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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1940
Page
2
Hollywood report details Alfred Hitchcock using caustic reproof yet achieving box office success with films like Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent. He renames actors from clay to putty to mold performances and gets strong work from Joan Fontaine and others.
The Frederick County Advisory Board is formed by County Agent Fred Stine with members including Landon Whitacre Gainesboro J E Cowles Gainesboro E Clay Rogers near Gainesboro Lee Whitacre Cross Junction B L Larrick Gore Rosenberger near Hayfield H G Hershman Star Tannery J J Pickeral Middletown E F Lillard near Refuge Fred Dobbins Stephens City BE R Marker Opequon Earl Bailey Winchester W R Legge Winchester Harry L McCann Winchester Grover Schlack Winchester G Wilson Whitmore near Clearbrook and bank officials from Shenandoah Valley National Bank Commercial & Savings Bank Farmers & Merchants National Bank Union Bank of Winchester.
The surgeon general’s office announced plans to mobilize 4 007 Army Reserve Nurse Corps members by July 1. They will serve in hospitals at training camps and in new general hospitals near larger cities costing about 11 million dollars.
Policeman Dan Mangan followed a tip to recover a stolen vehicle in Spokane. He passed his own car on the route and again at the return point the car was missing, prompting him to report the incident to the police.
Fern P Doty arrived in Independence last July to become business manager of the Chamber of Commerce. During a whisker growing bee celebration the men shaved. after the event Doty found he could not recognize a single acquaintance on the town square.
In Lincoln Nebraska Ernie Reusch found a pheasant rooster in his garage while preparing for a hunting trip. After a brief struggle he bagged it with a wicker basket but chose not to eat it and turned the bird over to the game warden.
Phillips Wisconsin county judge Asa N. Owen, whose home was burglarized last week, received a box of jewelry by mail with a note claiming a suspect was on a money spree and that the jewelry was found in the thief’s trouser pocket.
The Bundles For Britain effort grows under Winchester leader Mrs E M Whiting. Donations fund materials for knitted garments and medical supplies for sailors and British children. Volunteers are urged to knit sweaters helmets socks and scarves Warming clothing goes to Washington monthly with a published donor list.
Richmond dispatch reports Virginia poll tax collections for October to May totaled 779464.81, down from 922644.71 in 1939. Local years bring higher payments while presidential years trail, with omissions and age-related exemptions noted and tax allocations split between schools and localities.
The Winchester Poster Advertising Corporation and agent J W Baker donate space on five billboards along leading routes into Winchester for safety posters. The posters show a city patrolman urging careful driving and note the Winchester Police Department the Junior Board of Trade and the Winchester Evening Star request driver cooperation for a safe 1940 year.
Answers to today s quiz printed on page 4 list items such as New London Conn Thailand and Flaxseed. The page includes garbled entries and odd endings like Page always to tyrants and ao of K.
War correspondent Peter Rhodes will speak at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention on the Washington and Lee campus in Lexington Virginia on November 12. Rhodes, who covered Finland Norway Narvik and the Battle of France, awaits further details of the European war reporting.
Blacksburg Virginia October 21 The 1940 legislature act to reduce woodland fires becomes operative in at least 28 counties after county boards approve It bans setting brush in rural areas during March and April until May 15 except 4 p m to midnight Forester J Wilbur O Byrne says spring is the danger period and cooler evenings aid firefighting Counties including Alleghany Giles Pulaski Montgomery Roanoke Botetourt Bedford Rockbridge Amherst Nelson Appomattox Campbell Henry Prince Edward Cumberland Amelia Lunenburg Greensville Southampton Sussex Surry King William New Kent Richmond Madison Orange Culpeper Prince William have acted."
New York's Laguardia field, despite its $40,000,000 investment and ornate features, fails to meet comfort needs. Mrs Ambrose Diehl of San Francisco, exhausted after donating blood for British wounded, lamented the lack of a sofa and rest area and offered to send a cot or chaise lounge.
A program by Pappy Curly and Slim will be held Friday night October 25 at the Odd Fellows Hall under Woodmen of the World auspices. Public is invited.
Results of judging at Clarke County fair show top prizes in numerous agricultural and home economics displays. Winners include Tommy Polhamus in apples, Jimmy Livengood in Winesap and Rome Beauty, Glenwood Dodson in several categories, and many others across fruits vegetables eggs crafts and baked goods. The list notes first second and third places for apples pears turnips beets onions pumpkins barley wheat seeds corn and themed home economics exhibits.
The text discusses fire causes and prevention in homes and schools. It emphasizes keeping matches out of reach, using safety matches, proper disposal of cigarette stubs, proper disposal of oily rags, avoiding celluloid toys near flames, electrical wiring checks, burning trash in metal containers, extinguishing campfires, storing lanterns safely, and chimney maintenance. It argues fire prevention needs education for children and adults.
The capacity of Madison Square Garden varies from sixteen to eighteen thousand depending on the event type offered.
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