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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists editor H. F. Byrd Jr and posts as second class matter. It publishes daily except Sundays from Winchester Virginia with subscription options including one year four fifty, six months two to five monthly rates, and weekly details.
Classified and display rates listed per word with minimum charge and special lines for memorials and cards. Display ads due by 9 PM prior to publication, transient rates per inch, contract rates available, and Associated Press reprint rights noted.
A verse from Matthew 6 34 quotes “Take therefore no thought for the morrow” urging focus on today and its trials. The reminder appears tagged with a religious reflection for readers.
Representative David L. Lewis urges voters as he would have voted to confirm Hugo L. Black, arguing the Ku Klux Klan past shows unfitness for the Supreme Court and praising Senator Millard E. Tydings for opposing Black’s confirmation.
The piece contrasts President Roosevelt urging support for Senator Lawrence Camp in Georgia with President Washington's strict stance against influencing voters. It cites Washington's 1792 letter to John Francis Mercer asserting he would not guide or prejudice elections and that leaders should let the people decide freely.
The speaker asserts they had not spoken with Bushrod Washington about the election nor given any opinion that would conflict with a personal rule. They claim to have consistently avoided direct or indirect meddling in the people’s choice of their representatives.
An editorial contrasts the Hughes and Corrigan types as emblematic of American character. It argues Americans blend gadgetry and teamwork with self reliance, citing Hughes's careful preparation and Corrigan's solo pragmatism as complementary strengths from Ford and Edison to Boone and Carson.
Dr J B DeJarnette of Staunton honors Shirley Carter and Virginia’s gratitude for his services. An orchard picnic for Senator Byrd is set at Rosemont on August 28. Major Richard Messer urges safeguards for the local water supply. The Mellwee band plans a Thursday concert at City Hall plaza.
E Blackburn Moore is elected to the Virginia legislature in a special election amid light turnout. Roosevelt is expected to visit the Shenandoah Valley tomorrow to view CCC camps. Polly Harrison plays Dolly Cadavaller in Expressing Willie at the Little Theatre. Mrs Ella N Didawick improves at Memorial Hospital after a wreck.
Ten years ago crowds gathered at Stanford University as Hoover was notified of his Republican presidential nomination. Johnny Weissmuller won Olympic swimming at Amsterdam. William Turnipseed stood from the road between Washington and Great Falls. The Owen and Trenary Glove Company, Inc. was designated to supply gloves for the Byrd Polar Exposition.
Major Holmes Conrad wins a Supreme Court ruling forcing West Virginia to pay owed legal interest. Theophilus Huffman, 81, dies at the local hospital. Miss Lucy Brown wed George Sonneborn of Frederick Maryland. The Joseph Bryan estate in Richmond pays 53 354 in back taxes.
Forty years ago Loudoun Street is being improved with new paving to the satisfaction of citizens. The public sale of Rock Enon Springs is set for September 6, 1898. Trustees listed are John J. Williams M. M. Lynch H. D. Fuller and R. E. Byrd. The Sarah Zane Fire Company sponsors an excursion to Tolchester Baltimore on August 30 with round trip fare of $2. Only excursion to Baltimore this season. American troops storm Manila after Admiral Dewey's ultimatum to General Aguinaldo is ignored.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskins in Washington DC. Enclose three cents for reply.
In 1898 a large electric sign lit at Fifth Avenue and 23d Street, New York City, announcing Manhattan Beach swept by Ocean Breezes. The item reflects early urban advertising and city life.
The 1937 figure shows that fifty million dollars was spent on outdoor advertising in the United States. The data come from a Q and A column noting the expenditure level for the year.
In that year the British government offered a 4100,000 reward for a watch that kept accurate time. John Harrison won the prize in 176. The United States government designed the one cent, the Northwest Territory commemorative, with the twenty cent 1922 23 design regulated by U S patent office copyright 1938 King Features Syndicate.
The Virginia State Bar Association seçects Lewis C. Williams of Richmond as its president. A distinguished lawyer and long time Richmond practitioner, Williams is noted for his academic ties and service to the church. His two sons are Rhodes Scholars at Oxford.
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