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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1940
Page
10
Bonham Texas residents honored Speaker Sam Rayburn with bunting during a homecoming open house. Rayburn, a former Northeast Texas teacher, spoke to farmers and old friends expressing confidence in a Roosevelt sweep in the upcoming general election amid Democratic campaigning.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Churchill's Berlin broadcast and Swiss reports as Britain seeks French reentry or at least aligned stance against Germany. He notes Churchill labels Germans as "Hun" and "Boche," praises air power advances, and views a drawn‑out air war as key to weakening Nazi dominance.
The United States Army recruiting trailer returns to Winchester on October 28 and 29 in front of the Court House. Lieut.-Col. Leland W. Skaggs says the self contained unit features a stove heater radio public address system and movie showings each evening. Enlistment offers good pay from 21 to 60 dollars monthly plus clothing food housing medical and dental care and educational opportunities at Army posts for advancement.
The Little Hot Shoppe owners H Veasey and S Puckett of Winchester Virginia will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on October 25 1940 to obtain a license to retail beer and ale above 3.2 percent at The Little Hot Shoppe Route 3 three miles east of Winchester to be consumed on and off premises.
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