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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces editor HH. F. Byrd Jr and printing at the Winchester post office as a second class matter. The paper is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with subscription rates listed.
Public employees in Sacramento rate their own efficiency under a system praised by the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada. The process begins with employees self-evaluating, then supervisors, and finally department heads assign ratings to reveal performance and encourage self assessment.
A course by the International City Managers Association and the Institute for Training In Municipal Administration trains active public officials in crime prevention methods. More than 260 students are enrolled, including 227 public officials. The study urges cooperation with schools welfare health agencies and youth organizations and treats detention as harmful when possible.
A New York jury acquits 16 year old Donald Carroll Jr of causing the death of 18 year old Charlotte Matthiesen amid a pregnancy scare. The piece argues for compulsory sex education in homes and schools and urges parents to provide frank information to their children to prevent future tragedies.
The Danville Register recalls W H Langhorne known as Buck a beloved Virginia figure and brother of Lady Astor. He died after a long illness. He was a loyal friend to many across Virginia valued as a true Virginia Gentleman.
W L Hammersley of the Virginia Rural Letter Carriers Association cites 835 carriers traveling 33 456 miles daily on Virginia roads. Annual gasoline use reaches 1 268 450 gallons with 76 107 dollars in state and federal taxes paid by carriers. Mud taxes and higher repair costs dominate the burden as rural routes rely on unimproved roads.
Board of Supervisors of Frederick County moves to ban beer sales on Sundays across the county. Allen B. Gray resigns as chairman of the city Electrical Board to pursue the office of commissioner of revenue. Reverend G E Owen resigns from the Church of Christ to study divinity in Chicago. Thelma Courtney and Rebecca Pifer host a swimming party.
Grover Rose remains at home with a broken ankle after being struck by a car. Nine days into recovery, Jimmy Mattern commences a major aviation leg from Siberia toward the United States on a near final stretch of his round the world flight. Miss Madeline Whitlock and Mr Hoye Riley wed at Braddock Street M E Church in the evening. An expert horticulturist reports the recent apple export season yielded little profit due to market conditions abroad.
Ten years ago discussions on farm relief dominated the Republican National convention in Kansas City. The Rev J M Carr is ordained pastor of Berryville Presbyterian Church. The Winchester S P G A reports many homeless animals needing homes. Y M C A prospects improve as national office officials plan a visit.
Miss Nannie Adelaide Nelson of Long Branch Clarke county will marry Preston Huidekoper. An annual memorial day pilgrimage to the graves of John Kerr and Van Fossen is conducted by local school children. Winchester Gun Club hosts the annual early summer shooting meet of the state organization winning second grand prize. Rev Frank Stringfellow Confederate scout dies at his home in Lindsay Va.
David E. Cather is the sole graduate at S. V. A. finals among 75. A two horse team belonging to John Carper is frightened by a train and tears down Piccadilly street. Lena Gore and Augusta Foster receive diplomas from Fairfax Hall. The water department works to locate a leak in the south end line reducing pressure.
A reader quiz covers ancient theater tesserae tokens, first magazine title, Toscanini memory, sugar calories, Vassar Daisy Chain selection, Pan American routes, air purification group, press in Nationalist Spain, War Admiral and Seabiscuit sizes, anhedonia, Lisa Sergio, songs becoming hits, Hearst and Brisbane quote, gold toothpicks in antiquity, train trespassers, fairy tale market, American Legion in Radio City, Man o War progeny earnings, Dante burial, Millet quote, sugar grain counts per pound.
A quiet faction of 28 Democratic senators have told Vice President Garner they want him as the party’s next president and will actively support him. Some put total backing at 36, with Garner reportedly receptive and signaling possible to run, amid crosswinds from New Deal left wing critics and Roosevelt aides.
The piece notes the forthcoming regular stamp featuring a portrait and the nine cent stamp already in use. It references Scott’s Scrap Book by R.J. Scott Jefferson and cites copyright 1938 with a nod to King F.
Garry, held with a baby and a gang after a payoff, plans to seize the child during a lockout. He poisons coffee to delay a pursuit, escapes to the hill with the infant, and hopes to vanish before pursuers close in as Natalie, Barbara, and the police close in on clues.
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