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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
8
Washington reports advance in air defense with new detection devices using radio, infrared, and synchronized searchlights. Tests show anti-aircraft fire lags planes by miles, while substratosphere planes fly 50 to 75 mph faster at altitude. Ground forces may locate aircraft instantly, and seven mile ceilings expand intercept reach.
A readable reminiscence praises a working preacher named Monday in Oklahoma. Describing Monday as faithful, capable, and clever, the narrator likens him to a second Father Duffy and notes his blend of preaching with farming work and collection duties. He humorously claims he never takes sermon notes, trusting instinct over the Devil.
In the Clerk's Office of Frederick County Circuit Court on June 10 1938 Martha Hopewell Gordon files for an absolute divorce from Robert Gordon on grounds of desertion over two years. Defendant to answer within fifteen days, notice to be published weekly for four weeks in Evening Star Winchester and posted at courthouse, copies mailed to defendant.
President Roosevelt used a radio fireside chat to urge voters to back liberal candidates in upcoming primaries and said he could intervene in Democratic party contests where a clear liberal versus conservative choice exists. He defended actions on wage laws crop control and court reform while warning against yes but types and fascist tendencies.
Hayfield Fredericksburg area reports farmers harvesting western Frederick wheat with favorable weather. Harvest will extend into next week due to uneven ripening from late planting. Outlook for a good yield, likely above last year’s 14 bushels. alfalfa first cutting stored, second soon. clover and timothy hay under average.
Washington June 24 rail labor and management will meet in Chicago June 28 for a preliminary discussion of arrangements for a conference on a proposed 15 per cent wage cut. The railway labor executives association notified the railroad employers that wage negotiations on individual lines were not completed and the employers would not be ready to confer before July 20.
Dr Givens urged testing and state regulation of poultry remedies before sale to ensure efficacy. He proposed higher fees to fund a Virginia Tech laboratory. The conference condemned monovalent and poly cholera-typhoid bacterias as ineffective and costly, urging sanitary controls instead. Virginia efforts include blood tests and sanitation reducing debility in Virginia brown baby chicks.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall ending yesterday at 5 pm zero. June to date 2.42 inches and year to date 14.29 inches. 25 year averages (1913-37) by month: January 2.53, February 2.00, March 2.95, April 3.25, May 3.60, June 3.63, July 3.37, August 3.77, September 2.36, October 3.21, November 2.30, December 2.33. Average annual rainfall in that period 35.36 inches.
A Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offer promotes The Haskin Quiz Book a collection of 750 questions and answers on varied subjects. Readers are invited to send ten cents with a coupon to Frederic J. Haskin director in Washington DC to receive a copy.
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