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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1938
Page
7
Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer, urged New York to clean house and produce better motion pictures or yield its world cinema leadership. He warned England is rising as a direct threat, calling for better writers and higher quality over quantity.
In Birmingham on April 26 anti-unificationists warned that a Southern Methodist Church vote for merger with the Methodist Episcopal north and Methodist Protestant branches could trigger a mass withdrawal. A legal challenge to unification was planned, with a potential appeal to church judiciary and civil courts.
Pennsylvania political clash widens as Attorney General Mar giotti accuses Lawrence and McCloskey of steering architects to take a one third kick back on six percent commissions totaling about 1 2 million dollars. Officials note the PWA has added inspectors to a 65 million building program and Philadelphia Mayor Wilson seeks suspension of 9 million in state contracts.
Clerk's Office of Corporation Court in Winchester Virginia orders Ralph G Wilson to appear within 15 days for divorce a vinculo matri monii from Lucille Virginia Wilson on desertion grounds. Publication of notice required weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening, posting at courthouse, mailing to defendant, with dates April 26 and May 2 1938 referenced.
By authority of a 1937 deed of trust T. C. Keckley default triggers a public auction in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia on May 21 1938 at 11 oclock A M The lot No 5 Block 2 fronting Buffalo Lick Road covers 75 by 300 feet with a reserved small building Terms: one third cash sale day with balance in two equal annual installments secured by two bonds payable one and two years from sale date Interest paid semi annually by deed of trust J W Baker Trustee (4-26 5-3 10-17 41-law)
Kelly claimed photocopied affidavits support his charges and promised a thorough investigation. He said sufficient material exists to keep Dryden and his agents busy for a while and that he will appeal to the President for FBI involvement if the WPA inquiry stalls.
Pi A Barber, age 80, who evaluated the contents of Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria, died today at Hove near Brighton. The Windsor dealer and former mayor kept his findings secret as promised to the queen.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports March net operating income of 420,978 dollars, down from 3,241,532 dollars a year ago. For the first quarter, net income reached 202,938 dollars, versus 7,061,954 dollars in the same period in 1937.
Former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, who had an appendectomy Sunday night, was reported in satisfactory condition at Roosevelt Hospital today. A hospital bulletin said Dawes spent a comfortable night and his condition is satisfactory.
War near Castellon de la Plana and Valencia continues to devastate towns while civilians stay at ease. Peasants load belongings onto mule carts fleeing bombing amid intermittent rain. Injuries and deaths mount from insurgent air raids, with American brigades hospitalized in Benicasim and Barcelona, as notices in English linger on villa walls.
Princeton and Yale launched a light hearted campaign to add to U S college libraries books from Vienna's National Library Hitler planned to purge for being non Aryan Editor James McC Clarke of the Daily Princetonian telegrammed Hitler asking for purge books Yale Daily News chairman Gaspard Belin telegrams to Daily Erchacet and Harvard editors to join in the drive Harvard acknowledged but gave no comment.
Barbara Bell fashion pattern notes a puff sleeved princess style for spring and summer, with a flattering narrow waist and flare skirt. Pattern 1471-3 offers flower print or solid colors in sizes 12 to 20, with yardage and accessory details for a smart, easy to sew frock.
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