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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1940

Page

10

Yule Mails For Europe Big Problem

The Postoffice Department suspended holiday parcel post to 40 countries, listing England France Scotland Ireland Spain and Portugal as reachable while Germany Poland Italy Belgium Bulgaria Greece Czechoslovakia USSR Turkey Sweden Netherlands Vatican Palestine are excluded. Christmas stamps on foreign mail are banned until January 15, but the department loosens that rule briefly to allow festive stickers. The question notes Dewey’s role as special assistant to the U S Attorney General handling tax prosecutions of Charles E Mitchell and Irving Wexler in 1934 35.

Postoffice Department Atlas United States England France Scotland Ireland Spain Portugal Germany Poland Italy Belgium Bulgaria Greece Czechoslovakia Union of Soviet Socialst Turkey Sweden Netherlands Vatican City Palestine Holy Land Post Office Department A .Thomas E. Dewey

Death Ends Murder Quiz

SHIPPENSBURG Pa Oct 31 The investigation into the slaying of Harry J Hoover a Cumberland County farmer ends with the district attorney announcing that a missing bank teller charged with the murder committed suicide The body of Calvin E Rebok was found in a gun club parking lot near Here He was sought since October 19 the day Hoover was killed Authorities say Rebok tied to a car bought in Davenport Iowa and used exhaust gas to kill himself Coroner S D Shull of Franklin County reported the Pittsburgh area car was recovered State police had earlier labeled Rebok as a murder suspect The prosecutor noted a $500 discrepancy in the teller s handling of Hoover s accounts

Shippensburg Harry J. Hoover Cumberland County Ray T. Harrigan Harrigan Calvin E. Rebok Rebok Hoover Davenport Iowa S. D. Shull Franklin County Bisa Rebok

Nova Stops Erjay in Oakland Bout

Lou Nova of Oakland floors Johnny Erjay in five rounds in Oakland California to win a boxing match. Erjay, from Duluth Minnesota, was stopped in the fifth round by the local heavyweight contender.

Associated Press Oakland Calif Lou Nova Johnny Erjayec Duluth

Ford says newspapers best educators in wartime briefing

Readers warned that European war news is censored before reaching the United States. Henry Ford declares newspapers are the best educators and arrive daily up to the minute.

Henry Ford

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