Striving for Peace Verse Shared in Winchester Daily
The 1940 Winchester Evening Star issue features a short religious excerpt from Luke 22 24 26 about humility and service. It appears amid advertisements and local notices on September 21 1940.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
4
Speeding Costs Extra in 1000 Mile Driving Analysis
A pamphlet by a large insurer estimates driving 1000 miles at 35 mph costs 17.88 dollars, at 45 mph saves 6.4 hours but adds 4.15 dollars, and at 65 mph saves 13.2 hours yet costs 20.75 dollars. It argues time saved may not justify higher speeds and dangers.
Habits of a Lifetime in Chicago Traffic Safety Rules
Chicago emerges as a hub for national traffic safety efforts led by the National Safety Council and the city’s motor club. New rules for children entering school emphasize crossing safely, looking both ways, walking briskly, using sidewalks, and obeying green lights to curb injuries from accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Chicago Motor Club
Germicide Paint Promise Grim Health Outlook
A discussion notes chemists plan to add germicide into floor and wall paints to kill germs, with a convention announcement stirring hopes. The hopeful forecast is tempered by warnings of risks from haphazard sterilization and widespread ignorance about sanitary precautions in ordinary activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Society
Antiseptic Paints Offer New Disease Defenses
Chemists at a convention announced experiments to make paints and varnishes antiseptic and germicidal. Walls coated with such finishes may defend against typhoid fever bacillus, marking beginnings of a field with vast protective possibilities. If ex king Carol retires to a Canadian ranch, a new cattle king could emerge.
Ashurst Known for Inconsistency in Court Packing Debate
Reprinted editorial portrays Henry Fountain Ashurst as a chameleon politician. As Senate Judiciary chair he shifted from opposing to defending Roosevelt’s court expansion plan, praised inconsistency, and joked about selling applesauce after defeat. A controversial legacy noted as a champion of inconsistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Fountainshurst
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ashurst
A Score for Mr Pegler
Newport News Times-Herald lauds Westbrook Pegler for exposing George Scalise and the Building Service Employes International Union misappropriation. Pegler’s crusading writings, while controversial, are praised for prompting accountability and reform within the AFL and union leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News Times-Herald
George Scalise
Scalise
Westbrook Pegler
Building Service Employes International Union
A. F. of L
Gearing and Yates Re-elected Leaders of City Bowling League
Frank Gearing and Jimmy Yates are chosen by League A for an eighth straight year as president and secretary of the city’s senior bowling loop. Roosevelt seeks repeal of arms embargo in neutrality bill. Engagement of Miss Dorothy Cather to Mr. Harold Bageant announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gearing
Jimmy Yates
Roosevelt
Dorothy Cather
Harold Bageant
Armory Auditorium Fund Sought by City Committee
Five years ago the common council authorized a special committee to explore funding options for constructing an armory auditorium. Harry McCann is elected first vice president of the Virginia Sheriff's Association. Italian cabinet rejects the League of Nations plan to make peace with Ethiopia, with revisions possible to avert war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
League of Nation
Ethiopia
Harry McCann
Virginia Sheriff's Association
Baltimore Man Fined in Washington Traffic Court
Ten years ago in Washington a Baltimore man nearly struck President Coolidge and was fined 35 dollars after a traffic court appearance. Samuel A. Bell is noted as a pneumonia victim. Miss Judith McGuire and Lieut Julian Lindsey wed in a graceful ceremony here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
President Coolidge
Washington
Samuel A. Bell
Judith McGuire
Julian Lindsey
Probate Admits Will as Estate Valued at 215000
The estate of the late Major Holmes Conrad is valued at 215000 as the will is admitted to probate. Dr. R. R. Sartelle moves his dental office to Baltimore after practicing here for a year. The 90th session of the University of Virginia opens with enrollment of over 1000. Serbia demands explanation of Bulgarian troop massing near the border amid two-nation tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Conrad
R. R. Sartelle
Baltimore
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Serbia
Democratic Day at Winchester and Frederick County Fair
Forty years ago the fair drew strong crowds with robust trotting races on the day’s program. C. M. Gibbons wins Republican nomination for Congress from the local district at the Luray convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
C. M. Gibbons
Congress
Luray
Causes and New Cures For Deafness
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses middle ear deafness from stiff ear bones and new treatments. He notes operations removing adhesions to restore movement, the artificial Eustachian tube, and links to nutrition and vitamins A D and B. The editorial adds pamphlets available for ten cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grant Selfridge
San Francisco
Clendeping
Logan Clendening
Answers to Questions From The Winchester Evening Star
Reader questions span wind effects on air travel time per direction, campaign cost per vote for Democrats and Republicans, number and location of National Forests, hay fever timing, author of Man's inhumanity to man, capital of Newfoundland, and Ashag as a term for a forest colony. Answers cite timing, dollars per vote, 160 forests in 40 states, hay fever rods from April to frost, Burns, St Johns, and Ashram details with origins and distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O— Q
Democrats
Repub- Saar
Democratic Party
The Star Quiz Answers Challenge Page Two
Seven quiz items ask about egg laying marsupials from Australia Washington middle name Hoosier State orange states zebra coloration Diderot fame a high altitude U S city Jesse Jones birth state Timon of Athens author and a Palestine river for baptisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
U. S
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Timon
Athens
Palestine
Grammar note on you was versus you were
A guidance item notes common error in dialogue: you was is incorrect for standard English since you is plural and should take were. It emphasizes correct verb agreement and mentions you as the subject.
Remarkable Winchester banker J Few Brown remembered
The Star recalls J Few Brown a longtime Winchester banker revered for humility honesty and unwavering faith He helped many and carried heavy burdens with quiet strength His funeral grave at Mount Hebron Cemetery is noted and his epitaph speaks to steadfast courage and Christian hope
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Few Brown
Winchester
Few Brown
Goodwin Baker
Douglas Fuller
John W. Rice
St. Paul
Moses
Brown
Mount Hebron
John Bunyan
Christian
Palace Beautiful
Chenham Marshes Intrigue Ties Charles and Coral
In Chenham Marshes a wary Charles meets Coral Merridew who aids his efforts to exploit a hidden passage. They plot to expose criminals while avoiding capture as the nest of conspirators plans a larger scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Chenham Marshes
Coral Merridew
Blue Anchor
Chehham
Coral
Colchester
Chenham
London
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Frederic J. Haskin
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E— Q
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Newfoundland
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