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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
14
The Democratic ticket lists Franklin D Roosevelt for President with Henry A Wallace as Vice President. The pairing emphasizes a continuity of New Deal policies and leadership in the campaign.
Two thousand exhibits at the Academy of Medicine in New York showcase wartime medical advances. New plaster casts immobilize wounds improving healing, while powdered blood transfusions aid civilian air raid relief. The exhibit notes chemical therapy's limits and praises rapid, safer methods born from Dunkirk and earlier battles.
Walter S. Tow er of the American Iron and Steel Institute says current U S iron and steel production is ample to meet all essential needs, with defense orders receiving voluntary priority and no need for forced tonnage allocation. He warns peacetime industry and jobs rely on steady material flow and reasonable prices.
The Clifton Forge Review argues per capita fire losses misrepresent a town's fire defense. Luck affects losses, and low figures can lead to underfunding. A true measure is having the best possible protection, with periodic expert study and updates to alarm systems, water supply, and equipment.
Governor Price studies drunk driving to curb highway accidents in Richmond. The piece urges stiffening laws and more police, calling drunken drivers a menace and urging public support for any effective remedy.
The Alexandria Gazette argues that flag waving alone does not teach democracy. It urges school programs engaging teachers, students, and families to demonstrate America’s core values. Loyalty to government must include loyalty to the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights to foster true patriotism in youth.
Noted Western novelist Zane Gray dies in California at age 67. Roy Ryden Jr., chairman of the annual Red Cross roll call, launches the drive. In Cumberland, Allegany High defeats Judges 19 to 6 in their first C. V. A. L. contest.
Five years ago heavy fighting with increased forces is reported on the Southern front in Ethiopia. George Purcell is badly burned when his peanut roaster explodes on the corner of Main and Rouss avenue. The Coast Guard has cut the smuggling of liquor into this country to its lowest level in many years.
Miss Gertrude Miller and Mr Calvin McKown Hoke wed in Martinsburg. Incumbent congressman Jacob A Garber speaks at a Republican rally in the district as light snow flurries fall over the Blue Ridge and Alleghany mountains.
Reporters in Europe expect a major confrontation between German forces and Britain. In the Martinsburg area apple packing slows due to a barrel shortage. Miss Edith Carvel is executed by German officers, provoking anger among British and American residents over the alleged spy killing.
Forty years ago the market yard resembles a horse trading mart as county farmers swap animals. The Congregation pleads pranksters to return. The Reformed Church gains new steps. V. A. loses 6 to 0 to Winchester Athletic Club on the academy field.
An article argues rest plus gentle massage can help arthritis, with home techniques under medical guidance. It explains kneading near joints, cautions against moving painful joints, and notes rest in bed may be necessary during flare ups. It previews a future piece on heat-based home treatments.
Reader questions answered by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include biblical verses longest in Old and New Testaments, majolica ware, hinterland, packing industry, ostrich size, Franklin almanacs, Mount Vernon measurements, Lincoln books, Lavoisier, Navy aviator training costs, and REA electricity reach as of June 30 1940.
A set of seven quiz items asks about political, historical and factual knowledge. Questions cover Speaker of the House, camel hair brushes, World War I training time, Texas state flag stars, secretaries of commerce under FDR, a quotation author, William Allen White, Doris Duke's marital status, Trans-Jordan nature, and flag display during storms.
A style guide emphasizes direct phrasing for invitations. It urges replacing awkward self references with concise forms such as you and your guests or my brother and I to improve tone and readability.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises an Information Bureau offering circulars on trades vital to national defense. It lists Airplane Mechanics Auto Mechanics Cabinet Makers Electricians Pattern Makers Sheet Metal Workers Toolmakers Welders and invites readers to send five cents per trade with name address for material compiled under state directors of trade and industrial education.
In a drug store studio, Kit Reilly seeks an audition for a Sembler contest. Vance Healey, a celebrated radio sports announcer, rescues her from a nightclub incident and oversees her piano audition, praising her ballad performance and promising a trial slot.
A mixed set of Q and A items addresses topics from a song title misattribution to Will Rogers, draft clothing return by mail, a fungo hitting record by Ed Walsh, mole tunneling capacity, Russian dining terms, Richard Llewelyn Lloyd’s real name and nationality, flight altitude rules, and the Tremont House as America's first modern hotel opened in 1829 with room keys and gas lights.
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