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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
1
President Roosevelt signed a 5.251 billion defense appropriation to equip 2 million troops and speed on 200 ships for a two ocean fleet. The measure funds planes, weapons, and plant facilities, aiming to boost overall military strength and production capacity.
Authorities urged motorists to drive carefully in the city with schools reopening. They stressed parking regulations and warned that all parking and speeding infractions will lead to summons.
A joint session of the School Board and Supervisors discussed building a new elementary school in the Stonewall district near Clearbrook. Plans considered a larger facility with potential borrowing. state minimums could be met for less money. About 255 pupils expected to attend from the outset as discussions favored Sandstone and Gainesboro options with modifications.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Lemuel L. Fansier of this city. The Rev. T. M. Swann and the Rev. W. O. Talbert officiated at the residence of her son Ralph Fansier. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Edward Rumbley H. W. Copenhaver J. A. Hotinger L. H. Grimm Wilbur Hewitt and C. Douglas Barnett. Mrs Fansler, in her 79th year, was born near Richmond June 10 1862 and leaving three daughters and six sons. Survivors listed: Mrs Emmett Roberts Radford Va Mrs J W Epling Roanoke Va Mrs Sallie G Hott Charleston W Va Lawrence L Fansler Knoxville Tenn E W Fansler Atlantic City N J Arthur W Fansler West Palm Beach Fla plus one sister Mrs Nellie Druen Charlottesville Va and numerous grandchildren nieces and nephews.
Frederick county public school teachers opened the 1940 41 session and elected delegates to the state teachers convention. Superintendent Leslie D Kline announced rigid enforcement of the compulsory attendance law and outlined penalties for noncompliance and false statements. Plans for a picnic and a dinner dance were discussed and letters were ordered to resigned School Board members Fred Thwaite and Ansel Solenberg er.
Wilbur Tidler, former Kernstwon resident and current high school principal in Lurya Virginia, was taken to University Hospital Charlottesville after a Page county crash on September 7. He remained unconscious with a severe concussion, aside from a brief moment of recognition of his sister.
Frances Marie Burke 19 from Philadelphia won Miss America 1940 in Atlantic City. Her sisters Jean 16 and Beverley 12 are said to be prettier. Father Richard T. Burke is a Philadelphia fireman. Burke aims to be a top model and prefers boyfriends tall and manly. This was her first contest after high school graduation last February.
In Bushville Indiana Henry Ford met Wendell Willkie for about fifteen minutes. Ford arrived in a special railroad car and left without comment. Ford, a longtime supporter of Alf Landon, has not made a firm commitment in the current campaign.
Wendell L. Willkie and aides prepare a 7200 mile trip to the Pacific coast and back to the East with 69 appearances planned. The Republican nominee will swing through Chicago Coffeyville Ill Iowa Missouri Kansas and other states for his first major address amid talks on business conditions foreign policy and the farm problem. Memorial remarks touched on defense and foreign issues during a Saturday talk.
Four Cumberland men were injured in a crash at Paris Virginia when their car failed to turn at Route 50 and the Warrenton road junction. J E Herring 48 suffered an injury to the left foot John Osborne 35 had both jaws fractured Raymond Thompson 48 had a compound fracture of the right leg William Ginevan suffered facial lacerations and loss of one eye. Ginevan remained in serious condition but by this afternoon the others had returned home.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported 47 473 cars of freight handled for the week ending September 7, an increase of 3 167 from the same week a year earlier. The total also shows a decrease from the prior week ending August 31, 1940, which handled 53 162 cars.
Herman R. Leigh, 40, of Clearspring, died instantly in a rubber curing furnace explosion at a Hagerstown area plant. The incident, investigated by company officials, left Leigh unmarried and living with his parents, Mr and Mrs James Leigh, in Clearspring.
Auctioneer I Brumback offers 109 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank stock and 5 shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank stock at public sale in front of the Court House on Saturday September 14 at 11 o clock.
The Associated Press reports German sources claimed a new super bomb could devastate targets within 500 yards and cause massive shockwaves. German pilots allegedly felt the blasts from high altitude while recon planes confirmed the force, though no British confirmation was available.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Charles A. Beardsley, president of the American Bar Association, urging the nation’s 160,000 lawyers and judges to provide enlightened leadership to keep the United States at peace and prepared for war. He cites four major challenges: bureaucratic power abuses, unemployment and discontent, propaganda against government and economy, and a trend toward international lawlessness.
Advertisement listing Plymouth Pine Motor Co as new display item with ticket print timing and page reference at The Evening Star. Text notes printing and page location (1p-11) with a call to pickers to obtain tickets.
Bulletin reports a British patrol moved from the Kenya colony into Italian occupied Ethiopia and advanced as directed in a British communique. Also noted are censors removing mail bags in Bermuda and shipping museum treasures to new repositories, with the Phoenix submarine declared substantially overdue.
Washington Sept 9 The Senate Finance Committee approved 15 to 4 a compromise substitute for parts of the House excess profits tax bill. The measure would grant the Defense Commission and the secretaries of war and navy limited control over government funded plants amortized for tax purposes under the bill.
Luther Harris of Ivania Central Airlines testified that no evidence supported a lightning strike on the Pennsylvania airliner that crashed near Lovettsville Virginia killing 25. He said wreckage showed no fire prior to impact and cited past ice incidents as unrelated. Witnesses had advanced lightning as a cause last week.
In Ridgeway the corn cutting is underway with early fields, including Maurice Snapp’s, maturing quickly for shelling. A West Virginia visitor staying with Mrs. Albert Anderson is noted as a sharp shooter, while Virgil Johnson and John son are praised for squirrel hunting success. Walter Burner and family recently toured Canada and exchanged a $10 bill for Canadian money in Cornwell.
London reports a big air duel as British fighters claim eight Luftwaffe planes down tonight. Sirens warn a likely third night of heavy bombing with about 600 killed and 2,600 wounded so far.
British military officials said Hitler’s invasion plan via barges is impractical. RAF planes sank and damaged barges at Calais Boulogne Dunkerque and Ostend as Germans concentrate ships with oil driven engines. Observers report large barge concentrations at potential jump off points but doubt enough shipping can be assembled for an invasion. London dock activity is disrupted and supply routes redirected to other ports and by rail or road.
London endured the day’s first air alarm as Nazi raids shattered a 12 hour lull, raising near 600 deaths and 2,600 serious injuries. British RAF bombers retaliated against Hamburg while Berlin reported major strikes on Kiel Lueneberg and the port.
Continued on page 9 column 5.3 eight o clock this evening attendees invited to attend at business session. Importance will be transacted by B F Arthur president.
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