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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1939
Page
10
Arthur J. Leatherrock reports his Mexico grafted lemon tree will yield about six lemons, each weighing near a pound, despite a modest crop outlook for California Florida and Chicago. He kept the tree indoors to winter and pruned to six buds last year to test growth without a warm climate.
William Albert Boyer ten-year-old of Jefferson Maryland was killed when his sled broke from a car and drifted into a heavy truck on the highway near Jefferson State police had warned boys not to coast on the road. The truck was driven by C R Martin of Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Martin was not held but is to appear at a hearing with the magistrate tomorrow.
Woodstock Jan 21 Mrs Nan Roller Galladay of Woodstock was awarded 600 by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court jury in a suit against the executor of the late Emma Nebb's estate for 930 for three years of services to the deceased. Witnesses including Dr Roy C Pravel testified to Galladay aiding Nebb during illness. Evidence showed Nebb promised payment but did not compensate.
The Agriculture Department estimates 1938 cash income for American farmers at 7.632 billion dollars with 483 million in government subsidies. Crop income fell to 3.16 billion, while livestock and products totaled about 3.99 billion, down from 1937.
Espero to Jr. Taft Chavez, born aboard the President Taft in Hawaiian waters, already prompts a nationality dilemma. Immigration authorities say the question cannot be settled until he reaches adulthood and appears in Hawaiian territorial courts to determine if he is Chinese or American.
Senator Byrd agreed to a debate with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles on administration spending, but Eccles declined citing numerous engagements. Aides said the invitation from W Randolph Burgess of the American Academy of Political Science to debate at the Hotel Astor in New York City on February could not be accepted.
Senator Byrd champions economy while Eccles backs deficit spending to spur recovery. They exchanged sharp criticisms of each other's car policy views in recent weeks through open letters and radio broadcasts, highlighting a heated policy dispute.
Police Chief Hiram Ragan had warned burglary in Blackwell in 1938 stemmed from carelessness. He later found boots and trousers missing from his garage and admitted he had not locked the door.
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Edith Beamer of Hillsville won a Mary Washington College beauty contest held during the junior class benefit in Fredericksburg. Carol Jordan of Washington was runner up as thirty contestants walked the Monroe Hall stage evaluated for form poise facial beauty and personality.
Charlottesville Virginia January 21 John Monk Saunders scen ario writer said he received a note from his wife Fay Wray stating she did not intend to fulfill an agreement granting each parent custody of their two year old daughter for alternate periods of three months. Wray filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Wednesday and had signed an Albemarle county court custody agreement November 17. Saunders said Wray would forfeit a $1000 bond if she did not return their child to Charlottesville by February 2.
Elliott Roosevelt returning from Washington forecast an unprecedented two months of harmony between government and business. He cited an early meeting of government agencies with public utility companies to resolve differences over the administration power program.
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