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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1938
Page
4
A reader quiz covers subjects from July danger in accidents to Mrs Jefferson Davis life after Lincoln’s death. Other items ask about wall paper rolling invention, Hymn The Lily of the Valley, Mrs Jellyby, an inquiline, and factory gas pumps with facts about Vanderbilt graduates and Wardian cases.
A local group endorses a revised motto urging prudent living and steadfast values. The motion cites biblical guidance and community standards while inviting residents to reflect on conduct and ethics in daily life.
A local lobbyist going to Washington to push a project stirs concern that PWA funding could be used for political purposes. The speaker says if Secretary Ickes guarantees independence of each PWA project from local political conditions, public worry about Riverside, California lobbyists should lessen.
Secretary Ickes bans Riverside California for hiring a lobbyist to obtain a PWA grant for a sewer system. He orders the town to fund the project itself or wait for his temper to cool. The article suggests further developments loom for the town and its plans.
Floyd Bennett Field New York becomes the stage for Hughes and four companions completing a 91 hour globe flight. The Lockheed twin motor monoplane showcases modern navigation radio control and the robot system proving American aviation progress and industry. The feat underscores American lead in aircraft for peace or war and credits big business research in making these advances possible.
A Gallup style poll and a later survey assessed Kentucky voters attitudes after President Roosevelt’s intervention for Senator Alben Barkley. The results suggested limited impact and showed Democrats still defending their right to choose their own U.S. senator despite White House influence.
Virtually complete returns indicate the defeat of Congressman Maury Maverick described as a hundred percent New Dealer and demagogue. The note praises Maverick's district Democrats for rejecting a rubber stamp who acted from expediency, recalling his criticism of Virginia voters and plans to oppose Senator Byrd in 1940.
A special Pennsylvania session called by Governor George H. Earle aims to derail a grand jury probe into Earle and fourteen aides. He is accused of blackmail extortion and coercion of state workers, denies any misconduct, and sought to appoint his own prosecutor after losing at the State Supreme Court.
Richmond News Leader warns the nine hour law interpretation allows women nine hours daily for ten days. The editor notes this was not the intent of the recent General Assembly statute and urges that amendments will follow. Employers may avoid ill will by not exploiting the technical loophole.
City officials order owners of vacant lots in Winchester to clean up within ten days. Anne Boyer Browne named princess for Winchester at the South Boston tobacco festival. The Star prints the last drawing of L Neill Woods in a memorial to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan.
Five years ago Jean Harlow and Clark Gable appeared at a local theatre in Hold Your Man. Charles C. Skyles named defendant in a $10,000 damages suit by James Grubbs of Kernstown over his son's death believed caused by Skyles's car. Charles F Urshel, Oklahoma millionaire, kidnapped from home by two men with machine guns.
Ten years ago jurors for the H C Robinson murder trial in Front Royal will be drawn from Winchester after a change of venue secured by the defense. Frederick County apples sell for 6.12 to 7.68 per barrel in Liverpool England. A 600 acre farm with 250 acres orchard sold for 77,000 near Charles Town. Dr and Mrs Allen T Hawthorne celebrate birth of a daughter at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville on July 20.
Miss Edna Menear from Fairmont escapes unharmed when an open survey cart upsets on Washington street. Henry Wyatt Clowe is found dead in his well known jewelry store by his son. Sheriff Pannett raids a women army camp follower tent near the Cavalry encampment and arrests two. A twenty passenger auto tours the county and camp daily from Reuss garage.
Forty years ago Henry Newlin was shot in the hand and head returning home from a dance near Faulkner's woods at Back Creek. Luther Brown, a well known butcher, was stabbed in the arm by an irate debtor but not fatally. William H. Dinges presided at a Board of Supervisors meeting hearing the county home superintendent J. R. Affleck's report.
Washington reports say Hull’s published note to Cardenas signals possible retreat from the good neighbor policy unless Mexico offers more than IOUs for seized American property. The note, backed by Roosevelt and Pittman, presses payment and warns of consequences for Latin American relations.
The living room in a newly finished house features a Mexican Indian fireplace, carved furniture, cactus wood lamps, and lithographs by Parrilla of Seville. Ellen admires the romantic space named Casa Hermosa while Bill hints at future cowhand duties and a surprising proposal of work and affection.
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