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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1938

Page

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Supreme Court Rules Equality In Law Education For Negroes

The Supreme Court ruled that Missouri must admit Lloyd L. to its white law program, granting equal rights to Negro residents. Justice Hughes said states must educate residents equally within state institutions or fund out-of-state study, highlighting discrimination where a white student can study in-state but a Black student cannot. The decision touched on broader racial admissions issues and related labor and child labor cases, with other notes on maritime labor disputes and earlier Mooney habeas corpus denial.

Washington Supreme Court University of Missouri Law School Lloyd L. Ae St. Louis Hughes Missouri National Labor Relations Board Peninsular and Occidental Seamship Company Labor Board High Tribunal Fifth Federal Circuit Court Circuit Thomas J. Mooney Mooney California San Quentin Penitentiary Missouri Law School Gaines

Christmas spirit drives Fellowship Club drive

MA Winchester notes Christmas is two weeks away and the Fellowship Club mobilizes to ensure everyone is remembered. Contact headquarters to offer cooperation and support on duty. Do not overlook this opportunity to help.

Fellowship Club

Urge Adoption Of Families In Winchester And Frederick County

Officials of the Fellowship Club urge citizens to adopt a family for Christmas in Winchester and Frederick county. Headquarters on Loudoun street by Wenders Department Store. Call 1879 to adopt from the master list and avoid duplicates. Report early to aid coordination.

Fellowship Club Winchester Frederick County Loudoun Street Wenders Department

Re Hearing Denied In Coal Issue

The United States Court of Appeals refused to re hear a case on public access to coal production costs held by the Bituminous Coal Commission. Twenty two coal producers from Utah Pennsylvania and West Virginia sought the rehearing contending the figures were confidential. The ruling may be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

Washington United States Court of Appeals Bituminous Coal Commission Utah Pennsylvania West Virginia Supreme Court Common Council United States Virginia B. P. Harrison Guy B. Hazelgrove Council

Burns pleads guilty in federal smuggling case

New York December 12 George Burns the radio comedian pleaded guilty in federal court to a smuggling charge. Judge William Bondy deferred sentence until after the trial of Albert Chaperau, also named in two indictments.

New York George Burns William Bondy Albert Chaperau

Young Farmers Meet in Middle Town Tomorrow Evening

Triangle Federation of Future Farmers of America brings Frederick Clarke Warren and Rappahannock counties chapters to Mid county high school for a 8 pm meeting. A debate on whether now is a good time for a young man to enter farming features Brumbacks Rosenberger and others with judges Larrick Ayler and Howard. Stephens City FFA String Band to provide music.

Triangle Federation of Future Farmers of America Frederick Clarke Warren Rappahannock Frederick County Junior Farmers Club Jack McAboy Robert and Ashbey Brumback Middletown Richard Rosenberger Fred Larrick R. E. Ayler Stephens City School D. J. Howard Virginia Stephens City

Lindberghs Take Paris Apartment for Winter Stay

Paris dispatch reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife choosing an apartment in Paris for the winter. The family, said to have found a practical house on Mirec Island off the northern French coast, seeks peace and seclusion after living in England and France since leaving the United States two years ago. Mrs. Lindbergh has hired a nurse for their two small sons.

Paris Charles A. Lindbergh Mirec United States England Frenah

Chicago Promised Razzle Dazzle Race For Mayor

Chicago faces a razzle dazzle mayoral contest rivaling the 1926 Smack King George campaign with candidates including Mayor Edward J. Kelly State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney and Harold L. Ickes rumored. Entry deadline January 4 with primaries February 28 and municipal vote April 4.

Chicago America Kelly Ickes Thomas J. Courtney Kelley Courtney Henry Horner

Nazi announce mild easing of anti Jewish restrictions

Berlin official DNB dispatch says hotels restaurants and Aryan shops will relax access after January 1 with no ghettos to be created while foreign Jews must provide exchange for emigration. Exceptions include Kaisershof and Deutscherhof where Hitler stays. Emigration to be gradual over two years. future acts against Jews to be punished.

Berlin DNB Kaiseroi Deutscherof Nuernberg Adolf Hitler Germany

Maryland 21 Marriage Licenses Set Single Day Record

21 couples obtained licenses in a Maryland county and city offices marking an all time single day record. The rise follows Maryland 48 hour wait law and Elkton removal as Gretna Green. Licenses issued split between Frederick Circuit Court and Frederick County couples from Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia. Some fear Virginia may adopt similar waiting period laws to prevent cross border weddings.

Dan Cupid Corporation Frederick Maryland Elkton Gretna C. C. Brannon Frederick Circuit Court Frederick County Pennsylvania West Virginia Clark M. Smith Corporation Court Virginia Alexandria

Longtime Virginian Mrs. McNeill Dies at 73 in Riverton

Mrs. Angus McNeill of Riverton dies at home after a long illness aided by past accident injuries. A native of Ireland, she was sister to W E Carson Judge A C Carson and Charles W Carson. Funeral at 3 p m Tuesday from Judge Carson’s home with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal. Pallbearers include spouses of nieces and great nephews.

Angus McNeill Riverton W. E.carson A. C. Carson Charles W. Carson Woodstock McNeill Ireland Samuel K. Carson Virginia W. E. Carson Virginia Conservation Commission Shenandoah National Park Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal Harold W. Smith John Hadrick William Paxton Percy Randolph Berryville B. B. Dutton Winchester

Starrett Named To Police Force

Chief C. W. Hollis announces the appointment of Thomas J. Starrett 26 formerly with F. P. Nelson Transfer Company to the police force to fill the vacancy from Edwin Smiths dismissal. Starrett is a native son of the county and son of the late Walter B. Starrett railroad detective killed in a gun battle on Christmas Eve 1917. He served three years in the army and was discharged as a corporal.

