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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1940
Page
4
Democratic ticket outlined with Franklin D. Roosevelt for president Henry A Wallace for vice president Harry F Burd named for U S Senate and congressional seats. The short notice emphasizes party slate and key individuals.
Analysis from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, based on Illinois data, shows nearly half of 24 000 last year auto accidents in Illinois happened at intersections. Stop sign violations caused about half of rural grade crossing crashes. Y junction head-ons reflect right of way disputes. Calls for more safety progress.
Cartoonists mock a man who never won a prize while outlining the first peacetime U.S. draft lottery under the Selective Service Act. The bowl used in 1940 will inaugurate a system seen as fair, with millions of registrants possible over five years and war or peace shaping its scope.
The Navy merges all Atlantic ships and planes into a single unit led by Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis. The patrol force of the United States fleet numbers 125 ships and hundreds of warplanes, coordinating neutrality patrol and building ships for Atlantic duty while Pacific operations continue.
Reprinted Roanoke Times editorial responds to a New Jersey motorist fined for speeding in Virginia. Editor William Robertson, now at the Easton Express, argues Virginians show hospitality only when visitors obey laws, noting officers enforce rules hard to dodge. He cites personal experience and urges law abidance as the basis of hospitality.
The piece argues many U S counties are state supported and duplicative. It cites Perry county Kentucky as a possible bankruptcy example and favors merging counties to reduce costs. It notes transport advances and resource pressures drive county seat closings and urges leadership and education to find a better path.
Senate blocks a move by Johnson to give President Roosevelt a free hand to work for peace in Europe. Handley wins second game of year by defeating Romney Deaf School eleven, 32-0. Jack McAboy and Churchill Diggs leave with D. J. Howard for national F F A convention in Kansas City.
Emergency rates on large apple shipments to southern states go into effect. The United States and Germany renew their 1925 pact of friendship trade and consular rights.
In this column Dr. Logan Clendening warns of breakfast as the main nutritious meal for schoolchildren when parents work. He cites malnutrition risks, lists hearty breakfast options, and urges parents to ensure variety and balance to protect scholarship and health. The piece also covers questions on impetigo and epilepsy treatment and notes pamphlets available for 10 cents each.
Reader questions answered by Frederic J. Haskin through The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include army branches in conscription, historic battles on British soil, infantile paralysis fundraising, basic human needs, shell anatomy, Gaulle’s WWI wounds, London vs New York area, Poland motto, large copper cent removal, art commission tours, ox versus steer terminology, and black versus white pepper production.
Ten years ago Rose Hill owned by W. R. Massie burned to the ground near Charlottesville causing a loss of $100000. Miss Virginia Bywaters and Mr Luther M Kremer wed at Stephens City. The Philadelphia Athletics won game six and the World Series against the St Louis Cardinals.
Twenty five years ago Mrs John W Morgan wife of the duck rancher at Riverton dies of a sudden illness. Bulgaria declares in a manifesto to the world that she has sided with the Teutonic nations and will fight in the war against the Allies. Little Miss Mary E Sartelle wins pony and trap in a popularity contest conducted by city merchants Edith Harloe is runner up.
Forty years ago Sheriff Perry C. Gore presided as Round Hill Democrats chairman Charles H. Harper served as vice chairman Walter Kelso and Miss Minnie Lockhart of Gore were married in Bethel Church Two men from Pittsburgh steam slowly through Winchester in their locomobile after traveling 575 miles
A list of seven questions asks if quicksilver equals mercury and if a spinet is a musical instrument. It also queries Cellini’s profession, Palestine’s capital, top religion, the new French ambassador to the U S, and the term chukker in polo.
The newspaper notes a cold spell approaching with forecasts calling for low temperatures and potential frost. Officials urge preparations for residents and businesses as advisory alerts circulate.
Do You Like Puzzles Tricks and Magic Here is a 32 page illustrated booklet with mathematical and word puzzles enigmas a maze and simple tricks It includes solutions in the back and can be ordered for ten cents postpaid from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC Enclose ten cents and provide name city state for delivery.
Gun and Coral raid Trent's office to seize notebooks and a map as pursuers close in. They flee into a hidden hillside arsenal and hold off attackers using improvised breastworks and precise fire, keeping Coral uninformed of their fate.
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