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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1938
Page
4
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A divine verse appears on the page for Friday April 22 1938 urging readers to embrace faith. The message cites Isaiah 58 8 about light breaking forth and health springing forth as a blessing.
A Senate unemployment panel led by Senator Byrnes recommends repealing the undistributed profits tax. The report argues the tax drives unemployment by forcing profit distribution, hampering capital development and business expansion, and urges the President to drop support for keeping it.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch critiques the United Auto Workers for shutting down operations at Fisher Body in Flint to pressure dues payment. It argues the action harms public opinion, disrupts non guilty workers, and questions the union’s legal and moral right to halt production over dues while noting disputed casualty figures and broader support for Henry Ford in public sentiment.
The piece argues President Roosevelt created a depressive mood in American trade through direct methods and shifting policies. It criticizes his inconsistent moves from inflation to deflation, and questions the link between confidence and Roosevelt.
A harsh urged warning condemns drunk driving and urges the offender to face consequences. The writer mocks the driver’s excuses and imagines a reckoning with police, an accident, and public shame to deter repeat offenses.
Report notes British lawyers revisit Mrs Simpson's first divorce as friends say she will wed Edward in June. The Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom festival details and radio show broadcast. G H Baptist elected vice president of the Shenandoah Valley Club of V P I.
May 3 and 4 mark the Apple Blossom festival with experts predicting peak blooms. A Berryville jury again fails to reach a verdict in the $30,000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Della Malone against Herman Hable. George Lee, a White Post farmer, is killed by a train at a crossing where multiple relatives have died in prior incidents.
Forty building lots on the Valley pike south of Winchester are offered for sale at public auction. Cameron Hall is being razed to make way for the new theatre to supplant the Empire. A cigarette war is on among the different brand manufacturers, merchants here offered two packs for a quarter.
Reporters note a belief among growers that the recent heavy frost will not prevent a large crop this fall. The outlook focuses on apples and orchard conditions across regions.
Forty years ago Mr and Mrs William Sumption receive a surprise party at their East Water street home. Four strangers seen in Winchester speak a foreign language and are guessed to be Spaniards amid war threats. Clayton Conner and Sallie B E Brown wed at Braddock Street M E Church parsonage. Grain prices rise with Spain threat. wheat at 97 cents and corn at 2 dollars.
A compilation of brief Q and A items covering joblessness in New York, tree cutting by moonlight, railroad free passes, fortress terminology, Pasteur’s rabies patient, police women, plays, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Doberman breed colors, Red Cross origins, whales diving depth, and moths feeding on rayon.
James McManus and M. J. Kerr clashed in the Mount Pleasant business district and after stopping to talk, Kerr’s car rolled down a slope into McManus’ vehicle. No injuries reported.
Washington April 21 The tense exchange between President Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Ickes on helium shipments to Hitler surfaces amid broader probes of Nazi activity in the United States. FBI counts dispute Fritz Kuhn’s Bund membership. a census clause on blanket business investigations stirs issue. Garner and Roosevelt spar over policy in light of a proposed aid package.
Barbara meets Garry Page at the wedding after fleeing into a late night ride. They share tastes and memories while racing toward the Junction for a chance to talk. The moment ends as the wedding party returns, revealing Julia’s sharp jealousy and Barbara’s uneasy place among her cousins.
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