17 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
1
A youth sought in the Norristown slaying may be in this section. A letter to the bridge foreman and a widow shot while a friend was beaten are noted in the case details.
The Front Royal steel foreman said two young men visited the Viscose Company's site seeking work. He noted one resembled Bowers in pale complexion and slender build but neither had prior steel experience or proper introductions. Police and newspapers chased a tip about Bowers heading toward near Winchester. no bridge job was found near town.
The city reminds residents that the new ordinance bars fireworks before 8 a m on December 23 and imposes a fine for violations. Firework use is prohibited after 6 p m daily, and the piece cites recent breaches and praises council for regulating a potentially costly fire risk, referencing the Bristol blaze as a cautionary example.
William Stanton of Sheboygan Wisconsin is 113 and has voted for 62 years though never naturalized. Born in Roscommon Ireland in 1824 he came to the United States in 1830. His long voting history raises questions for pension officials about his status and years of eligibility.
Handley School prepares for a Sunday 3 PM carol concert featuring a main chorus of 300 fifth and sixth graders, with high school glee club assistances and a 100-voice fourth grade chorus. Miss Gwendolyn Haynes directs the program aimed at praising Christmas.
Auction notice states 75 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank stock to be sold at the front of the Court House on Saturday December 18 at 12 Noon. Coleman Dunn, auctioneer. Sale runs Friday Saturday Sunday with beer sales feature.
Public sale announced featuring Cedars and Pines and assorted trimmings at Haines Marble Rd with contact. Stock and farm implements listed with timing for Monday December 20 at 10:00 A M, location 3 miles north of Winchester Red Bud Rd. Clarke W. Hardesty listed as notifier.
San Francisco authorities scour San Francisco Bay for Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole after they fled Alcatraz in dense fog. Officials say only a slim chance of survival exists, with the tide likely sweeping them out toward the Golden Gate as guards review escape details and potential boats hidden from view.
At a Middle town Community League meeting last night in the schoolhouse resolutions endorsed the Three Point Program of the Virginia Education Association. A mass meeting to discuss the plan is set for tonight at Handley Library in Winchester. The league will send copies to local legislators and elect officers for a year.
Reduced table lamps offered at two price points. The listing shows original prices of 3.00 and 4.00 cut to 1.50 and 1.00 respectively under George W Kurtz.
Oak Grove hosts a square dance Saturday night with dancers gathering for an evening of lively calling and music. Event timing and exact venue details are not specified in the fragment.
Salt Lake City mothers fight back against teachers telling children there is no Santa Claus. The central committee of the American Mothers Sentinel League condemns such lessons and asserts Santa embodies the spirit of love and giving. Mrs. E D Openshaw says Santa exists everywhere. May Anderson of the LDS primary association backs teaching a spirit of love and kindness and enjoying the Santa myth.
Lee W Branch 64 and his wife 50 were killed at their Georgia home by Livingston Snow, a mentally ill retiree and brother of Mrs Branch. Russell Snow wrestled the gun away. police subdued Livingston Snow and jailed him. Branch was a former Georgia Bar Association president and a member of the Georgia education board.
A donor has funded modernization of the unfinished basement section of Winchester Memorial Hospital at the corner of Stewart and Cork streets. The gift, not an endowment, will finance X-ray and physio therapy upgrades, new equipment, and expanded bed space, with work starting immediately and plans already in progress.
Urgent appeal from the Fellowship Club asks Winchester and Frederick County residents to aid 200 needy families facing Christmas without cheer. Call headquarters at once and visit the office before noon the day before Christmas. funds and gifts are promised to comfort mothers, fathers, and children in need.
A Pere Marquette train bound from Detroit to Bay City overturned 16 miles west of Detroit injuring about twenty passengers. Several college students were among the riders as coaches toppled down a five foot embankment. The injured were moved 1000 feet over ice to ambulances and hospitalized at Bedford Receiving Hospital. The train traveled about 50 miles per hour when the wreck occurred.
In New York, bearing signs calling for a boycott of Japanese goods and protesting the Panay bombing, demonstrators march in front of the Japanese consulate while a sit-in unfolds at the consulate entrance. Joeean Dodd Jr. leads a separate sit-down action at the door of the consulate's Central Press.
Tokyo reports indicate the foreign office may refrain from a direct reply to the U S protest over the Panay bombing. The spokesman said a decision is indefinite with a joking remark about “a hundred years.” A conference of government and imperial war leaders may be called to discuss China policy with Emperor Hirohito present.
A hearing before the Maritime Commission heard 100 shippers traffic men and civic leaders from Baltimore Hampton Roads and the middle west urge preservation of the Baltimore Mail Line. Rear Admiral Emory Land acting chairman pledged everything possible to protect the service as the commission announced the federal subsidy will end after December 31, risking discontinuance of operations. Senators Radcliff Tydings Byrd and Representatives Hamilton Goldsborough attended.
An advertised straight sale offers $25.00 on any car at Bickers Used Car Lot on Friday December 17 and Saturday December 18.
Roosevelt says a public referendum on war is not consistent with a representative form of government. A Ludlow sponsored constitutional amendment for a war referendum drew 218 House signatures, forcing a House vote. president declines comment on Panay bombing.
Survivors in Shanghai describe how Japanese warplanes strafed and machine gunned lifeboats carrying wounded Panay crew and passengers after the bombing. Aboard the Oahu witnesses also reported gunfire from riverbank detachments before Panay sank, as bodies and wounded were moved to Shanghai hospitals and the Augusta prepared to sail for Manila.
Window display at WILLIS' Bicycle and Radio Shop advertises a tiny bicycle claimed as the smallest real bicycle in the world.
An old newspaper ad for the Progressive Shoe Repair Shop at 7 W Piccadilly offers women leather tops for 10 cents and men’s rubber heels at 35 or 50 cents, highlighting how customers could save on repairs.
A radio discussion with Henry C. Link on what constitutes personality and how it affects social and professional perception. He defines personality as habits that help influence others, citing a homely pianist as having a stronger personality than one who cannot. Ernest Lawton notes a New York store receives about 150 000 applications yearly.
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