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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1940
Page
7
A Berryville revival program featuring daily 3 PM and evening services led by a noted Dr. from West Virginia began in 1927. The event, tied to Union Theological Seminary and Montrose, blends Bible conference elements with evangelistic meetings amid growing public interest and expected large attendance.
An to-date authoritative publication of 20 000 words in common use. Includes new words standard abbreviations and curious phrases. 382 pages Bible paper bound in imitation leather. Available for fifty cents postpaid.
Treasury data for September 30 shows receipts of 17 million 161 thousand 905 dollars and 42 cents, expenditures of 46 million 777 thousand 117 dollars and 41 cents, gross debt at 44 billion 72 million 940 thousand 246 dollars and 73 cents, an increase of 5 million 400 thousand 357 dollars and 83 cents from the previous day.
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia list prices for potatoes sweet potatoes chickens calves hogs sheep and lambs with remarks on steady trends and specific weight ranges. Philadelphia reports butter eggs and live poultry prices while Chicago shows hogs up to 6.70 and cattle and lambs nudging higher in early trading.
Betty Wilson, 19, was struck by a five pound metal waste paper basket outside a downtown hotel while waiting for Wendell Willkie. She did not suffer a fractured skull and is expected to be discharged today. The skull wound was a scalp laceration from missiles showered on the crowd after Willkie entered the hotel.
Redwood City Calif Oct 2 Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich will be sentenced to life but under California law the kidnapper of Baby Marc De Tristan Jr could be freed on parole after seven years a state official said Today Attorney Gilbert D Farrell noted the Little Lindbergh Act allows parole eligibility after seven years if no harm befell the victim and the State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles must decide on a parole request after seven years
Andrew Bell secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce prepares an industrial survey for the city. The study will cover population, labor supply, age scales, tax rates and other data to aid prospective business men and manufacturers seeking locations here. It will be issued to a limited number of parties.
The regular prayer service of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Hunter Grimm and Mrs. Rosa Grim at 218 South Loudoun Street. The topic is The Church of All Ages. There will also be a meeting of the trustees.
Stock market session showed mixed bond and commodity trends with about 550000 shares changing hands. Fibers Westinghouse Dow Chemical and Union Carbide advanced while U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Sears Roebuck and Standard Oil of New Jersey slipped amid Axis alliance speculation and London market steadiness.
Prices listed for steers heifers fat cows bulls veal calves and hogs at Va Livestock Market on N Kent Street with ranges for choice good medium plain and cull grades plus prices for fresh cows springers lambs sheep hogs feeder and stocker cattle stock prices per cwt and per head given for sale day Tuesday October 1 1940.
City officials report steady progress on the armory with major work pending. Manager Lee Grant said favorable weather could have finished it by October, but the structure remains unf roof and the concrete main floor is yet to be poured.
Mrs. Anderson, daughter of the late A B Cooper and Elizabeth Himelright Cooper, longtime Braddock Street Methodist Church member, dies in Mountain Falls. Survived by one daughter Mrs H E Stilley of Jacksonville Florida and nine grandchildren including Mildred Lee Marion Beverly Ann Philip James Stilley and Harold E Stilley. Funeral from residence at 2 pm Thursday with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev T M Swann assisted by Revs Carl Honeycutt and W O Talbert. Pallbearers named Hook Lemones Swartz Harry Ebert Walter Knee J H Myers.
Timber Ridge Congregational Church invites members and friends to World Communion Day observances on October 6. The service at 3 30 p m will feature Rev Robert A Whitten delivering the sermon marking his fifth year as pastor.
The city council opened the 1941 budget under chairman W. P. Anderson with Percy Miller warning that the time to fight is near. The session covered routine business including building permits denial for two projects and a proposed transfer of permit authority to the revenue commissioner.
A special meeting of the Junior Board of Trade will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the George Washington Hotel to hear a representative from the electoral board and discuss assisting with the October 16 registration. President J Pinckney Arthur oversees the group. In Portsmouth Virginia 408 Glasgow Street resident died this morning at about 1 20 after a lingering illness of nearly two years. His sister Rosa G Curling and Rev Robert A Whitten and Mrs Whitten and daughter left for Portsmouth to attend funeral services.
News from Winchester reports the death of James Edward Han rahan aged 72, longtime resident. The notice lists family ties to Mrs Rosa Curling and notes burial details and funeral arrangements pending.
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