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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1939
Page
10
Leslie L. Merrick, once an actress in Los Angeles, divorces J Walling Merrick, a wealthy broker, claiming he promoted Hitler and Nazi ideas, kept her awake with terror when she rejected his views.
Washington reports the Navy Department plans to deploy a sizable detachment of Pacific coast warships to Hawaii for training purposes. Officials say the move, contemplated for years, aims to decentralize the Pacific fleet centered at San Pedro California. The exact number remains undisclosed.
Delegates from war torn regions will attend the International Convention of Disciples of Christ in October 1925 in Richmond. Dr Alexander Paul Oriental secretary of the United States Christian Missionary Society will speak joining others such as William H Edwards and Gerald Goldner with his father Rev J H Goldner plus James H McCallum who aided Nanking refugees.
The Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas plan an outdoor public adoption at Portsmouth City Park on September 30. Fifty Red Men tribes and thirty Pocahontas councils from Virginia will attend in Indian regalia with a war dance at 9 p.m. Great Chief H. F. Stetser of the United States will speak, and Minnehaha Council No.1 members expect to attend.
Nathan Jacobson of Punxsutawney Pa reported to police that he was robbed of 800 dollars while resting at the Association For The Improvement of The Poor in Pittsburgh.
Caroline Chatfield advises a reader to probation a fiancé who cannot yet support a family. She warns money and stability are essential in marriage and questions whether a stingy, unemployed partner can sustain a wife over time. The column invites readers to write Miss Chatfield.
James Hibbard of Berryville Virginia denies a Roanoke arrest and jail report. He says he ran out of money August 20, called his employer B F Ritenour for ten dollars to return home, and the employer says the call was misunderstood.
Robert A. Ross, 21, of Altoona, Pa., blind after a seven year old explosion, begins journalism studies at Pennsylvania State College. He and his guide dog Rita navigate the campus for classes among 5 800 students while Dean Warnock urges students not to assist the pair.
Pennsylvania's government becomes the largest retail milk customer in the state by ordering a pint daily for 370,000 relief children. The plan, costing $740,000 a month, was mandated by the 1939 Legislature as a health measure and funded from relief grants. farmers' benefits await full operation.
Lightning struck the Utah Power and Light substation in Evanston Wyoming causing $1,000 damage on Sunday, duplicating a July hit that also caused $1,000 damage to the plant. Repairs proceed under the utility company.
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