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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
3
Senator Byrd denounces the spending program as a colossal failure and says public debt could hit 48 billion by July 1 1939. He criticizes relief spending, calls for cutting priming waste, notes taxes hurt living costs, and argues reckless deficits threaten recovery and confidence.
A special grand jury examining the May 9 escape of two Black felons from the city jail found no reliable evidence of criminal negligence by individuals. It did report that the city sergeant and several deputies, including both night jailers, were new to their duties before January and that friction and poor instruction among them hindered operations. No indictments were returned.
Luray June 3 local organizers protest the proposed location of a colored army camp on Skyline Drive to replace a white camp, a move discussed with Washington officials. Shenandoah Park superintendent J R Lassiter says he knows nothing definite about the plan.
Virginia Beach report states Lincoln Ellsworth, famed explorer, plans a new Antarctic voyage despite earlier claims of settling down. He will travel via New York to Nairobi and Cape Town, then hunt in Africa before targeting the Indian Ocean side and depart for the ice by November 1.
The funeral of William T. Hottel, grist mill operator, who died after several weeks of illness, will be held from his home near the Winchester Paper Mill at 2 PM Saturday. The service will be led by Rev. T. M. Swann and Rev. W. O. Talbert. Interment is in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include R. Frank Barr and others. Winchester Lodge Knights of Pythias members will attend.
Washington reports former Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina died in Takoma Park Maryland. He served in three parties during his political career, elected to the North Carolina state senate as a Democrat in 1890, helped organize the Populist party, and later aligned with Republicans attending six national conventions through 1932.
Ellsworth announces the Marshall Wyatt ship, a 400 ton Norwegian built oak vessel with a semi diesel engine, will reach New York in August to carry the Alpha type low wing monoplane awaiting shipment. He plans a nine man crew and nine personnel, including a Canadian pilot skilled with skees for ice landings.
Front Royal residents and visitors are listed with weekend trips to Washington and Charles Town. Mrs. Bruce Wood resigns from the Town Manager's office and moves to Flint Hill. Weddings and social events include showers for Miss Louise Shirey and Miss Mary Lee Duncan.
In Richmond on June 3 the State Corporation Commission heard charges that the Graig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative line would cause interference with the New Castle Telephone Company service. Attorneys debated who should pay for upgrading lines and whether the cooperative should delay turning on current pending decision. Observers from the REA and a private power company attended the hearing as both sides sought a compromise.
Richmond reports Private William Bennett Jones of the Confederate States Army turned 103 yesterday, marking his birth anniversary as the U D C plans a party at the Soldiers Home. Born June 2, 1835 in New Orleans, Jones enlisted in 1861 and moved to the home in 1926.
Joseph C. Smith, suspended last week as HOLC field representative in Norfolk Virginia, was reinstated after a HOLC hearing found no substantial proof of political activity against him. HOLC manager Charles A. Jones declined to name the charges’ proposers.
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