Virginia Honor Roll of 1938 Names Twelve Exemplars
The Richmond Times Dispatch names twelve Virginians for 1938 honoring courage, ability, intelligence, and tenacity. Recipients include Ellen Glasgow, R Finley Gayle Jr, Edmund Minor Archer, Thomas C. Boushall, Hunter Roy Greenlaw, John Powell, Margaret Brooke Sullivan, John Redd Hutcheson, Mrs Jacob S. Cohn, Latrelle Fleming Palmer, Samuel Jackson Snead, and Dr Walter S. Hough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Glasgow
American Academy of Arts and Letters
R. Finley Gayle, JR
General Hospital Board
Edmund Minor Archer
Virginia
Thomas C. Boushall
Morris Plan Bank
Richmond
Hunter Roy Greenlaw
Stafford County
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
John Powell
Margaret Brooke Sullavan
Norfolk
John Redd Hutcheson
Virginia Agricultural Extension Division
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Jacob S. Cohn
Latrelle Fleming Palmer
Huntington High School
Newport News
South
Samuel Jackson Snead
Walter S. Hough
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Winchester
Virginius Dabney
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Times Dispatch
Walter S. Hough Honored for Nicotine Spray in Orchard Pest Control
The Times-Dispatch notes Winchester scientist Dr. Walter S. Hough is placed on the 1938 Honor Roll for introducing a nicotine sulfate spray for commercial cooling moth control. It supplements lead arsenate, reduces sprays and washing, but is costly. Hough earlier helped develop the multiple nozzle spray equipment for orchards and credits John Livengood as a key figure in that advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fident
Winchester
Walter S. Hough
Hough
Times-Dispatch
Frederick Count
John Livengood
H. F. Byrd
Apple Pie Ridge
Rosemont
Berry- Wille
Policy by Whim on Roosevelt Rearmament Pivot
An editorial decries President Roosevelt for redirecting relief funds to defense efforts without Congress approval. It argues the shift toward training pilots under the NYA concentrates power in one man and bypasses legislative oversight, warning of militaristic drift from relief aims. It calls for congressional scrutiny of executive spending and policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
National Youth Administration
Congress
NYA
Army
Navy
National Guard
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Walter S Hough Honored For Service To Virginia Orchardists
Walter S Hough born in Pennsylvania 46 years ago holds B S from Valparaiso University A B from Stanford University A M and PhD from Ohio State University. He has been of incalculable value to apple growers in Virginia and statewide and deserves recognition for daily efforts on behalf of orchardists. He is respected for intelligence perseverance and professional standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Hough
Pennsylvania
Valparaiso University
Stanford University
Ohio State University
Hough
Times-Dispatch
Virginia
Winchester PWA funds show large July to 1936 spending
The Star reports $58,546.60 used in Winchester from July 1935 to 1936 under PWA funds. It notes nearly $9,000 in liquor purchases at the A. B. C. store during the six days before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
PWA
Winchester Banks Qualify for Government Insurance
Four Winchester banks meet criteria for federal deposit insurance. George Butler receives praise for his artistic Christmas decoration on his Glaize avenue residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
George Butler
Glaize Avenue
Fatal crash claims Gainesboro woman on Ohio trip
Mrs Texie E Brown formerly of Gainesboro dies in an auto crash while returning to her Ohio home. In the same report Nate Williams held on $1000 bail for attempting to kill Dorothy Clifford, both identified as colored. Robert Beverley, 72, a member of a prominent Virginia family, dies at his Essex County home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texie E. Brown
Gainesboro
Ohio
Nate Williams
Dorothy Clifford
Robert Beverley
Virginia
Essex County
New Year Quiet in Winchester Amid Wider Mexican Tensions
Twenty five years ago Winchester and vicinity marked a comparatively quiet New Year’s Eve with no serious trouble reported by police. The Mexican situation flared up again after a holiday lull, as rebels and nationals mingled. President Wilson's press meeting was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Wilson
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Ad
Reader can obtain factual answers by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C director Frederic J Haskin enclose three cents for reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Frederick Haskin
Advertising rules from Arthur Brisbane and a quiz
A compilation of Q and A items covering advertising rules and assorted trivia. Topics include Brisbane’s ad principles, deportations, gambling bets, Luray Tower concerts, Hungary’s budget balance, Princeton radio research, swing in Germany, New York tenements, Texas governor salary, home accidents, Hamlet popularity, All This and Heaven Too film, whisky production, Washington policewomen, You Can’t Take It With You opening, snow removal in New York, and Chippendale Hepplewhite Sheraton furniture plans.
