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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1938
Page
4
Classified notice announces mailing details and subscription prices for The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia. Rates listed include yearly, six month, three month, and monthly options with prepaid amounts.
Classifieds list rates two cents per word with minimum 25 cents and memorials ten cents per line. Display ads due 10 A M on publication day with 45 cents per inch transient rate. Bible verse from Mark contrasts mustard seed growth.
The American Society of Planning Officials outlines curb parking limits, off street lots, and city planning surveys to ease congestion. New York tests a cross town traffic plan while Nashville found central district parking could be banned without major inconvenience, reducing curb spaces from 2 240 to 680.
The piece notes Emil Ludwig’s NY Times remark on a Roosevelt third term if war erupts, or none if peace holds. It also outlines an Administration push against the Ludlow amendment tied to war powers, arguing the hurdles in Congress and public debate over foreign policy and wartime strategy.
A critical examination of U S foreign policy questions the Open Door stance and pro British bias in the State Department. It cites Roosevelt Hull opposition, Panay incident secrecy, and Pearson’s Merry-Go-Round items as evidence of dictatorial tactics and mass hysteria to shape public opinion.
William Argenbright is named to succeed Laurens Jones as secretary of the Friendship Fire Co. Dr. Anderson commends service to the community. A Palace Theatre Star baby contest starts January 15 inviting entries from all local babies. The unused passenger station at Stewart and Boscawen streets will be razed, not sold. Ochs selects eight teams as intramural basketball starts at Handley after two years without interschool competition.
Five years ago the Senate judiciary committee acted quickly and sent a prohibition repeal resolution to the Senate with a favorable report. E. E. Bayliss of Gainesboro pleaded guilty to selling game birds shot in the county and was fined $40. Four others await trial. Over 100 people seek rural route carrier jobs as post office contracts expand statewide. Business heads report a slight uptick as the mood improves.
David Clatterbuck is brought to a Warren County hospital after a gunshot wound with poor survival odds.
Twenty five years ago S V A with the smallest enrollment in the valley is the accepted football champion of Valley of Virginia. Miss Emma Rudolph of this county marries W A Brown in Greensboro North Carolina. Supt M M Lynch and Prof J H Birford inspect city and county schools. Godfrey M Cooper installed as head of Shawnee Tribe No 2 Order of Red Men with impressive services.
Forty years ago the Union Steam Co. reelects George M. Kinzel as president at the annual meeting and an officer slate is chosen. John J. Williams hosts the Whist Club at his West Water Street home. Young F. W. Calvert and Maurice Sumption start a small printing shop in the town’s west end and show sample work. William Dearmont falls from a horse while hunting with the Blue Ridge hounds on the Bevin Hazelwood property.
In a note to The Star's Open Forum F Lemueil and Ella Mellon of Winchester express heartfelt thanks for a Christmas box from the White Hall Fellowship Club. The donation includes canned goods coffee vegetables nuts candy and oranges the first such oranges since Christmas two years ago. They also thank Charles Brown for delivery of the gift.
Frederic J. Haskin directs the Information Bureau in Washington D C offering readers factual answers by mail for three cents.
Gene te made $1,715,445 across his last three prize ring engagements with Dempsey in 1926 and Heeney in 1928. He earned $200,000 for the Philadelphia bout, $990,445 for the Chicago rematch, and $525,000 for Heeney, totaling across those contests.
Washington reports a two day fight as Treasury and Democratic leaders press a broad tax plan aimed at large family corporations including Ford and GM. Critics warn smaller firms could be harmed and note the uncertain impact on business resilience and competition.
Jerry Chandler, son of a country clergyman, plans a bold future after his mother’s death. He longs for Mimi Le Brun, faces financial realities from Uncle Jerry, and moves to the city with Lionel to pursue a staged play, all while his father counsels foundation beneath dreams. The narrative blends romance, ambition, and parental guidance as a young man seeks his fortune.
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