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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
7
Babson reports a dramatic October surge in U S business, 22 percent above last year and near 1937 peaks. Textiles, railroads, autos, building, steel, coal, mining, utilities and machine tools show record or near record activity, with cautious notes on sustainment.
The Zeropack canning unit in Winchester shows growth with 160 workers at peak peach season and 4,000,000 pounds of apples processed annually. The plant, largest in four states, operates year round except April and early May, uses vacuum canning and brine preservation, and is linked to Cincinnati headquarters.
The text notes Belva Lockwood as a female presidential candidate. It references 1884 and 1888 nominations by the Equal Rights Party, and mentions the 1872 era Peoples Party ideas. It presents a historic inquiry about women running for president in the United States.
J Edgar Hoover announces a nationwide survey of manufacturing tied to military needs. Twenty agents will guard the San Diego plant, with a new FBI office opening in Phoenix and increased personnel in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
A Pittsburgh incident reports a hotel employee misstepping into an elevator operator’s cot during a confrontation. The worker apologized with a quick pardon as tensions rose in a crowded hotel setting.
San Francisco patrolman George Stinson faces a pivotal moment as he stars as Canio in the War Memorial Opera House debut. The 36 year old, 200 pound tenor trained in Milan after being discovered at a 1930 San Juan Capistrano ball, with early praise from Dame Schumann-Heink and support from Merola and Flagstad.
A fragment notes the rise of a native-born tenor linked to the "P." Ola project, marking a historic first in American music. Details are sparse but the claim centers on groundbreaking nationality in the tenor lineage.
Blind Justice Billings Mount Billings distributed 60 tickets on the first day of the traffic drive. Recipients included Mrs Lachner wife of the fire chief W H Steele fire chief and Charles W MacCormick councilman.
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