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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
4
Col F W Wamsley of Charleston DC in 1898 donated a snake collection to Philadelphia. The city presented him a life-time pass for the first week of visits, when he and Mrs Wamsley arrived. The pass saved him 50 cents.
Six of seven Democratic nominees for governor lieutenant governor and attorney general rallied in Richmond with speeches reiterating campaign stances. Vivion Page Saxon Holt A P Staples John Galleher addressed issues like nine month school terms old age pensions and social security while James H Price spoke at another city meeting.
LURAY VA June 11 R Dovel secretary of the state Republican committee said the committee would meet at Charlottesville July 10 to discuss calling a state convention to nominate candidates for state offices. Dovel said J Kenneth Bradley national chairman of the Young Republican Clubs would address the group.
J. B. Wolf of Charlottesville, traffic manager for Virginia Stage Lines, announced in Winchester that the company now operates the Winchester to Fredericksburg route. Fares are cut and service will double to two daily runs with new buses.
The speaker gave warm greetings to attendees and expressed willingness to discuss issues later, signaling continued engagement and an open channel for dialogue.
The Security Board reports rising old age benefits claims with Cumberland office handling 30 claims and regional totals averaging 18 daily in Region IV. The board aims to ease procedures by accepting signed physician or undertaker statements in place of death certificates to reduce claimant costs. It notes most benefits go to workers 65 plus or estates, with a higher share of payments in New York and many in small establishments.
A new portrait shows Ethel duPont, a Greenville Delaware socialite, ahead of her private June 30 wedding to Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. The ceremony will be limited to officially invited guests and take place in her garden among rhododendrons. Central Press.
Woodstock dispatch says Pennsylvania has amended its cattle shipment ban from Virginia for dairy or breeding purposes as all Virginia counties have not complied with the previous ruling.
A New York hospital visit turns into a humorous tale as a visitor asks about anesthesia and operations while the staff, amused, plans ether to fund a new wing. The man insists the purpose is serious and seeks the removal of a porus plaster from his back.
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