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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1938
Page
4
Civil War Enters Third Year in Spain
War coverage reports Spain in its third year of conflict. Francisco Franco's government says it can sustain the fight with male conscripts, factory mobilization, and damaged industry. Public morale is tested as cities and farms suffer devastation amid a protracted struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Spain
Drivers Rarely Punished in Highway Fatalities
The Bureau of Public Roads reports on 905 fatal highway crash drivers finding only 28 jailed and 95 fined. Over 86 percent faced no court penalties, with the study blaming evidentiary difficulties and a lack of suitable criminal codes rather than court fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
Suspenders Ban Provokes Outrage on Long Beach Boardwalk
The Long Beach mayor issued regulations deeming suspenders taboo for promenaders. The World Telegram protests the rule as tyranny and questions what is wrong with suspenders while beachwear allowances and belted trousers are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York World-Telegram
Long Beach
New York
Lewis F. Edwards
Edwards
Long Beach Boardwalk
World-Telegram
Mr Lewis Rails at Platforms and NRA Duty
Baltimore comment by David J. Lewis criticizes Senator Tydings for faithlessness on the NRA plank. He challenges voters to review the 1932 Democratic platform and its NRA commitment, noting President Roosevelt’s 1932 remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baltimore Sun
David J. Lewis
Congress
Tydings
Lewis
NRA
Maryland
Roosevelt
Platform fidelity and NRA in Roosevelt era politics
The text questions Senator Lewis on party platforms from 1932 and 1936, arguing both condemned monopolies while NRA expanded them. It asks for chapter and verse showing Roosevelt era pledges to pack the Supreme Court and questions Lewis’s own 1936 campaign statements about party commitment to court packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
NRA
Tydings
Supreme Court of the United States
Gillette
Iowa
Mr. Lewis
Supreme Court
Baker Chooses Tennessee For Alma Mater In Four Year Scholarship
Winchester athlete Hed Baker selects the University of Tennessee as his alma mater over six or seven southern offers. He cites a full four year scholarship and a physical education course as key factors in his decision. The piece contrasts college athletics with high school spirit and calls for intramural sports to restore college spirit and sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hed” Baker
Winchester
University of Tennessee
South
Baker
Tennessee
Lightning kills two Thompson Sowers horses in Clarke county
During a Clarke county storm lightning kills two valuable horses owned by Thompson Sowers and nearly kills two others. The report notes horse losses in a local agricultural context and mentions the storm’s impact on farm stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Thompson Sowers
Daniel
Henry
Shenandoah
G. E. Owen
George Sempeles
Ilness
Baby Show opens as 60 infants registered
Five years ago The Star reports the Baby Show opening with more than 60 entrants registered and undergoing physical examinations. The notice also records the death of Miss Elizabeth McCormick at her home on North Washington Street. Mr and Mrs Wallace Denny welcome a son born in the local hospital on July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McCormick
North
Washington Street
Wallace Denny
Bakers Merge Prolific Georgia Firm In Town
Ten years past the Beck Baking Company merges with Lee interests and the Columbia Baking Co of Atlanta operates a bakery here. Lee Edwards of Leetown West Virginia is killed in his truck crossing B&O tracks near Charles Town. During baptism at Gap Run near Hayfield Virginia an evangelist slips on a mossy stone and is rescued by a convert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck Baking Company
Lee
Columbia Baking Co
Atlanta, Ga
Lee Edwards
Leetown
W. Va
Charles Town
Gap Run
Hayfield
Death of Francis H. Robinson in Fairmont Va
Francis Harrison Robinson dies at his Fairmont home twenty five years after prominence as a local businessman and patriarch of the Robinson family. In a separate note, Katherine Ames marries George L. Washington at Christ Episcopal Church uniting two old local families. Winchester beats Martinsburg winchester team led by Rev. W D Smith and coach R Y Conrad. Valley turnpike directors allocate 40000 to hard surface the Winchester to Staunton road for heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Harrison Robinson
C. L. Robinson
Fairmont
W. Va
Katherine Ames
George L. Washington
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
W. D. Smith
R.Y. Conrad
Martinsburg
Valley Turnpike
Staunton
Santiago Falls to U S Troops in Cuba
Forty years ago Santiago, a long held Spanish town in Cuba, is now in hands of U S troops. There is a possibility that band and vocal music may be taught in the school here next fall. John Kiger drops a cigarette on dry leaves by his West Cecil street house starting a small fire. James Seabright has a bicycle accident at Stephens City on the way from Old Forge and returns home by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
U. S
John Kiger
West Cecil Street
James Seabright
Stephens City
Old Forge
Answers to Questions From Frederic J. Haskin
A compilation of trivia and historical facts answering queries on gloves in baseball, Cecil Rhodes, Emily Dickinson, Washington inaugural ball, women mail carriers, Bermuda water, World’s Fair music, migration trends, Shaw on Liberty, the Twentieth Amendment father, Ruppert and Yankees, and the first board of health established in Vece.
Monetary fears and inflation risks loom in 1938
Washington notes excess bank reserves near 2.8 billion dollars and potential moves toward printing money to spur lending. Commentary warns inflationary pressures from debt, policy, and fear may drive a stock and commodity boom followed by a crash if the national debt remains unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Crawford
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Buckshot Brown arrives at Ellen Dale ranch tale continues
Buckshot Brown, a rough but brilliant Texan, is rescued by Ellen Dale in a remote Arizona camp. He discusses cattle improvement plans with Ellen and Bill Baron, revealing stakes, finances, and a possible romance while a doctor tends Buckshot’s injured foot.
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Martha Washington
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James Duan
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James Homer Maxwell
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George Bernard Shaw
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Academy of Political Science
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George W. Norris
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Yankees
W. W
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Tillingham Huston
Huston
Board of Health
Board of Health and Pee
Vece
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Mallon
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House Banking and Currency Committee
Federal Reserve Board
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Devoites OF Fashion
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King Features Syndicate, Incy
Fiesta Er Y ‘Oren Arnold
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Ellen
Bill Baron
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