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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
4
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Hartford changed health rules for public eateries in 1936 increasing properly disinfected glasses and dishes from 33.4 to 85 percent. It dropped periodic medical examinations for food handlers and adopted sanitary regulations for staff and equipment. Health dept issued utensil disinfection guidance and monthly rating cards. New York City also moved to regulate without full medical exams in 1937.
A 1939 survey by the American Municipal Association shows many cities plan boundary changes before the next census. Annexations and detachments surged in earlier decades, with varied state laws governing approval, debt sharing, and territorial control beyond city limits. Some states require legislative acts while others allow council action or ordinances.
Through its Committee on the Bill of Rights the American Bar Association filed a brief in court arguing as friends of the court for free speech and free assembly in Jersey City. The brief supports labor groups and the ACLU against Mayor Hague’s restrictions, asserting government rests on consent and open discussion, and that cities cannot close streets and parks to meetings.
A Jersey City committee argues free speech requires nondiscriminatory protection for all speakers including Democrats Republicans Communists unionists and ACLU members. It condemns permits denied for unpopular views as a direct threat to constitutional liberty and calls the brief a landmark in American legal history to be widely shared and kept in police stations libraries and homes.
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports Senator Byrd and Chairman Eccles clash over federal debt and New Deal spending. Byrd calls for budget cuts, reduced new programs, and targeting relief. Eccles defends pump priming and warns stark curtailment could end democracy. Both cite rising debt and unsustainable deficits.
John H. Rosenberger has submitted his resignation to the Common Council. Among American refugees in China is Rev. Dr. James R. Graham of this city who has spent 48 years in that country as a medical missionary.
Five years ago, Winchester banks received official notice of the Treasury Department's new anti-gold hoarding law. Plank and Funk led the Winchester Bowling League at the halfway mark with the season’s highest averages. Blood donors—Lester Forbey, Douglas Fisher, Jerry Mason, A. Grove, Kramer Lycett, Allen Carter and E. M. Green—offered to save a colored patient in the hospital.
George H Longerbeam longtime Clarke County sportsman buried Greenhill Cemetery Berryville. Maybell Harrison marries Arthur Douglas at Old Gaywood Clarke County home. Lewis B Baker valley publisher dies of apoplexy at his New Market home.
Twenty five years ago Bishop Collins Denny, once from the city, lies ill in a Baltimore hospital due to food poisoning. New York and Washington business leaders discuss funding a Martinsburg to Harrisonburg trolley corridor. President Wilson marks his 57th birthday quietly at the White House. Samuel William Carpenter and Miss Alice Virginia Shade obtain a marriage license locally.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers readers factual answers. Send questions to Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington DC, with three cents for reply enclosed.
The Senate clock, bought by the government and presented in 1803 when Ohio joined the Union, bears seventeen stars on its case. The seventeenth star marks Ohio and the timepiece remains accurate after 135 years of service.
The editors plan many new features for the forthcoming edition. Artists finish drawings and diagrams while researchers update all statistical tables. Send your name and address with a dime to be listed, and order now to receive the copy before the New Year using the coupon.
Request for a copy of Uncle Sam's Almanac for 1939 enclosed with ten cents in coin. Includes a mail reply with name street or rural route city state and address to Washington DC for the shipment.
A 1938 McNaught Syndicate column recounts a lunch with Leon Shimkin of Simon and Schuster. The tale contrasts a cold headwaiter with Shimkin’s lesson that superior extra service and enthusiasm distinguish successful businesspeople. The piece emphasizes that many succeed by doing more than the others, beyond basic eight hours of work.
Sara Sue Davis runs a social guidance scheme at Rice Institute, drawing students into a “Romance Inc.” orbit. Dr. Thor ton Holgate and freshman peers confront jealousy and flirtation as Peaches Pomeroy’s circle provokes tension, culminating in a surprising car ride with students.
The Lynchburg News notes fierce reactions to the Dies Committee probe of un American activities. Roosevelt aides Ickes Hopkins Perkins Browder and other left and right figures express dislike while many Americans welcome exposure of Communist and Fascist agitators. The piece urges objective tactics and continued funding with changes.
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