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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
2
The quiz answers reveal William Jennings Bryan for item eight and identify Paraguay and Uruguay as the pairs for item nine.
In a community notice Jones Funeral Home states more than fifty service items are available as part of their American Standard burial offerings aimed at meeting diverse preferences and needs for final arrangements.
Many wearers of false teeth suffer embarrassment when plates drop or wobble. Sprinkle a non acid denture powder on plates to hold them firmer, feel more comfortable, and prevent souring or odor. Available at drug stores.
Basel May 23 Germany and France have pulled back most motorized veteran divisions from the Swiss frontier. Border villages on both sides are now sparsely manned with troops. Advices say both sides removed protecting forces in the West Wall Maginot line areas while German assurances of no invasion appear supported by frontier movements.
A federal court in New York awarded Gotham Knitting Mills court costs after a jury found against Mrs. M. L. Wilkins and her husband Jack Wilkins of Winchester in an injury suit. Mrs Wilkins claimed a crushed spinal bone from a swinging door knob at Gotham on September 8, 1938. The couple were ordered to pay $79.50 for witnesses and costs.
Women of Winchester are urged to spend part of the day at local banks to collect Red Cross contributions for war victims. Mrs. R E Griffith, volunteer chair, says volunteers are still needed and asks women to leave their names at the Red Cross office and indicate available days.
Special Commissioners announce a public sale of James L Gardner realty from theMary Elizabeth Gardner vs J C Gardner et al decree of March 25 1940 in Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia The sale includes Lot C in Stephens City and Lot H in Shawnee Heights Winchester with terms one third cash and two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance Plat available at Herbert S Larrick Office Winchester May 31 1940 at 2 pm in front of the County Courthouse
Stockholm May 23 German warplanes swarmed over the Norwegian Arctic Narvik sector again today targeting Allied troops and shipping. Dispatches say bases in central Norway aided operations against Polish units aiding French Blue Devils and Norwegian forces. An attack on Harstad may aim at the Allied headquarters with parachute reinforcements rushing in.
More than 15 000 livestock owners use about 80 000 000 acres of public lands. This measures cattle and sheep grazing on federal and state ranges, reflecting widespread ranching activity across large tracts.
After the bandmaster Sousa died the instrument was bought from his estate by C. G. Conn Ltd a musical instrument firm in Elkhart Indiana.
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