman Jenkins drives from Millwood Avenue and loses control at Shawnee Filling Station causing a pump fire after a crash. Hundreds of gallons of gasoline are endangered as flames erupt. City supervisors request a Winchester council meeting to discuss a new jail. Charlie Isaacs joins Winchester Golf Club and announces the year's first tournament.
A fire damages Charles W Rogers' grocery store at the Piccadilly and National avenue corner after a lantern explodes. No casualties reported.
Forty years ago the Masonic orders in Winchester planned a gala to mark the laying of the cornerstone in the new city hall under construction. Conley P. Cooper wrote from Klondike seeking gold news. The Presbyterian Church eyed Rev. J. B. Sbley of Atlanta as a possible Loudoun Street pastor.
A reader quiz asks who composed La Boheme and who led the State Department under Coolidge. It covers coin collectors, state history, planetary orbits, Congress and executive salaries, birth control clinic aid, Harry Hopkins prior role, and meaning behind a song title. The piece ends with a garbled question about the inventor of the cotton.
Guidance on precise language for describing character explains that mean conveys basic inferiority while ill tempered implies a quick anger. It clarifies distinctions between semantic shades and cautions against misusing adjectives in analysis.
Gallstones are tiny to large mineral deposits formed in the gall bladder from bile and infection. They vary in color from white to green and can appear as grains of sand or larger shapes.
Dr. Clendening cites Dr. Ivy on how constipation irritates the colon and slows bile flow, promoting gallstone formation. Women face higher risk due to constipation and pregnancy related stasis, with most cases arising after age 40. Management ranges from medical routines to diet, stressing fat-free intake and light laxatives, with spa treatment noted as supportive.
Editor announces seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each. To receive a pamphlet send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening in care of the paper. Pamphlets cover topics from reducing diet to infant feeding and diabetes treatment.
Several thousand new voters took an oath of allegiance to the United States and heard Eddie Cantor declare the vote is the weapon of democracy our substitute for the submarine in a Tulsa rally. The Non Partisan Tulsa County Citizenship Council sponsored the event with Roosevelt greetings. Cantor praised Will Rogers as the great American and noted Rogers would comment on hearing war reports by radio. National guardsmen fired a twenty one gun salute to the flag.
Gayle Dixon hosts a casual dinner at the Merrifield mansion with Bill Bailey and Jeremy Tucker in a lively gathering. Tempe Hyde delivers a cheeky economics verse, prompting laughter and a burst of cordial toasts. The event sparks renewed interest in Mr. Merrifield and his historic home.
Reader queries cover topics from pineapple cheese origins to Daylight Saving Time and maternal impressions. It lists figures on automobile deaths in 1938, Edison patent records, and the meaning of yo yo. It also answers about Thanksgiving date 1940 and Texas name origin with concise, era tone responses.
New London Wisconsin reporters say the Clark filling station was burglarized five times in a year and loot taken each time. In the sixth break in, thieves removed the station's 800 pound safe, authorities say.
Mrs. W H Pattison in Wichita on May 9 attempted to kill a chicken for dinner. She swung a hatchet with her right hand while holding the fowl in her left. The blade wounded her arm and she was taken to a hospital with a lacerated artery. The chicken escaped.
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