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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1940

Page

2

Puerto Rico Seen as Potential Fifth Column Hotspot

Editor notes Puerto Rico's vulnerability to anti American influence amid poverty language barriers and growing foreign presence. FBI bureau and FCC posts loom as observers. Nacionalists, Popular Democrats, and Franco admirers form the three groups cited with Nacionalists deemed strongest fifth column risk.

Puerto Rico Uncle Sam San Juan Federal Communications Commission U. S S. C. Goering Popular Democrats Tion Luis Munoz Marino Howev Munoz Marin Marin Manuel Quezon Atlanta Spain Generalissimo Franco Latin America Lenin Stalin Russia Mexico United States

Your Health Read Dr Logan Clendening

A health feature presents Dr Logan Clendening offering medical guidance in a daily article. It outlines accessible tips for readers to improve well being and understand common health questions.

Logan Clendening Hhaelpfa

Handley Library Notes on Europe Era Books and Reads

Handley Library lists books about Europe and world affairs including Hitler works and analyses by Britt Strasser Sisnone and Tolischus. It highlights Peggy Shippen biography in West Point display, Lin Yutang writings and escape literature showcasing modern concerns and readings.

Europe George Britt Hitler and I Otton Strasser Andre Sisnone O. D. Tolischus Edmond Taylor England J. F. Kennedy Adolf Hitler Neville Henderson Hitter Mussolini Stalin Emil Ludwig Canada America John MacCormac E. Irvine Haine Siren Peggy Shippen Benedict Arnold New York State Lion Feuchtwanger United States Handley Library Ugly Duchess Success Josephus

Current Quotations in Apple Market

Current quotations in apple market with shipping points Winchester and Martinsburg. Demand light market about steady. Carloads 1.0 and usual terms wire order sales. Values listed for various buckets and sizes including Yorks U S No 12 3 4 and 2 1 2 in min 75-80c, U S Utility 2 1 2 in min 65c, Grimes U S No 1 2 1 4 in min 75c, Stayman U S No 1 2 1 4 in min few 90c, Delicious U S No 1 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 in mar 90c.

Winchester Martinsburg Yorks U. S Grimes Staymans U.S Delicious

Boy and Gun Incident Not on Cement Walk

In Columbus Kansas on October 16 a 13 year old boy Norman Jarrett tried shooting a bird on a cement walk. His brothers Calvin 15 and Bill Stanley 17 were nearby. Doctors removed 651 shotgun pellets from Calvin and four from Bill. The shot ricocheted along the sidewalk.

Columbus Kas Norman Jarrett Calvin Bill Stanley Bill

Opportunist Lindenberg Wins Free Idaho Vacation

Sun Valley story notes Ferne Lindenberg of Kansas City dubbed Goddess of Trade seizing a chance for a week long vacation with a chaperon. Lindenberg arrives with groom Jack Roadcap, former Iowa state basketball star, for the outing.

Sun Valley Idaho Ferne Lindenberg Kansas City

Answers to Today’s Quiz On Page Four

Answers printed on page four include gold alloy, New Hampshire, three rams and four ewes, New Delhi, Open Sesame, Sweden, comma, Arctic explorer yes.

New Hampshire New Delhi Sweden Arctic Explorer

Survival in a World War The Balance of Power

News commentary by Dewitt Mackenzie weighs Stalin’s moves as Britain and Germany contend for supremacy. Churchill presses Britain’s war aims while London endures nightly bombings. Stalin balances the Balkans and Turkey to block Axis moves toward the Dardanelles and the Mediterranean.

Stalin Berlin Krem Churchill Common Britain England London Balkans Russia Turkey Near East Greece Bulgaria Hitler Dardanelles Black Sea Mediterranean Marmora Bosphorus Europe Great Black Sea Germany Near Middle East Suez Canal Reich Iraq Ukraine

Young Veteran Seeks Early Registration in Ohio

Adarm Oppenheimer, a Marine veteran who enlisted at 13 and later led the Army at Fort Knox, plans to be first to register for selective service in Portsmouth Ohio on Wednesday. He expects to be 36 on November 24 and recalls a father’s telegram canceling a prior registration. Oppenheimer now runs a coal firm, is married with four children, and notes his father remains in Paintsville Kentucky.

Portsmouth Ohio Adarm Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Ohio American Legion Navy R. D. Oppenheimer Paintsville Fort Knox Cincinnati

Building Great For All Time

Charlottesville October rally where Rep. J E B Johnson of Oklahoma urged support for Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. More than 200 people attended the barbecue and rally at Fry Springs Park as Johnson defended national progress and a strong Democratic platform.

Charlottesville J. E. B. Johnson D-Okla Franklin Roosevelt Fry Springs Park Oklahoma

Dardanelles Situation Could Spark Greatest Battle Yet

The article weighs a colossal fight potential in the Dardanelles as Britain mobilizes naval power and considers Turk and Rus sian roles. It argues a British Turkish alliance shift could halt the Axis, with Russia joining boosting chances of decisive action.

Britain Russia Dardanelles

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