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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
10
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Richmond expects remarks by Dr. Paul L. Schroeder linking industrial centers to juvenile crime. He notes crime concentrates in industrial slums near factories with children forming gangs and progressing from minor offenses to major crimes. He cites data from Chicago Boston Philadelphia Richmond Cleveland Los Angeles Denver Seattle and Portland.
Richmond December 28 Governor Price acts as Santa Claus with a pack of appointments to fill vacancies on state commissions. Reid may be reappointed to the Unemployment Compensation Commission and Wilbur Hall seeks another term as Conservation Commission chairman.
Northern Virginia Chapter of the Alumni Alumnae Association of the University of Richmond will hold its annual Christmas dinner at 6 45 o clock tomorrow evening at the Hotel Royal in Front Royal. The chapter covers several Virginia counties and Jefferson in West Virginia and has 65 active members. A. B. Hentz of Front Royal is president. Each attendee will briefly share one university experience.
The Bethlehem steel company faces a 10 day deadline to abandon its 20 year old employee representation plan after a labor board examiner ruled the plan violated the Wagner act. Frank Bloom ordered Bethlehem to end the plan at its nine plants in Pennsylvania New York and Maryland. The plan allegedly conflicted with workers right to choose their bargaining representatives.
A duck hunter marooned in a blind near Windmill Point in Chesapeake Bay was being sought by the Coast Guard Cutter Calypso. Telephone advices said the man was trapped and unable to escape. friends reportedly failed to free him. The Calypso was due to reach him early tomorrow.
In Bluefield West Virginia on December 28 the C I Taylor garage suffered a fire blamed on holiday damage. Fire Chief F E L McClure reported two motor trucks severely damaged and total losses estimated at two thousand dollars.
Duke and Southern California limited access to practice as Rose Bowl week begins. Duke’s Tony Ruffa dazzled with leg power and kicking from 30 and 33 yards. USC coach Howard Jones kept drills disciplined with no scrimmage as both teams prepare for Monday.
Virginia officials warned that more inmate deaths could occur until public sentiment pushes for basic safety measures in custody. Ray Campbell, 22, died of suffocation and alcoholism in Saltville jail. similar cases in 1936 and 1937 prompted jail safety talks. A legislative advisory jail committee, led by Delegate John B. Spiers, will study regional jail farms and report on feasibility.
A fire damaged nineteen other cars stored in the building but burned itself out without further incident, according to Mc Clure.
Dr. George D. Birkhoff of Harvard describes the aura of faith as a prime motive in scientific progress at the first day of the annual meeting, which drew about 3,000 scientists with another 3,000 expected. Topics included Appalachia geology, crime and industry links, eye electricity, radio wave measurement, license plate detection, and ultraviolet glass aging.
Wilbur C. Hall, chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission, urged the National Park Service to add Green Spring near Jamestown to Colonial National Historical Park. The site, soon up for sale, includes Governor Berkley’s former house foundation and an old building said to be the 1676 Berkley jail. Hall noted the Battlefield of Williamsburg nearby and warned private ownership would be a loss.
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