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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1940
Page
9
Geneva New York October 8 a simple flash pasteurization method developed at the State Experiment Station yields apple juice with flavor and aroma close to fresh juice. Juice is strained heated to 170 degrees Fahrenheit bottled hot and cooled quickly for shelf stability.
The Kernstown Community League will hold its first fall meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the school. Officers will be elected and key business discussed. Art Dettra led the league last year as president. Goals include buying playground equipment and a kitchen for hot lunches. Chairs for the auditorium are needed if funds allow. About 25 patrons belong to the league.
Interpretative review of The War Today by DeWitt MacKenzie examining the foreign policy lens and the article’s framing. The piece discusses MacKenzie as a writer for the Associated Press and contextualizes his interpretation of wartime events.
Spirit Lake postal clerk Oscar Todd drove off the second tee at a local club when his ball struck and killed a chicken. Garfield Harker the club pro took the bird home and his wife found a golf ball inside the bird, the headliner says.
Winchester Fire Department and Junior Board of Trade Fire Prevention committee urge observance of Fire Prevention Week October 6 12 The statement emphasizes a minute spent learning fire safety can prevent tragedy and urges home hazard checks fire drills and family planning National Board of Fire Underwriters guidance is available on request Cooperation is urged as fire losses in five years exceed 50000 lives.
Notarized affidavit by R. S. Fansler business manager of the Winchester Evening Star disclosing ownership editor and publisher details, stockholders including E Bolling Byrd, and average circulation 5158. Formal oath dated October 7, 1940 before Notary Eloise Ridgeway in Winchester Virginia.
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce reports broad gains in industry employment and hours, higher construction and commercial activity, and a surge in government contracts. Major projects include a $25 million smokeless powder plant near Radford and a $12 million nylon plant at Martinsville, with shipbuilding and housing increases across Norfolk Newport News and Alexandria areas.
Four defendants were indicted by a Hastings court grand jury in Richmond on charges of criminally attacking a 26 year old white waitress the night of September 12. True bills named Ernest McCray William C Fox Ralph Milner and Louis Johnson. The alleged assault occurred on the Richmond Henrico turnpike after the woman fled an automobile to escape advances from a white man.
The Fourth Circuit found no evidence that Mathieson Alkali Works dominated the independent plant employees association and denied the NLRB petition to disestablish it as the bargaining agent. Judge Parker wrote the opinion noting lack of board domination or foreman interference.
The Winchester Star directs readers to seek factual answers from its Washington D C bureau and to reference page 4 for questions of fact. The notice emphasizes official guidance and contact points for information requests.
Report details Salvation Army wartime efforts in Britain and America with General George L. Carpenter praising support from American friends. Messages note refugees and homeless in need, officers serving with devotion, and cash donations totaling 150000 dollars plus clothing gifts. An Ambulance Service praise and a Canadian officer’s sock gift to troops are highlighted amid wartime prayers.
Mae Skinker Martha Kennerly return to New York after two months with Nellie Kennerly at Greenway Court. Mrs Ribble returns to Hyattsville after visit to Eleanor Con ey. Mabel Massey returns to Roanoke to teach. Churchill Digges enrolled as VPI cadet. Dearmont back after back strain. Baldwin family visits Mary Gore. Rixey Dearmont recovering from auto accident. Joseph Denny returns to Medical College Richmond. Maesmer Gaunt party travels to Richmond Williamsburg Jamestown. Hunt hosts Cedar Grove guests. Dutrow family visits from Washington DC. Ball family week end at Meadea. Tomblin family moves into Mary Gore home.
Historic fiddling tale aside the ad promotes Udga Tablets for ulcer and stomach pains indigestion gas heartburn and burning sensation caused by excess acid with money back guarantee and availability at Baker's Drug Store and drug stores everywhere.
Richmond Virginia Selective Service officials will hold three school sessions next Monday in which local board personnel will be instructed for the October 16 registration of men aged 21 to 35. Lt Col Mills F Neal directs the session in Richmond, Lt Col Leroy Hodges in Roanoke, and Capt Asher Harmon in Bristol. Each session starts at 10 am and lasts six hours.
Queen Erma Castillo Najera, daughter of the Mexican ambassador to the United States, will arrive in Harrisonburg from Washington Tuesday night for a two day reign at the Rockingham National Turkey Festival. A special automobile with police escort will leave tomorrow morning for Washington and return in the afternoon with Queen Rockingham II. The Mexican senorita will be joined by Miss Ruth Warrsler and Mrs. Katherine Blackley to greet and accompany her. She will stay as a guest in the Conrad Home on South Main Street during the festival.
Fon taine H. Scott a 26 year old businessman was elected business manager of the Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce replacing R D Ramsey. He cited three upcoming college football games at Lynchburg Municipal Stadium and a joint farm show with the Lynchburg Retail Merchants Association as pressing immediate activities. Scott is from a prominent Lynchburg business family and studied at Augusta Military Academy Hampden Sydney College and the University of Virginia.
Dr. A. R. Transue watched as a six ton steam shovel bit into earth and then, to his amazement, lifted his hat from the canal bottom and placed it near his feet. The operator saved the hat amid the digging spectacle.
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