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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
2
Berryville students from Boyce High School participated in the Evening Star Marbles Tournament. Albert Purcell, principal, chaired the event as teams prepared for the district tournament at Henderson High School tomorrow at 2:26 PM.
A man is held in the local jail on auto theft charges. He was arrested after State Officer Frank Ritter recovered the stolen vehicle belonging to H. H. Hildum of South Braddock, initially seized in New Market yesterday evening.
Nail was acquitted by a jury in corporation court today on charges of driving while under the influence. The defendant had appealed a police court conviction where he received 20 days trial and costs. F M Yeakle served as foreman with members R C Green Howard J Cahill Brown Lovett and Amon Harmon.
Vigorous debate fills the chamber as Hatch urges an amendment applying civil service limits to WPA administrative workers. Senator Barkley objects that the rule would bar workers from expressing private opinions, stirring controversy amid primary politics and coverage in a crowded gallery.
The Winchester Club invites members to remember the medal prize tourney with new prizes and keen competition. Each golfer plays the field with lowest net or gross score minus handicap winning first place. On Sunday a 10 man Bi-State team led by Roy Ryden and Laurie Hill will play the Bell Haven Club in Alexandria for the season’s second match.
In Centralia Missouri on June 3 an elderly priest, Father Charles Eierg 65, was shot during a struggle with one of two assailants who entered the rectory after a car ride with housekeeper Miss Martha Rice 30. The crime prompted full state and county investigation.
Insurgents declared they had breached the government line west of Albocacer. They said attacks would come from three directions along the coastal highway to Valencia. Government forces, including General Miguel Aran, reportedly held Villar de Canes and Torre de Embesora, forming a three mile radius semicircle around Albocacer.
Readers in Winchester may receive the Evening Star by car delivery offered without charge by the Postal Telegraph service. The free prompt delivery emphasizes speed and accessibility for local residents.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins departs New York aboard for Geneva to attend the international labor conference opening June 6. Central Press reports the ascent of U 8S in the captioned dispatch.
Chicago police report a young black suspect confessed to killing four women and a girl, all bludgeoned with a brick. Three victims died in Chicago and two in Los Angeles, with the attacker described as a dusky prowler who entered sleeping quarters.
Mrs. Stickley died after a year of ill health and eight months bedfast. Born February 27 1874 near Opequon she married Mr Stickley in 1898 and was active in the Walnut Springs Disciples of Christ church. Survivors include John Graham Grove three sisters two brothers and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for 2 and 2:30 at Walnut Springs Church with interment at Riverview Cemetery Strasburg.
President Roosevelt will cruise with his family on the government yacht Potomac. He said at a press conference he would board at Annapolis tomorrow afternoon and return to Washington on Sunday.
The Little Theatre stage version of East Lynne drew praise for sympathetic execution and strong direction. Roy Ryden Jr. Barbara Miller and Helen Zeigler head a capable cast with notable supporting turns. Dan Henry's villainy undercut by overplayed burlesque.
President Roosevelt announced approval of 57 million dollars in United States Housing Authority funds for slum clearance in eight cities. The cities include Allentown Baltimore Birmingham Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit and Pittsburgh with projected rentals from 3.75 to 4.25 dollars per unit monthly.
Strasburg women plan action to improve municipal affairs and push for representation on the town council. They named two candidates Miss Mary S. Fletcher and Mrs. J M Boles, raising total candidates to 13 for eight council seats to be filled on June 14. Both women say they will run an active campaign.
The marriage of Kurt Schuschnigg, former Austrian chancellor, to Countess Vera Fugger von Babenhausen was performed by proxy with his brother Arthur standing in. The ceremony occurred in the Dominican Church chapel in downtown Vienna, while Kurt Schuschnigg remained detained by Nazi authorities.
Federal Judge H. Church Ford rebuked defendants for laughing during the testimony of Homer Butts a negro miner in the Harlan anti-union conspiracy trial. The witness described being exiled to Raven Rock a section of the R. C. Tway Coal Co. as a chorus of tittering erupted from the defendants.
The third in a series invites readers to name a cartoon to win a pair of tickets to Kentucky Moonshine at the Palace Theatre. Entries judged on originality wit and humor. submissions to the Palace for judging. One more cartoon will be published tomorrow.
Farm Credit Administration officials from Washington and presidents of eleven Federal Land Banks toured the second Farm Credit district as guests of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and stopped in Frederick for a visit with the Frederick Clarke National Farm Loan Association, announced secretary-treasurer W. E. Edwards.
Berryville Va June 3 Athletic awards were presented at final assembly Prof D G Cooley principal. Girls basketball went 3 losses to Warren County Capon Bridge. Captain Margaretta Buckner Anne Neville Barnett. Ruth Wheeler manager. Barnett Polhamus Shackleford Buckner Foley Wheeler McCloy Harris etc. Boys awards note first organized football year coach G H Pope.
Funeral services were held in Harrisonburg for James B. Points native of the city and son of the late Dr. and Mrs William J Points who died Tuesday in Philadelphia where he had lived for years. He was a traveling salesman and is survived by his widow Mary Bell Nichols a daughter a son a brother and five sisters including Mrs Ida Points Willis. He was an uncle of Mrs John Hoover of South Cameron Street.
Former Buffalo mayor George J. Zimmerman convicted of taking illegal fees during office. sentenced to two to five years in prison.
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