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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1938
Page
3
Magistrate Jesse Co Copeland declares a yearly closed season on debt collection in Paducah Kentucky. Court aides are told not to serve papers during the holidays. He says creditors can wait until after Christmas and would not be happy if his court caused holiday unhappiness.
Hollywood notes that a 1916 Galician campaign revival in Hotel Imperial kept soldiers well fed and pampered. Ray Milland and Isa Miranda star as the romance cools the front lines while a left handed grenade gimmick lightens the siege. Sherman would disagree with the studio.
Edwin G. Cover, 64, longtime Easton resident in the canning business, died in Baltimore after a sudden stroke. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday in Easton. He was visiting relatives when struck at a downtown hotel. He was a nephew of the late Thomas Cover, Sr., a Winchester leather manufacturer.
A special Christmas service will be held at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning in the First Baptist Church featuring a holy communion. A combined Sunday School and worship service follows at 10 o'clock Sunday morning with Rev. Dr. E. T. Clark in charge. No other services are scheduled for the day.
Ten men were burned aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise when a high pressure line burst causing an explosion on the flight deck. One man, John J. McQuire, was seriously burned and hospitalized, with officials noting a chance of recovery. Four navy yard civilians were slightly burned and a fifth escaped injury by jumping into the water. a scaffold fall contributed to some injuries. A suspicious theft and trespass arrest was reported nearby. A board of investigation is to be appointed to probe the explosion's cause.
Colonel Francis C. Harrington named by President Roosevelt to head the Works Progress Administration. A Bristol, Virginia native and West Point graduate, he has served in Panama and Vancouver, taught at West Point, and held command roles before returning to political service. He is widower of Eleanor Ryburn with two children, William Clark Harrington and Mary Eleanor.
Boston December 24 Edward Rowe Snow Boston harbor historian and school teacher will deliver gifts to lighthouse keepers from Boone Island Maine to Provincetown Massachusetts with Pilot Charles Cowan. The task was previously done by Captain William Wincapaw and his son who are now unavailable and in South America.
Dr. Americo Garibaldi a 45 year old Peruvian authority on cancer died in New York where he had come to advance his research and seek treatment for a long illness spanning 14 years. He taught pharmacology at the University of Lima and last year received a Peruvian government grant to continue his work. Surviving are his widow and four children.
Fredericksburg VA December 24 Former State Senator C O Conor Goolrick said he was not a candidate for appointment to the state alcoholic beverage control board and would not accept the position if offered He had been mentioned as a possible successor to T McCall Prazier who resigned to Governor Price Sebrell and Godrick were among those suggested for the 7500 a year job He said he had no desire to stop practicing law here.
Berlin reports thousands of Jews released from concentration camps after the November raids. Many suffer frostbite or injuries and returnhome for a cheerless Christmas. An exact release count is not disclosed, but Jewish quarters estimate about 7 000 freed nationwide, with veterans holding decorations given priority in releases.
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Potsy Clark says Six Luckman will play pro football next year with the Brooklyn Dodgers and that 17 of 20 college stars he drafted will report to the Dodgers' camp in August. Other notes include Budge’s planned career shift to banking and various college and boxing tidbits.
Amherst Va December 24 one person was killed and three injured two seriously in a Route 29 collision on Amherst Courthouse edge John L Long 21 of Sweet Briar was fatally injured Robert Long 15 also of Sweet Briar suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries Broaddus Thompson 35 Amherst an attorney had a fractured thigh scalp lacerations and other injuries Roy Long the driver escaped with minor injuries He is Amherst resident employed at Sweet Briar College State Trooper W F Haden quoted Roy Long Thompson southbound attempted a left turn into a filling station as the crash occurred with Long northbound
Guy Harris 26, sought in Radford for murder in Elton Dobbins death, walked into Bristol police and surrendered. He said he came back after learning of the warrant, and he would stay with police briefly while awaiting transfer. Harris cited traveling from Virginia to Florida and back as reason for surrender.
Roanoke source says Milton R. Morgan of Eagle Rock will become State Director of the Division of Banking and Insurance, replacing M. E. Bristow. The appointment would take effect about January 1, with an official statement delayed by Judge Ozlin's illness. Morgan has served in the House of Delegates since 1928, representing Craig and Botetourt counties.
Baltimore reports a growing sentiment for a state consumers sales tax as 1939 Legislature responses to an AP survey show advocates growing stronger. Supporters in the minority suggest a sales tax law could be proposed when lawmakers meet in Annapolis next month.
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