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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1940
Page
4
The text lists presidential and senatorial candidates including Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace for U S President and Vice President and Harry F. Byrd for U S Senate with A Willis Robertson for Congress. It adds a compassionate scripture quotation from Lamentations 3:31 33 about God’s mercies.
Governor Price urges strict action against drunken driving citing Virginia figures and a return to a 14 year old policy that bans pardons for those convicted of driving while intoxicated. He backs full penalties, jail time for second offenses, and driving permit cancellations to protect public safety.
Historians may not enumerate all sideline wars but the Baltic conflict reaches New York Harbor. Seizure of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania by Russia leaves seventeen Baltic registry ships anchored off Manhattan with battles aboard each vessel and tension in the harbor.
The text describes clashes over seized ships and captains resisting Soviet influence. Crews are confined under armed guards as nations once free become absorbed by Russia. Russian traders order returns while consuls urge staying, making Baltic wars unfold far from the Baltic.
Mrs Bruno Richard Hauptmann writes to Look Magazine detailing a persistent private investigation to prove her husband innocent of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder. She asserts fingerprint experts disproved, ladder clues misattributed, and explains ransom money origins and a $1000 debt.
In London a poetry gathering notes that wartime verse has not been a duty for Poets Laureate. The piece compares Dunkirk’s perilous escape to Armada defeats and the Charge of the Light Brigade, suggesting future poets may seize its courage against long odds for lasting literature.
The managers of Joe Louis announce plans for his retirement as world heavyweight champion next summer. In other high school action Clayton Cochran, standout back for Handley JV, scores the lone touchdown to defeat Warren County Jay Vees 7 to 0.
A Helena Montana quake tops a week of tremors, killing two and driving thousands from their homes. England prime minister Baldwin warns no nation is safe from war as Italian invasion of Ethiopia looms. Winchester banks report total deposits near six million, while mood remains low as the Star cartoon notes.
Government relief for drought stricken areas is deemed inadequate by many sections. Claude Feltner, son of the Berryville sheriff, is awarded a heroism medal for shoving a man from a path of an automobile during the Apple Blossom Festival, risking his life.
Twenty five years ago Congressman James Hay endorses a national defense program calling for an army of 1 200 000 and a doubled navy. Italy declares war on Bulgaria and aids Serbia as German forces advance. President Wilson and his fiancée Mrs Galt drive to Harpers Ferry for pie that proves elusive on pie day.
Robert Doran receives a handsome coach dog from England and aims to start a kennel here. H. H. Clark arrives in Winchester on a valley tour by automobile. FP. R. Pritchard from Winchester shows a five-pound sweet potato grown in his garden.
The piece discusses Vitamin C as essential for all ages, noting strawberries contain as much Vitamin C as citrus and cabbage also rich in it. It reflects on diet, processed foods, and a Q and A about typhoid immunity, ending with Dr Clendening's pamphlets on health topics and how to obtain them.
A compiled reader questions page covers varied inquiries. Topics include geography and Canada, discovery of Uranus, parsley on graves, naming of the little finger, German versions of the U S Constitution, world population estimates, orchid seeds, Herbert Hoover’s salary use, balsam needle pillows, Boston Stone paint mill, and fish scale growth.
The list asks seven trivia questions covering Coast Guard Academy locations film terms Siam meaning Napoleonic battles linseed oil sources and federal offices plus a royal title and voting rights for aliens.
A guidance note emphasizes replacing awkward phrasing with clearer language. It urges using precise wording to avoid clumsy repetitions and to convey impact more effectively.
A political religious appeal urges religious people to resist oppressors and adopt democratic brotherhood. It promotes a red-letter New Testament with additional commentary and a 20 cent postpaid copy via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin in Washington, D. C.
Kit Reilly, a struggling singer, and Fran Le Maze join Luigi's Village Grotto in a gritty New York night club. Kit fends off a hostile patron while pursuing an audition at CBC and partnership with Fran. Vance Healey, once a sportscaster, now in a humbler role, recognizes Kit as a former college peer.
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