Hawkins Dies. Funeral to Be Held at Mt Olive
Obituary fragment notes Mrs Hawkins of Winchester and five children survive. Funeral services conducted by Reverend Summers McGavock and others will be at Mt Olive, with interment at a local cemetery.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1940
Page
7
Right Hook Edge Confirms Narrow Escape From Home Invasion
Detectives recount a home invasion where Tommy Loughran testified to a pair of intruders entering the house. Miss Wright faced a knife at her throat before retreating to a corner. One assailant brandished a belt and fled as the men escaped into darkness before police arrived.
DeWitt Analyzes The War With MacKenzie Abroad
DeWitt comments on the war and its global dimensions with MacKenzie serving as the foreign writer for the Associated Press. The piece reflects wartime perspectives and international reporting carried by the wire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
MacKenzie
The
Associated
Indians pick Willkie and Pryor in pennant chase
In New Haven Sunday Sept 18 the Cleveland Indians, a half game behind Detroit, are described as leading by a comfortable margin at a key moment in the pennant race. Pryor notes Cleveland led by a commanding margin and appeared to be favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Sonn
Cleveland Indians
Tigers
Samuel F. Pryor, Jr
Pryor
Cleveland
Handley School Hosts Fine Art Prints Exhibit
An art education opportunity opens Friday at Handley School with an exhibit of 150 large colored reproductions. Works range from old masters Gainesborough and Da Vinci to moderns by Foster, De Forest Brush, Innes, Duveneck, Wyant, Amick, and Weigand. A small admission fee benefits further picture collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cac Ae
Handley School
Gainesborough
Ti da Vinci
Terborch
Murillo
van Dyck
Raphael
Brush
Ben Foster
George de Forest Brush
George Innes
Ernest Albert
Frank Duveneck
Gardner Symons
Bruce Crane
William Wyant
Harry Vincent
Robert Wesley Amick
Gustav Weigand
Conduct Rites For Mr. Williams
Funeral services for the late A. Maywood Williams were conducted from the residence on Amherst street Friday afternoon by Rev. Carl Honeycutt pastor Grace Lutheran Church. The service included a scripture reading hymn and prayer. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named. Williams was a city and county resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Maywood Williams
Amherst Street
Carl Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran Church
Sarpely
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mysterious Harvard grad student death under investigation
Cambridge authorities examined three glasses found in the apartment of Montford Schley Variell, a 25 year old Harvard graduate and music student. Officials noted possible poison as a cause though no poison traces were found on the premises. Variell carried 810,000 and his body was examined by Dr. David C. Dow before organs were turned over to state tax authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Montford Schley Variell
Harvard
Vi Variell
David c. Dow
Notices Oue Day Before Publication For Church Column
Notices must reach the Star by 4 o clock the day before publication to appear with church news. County notices should be presented on time to guarantee publication.
Virginia quota credited with state service count
Virginia’s conscription quota will be credited with the number of Virginians in the service at the quota’s start. Col. K. T. Smith relayed a War Department radiogram noting August enlistments total 88 278, with hopes September results exceed August as recruiting doubles to meet preparedness targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Col
K. T. Smith
War Department
Third Corp
Betty Eckstrom to Live With Mother in Custody Ruling
Betty Ruth Eckstrom six, daughter of Marion Talley, will spend the next nine months with her mother after State Supreme Court Justice Aron Steuer ruled custody in Beverly Hills. The exchange followed a 15 minute court session as Eckstrom’s parents Adolph Eckstrom and Miss Talley debated the child’s move and contempt proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ruth Eckstrom
Marion Talley
Supreme Court
Aron Steuer
Adolph Eckstrom
Betty Ruth
California
Miss Talley
Beverly Hills
Calif
Virginia Volunteers Reach Record Defense Drive Total
VA volunteers from Virginia numbered 804 or more, as September 14 approaches, with efforts to surpass August’s record. The Navy urges civilian groups and Junior Chamber of Commerce to aid in securing flying cadets to grow the Air Force. Information available in Norfolk Danville Lynchburg Roanoke Bristol Norton Staunton and Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ceaeh
National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Norfolk
Danville
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Bristol
Norton
Staunton
Fredericksburg
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Rs. Hawkins
Albin
Sweden
Plymouth
APN Motor CO
W. Boscawen &T
Henandoah
Willkie, Et al
Handley
Mr. Williams
Tage
E. McC
J. W. Richards
H. D. Snapp
Holmes Capper
J. W. Lowe
Bruce Slonaker
Harold Brown
Egreemeent
Leesburg
Bankhead
Chamber of the House of Representatives
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
John H. Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt
Rouss Ave
Winchester Credit Corp
Loudoun St
Amherst St
Est
E. Piccadilly
W. Piccadilly St
Braddock
Washington
Bath
E. Pall Mall
A. Shryock
Iva
Valley Pike
Kernstown
Crosby
Washington St
F. L. Dovell
Stephens City
Jersey
C. H. Peer
Euclid Ave
L. A. Goodman
Met
Skyline Terrace
Front Royal
Care Star
W. Boscawen St
Thomas Doran Co
White Plains
N. Y
John P. Allen
Atty
Wallace Brown
Fifth Ave
Dept
Winchester Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Pyrex Ware
Reyem
Larelle Guild
Fifth Avenue
Miller’s
LaSalle
Bieders Motor CO
N. Braddock
Volun
Betty Eckstrom
Harry Murphy’s Feed Store
Kelly
Springfield
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Conoco
DO Bronz
Elietere Noco
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