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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1939

Page

10

Whitacre Area Notices and Funeral Obituary Notes

Whitacre Virginia September notices report the death of Mrs. Philipp of Siler and the funeral attendance by local residents. Various visitors and relatives from Cam Carina Maryland Winchester Berkeley Springs Toledo Hanging Rock and Reynolds Store are listed visiting and staying with local families.

S Whitacre Berkeley Springs W. Va Bertha Kimble John Pownell Toledo Dora Rodgers Hanging Rock Whitacre Earl Farmer Reynolds Store

Smart Gals and the Beautiful But Dumb Sisters Decoy Men

A reader asks Miss Chatfield about the appeal of smart women versus the “Beautiful But Dumb” type. The piece argues men value perceived superiority, prefer easy decoys, and that women balancing brains with tact win, while vanity and pride fuel conflicts at home. Readers are invited to submit questions for discussion.

Wiggan

Prayer For Expression By Christians By Rev W D Mitchell

A wartime prayer pleads for mercy and peace by Christians to avert the scourge of war. The essay argues wars leave a generation of squanderers and moral decay, urging a path of true peace and restraint rather than force.

W. D. Mitchell Reliance

Turkey warns Allies on mutual defense pact amid Soviet tensions

Ankara reports say Turkey notified Britain and France its mutual assistance would end if Allies enter war with Soviet Russia. Sukru Saracoglu in Moscow discussed a Black Sea pact under Russian leadership with Soviet leaders. In Pittsburgh a man complained after finding a piano in his yard claiming someone left it there.

Ankara Turkey Great Britain France Russia Sukru Saracoglu Moscow Near East Germany Europe Saracoglu al Black Sea Rumania Bulgaria Pittsburgh George Jauncey

Average Monthly Rainfall in 1913 38 Period

Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending a.m. none. September to date 1.62 inches year to date 35.13 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 26 years 1913 38 lists January 2.53 February 1.98 March 2.94 April 3.20 May 3.64 June 3.58 July 3.34 August 3.68 September 2.36 October 3.13 November 2.32 December 2.40. Average annual rainfall 35.09 inches through Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

That Guilty Feeling in Waukegan Sparks Conscience Fund

A man from Ames Iowa mailed John Mitchell, manager of a Waukegan theatre, a dollar as a conscience fund. The note says the contributor used to sneak into the theatre as a boy and now repays the debt in nostalgia.

Waukegan John Mitchell Ames Mitchell

Police Trace Bizarre Heap Of Human Bones Found Near Pistol

Four hunters uncovered a pile of human bones near a pistol tied to a tree in Unionville Maryland. Harold Dutrow told Deputy Horace Alexander he found the bones beside ragged trousers and a rusty pistol. No missing persons reports were filed in the area.

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