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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1939
Page
8
I P I PETERSBURG Fila Jan 8 Night baseball may draw crowds but Paul Waner says it is not major league level. The Pirates outfielder notes players perform best in hot afternoon sun and that night air chill limits top form to only a few sultry evenings.
Radio listings detail Hitler’s Reichstag speech relay via WJZ and WABC CBS with Kaltenborn analysis, plus Chamberlain address from Birmingham carried by WJZ NBC and WABC CBS. Saturday and Sunday lineups include NBC,WABC,WOR programs such as Vict or Herbert Concert, Jesse Crawford, and Bob Benchley.
In Vincennes Indiana a four year old boy named Conrad Schuilke climbed into a seven foot chimney to play Santa. He became stuck and cried out while his dog and father heard him. Firefighters pulled down the brick chimney to free him and he emerged badly scared.
In Cleveland Mary Vietz testified that Jo seph Melisko aged 22 proposed with a gun in hand and said he meant business. He admitted carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to six months in jail.
Barcelona fell to Franco's insurgents as Europe faces clearer aims in handling the Spanish war. France called up 80,000 soldiers ahead of schedule while Italy mobilized 60,000 reserves, prompting warnings of a possible Mediterranean crisis.
Dr. E A Hoenshel renowned lecturer travels the world and will present his monologue The Uzite at Brucetown Methodist Church tomorrow at 2 30 pm. The piece brings the five Job figures to life with their biblically assigned voices and aims for reverent vivid portrayal. Critics praise the performance as illuminating and thrilling and there is no admission charge with a free will offering.
A reader asks Caroline Chatfield how a wife who suspects her husband still loves her should act to avoid further harm. The column discusses pride, reconciliation, and the danger of rushing to divorce before resolving doubts. Pearl Walker Deavers, 32, was found near Rileyville and died from childbirth infection and pneumonia after delivering a child with a midwife present.
A sweeping sports column mentions tennis stars Vines Perry and Budge eyeing an England tour after harvest, Duke adds Winston Siegrfried to replace Eric Tipton, Joe Louis earns 386035 dollars in four minutes thirty three seconds, and supernova brightness hints at decline. Also notes Kentucky Derby lodging, Enrico Caruso at Fordham basketball, Pomonok Club bidding for P G A, and coaching moves at Arizona Michigan State South Dakota Purdue.
Joseph C Doherty, aged 69, has just finished high school and earned his diploma in the minimum time for evening classes. He retired four years ago from a career as a mail carrier and chose college to avoid what he called deadly inactivity.
Puzzle listing shows a themed cross word with clues across and down including river in, idiots, staggered, motionless, brass and coin references. The page credits King Features Syndicate 1938 with a partial listing and a note on a solution list.
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