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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
5
New York, Dec. 7 A usher William Reilly and a ballet dancer Rosalie Kniskern claim a $1 500 000 fortune from Mrs Edna Elliott the elderly heiress who died last September The will was to be probated when a travelling salesman R B Morss of Barille Oklahoma appeared asserting kinship and filed a motion to block probate until the matter is settled
Attorneys argue Mrs. Elliott believed Morss was her cousin by adoption and not a blood relative. The case, a month or longer from trial, centers on whether the so called fairy godmother figure was genuine or not.
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Duke of Kent replying yes when asked if his brother the Duke of Windsor will return soon to England. He said he thought Windsor would stay in England as he travels to Oslo for Queen Maud’s funeral.
The south holds power this week to shape the administration farm program through regional referenda on marketing quotas for cotton rice and three tobacco types. If two thirds vote yes, quotas set next year. if no, plant and sell freely and loans or benefits may be cut for some crops. A southern vote against quota could threaten New Deal economics and align the region with the middle west. administration officials mount a push as the American Cotton Association reports about 700,000 acres plowed under this year.
U S Senator Joseph F. Guffey conferred with hotelmen in Philadelphia about bringing the Democratic National Convention to the city in 1940. He said he is confident the event can return if hotels cooperate and urged prompt action to advance national political goals.
The State Roads Commission will supply each legislator with a copy of the ten year highway construction program plus county maps and project explanations. Chairman J. Glenn Beall instructed district engineers to provide cost estimates for work in their sections.
Delegates from C I O affiliated unions gather in Cumberland for the Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council second annual state convention. The three day conference opens this afternoon with John T. Jones of District No 16 United Mine Workers of America presiding. Officials expect more than 150 delegates.
Relating notes on cold weather helping hog slaughtering. W M A meeting hosts seventeen members. Cecile Hyde travels to Amelia for weekend with illness prompting stay. various local movements, visits, illnesses and births. football trip to Roanoke curtailed by snow. local residents visiting Winchester and Richmond for events. insurance agent Jobe from Richmond reports Home Life Insurance.
Brucetown Virginia December 7 The Christmas entertainment at Brucetown church moved from Monday December 26 to Sunday December 25. Miss Emily Pierce of Winchester is noted among participants and plans remain ongoing for the holiday program.
Miss Mary Clevenger spent a weekend with her sister and brother in law Ed win Shepherd near Grimes. Sam Bartlett and family moved from the I N Painter farm to Cedarville and Milton Lemley moved into the Painter farm. Agnes Lee Perry visits her cousin Mrs. Herbert Pope in Winchester. Friends wish Mr and Mrs Jack Albin happiness after their recent marriage. Clarence Hartley of Winchester visited Mr H E White on Sunday.
St David s Church reports several social visits including Mr and Mrs Robert Heishman visiting Elmer Heishman s family near Hamburg. Elmer Rinker and family hosted in addition to Mr and Mrs John M Rinker s gathering. Mrs Lucy Habron consulted a doctor in Winchester after illness. Mrs Herbert Stephens recovered enough to go out. T S Clem traveled to Edinburg for business.
New Orleans reports W G Bramham of Durham NC head of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues urged strict measures after an epidemic of assaults on umpires. He pledged 100 percent protection, heavy fines, and suspensions of at least 90 days for offending players while noting attendance reached about 15.5 million and calling for uniform player class rules based on service.
Wallace D. Kenyon, 46, manufacturer and sportsman, died of a heart attack after a point-to-point race near Orlean Virginia. He owned two sporting goods factories in Attleboro Massachusetts and headed Webster Silversmith Manufacturing in North Attleboro. He moved to Virginia ten years ago and kept a Providence Rhode Island home. He leaves a son Webb and daughter Anne, with his wife. his body to be taken to Providence.
Virginia figures feature Sen Byrd and Gov Price voicing views on federal outlays. Byrd condemns grants as doubling the national debt and mortgaging states, while Price cites Virginia’s $393.6 million federal expenditures over five years ending last June and notes taxes will cover debts, praising public works and schools under the Roosevelt era.
Senator Byrd argued in Roanoke that Virginia was the seventh tax paying state and that the minimum obligation would set its share of the national debt at 1 billion dollars, with interest to follow.
Dr Edward L Trudeau, pictured in a sheet of 100 Christmas Seals, served as the inaugural president of the National Tuberculosis Association. The noting highlights his foundational role in the organization.
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