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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1940
Page
10
The Rev. Cartney H. Anderson will lead a peace prayer service at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow. Special singing will accompany the service and Mrs. Henry McVicar, superintendent of the mission, invites all friends and the public to attend.
The Star Tannery Home Demonstration Club plans a salad demonstration using home grown products at Mrs. Harold Cooper's home on Tuesday September 10 A social hour will follow All club members and community women are invited North Frederick Home Demonstration Club meets Wednesday September 11 at Mrs E W Braithwhite home for another salad demonstration using home grown products.
Weather notes report rivers at Riveroth Virginia with North and South branches both very cloudy. The clipped item adds a civic saying about newspapers as educators, reflecting a period voice.
In The War Today Dewitt Mackenzie reports intensified British naval activity in the Mediterranean. He notes bombardments of Italian bases in the Dodecanese, a boosted eastern fleet, and coordination with the Anglo American destroyer deal, signaling a new phase in the Battle of Britain and potential strategic dominance of the sea route to empire.
Modern quick freezing helps busy households. Ready to cook items include fish fillets asparagus corn and beans. Budget friendly summer harvests lower prices. Dessert combines peaches raspberries lemon juice and mint for sherbet glasses serving eight.
The report notes Italian bombardment of Mediterranean targets after claim of Gibraltar attack and suggests large scale operations may erupt soon. It highlights Italy's Dodecanese bases including Chios Rhodes Leros Stampalia Patmos Lipso and their strategic threat to Britain with potential Turkish involvement via the Dardanelles.
The FBI reports about 11 million fingerprint sets are on file in its national records. The statistic reflects the agency's extensive biometric database used for identifying individuals across law enforcement cases.
The playgrounds at Winchester Park will close Monday after the summer season. Miss Margaret Keller in charge of the project announced the closure and said a report of activities will be released later by the Winchester Park Association.
A compact list of numbered clue fragments including entries such as slip per (pl) and warp yarn final items like Pocketbook care for medically and loose hanging point. Also includes scattered numbers 47 48 92 and a distributor note for King Features Syndicate.
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