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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1939
Page
10
The weight of the earth is estimated at six sextillic quintillion tons not counting the atmosphere. The U S population center has sat in southern Indiana for six decades and is now slowly moving west.
Puzzle list with scattered clues across rows including look founder sullen Troy and many partial entries. Contains numeric and symbolic hints confusingly arranged with missing letters and misprints in 1939 syndicate puzzle sheet.
New York April 19 networks outline plans to air Hitler's reply to Roosevelt's peace appeal on April 29 with English translations. AM and FM schedules list Murphr y at AP luncheon on NBC WJZ coverage at 2, Fred Waring on WEAF five broadcasts weekly starting June 19, and a 82 station hook-up. Tonight features WEAF NBC and CBS programs. tomorrow includes RCA exhibit dedication and talks by Perk ins and Allen. Baseball games listed for Yankees, Brooklyn vs Giants.
The Navy will send 33 war crafts to New York for the World Fair opening on April 29, while most of the fleet heads back to the Pacific. The battleship Tennessee will stay in New York temporarily for the event. The New York visit replaces a larger Atlantic stay cut short by five weeks.
The discovery of artificial ice making is traced to Dr John Gorrie in Appalachicola Florida in 1850, marking a pivotal advancement in cooling technology.
Notice is given of the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Union Bank of Winchester Virginia to be held at 101 N. Loudoun Street Winchester on Thursday April 27 1939 from 11 to 12 a m for election of directors and other business. George Bushnell cashier signs the notice.
Dear Miss Chatfield answers a reader asking if a 21 year old woman should keep visiting a man two hundred miles away. She says times have changed, visits are common, chaperones remain, and opposition may stem from jealousy rather than impropriety.
A columnist argues forty can mark a peak, citing Verdi Vanderbilt and Gladstone as examples of late bloomers. The piece urges persistence, memory of names as a key skill for advancement, recounting John L. Horgan’s hotel career and the power of not quitting at forty.
Dr H M Massell rushed to hospital to deliver a baby for Mrs Carl Wolf and shortly after to assist Mrs Leo Prince. After each birth he quipped that he was an uncle, being the brother of both mothers.
Boston April 19. Alderman and runner Pawson from Pawtucket Rhode Island is the favorite as 215 entrants start the 43rd Boston Marathon from Hopkinton. Pawson defends his title with a 2 31 01 best for the 26 mile 385 yard course and is supported by veterans and top contenders including Pat Dennis Johnny Kelley Ellison Brown Walter Young and Garry Cote.
KEYSER Va April 19 E E Cuthbert of Winchester Va won the singles event by hitting 99 of 100 targets at Meadow Lark Gun Club registered shoot on New Creek drive O D Williams Luke Md was second with 97 Dr W H Heager Hagerstown third with 94 and Arthur Seabright F W Pingley of Winchester and C O Ansparger Hagerstown tied for fourth at 92 Eighteen competed including Ruth Cuthbert of Winchester and Mrs John Bunny Sanders of Keyser The 50 handicap had Cuthbert and F W Pingley tied at 44 Ruth Cuthbert and Ansparger tied for third with 43 Doubles were not fired due to rain.
Promoter Mike Jacobs heads to New York to hype Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis next title defense set for June 28 against Tony Galento. Jacobs predicts possible upset by Galento and comments on Louis's bout with Jack Roper, which ended quickly in the first round.
Wisconsin lawmakers debate a resolution by Assemblyman Laurie Carlson demanding each member receive a dictionary to curb verbal slips. The push follows a noted clash where a member accused another of using a subterfudge.
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