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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1940

Page

9

Rites Sunday For Retired R R Engineer Langley

The body of 70 year old Charles W Langley died in Brunswick was brought to his brother Edgar A Langley’s home for funeral services Sunday at 2 pm. Reverend Herman McKay will officiate. Surviving siblings include three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers from the Baltim and Ramone, B A O Veterans, Eagles, and firemen and engineers lodges. Burial at Mt Hebron.

Charles W. Langley Brunswick Edgar A North Loudoun Street Herman McKay Langley Philip Langley Clark Langley Gertrude Davis Winchestr Mary E. Strieby Emma V. Reynolds Washington Edgar A. Langley Winchester John Langley Clearbrook Baltim Ramone B. & O. Veterans Association Order of the Eagles Brotherhood of Locorfiative Firemen and Engineers Mt. Hebron

Grain futures slide after brief advance amid liquidation

Chicago and regional markets report futures and cash grain prices tumbling from a fractional advance as liquidations hit after a brief upturn. Wheat and corn show declines across futures at Dec May and July contracts with cash quotes for No. 1 yellow hard and old and new yellow corn. Lard and other fats futures move higher on the Chicago Board of Trade while cash grain prices in Baltimore and Winchester list No. 2 red winter wheat and corn at mixed levels based on delivery locations.

Chicago Reo Chicago Cash Grain Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Election Information For General Election Polls Nov 5

Election details list polling hours from sunrise at 6 24 a m to sunset at 5 02 p m and note changes in a single precinct Frank B Crawford replaces FE Miller Streit on the slate of election officials alongside long-standing judges and clerks Affirms ballot use rules and cites sections 161 167 194 and 196 outlining crowd limits voter protection and penalties for intimidation and disorderly conduct

Lay Charles Harper Sarah Zane Frank B. Crawford FE. Miller Streit

Willkie Cancels Radio Speech with Lodge Set to Fill

Republican headquarters announced Wendell L. Willkie canceled a New York broadcast over NBC Blue tonight. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr of Massachusetts will replace him, as the tour through Queens and Brooklyn proceeds despite the cancellation.

New York Wendell L. Willkie

Nonpartisan forum debates Roosevelt policy and Willkie critique

A local Junior Board hosted a nonpartisan forum where speakers presented pro and con views on Roosevelt's administration without debate. Tom Scully criticized foreign policy, James March endorsed reforms and attacked Willkie as amateur, and Kenneth Robinson urged a businesslike approach to defense and leadership.

U. S James March National Fruit Product Company Scully New York News Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Robinson Kenneth Robinson

Sharp Division In Over Endorsement

In Chicago Daniel Tobin of the Teamsters accuses the CIO head of backing Willkie and betraying labor. Roosevelt campaigns in New York while Lewis pushes for Willkie, arguing for post election faith between labor and leadership. UMW and UAW split views show varied labor loyalties amid the Roosevelt-Willkie contest.

Navy buys former Baltimore Mail Line ships for transport use

The Navy announced the purchase of vessels formerly operated by the Baltimore Mail Line in a deal with the Line and United States Linen. The fleet includes 7 ships with sizes around 8,376 to 74 feet long and 56 feet, with 53 auxiliary craft planned for transports. Congress funded the purchase and related vessels.

Washington Navy Pat Line United States Atin Linen Congress

Van A Bittner Backs Lewis Roosevelt Support Telegram

Van A Bittner national C I O leader sent a telegram to John L Lewis from Chicago praising Lewis for president of the United Mine Workers and endorsing Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie. He cites loyalty to the C I O and to the labor movement. Bittner holds posts as national chairman of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee regional director for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and president of District 17 United Mine Workers.

Roosevelt Democratic Party Congress Lewis Wendell L. Willkie United States Detroit United Automobile Workers of America United Mine Workers West Virginia Welch Jess Acquina UMW Leo Lamotte International Executive Board John L. Lewis Chicago van A. Bittner United Mine Workers of America Congress of Industrial Organizations Wendell Willkie Bittner C. I. O. Packinghouse Workers’ Organizing Committee Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee District 17

Westminster Choir To Sing Here March 4

The Westminster Choir of Princeton New Jersey directed by Dr John Finley Williamson will appear in Winchester on March 4. Sponsored by the First Baptist Church with Rev E T Clark pastor the concert will be held in the Baptist Church auditorium.

Westminister Choir Princeton N. J Winchester Westminister John Finley Williamson Handley School First Baptist Church E. T. Clark Baptist Church

Axis moves toward Europe restructuring as War effort expands

An authorized spokesman said Axis seeks to put Europe on its feet as lines blur between reality and phantom threats. King George VI sent a sympathy message to Marshal Petain as Italy suspends Greece air service, signaling a Greece Axis confrontation. Laval returns to Vichy for cabinet talks after meetings with Italy, Germany and Spain.

Sen Axis Europe Hitler England Germany France London George VI Philippe Petain Mediterranean Italy Greece Pierre Laval Vichy Marshal Petain Adolf Hitler

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