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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
3
Il Duce watches 15 days of German goosestep training from a stand and notes no comment. He seeks a precise parade with soldiers learned in the German stride for Chancellor Hitler's state visit in May.
Chicago scholar recounts a 13 month safari for the Field Museum collecting 3099 specimens, including 1600 birds, after traveling 16000 miles with 10 natives. He notes malaria and a vampire bite but says jungle life proved less perilous than city traffic and aims to support three permanent habitat bird exhibits. He claims to be first American to visit Parana territory and describes routes through Brazil and British Guinea.
RICHMOND Va Jan 27 Delegate Maurice Rosenberg of Alexandria has drafted a bill to require the State Board of Education to certify the moral character of school bus drivers before hiring. The measure also mandates buses be adequate for the safety and number of pupils on each route.
Frank Schaffer 18 of Dallas Texas was recaptured and returned to Culpeper county jail after escaping with fellow prisoner Frank Green. State Officer Robert Holton and Deputy Sheriff Ed Payne brought him in from Fairfax while Green remained at large.
Friends fear the illness of financier E T Stotesbury who is 89 may derail his annual February 26 birthday celebration in Palm Beach. Stotesbury, a Civil War drummer boy, typically performs at the party.
On Capitol Hill lawmakers push anti-lynching action as Senate votes to limit debate. Senate Judiciary subcommittee considers investigation of the Labor Relations Board. House appropriations debates funds for the District of Columbia. Roads: a bill advances to allocate 238000 dollars for highways. Senate yesterday debated the anti-lynching bill and the House passed minor measures.
A Philadelphia spokesman says Colonel Smith the white poodle lived to 21 due to regular habits and a diet of three pounds of raw beef weekly plus occasional turkey or duck. Mrs. Della Smith comments on his long life.
On his seventy second birthday a key rail corporation head urged that railroad capitalization is excessive though government ownership is not the solution. He cited that about one third of U.S. railroad mileage is under federal court control and said reorganizations will trim excess capitalization as Missouri Pacific seeks removal from federal court jurisdiction.
United Mine Workers' Convention hears 6 resolutions urging President Roosevelt to run again and calls for peace between CIO and AFL. 2,172 resolutions on file include praise for John L. Lewis and a local plan for gold medals for CIO leaders. Provisional district locals seek autonomy to elect officers and run affairs.
A large glass-walled model at Cornell watches white water in a 127 foot dam process. Engineers study eddies and hurdles to curb river energy, with nightly telegraphs to New York and guidance for the Appalachian Power project on New River.
Washington speculation centered on five top lawyers as Stanley F. Reed moves to replace Justice George Sutherland on the Supreme Court bench. Reed will take the solicitor general post next Monday.
Connie Mack, 75 and living proof of endurance, says he will manage the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park this summer. He notes talk of retirement, but stresses his intention to continue as long as possible and jokes about not liking seventh place. He cites admiration for teammates and mentions rival managers Joe McCarthy Joe Cronin Jimmy Dykes and Bucky Harris.
The National Wool Growers Association president in Salt Lake City criticizes Roosevelt administration policies. He warns the proposed reciprocal trade treaty with Great Britain and the forest service reorganization bill threaten the wool industry. Rich links tariff protection to stable markets and notes tariff cuts affect wool cloth and raw wool alike. The three day convention draws about 500 delegates to review sheep from loom to table.
E Clay Rogers announces the stallion Sambo will stand for the season at his farm between Gainesboro and Hayfield near Winchester Virginia. Address Rt 3 Winchester Virginia provided. notice dated January 27, 1921.
Evansville Indiana suffers a new blaze destroying a portion of the wholesale district. Damage from the Nash Motor Sales Company fire is estimated at 250000, with flames starting from an electrical short on the second floor and discovered by late night workers banking the furnace.
Report shows 24 hour precipitation ending 5 pm yesterday at .96 inches year to date .96 inches. Historical monthly averages from 1913-37 list January 2.59, February 2.00, March 2.95, April 3.25, May 3.60, June 3.63, July 3.37, August 3.77, September 2.36, October 3.21, November 2.30, December 2.33 inches. The average annual rainfall over the past 25 years is 35.36 inches.
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