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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
3
Fire clinic awareness urges households to inspect attics for papers and clutter and to check bedrooms for frayed wires overloaded outlets and unsafe placements. The note warns fires claim many lives yearly and stresses removing hazards before winter and seeking help when needed.
A home fire hazard guide stresses checking living room ash trays and placing a wire screen before the fireplace. It warns about oily rags in kitchens, burnt matches in waste baskets, and notes many dwelling fires start in cellars from heating, chimneys, or faulty pipes.
Cletus L. Wilson pleaded guilty when arraigned before Judge Philip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court yesterday. He was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $500 plus costs for stealing chickens from Mrs. Mary Boxwell of Hayfield.
In Clarke aters at Griffith stadium the Nationals lost 4 3 in the capital. John Lloyd Newcomb, UVA dean, is unanimously named Old Dominion College president by the board. The New York Giants won the 1933 World Series final game. Pauline Hudson and Clinton Rhodes wed in Hagerstown Maryland. Handley beats Washington and Lee 13 0 led by Potts Lake and DeWitt. Three Berryville Scouts win Carnegie Medal nominations for lifesaving Austin Riley.
A public safety release from the Junior Board of Trade Winchester Fire Prevention committee outlines gasoline risks. It notes gasoline vapor is heavier than air and highly explosive, with examples from Topeka and Fort Dodge illustrating fatal accidents caused by ignition of gasoline vapors and carelessness around flames.
In his War Today column Dewitt Mackenzie notes Il Pa polo Italia offers Uncle Sam a neutral stance in exchange for a prize of vast territories including Canada Newfoundland the Bahamas Bermuda and Jamaica. He weighs Axis threats and Britain’s naval strength as Mussolini hints at a new Mediterranean offensive aided by air power.
Salisbury Maryland October 10 federal authorities sought Mrs James C Fields assistant cashier at Savings Bank of Nanticoke missing since last Friday on a warrant charging embezzlement The Nanticoke bank closed last Saturday The warrant issued in Baltimore by U S Commissioner James K Cullen did not specify the amount involved
All Double OHAHA Neb Oct 10. Joseph Stork of Carroll Ia married Irene Christiansen of Omaha. The wedding featured twins in key roles with Joseph's twin brother John as best man Irene's twin sister Irene as matron of honor and the officiant Rev Otto Buehler with a twin sister.
Representing the Winchester Kiwanis Club at the Capital District convention in Richmond from October 10 to 12 are President Ansel B. Groves Vice President L. I. Miller and Secretary Andrew Bell. They bring six baskets of apples placed at the convention hall entrance with a placard inviting Kiwanians to help themselves. The baskets feature Kiwanis blue and gold trim.
Frederick County teachers prepare for the District 6 Virginia Education Association meeting at New Market on Saturday October 12. The morning business session precedes an 11 30 address by Dr Glenn Kendall Tennessee Valley Authority superintendent on Education of the Community By the Community For the Community.
The dead man's hand in poker is aces and eights. It is a named hand associated with old gunfighter lore and is used as a cautionary symbol in Western storytelling. The phrase evokes a legendary fatal ending and has become a cultural trope rather than a formal poker rule.
The fragment notes the event of Wild Bill Hickok being shot during a poker game in Deadwood on August 2 1876. It references the Néhd held by Hickok as the decisive moment in the attack.
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