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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1940
Page
7
Highways show 343 fatalities for the first six months, up 29 from 1939. Director M B Battle cites pedestrian and non collision deaths as key increases and urges speed control, patrols, and wider cooperation to curb the trend. About 50 Legionnaires dine as Robert Y Conrad Post officers to be installed.
New York shares drifted with no clear direction as leaders edged forward while others eased. late gains and losses were evenly split. About 400000 shares traded as investors cashed in on the four day upswing amid cautious optimism for the home business outlook. Bonds steadied and commodities were mixed as Wall Street watched tax bill action and potential European developments.
Officials said married men would not be automatically deferred in the current selective service process. Deferment decisions will be made by local draft boards on each individual case, contrasting with World War practice where many deferments were reclassified after review.
President Roosevelt toured the Pensacola Naval Yard seeing construction on motor torpedo boats and destroyers bound for England. He noted progress on the 35,000 ton Washington and the keel laying of the 45,000 ton battleship New Jersey as workers cheered. He arrived from Washington last night, with his special train nearby from 3 PM to mid-morning.
New York reports on heavy German troop losses from Channel exercises ahead of an invasion attempt. Passengers arriving on the Exeter cite two mile out maneuvers in the Channel with self propelled barges and failed landings on the French coast. Solberg and Ter Weele claim thousands of Germans lost. bodies wash ashore daily at a French port.
Berlin reports authorized German sources say "Africa for the Europeans" will be the Axis Monroe Doctrine after Mussolini and Von Ribbentrop talks in Rome. The policy hinges on Britain's capitulation and whether Britain is treated as a European power in Africa.
The report details RAF raids over the Rhineland and Nazi ports as Britain braces for possible invasion plans. German attacks continue on Dover while weather and equinox shift tempers fears. Submarine Sturgeon sinks a German troop transport off Denmark, and Axis aims widen to the Mediterranean as Egypt warned to align.
French officials in Hanoi report Japan demands secret new terms within 72 hours. Tokyo seeks bases linked to its China war while Paris signals no concession and eyes possible face-saving agreement. Evacuation of Japanese nationals from Indo China continues amid tense negotiations.
White Hall Va Sept 20 State Senator Burr P Harrison will deliver the principal address at White Hall Grange Booster session on Sept 27 at 8 pm. He will discuss How State Legislation Affects Rural People. Other speakers include Mark Turner of Hern don and B O Brumback of Middletown.
A hearing is scheduled in the case of Allen P. Jams Williams 25 of Bunker Hill West Virginia driver of a car involved in a three way crash on U S Route 11 south of Stephenson around 8 30 last night Cecil Grim 527 North Braddock street driving a northbound car and C W Engle 45 of Plainfield New Jersey were involved Engle and a passenger escaped injury Mrs Charles R Grim 523 North Cameron street suffered minor cuts and shock Williams was treated at Memorial Hospital and released Grim’s car went into a ditch and was badly damaged
English military sources estimate perhaps 200000 German troops are rehearsing landing exercises along the Norwegian coast. They see no immediate invasion threat to Britain, citing RAF resistance and the vulnerability of German light tanks to British 2 pounder anti tank guns.
President Roosevelt outlines the clash between free elections and autocratic rule, calling for collective action, social safeguards, and humility to safeguard democracy. He contrasts Jeffersonian representation with Hamiltonian elitism and warns against Nazism and unchecked power in Germany.
The measure, aimed at five year charge offs for manufacturing facilities built since January 1 to meet defense costs, moved after a largely party line debate. An amendment to tax income from future federal and state bonds failed 44 to 30, and a proposed loan mandate at 1 percent interest was also rejected.
A man identified as William L. Brown of the FBI leaped 500 feet from the 36 story Baltimore Trust building tower. He registered at an Emerson Hotel on a sick leave and his home is listed as Arkansas. The fall was witnessed by several in the building.
Japan submitted an urgent demand to the French ambassador in Tokyo for termination of negotiations on military facilities in French Indo China. Paris replied it would speed up talks, but no time limit or immediate acceptance details were disclosed.
Office workers and others mop perspiring brows as heat climbs to 90 degrees at 2.45 pm with expectations of higher temperatures later. Overnight low dropped to 60 in the last 24 hours.
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