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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1940
Page
6
Roanoke city council debated a measure from ex mayor A. Bear requiring aliens and others to register with police within 30 days. The proposal would have demanded full information on time, location, and methods of residence but failed for lack of a second and awaits federal and state plan guidance.
Senator Harry Byrd will speak at the 42nd annual Virginia Association of Insurance Agents convention in Virginia Beach. He will address the final session Saturday morning on The Trend of Legislation at Washington. The meeting opens Thursday.
The text requests entry details for individuals, including city, member organizations, nationality status, and a brief personal history with a recent photo for identification. It notes noncompliance would render a person guilty of a misdemeanor.
New York reports four women provide wartime broadcasts from Paris London and Berlin adding the women's viewpoint to fighting coverage. NBC uses Helen Hietz and Margaret Rupli while CBS features Mary Marvin Breckinridge. Roosevelt plans June 9 address at Vassar College.
Mrs. Vera Tripp Fidler, 52, died instantly and Mrs. Lara Shinault Shurm was fatally injured when their car ran off Route 360 south of Richmond Monday afternoon.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation 0.07 inches and year to date 13.73 inches. The average monthly rainfall for 1913 to 1939 lists January 2.56 inches through December with an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Legal holiday notice states banks will close on May 30 1940 and all paper maturing that day can be paid May 31 1940. Signatories include John I Sloat of Commercial and Savings Bank George B Bushnell of Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown of Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank and J H Yost of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co.
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