C. W. Hollis Thomas J. Starrett F. P. Nelson Transfer Company Edwin Smith Walter B. Starrett Starrett

Wallace Sees Cotton Victory in Farm Referenda

Administration leaders voiced confidence that any move to end crop restrictions would fail due to referenda backing cotton marketing controls while rejecting quotas for rice and flue cured tobacco. Secretary Wallace praised the cotton result as overshadowing the rejections and affirmed commitment to the New Deal farm program.

Washington Wallace New Deal Agriculture Department Midwest

Safety Slogan: The difference between safety and disaster

Daily feature from The Star shares a safety slogan urging drivers to choose caution, framing safe driving as the line between safety and disaster. The item invites readers to submit their own slogans for the series running through Christmas.

Gift subscription offer from The Evening Star

A promotion announces a gift subscription with a beautiful card to announce the gift. The note emphasizes daily delivery and a special subscription experience.

Evening Star

A Perfect Xmas Gift Schick Dry Shaver Ad

A Christmas promotion offers a Schick Dry Shaver as a perfect gift. The shop Hodgson & Brown promises prompt adjustments when needed at no charge.

Schick Hodgson & Brown

Continental Oil seeks writ of mandamus in Winchester

Continental Oil Company will apply Thursday December 29 at 10 for a writ of mandamus in the Winchester Corporation Court to force a permit for a filling station at the North Loudoun street and North avenue intersection. Dr C R Anderson and council members are notified.

Continental Oil Company Corporation Court City of Winchester North Loudoun Street North Avenue C. R. Anderson Common Council of Common Council

Memel Moves to End Lithuanian Police Authority

In Memel Neumann leads pro Nazi drive as election yields overwhelming support for Nazi control. Lithuania ends Lithuanian police powers in Memel and declares autonomous Memel police only valid. Kaunas reports indicate student arrests and planned protests amid delayed Berlin proposals on Memel's future.

Memel Lithuania Nec Meme Germany Baltic Berlin Kaunas Ernst Neumann

Pickets Continue At Hearst Plant

Chicago December reports the Hearst building sees continued picketing as the American Newspaper Guild strike enters its eighth day against the Evening American and Herald and Examiner. Publisher Merrill C. Meigs says at least 46 strikers resumed duties last Saturday and more are returning. those who refuse may be replaced.

Chicago Hearst American Newspaper Guild Evening American and Herald and Examiner Merrill C. Meigs the American

Winchester Handley Students Present Christmas Carols

Handley Auditorium hosts a Winchester public schools carol concert Sunday at 3 p m directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes with about five hundred performers from fifth and sixth grades plus fourth grade selections and the high school Glee Club. The hour long program emphasizes simple reverent carols for parent attendance and will later be printed in The Star.

Winchester Public Handley Auditorium Gwendolyn Haynes Glee Club Handley Winchester the Star

Eden to Meet Roosevelt Without White House Entertainment

White House officials said Anthony Eden former British foreign secretary would see President Roosevelt tomorrow morning. They added no party dinner or other White House entertainment had been arranged.

Washington White House Anthony Eden Roosevelt

Ship Patterson Grounded Off Alaska. One Missing

The Coast Guard said the motorship Patterson ran aground 20 miles south of Yakutat Alaska and one man was lost overboard. The captain reported the vessel was breaking up. It marked the fourth grounding of a Seattle ship in two months.

Seattle Coast Guard Patterson Yakutat Alaska

First Lady to pay taxes on future radio earnings

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt plans to pay income tax on any future radio earnings, despite Treasury rulings that such income is tax exempt. The move aims to avoid criticism and reflects her history of paying taxes on earnings, with past radio income directed to charity.

Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Treasury Roosevelt White House Fish Hamilton Fish R-Ny American Friends’ Y Committee Philadela

Italian Need Of Somaliland Emphasized By Editor Gayda

Rome dispatch reports Virginio Gayda, editor of Giornale D Italia, accusing France of arming Tunisia and hindering Italy by Djibouti control. He calls for facing the Djibouti problem to clarify Italy France relations and European interests amid tensions over the Red Sea rail link. Secrecy order tightens over Tunisian forces as Libya defense plans run between Tunis and Paris.

Rome Italy Ethiopia Virginio Gayda Mussolini Gayda France Tunisia Suez Canal Djibouti Adis Ababa Red Sea Italia North African Britain Iiterranean Taly Tunis Wec North Africa Libya Paris

Streams Recede After Big Rain in December

December rainfall reached 3.39 inches, 1.06 inches above the 25-year average of 2.33. Friday night and Saturday morning brought 2.28 inches of rain. Streams rose rapidly then receded, near normal flow. Snow fell in mountainous areas with up to three inches on North Mountain in Shenandoah county.

North Mountain Shenandoah County

Bingo at Friendship Bazaar in McVicar Building

The bingo game at the Friendship Bazaar in the McVicar Building on West Boscawen Street begins at 7 30. Be there or get in the game early. Also offered are breakfast items at Busy Bee Restaurant and fresh peas at Pure Food Store.

McVicar West Boscawen Street

Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe Gift Selection

Make your gift selection at the Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe from our complete line of Page and Shaw's 1548.

Golden Glow Page SHAW

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Eden Dictators National Association of Manufacturers New York City U.S Great Britain Lindberghs Island French Warren County Alaskan Somaliland Friendship Bazaar Busy Bee
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