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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1940
Page
10
Berlin reports German air forces have dropped 5,000,000 bombs totaling more than 75,000 tons in a year of war across 220 days and 3,500 attacks. The tally credits bombers with sinking 500 merchantmen and warships of 2,000,000 tons and damaging 700 other vessels of 3,500,000 tons.
Railways operating in Virginia will pay the state about 2.898 million dollars in taxes this year and similar amounts to localities for real estate and tangible property. 1940 assessments show railroads own 186.142 million dollars of taxable property in the state. local levy property 127.878 million, rolling stock 37.846 million, intangibles 1.259 million, money 19.159 million. Electric and power firms are valued at 44.884 million, second to railways in utility value. telephone properties valued at 17.365 million.
In Annapolis Maryland on Saturday a fire destroyed two summer homes of W Russell Riley and Dr Thomas H Phillips at Riviera Beach. Six fire departments battled the blaze as flames spread from the Riley residence to the Phillips home. Nearly 1000 onlookers gathered. both occupants escaped unharmed. The Phillips residence had recently been rebuilt as a year round home.
Ridings Chapel United Brethren Church will hold its annual home-coming on Sunday September 8 with out of town members and friends gathering. A special program is planned. Service at 11 a.m. dinner at noon and a song and praise service at 2 p.m. followed by preaching at 3 p.m.
Eddie Collins the inspiration for the dwarfs Dopey and the original Jiggs died of a heart attack at his Arcadia home on Sunday. The Los Angeles obituary notes his status as a noted comedian.
A water tank collapse killed five firemen as rescue workers search the wreckage. The incident prompted emergency crews to continue the search for missing personnel.
Dewitt Mackenzie argues that Nazi plans to occupy Romania to protect borders deepen German Balkan dominance. He notes Hitler aims to push a protectorate over Transylvania and threaten Russia, while Moscow watches and may seek gains in the Balkans as the Prut and Danube frontiers shift.
Crossword puzzle page with a long list of across and down clues, many misspelled or merged words. The reader is asked to fill entries such as large rodent wild tortoise city in Arabia and Iberian river along with various partial terms and garbled letters.
A color filled parade led Morgan County's fourth annual Tomato Festival with floats bands and marching units headed by Queen Victoria Ort on and King Harley Michael. The hour long procession drew the largest crowd officials said though no official count was released. The finale also featured a baby show and a mountain music contest.
Vir ginia Woodmen of the World closed their two day convention with Ferrar Newberry of Omaha saying there is room for only two isms patriotism and fraternalism. Other speakers included Dr Herbert Kennedy and Dan Macken of Omaha. In drill team Bristol won first with Martinsville second Roanoke third Lynchburg fourth. In ritualistic work Martinsville Camp 48 took first Roanoke Camp 66 second and Bristol Camp 269 third.
Officials from seven Virginia colleges said students drafted for military service would receive tuition refunds. Presidents and registrars noted no formal policy yet but expected refunds in all such cases. Virginia Military Institute cited low draft risk due to military training. schools named include Virginia, Virginia Tech, William and Mary, Hampden-Sydney, Randolph-Macon, Washington and Lee, and VMI.
Ben C. Verner located a 90 pound watermelon in Dallas and shipped it to a Chicago lumber firm in a wash tub. A. V. Green, the sales manager, plans a watermelon party for local children using the fruit.
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