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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
4
Classified ad rates posted for 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum. Memorials and cards of thanks 10 cents per counted line. Display ads require 9 PM predeadline. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National reps listed. Associated Press rights noted. Bible verse Micah 4 3 4 cited.
A man testifies in court he sped to find a gas station before running out. Olin Miller cited in the Washington Post warns against laughing as the nation tries to spend its way back to prosperity before funds vanish.
Sanford Bates, former director of Federal prisons, advances a plan to exile criminals with their families to colonies, arguing humanitarian benefits and possible social gains. The San Francisco Chronicle cautions public welfare concerns, especially for children of hardened criminals who would face isolation among law offenders and constant surveillance.
Iowa City Press Citizen quotes Hal Trosky criticizing Lou Gehrig for all star lineup choices in Cincinnati. The piece notes dispute among writers and players about manager McCarthy's picks and contrasts Trosky with Gehrig and Dizzy Dean, calling out egotism.
From the ABC Board at Richmond comes the announcement that a 25 cent federal tax rise on whiskey will lift Virginia prices 5 cents per pint and 10 cents per quart. Brandy and wines are unaffected, a Virginia made product stays unchanged, and the board says it cannot absorb the tax without revenue losses to state and local budgets.
The piece critiques the Virginia ABC Board over plans to impose a 25 cent tax per gallon and recoup 40 cents from buyers, arguing this risks driving profits from nearly 5 million to as low as 600 thousand dollars and elevates profit over public welfare. It warns this approach could favor bootleggers and ignores broader state interests.
A memorial portrait of Dr. R. E. Blackwell at Ashland outlines his seven decades of service at Randolph Macon College. Tributes praise faith, courage, insatiable curiosity, and lifelong learning as he championed free inquiry and guided students with a scholar’s mindset.
Amos and Andy, popular radio stars who have advertised toothpaste for eight years, sign a contract with Campbell Soups. Nine local bootleggers appear before city and county courts and receive sentences under a new state statute. John MacMillan and Leonard Brown crash on South Braddock Street leaving MacMillan badly cut and injured. F. L. Ayler buys the Powers family home in Clarke County.
Five years ago the South End Hose Co receives a new Dodge fire truck, boosting confidence in handling emergencies. Dollar wheat comes in with solid yields as farmers move stock fast. Miss Emily Sanford departs for Charlottesville for vacation at home. Virginia unemployment has been halved since March per Richmond reports.
Ten years ago H. R. Jones and Co. cleaners purchase the Robert Dodd property on South Braddock street. William A. Sloat, a retired businessman, falls in his back yard and injures his leg. Fourteen faculty members are taking graduate work at the University of Virginia this summer. Virginia will receive nearly $9 million from gasoline taxes.
Thomas J. Barrett a 78 year old county farmer dies at his home in the southern part of the county. West Virginia recognizes debt to Virginia and seeks settlement negotiations. More than 2,500 cavalrymen encamped nearby plan a July 18 city march. Suffragists wear skirts with full pockets and bottoms.
Forty years past the council with full attendance votes to pave Main Street. Fred R. Hatcher hosts Round Hill Literary Society at his Hayfield area home Selma. The Misses Conrad honor their guest Miss Wetmore of Washington with a seven-hand euchre party. James P. Siler sells his ice business to George W. Hillyard and asks patrons to keep buying from the new owner.
Frederic J Haskin provides Q A style entries on topics from star routes origins to italics first use to zoning history. The column prints brief factual answers with dates figures and named places and people.
The piece notes underground doubt among loyal Democrats about Roosevelt’s aggressive purge amid sharp partisan divides. It compares past leaders Wilson Coolidge Hoover and Harding, arguing presidents must push programs despite risks while party leaders seek balance between loyalty and dissent.
The Winchester Star forum letter denounces a Roanoke Times pick of Norma Shearer as Scarlett in Gone With The Wind. It criticizes Tallulah Bankhead as unsuitable and argues Shearer can credibly portray the Southern heroine despite lacking a drawl.
Hollywood star Ellen Dale plans to buy 6000 acres near Nogales after touring the Durango land grant with foreman Bill. They scout sites between the Santa Rita and Canelo ranges, note the Coronado National Forest nearby, and imagine a life free of fame with a quiet partner in ownership.
The Raleigh News Observer contrasts New York’s strict marriage license rules with North Carolina’s looser standards. New York requires physicians certificates proving no syphilis and blood tests within 20 days. North Carolina mandates only basic physical exams for men and limited checks for women. The piece criticizes state policies that ignore broader infection and hereditary issues.
The Petersburg Progress-Index reports Haugwitz-Reventlow seeks five million dollars and the child as the price of granting his 5-10 heiress wife a divorce. The text notes sharp rhetoric from opponents and postal regulation limits on expression.
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