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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
5
The Winchester Frederick county Red Cross chapter will host a regional conference on October 9 bringing together delegates from 23 nearby cities and counties at the George Washington Hotel. The event aims to advance various Red Cross programs with a morning and afternoon session and a strong local turnout.
Portland Maine September 9 Maine's general election drew intense interest from political observers with campaigns arguing for an emphatic GOP victory to portend Wendell Willkie's prospects. Democrats contended the election holds little national significance though used as a gauge for future races.
Metropolitan opera star Gladys Swarthout breaks season attendance record with Carmen at the Hollywood Bowl drawing 24,019 paid admissions for the outdoor opera. The largest audience ever to attend an outdoor opera attended the performance.
Radio highlights list programs across WMAL WRC WJSV and WISV with details on guests bands and shows. Mentions include Radio Magic with Orestes Caldwell Morning with Oley Speaks Alfred Wallenstein's Orchestra Manhat tan Melodrama Lux Radio Theater Cecil B DeMille hour Nat Shilkret Contented program Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine and more nightly.
Lester R. Zarman of 207 Sharp Street was found guilty of operating an automobile while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. He received two months in jail with one month suspended, a $100 fine and costs on the first charge, and a $25 fine with one month suspended on the second. Bar man of O Sullivan Rubber Company struck Virginia Peffer, 31, causing minor injuries. the driver was located an hour later. Other cases: Rose Robinson for unlawful destruction of property. Alton Brill for liquor FL and illegal liquor transport with fines and suspended terms.
Willkie lectures and campaign films claim the Republican party is the party of peace. He vows not to lead the U.S. into war and hints at aiding Great Britain short of war. The Willkie train will travel from Coffeyville through Oklahoma, northern Texas, and New Mexico reaching Albuquerque.
The article outlines Willkie’s campaign itinerary starting in Phoenix on September 18 with a cross country tour through California cities and up the coast to Oregon and Washington. He returns via Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa, then heads to White Plains New York for the September 28 Republican state convention. A Detroit speech follows on September 30 with possible stops in Michigan and Ohio. October plans are not announced.
The Star lists local wholesale market notes for flour and related goods. The notice states markets are correct daily but no responsibility for typographical errors. It provides a snapshot of daily market activity and price guidance for traders and merchants.
The listing shows Patent Brand feeds in 12 and 24 and 48 pound bags with per barrel pricing, plus 98 pound bags, and various mixed feeds. Also listed are corn meal, horse feed, dairy feed, oats, bran, and poultry and livestock items with unit prices and occasional totals.
Alexander Thomas Lunsford 69 died at his residence 517 ad orn street after five years of declining health and two months of acute illness. He was born in Round Hill Loudoun county and educated in local schools and Mododys College Chicago. A longtime Park baseball supporter, he attended many local amateur sports events and belonged to Friendship Fire Company. Survived by wife Evelyn Young and six children, funeral Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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