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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
8
The National Bureau of Standards finds no very satisfactory method to clean exterior painted frame houses. Poor appearance likely means repainting. For awnings, ordinary paint cracks and peels. an oil stain like that used on shingles is preferred.
Multiple rental notices in one column: rooms near Palace Theatre, an apartment at 406 N Loudoun with phone 562, and modern apartments available at 24 E. panes.
Washington Aug 10 Sumner Welles acting secretary of State said the French pouches de St Quetin informed the State Department in March of pouch misuse. He noted the French ambassador visited in March to report the issue and promised an administrative inquiry and disciplinary action in France.
Senator Schwellenbach of Washington urged the State Department to halt the export of American war materials to Japan. In a letter to Secretary Hull he proposed using wartime powers to ban exports or seek voluntary shipper agreements to stop shipments.
Washington reports it costs about 22 million dollars a year to operate Congress. A total of 22,632,771 was appropriated for the legislative establishment, covering the library and Botanic Garden along with Congress and Capitol upkeep. The seven month session cost cannot be fully estimated due to fiscal-year budgeting and ongoing salaries. The House, with more members, costs more than twice the Senate to operate.
George Williams a former slave in Germantown Md will celebrate his 100th birthday tomorrow and can prove his age. Court records at Rockville confirm his birth date to establish eligibility for old age assistance.
Former President Herbert Hoover marked his sixty fifth birthday in Palo Alto California with wife Lou and minimal public activity. They arrived by train from Los Angeles and planned to stay at the Stanford home with only close administration likely to visit. Hoover remains politically engaged, travels widely, and enjoys fishing during his time away from Washington.
Clarence E. Bockey 62 a Grimes area farmer died at 9 30 this morning from a stroke. Born October 12 1876 in Frederick county he was a son of the late Robert and Frances Kerns Bockey. Survived by daughters Mrs Marie Burmeister and Mrs Ruby Barr both of Washington and several brothers including Claude in Jamacca New York Charles in Siracuse New York Ernest in Winchester Harry in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania and Byard in Strasburg Virginia. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday from Galilee Church with Rev Feed officiating and burial at Galilee.
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