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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1940
Page
3
Hollywood reports a box office slump as wartime fear reduces consumer spending. Studios cut staff and simplify productions while pulling unused manuscripts from archives. Radios are banned in dressing rooms as executives urge higher quality entertainment to attract audiences.
Rome reports Italy stands ready for Premier Mussolini to press the button toward joining Germany in war. Civil mobilization decree allows quick national call ups, requisition of private capital and services, with widespread troop prep and immigration shifts among foreigners and British residents.
New York May 25 Colonel Gonzalo Gomez admitted his marriage to 19 year old Joyce Matthews was strained and he planned to leave the country soon. He said he is tired and would depart Monday with unclear future plans. The couple wed May 9 in White Plains after a brief courtship and license troubles in Virginia.
The local Red Cross chapter boosts the war relief drive two weeks after launch with $1,245 raised by 1 pm, about $165 more than yesterday. Mrs. R. E. Griffith leads booth efforts with Miss Edythe Ballard noting progress and volunteers expanding countywide including Stephens City and Opequon. A Blue Network NBC program tomorrow from 1 to 2 pm is urged to boost contributions.
Local Post Office Clerks sponsor free showing of Men And Mail at Market Street Methodist Church Tuesday 8 pm and Douglas School Wednesday 7 30 pm The Berryville branch screens at May 27 high school auditorium afternoon and Community Seat 8 pm same day The film covers mail service history from Pony Express to present and is distributed by the Post Office Clerk Association.
Andrew J. Vincent, under indictment at Martinsburg, West Virginia, was found guilty of driving under the influence and sentenced to 30 days in jail plus a $100 fine and costs. Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner oversaw the case. Vincent, free on $500 bond on the driving charge, faces $1,000 bond on the assault charge for allegedly attempting to run down a trooper and resisting arrest.
The Navy launched the 1 630 ton destroyer U S Gwin at the Boston Navy yard. Keel laid in 1939 the ship will mount five 5 inch guns and 10 torpedo tubes and reach 36 knots. The Gwin is part of a group of four destroyers under construction.
German forces encircled the British and Belgian troops along with parts of France's First Seventh and Ninth Armies near Calais and Boulogne. Berlin boasted heavy attacks, while Allied counters aimed to close a 30 mile corridor between Cambrai and the Somme and prevent a link to the channel.
Berlin reports Dr. Otto Dietrich Adolf Hitler's press chief answered King George VI in a half page German press article under the red caption Reply To King. He called England responsible for the war and its horrors and mocked the king as a pitiable hypocrite and coward who should face his fate.
Washington May 25 A Senate judiciary sub committee approved legislation requiring registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States. Senator Connally of Texas said the measure was added to a comprehensive bill designed to protect armed forces and citizens from subversive activity and fifth columnists. Senator Danaher of Connecticut, a Republican member, called the bill a necessary part of the broader measure.
National defense bill broadens requirements to register and fingerprint all aliens in the country and at post offices. It also imposes penalties of up to ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine for subversive acts against the U S military and tightens deportation provisions.
A five hour artillery battle near Basel pounded the Istein rock, known as the Gibraltar of the Rhine, with French guns from Filgensburg fort hammering the rock while German gunners replied. Basel residents watched the exchanges from rooftops as dawn broke.
Inventor P Barlow tested a liquid oxygen carbon super explosive on 98 goats at Aberdeen proving grounds. A 1000 pound charge claimed to emit lethal vacuum waves failed to kill any goat, showing no fatal effect.
Observers scoured the air field after an explosion and found no dead goats as the experiment flopped. Barlow admitted the attempt failed and noted tethered devices at distances from 200 to 1000 feet.
Senator Morris Sheppard says he was compelled to try the test to learn its outcome. He notes the test may not be conclusive and suggests it would be performed in a metal container.
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