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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
8
John F. Stahl, 57, retired from the San Francisco post office for total disability, walked 3,700 miles from the Canal Zone to his home. He arrived in good health, hailed as a walking example of resilience and endurance.
Courtney Jones secretary of the McIlwee Municipal Band writes Andrew Bell secretary of the Chamber of Commerce expressing appreciation for the chamber's efforts that made the band's participation in the Tobacco Festival parade in South Boston possible. The letter notes everyone enjoyed the trip from start to finish and many would not have seen the festival without the funding.
The committee announced a Saturday afternoon meeting at 5 o clock in the council chamber of City Hall. All members are requested to be present.
The Inquiring Reporter collects reader opinions on favorite film stars. Edgar Shenk cites Judy Carnie. Broadus Whitlock names Jimmy Cagney and Pat O Brien with Myrna Loy. Edward Flint favors Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis. Gervis Lemley likes Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy and Shirley Temple. Marshall Venable prefers Dorothy Lamour. Arnold Fitzgerald weighs Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable with Myrna Loy.
Wendell Willkie will depart on a 7,200 mile western tour with 69 speeches, including a major address on the third term issue. He consults with Senator McNary and GOP leaders on itinerary and policy, while Alvin M. Owsley pledges support and a Rushville send-off is organized with bands and fireworks.
Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the residence three miles west of Middletown on the Marlboro road for Mrs Gayetta Lineburg 72 who died Monday afternoon at her son Manson J Lineburg's home in Vienna Virginia The Rev James W Hayley officiated and interment was in the family lot at Oranda cemetery Mrs Lineburg spent most of her life in Frederick county since her 1888 marriage
President Franklin D Roosevelt renews a pledge to keep the United States out of foreign wars and not deploy forces abroad except in case of attack. He supports selective universal training and implies government power to requisition plants for defense, while accusing certain groups of misleading labor.
J W Eight Ball Robinson sits in an Atlanta jail awaiting outcome after a 17 year old knife attack against Hayden Big John Parker, who vows to press charges. Parker has continued seeking justice since the incident.
Relatives report Wilbur Tidler underwent an operation at University Hospital in Charlott es ville to relieve brain pressure from a skull fracture after a Page County automobile accident on August 31. His general condition is described as satisfactory though final outcomes are not yet known.
Rev M W Richards of Wilmington Delaware will hold a meeting at The Full Gospel Tabernacle 455 North Cameron Street Winchester at 3 p m Sunday September 15 Richards is an evangelist formerly a Canton Ohio lawyer Reverend C H Anderson is the church pastor.
The Eighteenth Pursuit Squadron of the Army Air Corps will transfer to Alaska, the first fighting squadron assigned there under the national defense program. It will be based at Ladd Field near Fairbanks.
Soup country ham salad and home made ice cream and cake will be served at A. C. Oates residence 527 N. Lou doun St on Thursday Sept 12 from 5 to 9 p m. Proceeds aid the Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Christian Church.
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