Acquaint Yourself With America's Historic Churches
An advertisement promotes a 48 page educational booklet on historic churches in the United States. It invites readers to order by sending ten cents postpaid to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC, with name address and payment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North America
Public Speaking Advice and Writing Truth from 1939
A column quotes Richard C. Borden urging frequent periods to fix grammar and keep sentences clear. It urges writing what you want to write, true to the writer, with examples from Travellers Aid Society and Walter Duranty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Borden
Walter Duranty
Paris
William Bolitho
Bolitho
Duranty
Elinor
Glyn
Harold Bell
Wright
Hull
Foreign Legion
Ouida
McNaught
Different Kind of Fish Each Friday Experiment
A reader is told that by R J Scot you could eat a varied fish every Friday for three years and a month. The article notes 160 commercial varieties of fish and shellfish on the American market.
Romance Counselor Cottage at Rice Inst turns gossip into plan
Sara Sue Davis, hosting a romance counsel service near Rice Institute, enrolls 100 student members including Bob Towne, Worthington Gurley, and Dr. Thornton Holgate. Rival Peaches Pomeroy resists Sara Sue as Holgate becomes obsessed, culminating in a wild campus scene and a Galveston swim with a drowning mother amid the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Sue -Davis
Rice Institute
Tex
Bob Towne
Sara Sue
Peaches Pomeroy
Bob
Worthington Gurley
Thornton Holgate
Ta Sue
T. J. Sanders
Sara
Dr. Holgate
Peaches
Galveston
Rival Suitors Stirring Trouble for Sara Sue
In a college town story Bob Towne clashes with T. J. Sanders over Sara Sue Davis as football season looms. Sara Sue courts both with charm while navigating church plans and social pressure, hoping to outlast rivals before June graduation and a hoped engagement.
Freshman Dance Sparks Grand Time for Sara Sue Davis
Sara Sue Davis returns home after the freshman dance at 3 p.m. praising the evening as marvelous. She thanks her escort for flowers and a grand time, then notes she’s tired and plans to rest for office bookkeeping tasks. Bob Towne teases her with flirtatious banter before proposing a ride, which she declines with a playful no sale remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Sue
Cleo
Bob Towne
Worthington
Sanders
Bob
Worthington Gurley
Rice
Phooey
T. J Sanders
T. J
Towne
T. J. Sanders
Heap Renee Sethia
Sara Sue Latel
Britt
Sara ‘Sue Davis
Fat Cleo
Rone
Secretary Wallace touts cotton control gains amid surplus woes
The article notes Henry Wallace praising cotton control plans while acknowledging that world cotton consumption rose yet US export levels fell. It highlights sustained price declines and growing surpluses as cotton growers face shrinking income and limited near term relief.
Foreign Markets Vote to Keep Receiving Government Aid
A vote in foreign markets results in continued government checks to support operations. Officials argue the aid stabilizes employment and economic activity while opponents warn of long term dependency and misallocation.
Prohibition and culinary tastes clash in Virginia history
The Petersburg Progress-Index notes G. Walter Mapp, state fish commissioner and father of Virginia's prohibition legislation, now says moderate use of alcohol in cooking is permissible in the commission's new seafood cookbook. The piece humorously contrasts past views with current allowances and notes politics affecting opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
G. Walter Mapp
Virginia
Commission
Mapp
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Richmond Times Dispatch
Baltimore Sun
Arthur Brisbane
Devil’s Island
Luray Singing Tower
C— Q
Hungary
C. H. G. A. Royall Tyler
Quincy
Massachusetts
League of Nations Financial Committee
O— Q
Princeton
Germany
New York
Texas
National Safety Council
Hamlet
Rachel iFeld
Warner Brothers
Bette Davis
Fn Q
Washington, D. Cy
M. A
Rhoda J. Milliken Istor
Women’s Bureau
Metropolitan Police
New York City
New York Department of Sanitation
Chippendale
Hepplewhite
Sheraton
Grand Rapids
Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and
McBride
America
Mail
Washington DC
Dale Carnegie
Travelers Aid Society
Miss Murray
Scott
R. J. Scot
Malabar
India
Itis
Madagascar
Sara Sue Davis
Davis
Dr. Ferguson
T.J
Lynchburg News
Henry Wallace
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