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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
10
The item notes post offices face reduced allowances for car fare and bicycle costs as funds run dry. It explains assistant and other postal staff will have to walk or use public transit until July 1 when the department expects more money. It mentions Chicago and a National Public Utility context.
Reynolds Store notes a Sunday gathering with many visitors from Ridge Martinsburg Capon Bridge and Ohio. Families of Largent Whitacre Maury and Shank joined Mrs. R E Place and Mrs. T O Fearnow hosted or visited local homes.
May 16 reports describe Nazi success in the east. German commentators hail Adolf Hitler’s machine as “unique” after swiftly subduing the Netherlands. They note a well-armed nation of over 8,000,000 and the Dutch surrender as key to the campaign against the Allies.
London reports that Holland's strict neutrality before the German invasion limited Allied talks with Dutch commands. British sources say Germany gained bases and material in Holland, but Dutch assets in gold, colonial wealth, and merchant fleet balanced the gains for the Allies.
In Falls City Nebraska Frederick Buchholz now 19 gained a deeded farm near town from uncle John W. Towle of Omaha. An oil well on the farm yields about 300 barrels daily and his royalty could reach around $8 000 yearly with potential to reach $100 000 if twelve wells are developed.
Two bears clashed at the Augusta Lumber Company while workers watched. Bert Dunphy shot the animals, ending the fight. In France trains were halted at midnight on the border due to lines on the Italian frontier.
In Seattle on May 16, Mary Hicks fears an attorney will befuddle her during a legal matter as details of the case emerge from the courtroom scene.
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