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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is printed daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia. It is recorded as second class matter at the local post office.
The notice lists mail and carrier subscription rates for one year and shorter terms, plus pricing for advertising including classified, memorials, and display ads. It also mentions national representation by Tenney Woodward and Company and quotes a Bible verse.
At the New York meeting the USGA voted 22 to retain the stymie and 24 to abolish it. Francis Ouimet led opposition to total abolition while Amateur Champion Johnny Goodman supported the new rule. Opinions varied among Johnny Fischer Horton Smith and others. The compromise is seen as a temporary solution for match play.
United Press dispatch from Washington says President Roosevelt seriously considering nominating a woman to replace Justice George Sutherland. The President cited Frances Perkins as the first woman Cabinet member while noting the need for a properly qualified female candidate.
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports the General Assembly auditing committee endorses a larger auditor force. Eleven additional auditors may be funded to audit neglected state institutions. The expansion aims to continue the proven work of State Auditor L. McCarthy Downs and his team, including bond rate reductions.
The article argues that first class auditing yields benefits in good government and tangible money, noting the General Assembly should not forget this. It highlights fiscal discipline and oversight as key outcomes.
The New Deal style reform in France, enacted June 21 1936, curbed the work week to forty hours and raised wages to match productivity. A central committee with labor and employer members is revising the act to avoid further disruption. The piece warns that wage controls without productivity gains hurt industry and trade and contrasts France’s experience with U S wage legislation debates.
The Danville Register commends Senator Byrd for joining Senator Bailey in supporting President Roosevelt’s recommendation to reduce highway construction funding to balance the federal budget. The paper notes Byrd and Bailey as the few who push deep cuts despite political cost, warning that lasting budget balance requires broad reductions beyond a few bureaus.
News from other years reports the Mattison boy murder case and Roosevelt orders a $10,000 reward for information. Shirley Carter named chairman and E. G. Rusk secretary of Shenandoah Valley Bank board. Mrs. Wyndham R. Lee announces Front Royal President's Ball committee members.
Five years ago Eagle Scout Harry W. Ebert Jr of Troop 3 was notified his harvest of 90 bushels of walnuts earned him the national champion title with a cup and a free uniform. Bell Clothes Shop records an assignment with trustee Warren Rice.
State Highway Commission allocates more than $100000 for road reconstruction from Northwestern Grade to the West Virginia line. Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde addresses Century Club on Booth Tarkington life. Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray die in electric chair in New York for the murder of her husband. Local and state officers seize eleven gallons of old-time moonshine whiskey in an enforcement action.
Twenty five years ago the 12th annual Anti-Saloon League session was slated for February 18 with local delegates to attend. Teddy Blakas is arraigned for striking James Rehill with a club in a restaurant. Apple growers from Lynchburg report plans to convene next year here. Yankee Doodle Boy arrives for a one night stand amid capacity crowds in larger northern cities.
Forty years ago Winchester endured one of its heaviest fogs. Wheat on the local market brought 90 cents. Mrs. T. O. Wyndham suffers a serious finger bone felon. Prof. Alex Graham Bell, famed telephone inventor, is elected president of the National Geographic Society.
A compiled set of Q&A segments covers topics from Georgic lore to temperance pioneer Neal Dow, with entries on Seabiscuit versus War Admiral as horse of the year, ink use by major papers, Queen Victoria’s offspring, cloud formation, and legal letter rights.
Washington dispatch outlines tension between President Roosevelt and Southern lawmakers over sectionalism and policy. It notes Bankhead and other senators promoting a wage bill approach, while governors press for freight-rate changes and a new code system.
Jerry Chandler, a country-clergyman’s son, asks Mimi Le Brun, a St Louis socialite, to marry him though she is nearly engaged to Andy Fuller. He pursues Mimi from a Maine house party to St Louis, facing her mother’s opposition to his modest background while seeking a ranch and to write plays amid family ties and wealth.
In the Maine cottage memory against an aristocratic party night, Olga clings to a portrait and Mimi’s charm inflames tensions. Jerry and Andy clash over Mimi’s affections on a rose lit balcony as Mimi dances with Lionel and the ballroom glows like a dream.
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