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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star 1940 edition lists standard publishing details and advertising rates. It notes delivery, subscription terms, and rate cards while identifying the paper as a daily except Sundays with various regional ad representatives.
A religious quotation from Acts 11 24 praising a man full of the Holy Ghost and faith noting that many people were added to the Lord. The line asserts virtue and spiritual influence.
Three thousand delinquent taxpayers in Richmond are paying overdue accounts in installments. Few have used the option to pay current taxes in installments within the last year. Deposits reduce the delinquent tax debt after a full year coverage. The Virginia law caps delinquent personal property tax collection to five years.
A Council of State Governments survey shows 28 states use private license systems and 17 run government monopolies, with 16 monopolies statewide retail and Wyoming combining wholesale monopoly with private retail.
Batsas City police begin wearing armbands showing the yearly traffic fatalities count. Each new automobile death replaces the number on the band as the year progresses, with officials hoping the display raises safety awareness.
A wrinkle in traffic safety work will focus attention on the safety drive under way in Kansas City, the winner of the 1939 grand prize in the National Traffic Safety Contest.
Reprinted editorial notes L Preston Collins of Marion and Charles R Fenwick as strong potential candidates for the 1941 Virginia lieutenant governorship. It cites Collins long service, social security advocacy, and his Smyth County roots, with backing from Young Democrats statewide.
New York Yankees win their 9th straight in the American League and widen their pennant margin. MacKay Smith is elected president of a newly formed history society. Miss Billie Pappas of Handley senior class hosts classmates at the Old Mill Tavern in Strasburg.
Mr and Mrs John Dick announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Dick to Mr John W Miller. Rudolph Crisman wins three first places to secure the C V A L victory for Handley and gain permanent possession of the trophy. Jimmy Yates of Winchester bowling league writes a poem printed in full in The Star about most of the rollers.
Ten years ago, Margaret Ann Matthews, 80, a well known county resident, died at her home near Opequon. Georgette Haven Blandy of Clarke County marries Lieut. Col. Llewellyn Bull, retired, of New York.
Twenty five years ago a bomb was found near the platform during final exercises at Carpers Valley School. A spectator heard a sputtering fuse and extinguished it, saving over 200 people. Italian parliament votes confidence as experts expect war with Germany at midnight. Hon ambassador and officials depart Rome. A H Jackson elected grand trustee of the State Lodge of Red Men from Shawnee Tribe.
Forties era report notes detectives capture a gang member who robbed the Massanutten Bank in Strasburg of five thousand dollars. authorities suggest other members may be found in New York. William C. Marshall resigns from the Episcopal Female Institute to join Chatham College. J B McInturff Shenandoah county school superintendent is injured in a Valley pike runaway.
A fragment shows ten quiz questions asking color order between pale pin and pale yellow the function of the olfactory organ which state is Mother of Presidents the middle name of Vice President Garner the mortgage insured agency the visibility of colors in darkness a German born US Senator a two thirds vote for impeachment or a simple majority a Canadian dollar value vs the US dollar and the meaning of soto voce.
A guidance note warns against substituting the phrase nowhere near for not nearly. It clarifies the proper usage and avoids casual misquotations in written English.
The column explains plant fiber roughage and its role in digestion, citing examples like spinach celery squash lettuce oranges apples bananas and whole wheat. It cites studies on fatigue and quotes James Wise Riggs and an anecdote of a long-working businessman. It ends with reader Q A on Lake Mead Bernhardt beaver hats and more.
In a sanitized melodrama set at the Merrifield estate, Gayle Dixon navigates romance with Jeremy Tucker while Bill Bailey organizes a Little Theater production Maid to Measure to entertain guests after a jewel theft. Tempe shows a rare flare as jealousy simmers and plans unfold.
The piece argues the Allied blockade is restricting German food supplies, citing a letter tucked with a stamp reading We are starving as evidence. It claims the blockade is increasingly effective, threatening Hitler if he gains in the Low Countries.
Bertha Carpenter voices the stance that Christians should oppose war and honor the crucified Christ. She argues that Saint Francis and Ka gawa showed love over sword in defense of faith, urging forgiveness to reconcile nations. The piece critiques godless dictators and advocates cross through suffering love. City.
Reader questions covered a range of topics from the International Peace Garden pledge to not taking up arms, to cigarette paper safety, Oxford Groups rules, making actors look bald, hobos origin, Peter Pan earnings, and Henry Ford on workers over fifty. Answers cite Webster, Hoboes of America, and Ford statements with brief details.
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