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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
10
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Senator Harry F. Byrd will crown Miss Ruth Wampler queen of the Rockingham Turkey Festival at Madison College on Labor Day at 4 30 PM. The coronation will feature 50 princesses from Virginia counties and 38 maids-in-waiting from Harrisonburg. The pageant Turk eryrama will be staged on festival nights with a cast of more than 200.
Miriam Hopkins arrived in Reno with her adopted son Michael and Kay Francis but declined to discuss her pending divorce from Anatole Litvak. The pair had wed in Yuma, Arizona two years earlier, and Francis indicated plans to marry Bron Eric von Burnekow without specifying timing or location.
Farmers in Nansemond and nearby counties pressed for Edward F. Gillette to be state agricultural commissioner after the death of George W. Koiner. A delegation urged Governor Price to appoint Gillette, citing his V P I degree, agronomy major, county agent tenure, hog marketing push, and role in forming the Virginia Cooperative Peanut Association.
Richmond August 29. Secretary of the Commonwealth Raymond L Jackson announced an investigation into all after discovered evidence in the Abdell murder case as defense lawyers urged Governor Price to ignore the Dorman letter. The letter claimed Lola Mae Dorman said Mrs Abdell was alive at 11 am the day of her death. Abdell was convicted of killing his wife and received a reprieve until November 17 for thorough review.
A brief service was held at Mount Hebron Cemetery at three o clock this afternoon for Douglas Glass Dushane infant son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Dushane born dead last evening in Memorial Hospital Rev Robert B Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church conducted the service Only immediate relatives attended Mrs Dushane formerly Miss Helen Glass daughter of Mr and Mrs S C Glass of South Hill Va was reported by friends to be improved
Caroline Chatfield advocates a life plan to endure future hardships. She urges religion self discipline unselfishness humor and bull dog determination supported by money to prepare for life’s ups and downs and to provide for basic needs. She notes readers may submit problems for discussion in her column and promises confidentiality.
A Virginia Tech meeting brings together extension, farm security, soil conservation and AAA workers to plan coordinated farm agency efforts. Dr. John R. Hutcheson emphasizes bottom up program planning, with preparatory work in seven counties, intensive planning in 16, and a demonstration in Culpeper.
Major Edwin H. Gibson announced that September 8 is the final filing day for candidacy notices for the November 7 election. The law requires 60 days’ advance filing, counting the filing day but not Election Day.
The radio guide lists tonight and Wednesday programming across WEAF NBC WJZ NBC CBS Chain and MBS Chain stations from London to Berlin and domestic shows. It notes Dorothy Thompson Anthony Eden H V Kaltenborn and music programs including Johnny Presents Artie Shaw Orchestra and the All-Ohio Boys Band with multiple time slots and rebroadcasts.
Lincoln Park Zoo's three ton elephant Luna slipped into a three foot water moat while reaching for a peanut. Attendants drained water and built a stairway for her escape. she was unhurt.
Carrie McMaster of Galesburg Illinois left more than 20 percent of her 8650 estate to a dog care fund for her pet Bobbie. She created a 1500 dog fund and bequeathed the remaining balance to relatives.
In Longview Washington a speeding car slammed into a concrete bridge abutment killing five people including Dean Nye 25 and his 16 year old wife Betty along with three friends Prosecutor Shirley Marsh cited excessive speed as the cause in the Aug 29 wreck.
Treasury release records August 26 receipts of 7,776,197.58 and expenditures of 13,145,473.19. Gross debt stands at 40,879,327,610.05 with a decrease of 2,011,620.47 from the previous day.
President Roosevelt approved creating a migratory waterfowl sanctuary on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland after a recommendation by Secretary Ickes. The area in Harford and Cecil counties will be titled the Susquehanna migratory waterfowl closed area.
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