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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
2
Stores in Winchester keep late hours as Christmas shopping begins. A rise in out of town visitors signals strong demand for the week ahead with merchants reporting stocked shelves and plans to stay open each night until Christmas for eager shoppers.
Harrisburg reports say a grand jury in Dan county begins an investigation into campaign charges against 14 leaders of Pennsylvania's New Deal and the Democratic party. District Attorney Shelley alleges Governor Earle and associates conspired to defraud the people. the inquiry follows a legislative effort and a contentious legal battle.
Stuart Martin of the St. Louis Cardinals married Louise Cornwell of Sedley in a Methodist Church ceremony yesterday. The couple met in Suffolk, where she tended him as his nurse after an appendix operation.
In Berlin a State Department note expressed disappointment over Germany's failure to provide assurances that American citizens would receive non discriminatory treatment based on race or creed. The note followed Germany's reply to earlier representations about Nazi decrees barring Jews from business, and sought broader assurances.
More than 6,000,000 homes in the United States are heated by anthracite according to L G W A.
King of England honored at Hammond Harwood House with a toast to Eden during Anthony Eden's Baltimore Annapolis tour. The event recalled Peggy Stewart tea party history and featured greetings by Blanchard Randall Baltimore. Eden praised Sir Robert Eden and General Washington, calling shared values a basis for friendship.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan called for prompt amendment to the Social Security act to halt prospective payroll tax increases for old age insurance. He commented on reports that the advisory council on Social Security recommended abandoning a full reserve system for funding benefits.
Letters from John J. Morton and William J Kerr praise the National Tuberculosis Association and the Christmas Seals campaign. They emphasize progress from fear to hope in TB control, the role of public health agencies, and urge public support for prevention and treatment through donations.
Atlantic City officials weigh charging visitors as crowds reach saturation. Chamber executive secretary Thomas L. Hasselton argues crowds fuel the resort but too-dense conditions hinder enjoyment. Mayor C D White backs a visitor fee to curb weekend beach dumping and litter.
The $60 million Irvin Works steel plant near Pittsburgh was dedicated as the finest mill built by Carnegie-Illinois, part of U S Steel. It spans fifty one acres under roof with 13 miles of track and annual capacity of 600000 tons. A worker village, Colonial Village, is rising nearby as part of a $600 million expansion plan led by Myron C. Taylor.
The Haverford home of Miss Katherine Miller Leas hosted her marriage to Curtis B. Dall, New York broker and former husband of Anna Roosevelt. Dall said his two children could not attend due to school in Seattle, where they live with their mother now married to John Boettiger.
Police Judge Donald L. Weems told the Rotary Club Winchester needs a boys club to provide recreation for delinquent and underprivileged youths. He cited a 74 percent drop in delinquency after a club opened in Washington and noted 47 delinquent children in 1937. The club plans a meeting with civic groups to discuss a local chapter.
Reports from reliable quarters circulated in Mexico City that Mexico was negotiating a $1,000,000 barter oil deal with Japan, though petroleum department officials denied the rumors.
Speilman jailed for 10 days amid continuing court battle over a dynamite trap and arson accusations involving Calvert family on a Calvert County farm. Testimony details threats, rent disputes, and prior fires as authorities press for evidence. Calvert denies threats and destruction, while new blazes renew suspicion surrounding the property.
The Jefferson Memorial project breaks ground near the Tidal Basin on the 147th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Controversy over removing cherry trees and site proximity to Washington sparked protests from women's groups as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission endorses a white marble circular shrine with a central heroic Jefferson statue.
A young man invaded a hospital ward in San Francisco and killed patient Morris Cornpropst, 24, and critically wounded a policeman. The assailant, George Dally, 21, was captured in a corridor. motive appears to be revenge. Guard Morris Cornpropst had been under guard after a November 30 knife and gunfight. The wounded officer is 46.
Frank C. Ball of Muncie Indiana testified before the Federal Monopoly Committee that Ball Brothers Company paid $400,000 for a semi exclusive license to Hartford Empire patented machinery. He said the license forbids any other U S corporation from using the same process thereafter.
W Nelson Page, postmaster, announces post office money order and registry windows will stay open Saturday afternoon until 5 30 and the stamp window until 6 30 to aid Christmas mailing. Public cooperation praised as many have bought stamps. mail greeting cards early for prompt delivery. return receipt available for 3 cents. 1 cent greetings may not be forwarded and 3 cent stamps advised if address uncertain.
Under a Winchester city decree the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester will sell at noon on Saturday December 31 1938 a three lot frame dwelling on National Avenue south of Woodstock Lane. The sale will be at the County Court House with two bonds for equal amounts due in one and two years and secured by a trust deed and fire policy. Trust officer E G Rusk signs for the bank executor Langdon C Janney.
The Greek wrestler Jim Londos is reported as forty years old.
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