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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1940

Page

4

Liberty and Love Scriptural Appeal Note

A brief religious quotation urges liberty to be used in service and walking in the Spirit to avoid fleshly lust. It cites Galatians 5 13 and 16 as the source and emphasizes acting in love within faith.

Too Long A Season In Baseball Sports Debate

The article notes minor leagues ending seasons or entering playoffs while majors continue. It argues the 154 game structure plus World Series obsolete as football gains late summer interest. It urges opening and finishing the World Series earlier to align with college football schedules and reader interest.

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Municipal Refuse Collection Methods Vary Across Cities

A survey by the American Public Works Association shows refuse collection varies by service demand population density and local layout. The curb set out method is fastest and cheapest but leaves streets littered. other methods like set-out and set back delay trucks and raise costs. full-container exchange requires owning receptacles and is the most costly.

American Public Works Association

Jury finds Brooklyn gangsters linked to Murder Incorporated

Editorial argues the Brooklyn murder trial shows two gangsters were working members of Murder Incorporated. It warns the community faced by a system that allowed assassins to be hired for a few dollars and the implications of such crime.

New York Times Brooklyn Murder Incorporated

Kid Twist Confesses to Eleven Murders in Nerve Tying Case

The district attorney attacks the gangland menace as Abe Reles, alias Kid Twist, boasts of eleven victims. He explains deaths were “on contract” and notes difficulty recalling all mob names. The informant’s chilling catalog underscores the peril of the underworld.

O'Dwyer Kid Twist Abe Reles

Had Cut A Corporal's Throat In Wartime Talk

A Brooklyn Dodgers president Larry MacPhail spoke at a service club luncheon claiming that killing a corporal during the Kaiser kidnapping attempt would have changed history. The piece argues Hitler’s removal would have averted Nazi aggression and suggests MacPhail’s shocking remark underscores the desire for harsher action against Germany after World War I.

Larry MacPhail Brooklyn Dodgers Kaiser Service Club MacPhail Hitler Germany Versailles Goering Fuehrer

Virginia Boy Seated for Life in Amherst Murder Case

An Amherst 11 year old was tried for murder in the county circuit court and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. The Richmond Times Dispatch notes the boy’s age was in doubt due to lack of a birth certificate and argues the defendant should have the benefit of the doubt. The editor hopes a higher court will rule in favor of the unknown age.

Artie Hamilton Amherst Amherst County Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia Richmond

Assassination of Romania Premier Rocks Europe

Pro German Iron Guard members are executed after the premier Armand Calinescu is assassinated. In another event, James Lupton drowns at the University of Richmond after entering as a student, while a police car is struck during a running gun battle with bandits who robbed a local filling station of 204 dollars.

Romania Armand Calinescu Iron Guard James Lupton University of Richmond McKinley Turner

DeWolfe Hopper Dies After Brief Illness

DeWolfe Hopper, noted American actor famed for Casey At The Bat, dies following a brief illness. He had been married six times. State Trooper W R Thompson is shot and killed by two bank robbers at Fork Union. Miss Nancy Huchkoper of Clarke county becomes engaged to Mr Cornelius Rathborne.

DeWolfe Hopper Casey W. R. Thompson Fork Union Nancy Huchkoper Hugh Nelson Clarke County Cornelius Rathborne

Handleys Set to Open Season Versus McKinley Tech

Handleys football team readies for an season opener against McKinley Tech with coach John Parsons and the squad aiming for a strong start. James Edward Miller, 22, dies from injuries in an auto crash. Peyton Marshall wins golf title at the local club, defeating Donald Weems.

Handley McKinley Tech John Parson James Edward Miller Peyton Marshall Donald Weems

Subway disaster recalls 25 years ago sabotage blamed

Twenty five years ago a subway accident in New York left six dead and about two thousand injured with sabotage suspected. The city council weighs establishing its own electric plant and seeks bids for street lighting. The Winchester Fair posts total receipts of ten thousand after a record season. Germany pledges full satisfaction to US demands on American diesels in the Atlantic.

New York Germany United States Atlantic

Sane Diets Offer Treatment for Kidney Trouble

Dr. Clendening explains kidney disease care through diet, noting that strict meatless regimens can cause emaciation while gradual nitrogen waste reduction occurs over 16 to 20 hours after meals. A sample diet list for Bright's disease and a note on pamphlets concludes the piece.

London Clendening Logan Clendening

Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin

A compendium of brief Q and A items from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Questions cover presidential candidates from minor parties, shipbuilding time, feather fertilizer content, Holy Cross mountain cross direction, railroad watch accuracy, Gulf Stream salinity, curfew origin, accordion invention, coal tonnage space, article usage before h words, Bronte sisters, and first colored traffic signals in New York.

Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. C

Seven test questions from The Star oui page 2

A list of questions covers art health journalism government and citizenship topics. Items ask who painted Blue Boy if night air harms health, Adams Lazonga in a comic, Alaska’s capital, the naval hero buried at Annapolis, banana oil source, which Constitution article creates Congress, the agency with CAA initials, naturalization by marriage, and the capital of Liberia.

Blue Boy Congress of the United CAA Liberia

Clerk Phrase Clarification In Reading Guidance

The note clarifies grammar by stating that clerks are workers. it advises saying she is a clerk rather than using clerk as a verb to describe action. The guidance emphasizes precise part of speech for job titles and avoids verbing nouns.

Bon Ton

Red Letter Testament For Sunday Schools

A compact New Testament with the Words of the Saviour in red aimed at Sunday School children and teachers. It promises guidance in hard times, notes the Bible as a best guide, and lists 254 pages printed on thin Bible paper bound in black with postpaid price of twenty cents.

Washington D Eventing Star Seeks New Testament Copy

The note from Themes Eventing Star Washington directs twenty cents for a copy of the New Testament. It asks for the addressee’s Name City State Street or Rural Route and mail to Washington, D. C. Information ee Frederick J. Haskin, Director.

Washington, D Frederick J. Haskin

Scott's Scrap Book HS Quoopd Luck Feature Cat

A short note describes a cat owned for its inky coat and blue ribbons with copper button eyes on black broadcloth. It warns to keep the animal out of the sun to prevent browning and marks the name below.

Hunger and scheming under guard in a hunger camp

Gun and Tommy, captives in a deprivation prison, debate survival as starvation tightens its grip. Gun plans a night meeting with Trent to secure food and a possible escape, while Tommy battles growing weakness and trust issues amid the looming risk.

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