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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1938
Page
10
The page presents a dense crossword with numbered across and down clues. Clues reference cities, animals, compounds, and common words, including hints like interjections, pronouns, and chemical terms. Several entries hint at archaic phrases and varied parts of speech, characteristic of vintage syndicate puzzles.
At a Washington convention of Confederate veterans the Stars and Bars Order elected Gen. Homer T. Atkinson of Petersburg as commander in chief and adopted a constitution. New officers include vice commanders Dr. George Holling Lee Samuel A. Ashe Lieut. Benjamin M. Robinson with a ceremony for the Robert E. Lee Memorial tree and a reception for Mrs. Walter B. Lamar.
The Buchanan circuit court moved the Keen Mountain forgery case to the November term as Engram Keen was sent to the Southwestern State Hospital at Marion for observation. Doctors Storie and Rigan found him not mentally fit for trial. Judge Skeen ordered Keen examined after information of lack of mental soundness. The defendant was to be tried with Tom Payne this term, a continuation of July session.
In Richmond Virginia on August 31 the US Court of Appeals orders remand to the National Labor Relations Board in the Phillips Packing Company Cambridge Maryland case. The remand allows new testimony and is pursued by Weinberg Sweeten and Green attorneys for the packing company. The charges stem from a strike and union activity by the Cambridge Workers Association following the dispute involving the AFL and CIO.
Dale Carnegie wrote the influential self help classic How to Win Friends and Influence People, promoting practical skills in communication, empathy, and leadership for personal and professional success. The book became a best seller and shaped mid century public speaking and management guidance.
A columnist recalls a self made industrialist who dominates a global market with a labor saving device. The piece extols honesty in sales and the character of successful people, linking wealth to integrity and public inspiration.
Virginia WPA resources receive 1,294,832 more dollars to keep about 26,000 workers employed. Major allocations go to highways 10,310 workers and public buildings 2,353. other divisions include sewers and water systems sanitation professional clerical and canning projects. Ten statewide projects total 206,892 with varied federal program allocations including music recreation and writers projects.
Corrigan known as Wrong Way Corrigan landed in Norfolk at 3 30 greeting crowds as police struggled to control the throngs. He circled the airport once to refresh memory of the field used as headquarters for two years and quickly cut his motor to shield spectators from the propeller. A welcoming committee awaited him but formalities were impossible amid the stampede.
Poem by Charles Whitlock from the U S Veterans Facility Perry Point Maryland describes silent river night scenes with reflections, willows, ripples, and distant echoes as the speaker dreams of loved ones and paradise at rest.
Funeral services for Mrs Louisa Musante Obici wife of Amadeo Obici president of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company of Suffolk will be held at St Marys Catholic Church on Friday morning with a solemn high requiem mass. Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery.
In July and early August rayon and cotton factories added staff, abacco markets began sales and output rose. The Richmond Fed notes mixed results with retail and wholesale trade down from 1937, but rayon shipments and coal output show strength. Construction contracts fell. auto registrations declined modestly. Virginia led declines among states. Irna Phillips cited as prolific radio writer with 8,000,000 words in five years.
In Green Bay Clifford Centen and friends joined a popcorn catch game when a dime was tossed to the crowd. Centen began winning but the coin lodged in his throat. Physicians spent almost two hours attempting to remove it before he swallowed the dime.
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