Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

Page 1

We have 3,124,248 pages in Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1937

Page

1

Democrats Split in Senate Over Court Bill Factions Form

Four first term Democrats Gillette Andrews Johnson and Brown met with President Roosevelt to discuss the court bill and reportedly urged withdrawal while three opposed the measure. Opposition formed around Maloney and others ready to speak against debate as Robinson’s death creates leadership vacancy.

Washington Roosevelt White House Gillette Iowa Andrews Florida Johnson Colorado Brown New Hampshire Senator Brown Senate Maloney Connecticut Nathan Robertson Senate Democrats Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas

Winchester Seeks Bandstand For Civic Concerts

Citizens are urged to support erecting a bandstand after band concerts in Winchester. The note laments no seating or weather protection for audiences and calls for a sheltered venue to sustain the city's fine band.

Winchester

Nation Mourns Senate Leader Robinson at State Funeral

Grieving Senators gather for a state funeral in Washington for Democratic leader Robinson of Arkansas. Leaders plan the 14th such service in 70 years in the Senate Chamber with a later train to Little Rock for burial. Large congressional delegation expected.

Washington Robinson D-Ark Senate Little Rock Ark Senate Chamber Arkansas Roosevelt Supreme Court

Man Found Dead In a Water Tank on Train Ride

In Staunton Virginia a dead man and an injured woman were recovered from a locomotive water tank after a train stopped to take on water. Reginald Hawse 25 of Covington likely died from a basal skull fracture. Mamie Montgomery 25 sustained a head wound and was hospitalized.

Staunton Chesapeake and Ohio Jesse Grove Waynesboro Reginald Hawse Covington Mamie Montgomery Grove Charles W. Rodgers Hawse King’s Daughters’ Hospital

Revenue aides to assist social security tax returns

Two deputy collectors of the Internal Revenue Department will be at Room 204 of the Winchester post office Friday and Saturday to help fill social security tax returns. They will offer information and assistance from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Today the collectors are working at several locations in Frederick county.

Internal Revenue Department Winchester Post Office Frederick County

Riverside Rendezvous Dance With Bob Riley Orchestra

Riverside night features a dance on Wednesday July 21 with Bob Riley's Orchestra performing at 7 8 15 17 20 21 1p 51 events. Pure Food Store promotes time saving foods and offers contact at phone 444 445. We’re listening. ip lt.

Riverside Bob Riley Pure Food Store

Soviet aviators begin American tour after record flight

Three Soviet flyers Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin arrived from March Field to San Diego to inspect U S airplane factories and Hollywood. They will attend a civic luncheon then tour Los Angeles San Francisco and Washington before returning to New York and Russia. Stalin congratulated the pilots on the achievement.

San Diego Calif Hollywood Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff Sergei Danilin March Field United States Army Base Los Angeles Army Navy Aircraft Industries San Francisco Washington New York Russia Moscow Josef Stalin T. Claude Ryan St. Louis Col Charles A. Lindbergh

Rites Held For L Neill Woods In Fort Loudoun

A simple funeral service was conducted this afternoon at 4 for L Neill Woods who died suddenly at his Fort Loudoun apartment. Rev Ronald S Wilson led the rites at Fort Loudoun Church with readings from the Bible and a prayer. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Flowers reflected wide esteem from Winchester Frederick County and beyond. Woods was longtime secretary of the South End Hose Company.

L. Neill Woods Fort Loudoun Ronald S. Wilson Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Woods Wilson First Corinthians Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester Frederick County Virginia South End Hose Company

Snow White Male Kitten Seeks Good Home

Beautiful snow white male kitten with several gray spots seeks a loving home. Contact via phone 41-1 for details and adoption arrangements.

Shopping Centre Inc Sold to Cohen and Levens

Notice states the Shopping Centre Inc sold today to Cohen and Levens. Executed by P. D. Miller. The document references 7T-14-1p-3t.

The Shopping Centre, Inc Cohen and Levens. .Shopping Centre, Inc P. D. Miller

Relatives Plead For Haste In Reaching Entombed Miners

A Glendora Coal Company Baker mine blast near Sullivan Indiana killed twenty men. Safety official cites 203 workers underground. 17 bodies remain entombed awaiting gas clearance. Three survivors were rescued, with four others critically injured or slightly burned. Continued on page 3.

Glendora Coal Company Baker Mine Here Jack Ogilvie Indiana

Coroner inquest on Memorial Day riot turns into union clash

In Chicago four C I O lawyers shouted as Assistant State's Attorney Mal Coghlan questioned a witness about the Memorial Day steel strike riot. The coroner’s inquiry grew into a dispute over immunity and legal rights with union attorneys accusing officials of an anti union policy. The proceedings continued amid interruptions and warnings from the coroner.

Chicago Mal Coghlan C. I Louis F. Selinek Republic Steel Corporation Selinek Alexander Napoli South Chicago Napoli David Bentall C. Soghian Aaieneing i Il Oghian la Follette Senate Civil Liberties Committee

Man Held On Assault Charge Near Armel Farm

Dave Baker about 65 was arrested by State Officer R E Bayliss on a charge of assault after allegedly striking Mrs Anna Herndon on the head with a club while milking a cow on her farm near Armel. Herndon obtained a warrant. Baker fled into a wooded area before final capture. Hearing slated before Trial Justice A J Tavenner.

