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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
4
The leading industries of Juneau the territorial capital of Alaska are lumber mills marble works meat packing and concrete products plants fishing salmon halibut herring and cod and dairy farming.
A fragment reflects on a Mexican peon and the difficulty of choosing words for a telegram of complaint. The passage explores mood and oblique social commentary without full context.
The piece notes Germany and Italy tensions with France using bold phrasing. It claims France moved troops to border danger points, dispatching a Djibouti battalion and a gunboat to deter Hitler and Mussolini.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C, with three cents enclosed for a reply.
A Los Angeles wife faces domestic strife after critiquing her husband’s singing, sparking a cascade that led to a breakfast-table disaster. The piece lampoons marital fault lines and the dangers of a spouse being an overly harsh critic of musical talent.
The report lauds Felix Frankfurter as a capable jurist with a rich background including New York district attorney experience and a Harvard Administrative Law headship. It notes his advanced political thinking and civil liberties defense while acknowledging a critical stance on some New Deal policies and court packing.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police announced the first Pacific coast traffic officers training school at the University of California Berkeley from January 11 to 21. Over 50 Pacific coast officers are expected, part of a nationwide program that has produced more than 1,000 trained officers since 1935 at Northwestern, Penn State, Alabama, Maryland, Rutgers and Harvard.
President Cardenas announces government telegraph will offer a daily free complaint hour. Citizens may send messages up to 20 words. The note reflects on how worldwide grievances are compressed into brief lines.
The Christian Science Monitor notes money is so cheap the U.S. government borrows it almost for nothing. Industry is not borrowing, causing slow growth, few new industries, and limited expansion. Solving this helps restore prosperity.
Rumors spread about President's pick for the Supreme Court to replace Justice Sutherland who is resigning. Dr Ralph B Snapp says he will not seek reelection to the Common Council as his term ends this year. Petitions circulate in Winchester to widen Boscawen Street between Loudoun and Brad dock streets. Mr and Mrs Clark Luttrell of Albin announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy to Mr C Gilbert Stotler.
City Manager P P Pilcher outlines PWA efforts as 220 men are employed locally. Valley Airways begins operations with charter flights. Fred Forney becomes captain of the Friendship Fire Co with Richard Boxwell as first lieutenant. Elijah Pifer of Star Tannery wards off a four foot bobcat.
National sports promoter Tex Rickard of New York is ill in Miami Florida where he is wintering. George William Glasscock a 72 year old Summit Point resident dies after surgery in hospital. Corporation Court orders Feb 12 election on a $500000 civic improvement bond issue. Mr and Mrs F Estes Kline celebrate wedding anniversary at Oatlands near Vaucluse.
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs Alexander Barrie held a beauti ful costume party at their home on Amherst street. William C Aither a retired merchant dies at his home aged 74. The Pennsylvania Railroad branch serving the city reports that none of 110000000 passengers carried were killed.
Fort y years ago Stewart Yeakley and Martin Buncutter accidentally swallowed muriatic acid and remain in serious condition. Residents of Fairmont avenue express mild excitement over the discovery of a cavern on the site of the old Allemony and Fries factory. Rev. E B Jackson delivers a stirring sermon at the Presbyterian church during the third evening of the Week of Prayer.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises the new 1939 Household Budget Booklet. It promises thrift tips, twelve accounting pages, and daily expense records. Copies cost ten cents postpaid, with a coupon and mail instructions to Washington DC.
An immigrant from Switzerland named Oscar seeks a better job and aims for the Waldorf Astoria hotel. He wins a dining room manager post by gathering 150 strong references, convincing George Boldt to hire him. Oscar stays at the Waldorf for 45 years, proving the power of focused effort.
In a large hospital corridor John Sealy Hospital a tense scene unfolds as Sara Sue Davis Bob Towne and Geraldine Pomeroy gather beside the unconscious Rice professor Dr. Holgate. Nurses restrict access while romantic entanglements and past affections complicate the vigil.
In a dramatic hospital scene Sara Sue Davis and Bob Towne learn of Thornton Holgate’s daring rescue of a drowning mother and child. He was knocked unconscious by a wave, and though the mother and child were saved the hero remained gravely ill. Peaches Pomeroy’s temper flares as tensions rise among the group.
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