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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1940
Page
4
Happy Chandler Dominates Kentucky Primary and Senate Career
The Star lauds Kentucky's junior senator A B Happy Chandler as a leading national figure. He carried 119 of 120 counties in a recent primary, the largest Kentucky primary majority. Chandler began in public office in 1929 and has since held state senate lieutenant governor and governor posts before joining the U S Senate last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Kentucky
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Chandler
Happy
State Senate
M. M. Logan
Fruit cake heralds the approaching Christmas season
The article notes fruit cake as a seasonal signal, arriving in markets as September fades. It calls it a pioneer of festive advertising, signaling that December 25 is near and that autumnal imagery and harvest motifs accompany the cake's presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Friday the 13th superstition linked to self control
The author argues Friday the 13th superstition is cultural and not predictive of luck. People’s success hinges on mental discipline and self-control, not the calendar. Parents and teachers should inoculate children against superstition, though some belief may persist.
Nostalgia and Alarm Meet in Radio Replays of Early 20s Tunes
The Hartford Courant views the radio revival of early 1920s songs with fond nostalgia and concern. It notes titles like Ja da Carolina Irene Avon Remember and Whispering, compares tempo to past dances, and questions reasons from enduring value to ASCAP copyright tensions and broadcast constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ja-da
Carolina
Irene
Avon
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Klan Official Dismissed Over Bund Tie In New Jersey
The New Jersey Ku Klux Klan leader who chaired a joint meeting with the German American Bund has been removed by headquarters. The fallout signals that even the Klan rejects associations with groups seen as fifth column threats amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Bund
Quisling
Leopold
Laval
Hitler
Philosophical farmer talks of history medicine and Hitler
Dr Adrian Gibbs shares views on world dislocation likened to skin injury and healing. He compares a growing European crisis to a calf lifting and later failing to lift, predicting Hitler will not be able to sustain conquest and urging resilience against a dictator. Editor notes offer pamphlets from Dr Clendening at ten cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Europe
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Answers to Reader Questions from The Winchester Evening Star
The Information Bureau answers questions on topics from state incomes to historical treaties and geography. Entries cover New York and North Carolina incomes in 1938, Cobber Kain’s aerial success, Social Security aid figures, a Canada US boundary treaty, and other general knowledge Q A topics with concise facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
New York State
North Carolina
The Behezkrieg Rupert Grayson
A covert pursuit unfolds as Gun Cotton is traced by an unnamed agent and pursued by a mysterious superior called X. The trail shifts to a secret testing facility and a guarded plane mission led by Squadron Leader uenuladane, carrying vital construction secrets before a radio summons redirects to another aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Cotton
Corre
Nimeel
Gun
Missin Mber
Rish-nush
Uenuladane
Richmond Leader Warns Against Breaking Promises
The Richmond News Leader argues that betraying bargains destroys an average man and even powerful politicians, as silence and evasiveness erode trust. It notes that once reliability is damaged, colleagues abandon cooperation and the fall is swift, with Farley cited as an example who avoided a downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond News
Lucifer
Farley
World War II battles surge as forces clash along Rhine
French and German troops clash across the Rhine as the second world war accelerates. Polish front sees rapid German advances while Warsaw residents brace for continued fighting. In local news, J William Stryker retires as fire chief by city council as Mr and Mrs Harry H Bowers purchase the Fairfax Inn on South Cameron Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine River
Poland
Warsaw
J. William Stryker
Harry H. Bowers
Fairfax Inn
South
Cameron Street
Unknown Florida Keys victims cremated to curb health risk
Five years after the deadly hurricane, bodies of many unidentified victims in the Florida Keys are cremated to protect public health. Italian consuls depart Ethiopia by Mussolini orders amid looming war. Officials say the infantile paralysis epidemic in the state is believed to be extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Keys
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Night football sparks local fan debate ten years ago
Local fans advocate for evening games as many cannot attend afternoon matchups. J. A. Garber, Republican incumbent seeking reelection to Congress in this district, fails to file triggering party turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Garber
Congress
Shenandoah Valley Fair Draws Record Crowds
Twenty five years ago the 46th annual Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society fair runs with larger crowds daily. Four German airships bomb a French city as forty French planes strike back at Saarbrucken arms works. A committee investigates who placed the skunk in the piano at the Free From Kare Klub dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Saarbrucken
Free From
Kare. Klub
Lena Kern presents W C T A annual report
Taylor Lewis fully recovered from injuries after a well cave in on his farm burying him thirty feet deep. Sandy Baker Kern and E Baker execute another triple play in a game with Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Kern
W.C
T. A. Taylor Lewis
Sandy Baker
Kern
E. Baker
Martinsburg
Star Quiz Questions From Page 2
The page lists ten quiz prompts asking about baptismal names of presidents, Red Skins home city, the North Star name, electric shock factors, voting rights by state, ALRIGHT vs ALL RIGHT, Cain’s victim, Guam location, chronometers, and early use of hell buggies by Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STAR
U. S
The
Redskins
North Star
Guam
Taking Violin Lessons Draw Local Attention
A local music school reports rising interest as residents seek violin instruction. Parents note improved focus and discipline among students while teachers highlight steady progress and community engagement through recitals.
Modern Webster Dictionary and Word Book Advancing compact reference
An up to date dictionary of 20000 words with supplements on abbreviations foreign terms and origins. 382 pages printed on Bible paper bound in imitation leather. 25 cents postpaid payable to Frederick J. Haskin Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star Washington DC. Enclose 25 cents in coin with name address and city and mail to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester Evening Star
Washington, D. C
Frederick J. Haskin
Radio Code Steps in Night Seaborne Plot
A coded radio exchange leads Gun to follow instructions while a yacht in the North Sea hosts two tense men and a guarded owner planning to lure others into their trap. The owner smiles at the success of the deception as they scheme to press on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun
W. O
Tony
Toni
Clear
North Sea
Tommy Hazeldeane
Tommy
Mystery Plane X O O Heads for Cape Clear
In a tense night scene a private radio operation tracks a mysterious plane X O O moving toward Cape Clear at two thousand five hundred feet. A War Office and Air Force discussion weighs risk of pursuit versus uncovering the pilots’ hidden objective. To Be Continued
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
W. O
Gun
O. K
North Sea
Cape Clear
Z.1
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Cobber) Kain
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