Dave Baker R. E. Bayliss Baker Anna Herndon Armel Winchester Herndon

Special Fri and Sat Ice Cream Junket at Pure Food Store

An advert announces a special Friday and Saturday event offering tasty junket ice cream at the Pure Food Store. The note is brief and highlights a limited time treat for shoppers.

Pure Food

China Japan summon reinforcements in far east crisis

White House indicates President Roosevelt altered weekend plans and will stay at the White House due to rising tensions in the far east. He convened three senior advisers Norman Davis Sumner Welles John Van A. MacMurray to review European naval patrol and Far East developments with concern and no defined policy yet.

Futrell backs Mrs. Robinson for Senate successor

Former Arkansas Governor Futrell issued a statement that Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson is the logical successor to her husband for the unexpired U.S. Senate term. He added that Democratic leaders expect a state committee meeting within a week to nominate Governor Carl E. Bailey to fill the vacancy. Bailey and Futrell have clashed since 1935.

Little Rock Ark J. M. Futrell Joseph T. Robinson Putrell Democratic State Committee Carl E. Bailey U. S. Senate

Illness Fatal To Mrs Rush In Opequon District

Mrs. James H Rush 71 died at her home in Opequon district yesterday at 3 o clock after a brief illness. She was a Frederick County native, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Mc Donald, and lived most of her life there with her husband, a retired farmer. Surviving are eight children: Scott Rush Winchester Baker Rush Washington Donald Rush Dudley Rush Myrt le Turpin Washington Mary Watts Washington Margaret Jones Alabama.

James H .Rush Opequon Myrtle Turpin Washington Mary Watts Margaret Jones Alabama

Pravda Warns Enemies of Soviet Air Reach Near Capitals

Pravda warns foreign enemies that Soviet planes can strike, citing two nonstop Moscow to Pacific coast flights. Observers link the message to Berlin and Tokyo as German and Japanese capitals lie within 800 miles. The paper notes Soviet industry can supply planes as needed and contrasts distances to Portland and San Jacinto. The second nonstop flight landed near San Jacinto yesterday.

Moscow Communist Party Pravda Russia Pacific Berlin Tokyo Portland Ore San Jacinto Calif

Ninth jury seated in Scottsboro case hears charges against Clarence Norris

In Decatur Alabama Judge W W Callahan instructed the ninth jury in six years to weigh the states demand for Norris death sentence in the Scottsboro case. The judge said the state prosecutes Norris not Victoria Price and reminded jurors that Victoria Price testified for the state. He noted a white woman’s status creates a strong legal presumption of nonpayment of advances by a Black defendant.

Decatur Ala Scottsboro W. W. Callahan Clarence Norris Norris U.S. Supreme Court Callahan Victoria Price State of Alabama

Rebels Lose Waves North of Madrid Amid Bombardment

Reports say insurgent infantry units along the Coruna Road northwest of Madrid were driven back by Gen. Jos Miaja's Milicianos after repeated counterattacks. Government planes pounded Del Castillo to seize the highway corridor. much of the town south of the road, about 12 miles from Madrid, lay in ruins.

Madrid Coruna Jos Miaja Milicianos de del Castillo Miaja

Senators Speed Business in Brief Washington Session

In a short session the Senate cleared the court bill log jam and sent to the White House the Bankhead Jones farm tenancy legislation and a 194,536,063 War Department non military appropriation. It approved 1,000,000 for grasshopper control and extended last year Interior funding for 15 days. Senator Pope introduced an ever normal granary bill.

Washington, J Senate White House War Department House Interior Department Pope D-Ida

Cherries Flood Plants For Canning And Freezing

Biglersville Pennsylvania Musselman plant and Zero Pack Company Winchester receive most of the region s cherry harvest. Daily totals exceed 100 000 pounds with Tuesday the 6th noted at 128 000 pounds. Last year s Musselman total around 170 000 pounds and 1935 about 328 000. crop described as the heaviest in the area from Berkeley Jefferson Morgan and Winchester districts.

Biglersville C. H. Musselman Company Musselman Zero Pack Company Winchester Musselman Concern Biglerville Berkeley Jefferson Counties Morgan County Winches- Hee Alor

Chinese and Japanese Forces Mobilize as Crisis Deepens

Six divisions stand by in north China to aid the twenty ninth army near Peiping amid gravest crisis. Tokyo and Nanking announce dispatches and mobilizations as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek directs operations from Kuling.

Route Army Nanking Foreign Office North China Twenty-Ninth Route Army Peiping China Twenty-Ninth Chiang Kai-Shek Kuling W.apon Tokyo War Office Sugiyama Japan Council of Ikutaro Inogue Army and Navy Reservist Association

Clearance Sale Summer Bags at Margar L Hodgson

A local clearance sale advertises beaded linen and leather summer bags in white and other colors. Featuring Margar L Hodgson as the contact or organizer for shoppers seeking discounted purses and accessories.

Margar Hodgson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Industrial Rayon Corporation Symthetic Yarn Federation CIO Mr. Woods Mary S. Yeakley Cc. I. O State’s Torney Sullivan, Ind Coal Operators’ Association Ogilvie Harry Keenan Keenan Ben Myers Coghlin Frank J. Walsh Far East John van A. MacMur Ray Tur Partment Europe Norman Davis Sumner Welles Rush STAR Evening Star
Search Courier

Search the Winchester Evening Star Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Winchester Evening Star?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication