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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1938
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co publishes a daily edition in Winchester Virginia excluding Sundays and lists subscription rates.
The National Dairy Products Corporation said in a stockholders’ statement that in 1937 it filed 11 115 tax reports, averaging one every 15 minutes of every business day. Total reports reached 75 000, with taxes this year running 23 percent higher than 1937.
Dr. A. Goldberg, secretary of the Social Hygiene Committee, cites 2 538 758 dollars in direct hospital and clinical costs for syphilis and gonorrhea in the past year. The New York Times argues this reflects limited progress and urges organized education, public posters, and social agencies to create the proper atmosphere for eradication.
The government describes a normal crop as one where every tree and branch bears every possible apple. Last year nearly reached that condition and this year reports indicate a crop at about 55 percent of normal.
The Philadelphia Record comments on a reform plan for a midwest penitentiary with no walls or guards, relying on prisoners to monitor each other. Sing Sing hosts travel talks by Richard Whitney, an inmate serving for grand larceny, using slides to show distant places.
A 32-year-old New York cab driver Eugene W Casey, who received city relief of 49.10 while ill, writes to the city treasurer detailing his experience and gratitude, highlighting lessons in Americanism from his act of generosity.
A man asks how to repay relief funds, saying he is cutting his cab on the street. He cites upbringing in South Carolina and explains the repayment idea as part of his values. Newspapers interview Eugene Casey and his wife Cora L. Casey to understand the motive.
Mississippi holds a $5 million state cash surplus while 82 counties struggle to raise funds. A six year old sales tax brings in about $12.5 million biennially, prompting lawmakers to seek ways to lift county finances and reduce the burden of debt interest.
German and Italian papers mock American democracy accusing the United States of kidnapping, selling planes to Japan, unemployment, and wheat overproduction. The piece notes such attacks sting but American defenses would barely reach German readers, highlighting media divides.
A reader quiz covers a murre egg shape, Phi Beta Kappa, Postmaster General Farley’s height and weight, the McIntosh apple origin, the Communist pledge, iodine discovery, Ruth Roland, Henry Frick, David Harum’s Do unto, unemployment among women, Hitler’s retreat, a fireproofing chemical, Pennsylvania Dutch language, helium purchase rules, and Lafayette’s citizenship via Maryland law.
The newly formed Northern Virginia chapters of the University of Richmond alumni choose Rev. E. T. Clark as its first president. Joe Flickinger is named best all around camper at a Red Cross aquatic school in Annapolis. Mary Pickford and Charles Buddy Rogers wed in a Hollywood garden. The fall apple crop forecast by the U S Economics Bureau suggests lower prices for the region.
The 9 year old Front Royal boy George Greenwalt is killed when a glass bottle filled with powder explodes. Winchester citizens move to improve the road between the town and Millwood. Wheat for May delivery climbs to 1.06 per bushel in Chicago. The board rises seven cents after Monday’s spike. Jack Sharkey vows to defend his heavyweight title against Primo Carnera, the era’s largest challenger.
Ten years ago a tight vote approved a bond issue to fund a water supply for Stephens City by a margin of six votes in a special election. A new four plane hanger is planned at the local airport, aiming to be the valley’s most modem facility. The Winchester Concert Band opened its season before a capacity crowd as Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas was floated as a potential Democratic vice presidential nominee.
City Council deadlocked over electing a Handley Fund Board trustee to succeed the late Dr Love. Rehearsals for the wedding of Louise Miller and William McKay at the bride’s parental home. Excavation begins for a $30 000 theatre at Rouss and Cameron as Rev William Smith urges local support for baseball.
Forty years ago Joe H. Harris launches a new eatery in the same building as The Star with seafood as a specialty. L. J. Barr G. F. Baker George Woodward Glover Stephens and George and Douglas Sheetz begin a bicycle trip to Washington. American troops near Santiago in Cuba expected to take the city soon. Stover Lewis remains critically ill after chlorine gas exposure at a knitting mill dye works.
The piece surveys reaction to a NLRB decision seen as expanding CIO influence across industries. It notes AFL concerns about workers losing freedom to choose agents, legal doubts about the ruling, and potential congressional changes. It highlights FBI overtime worries, REA publicity battles, and Farley’s fundraising antics.
Ellen, an American film star, urges Don Julio Montoya to rescue Bill Baron and Panda from Yaqui captors in remote Mexico. Felix cautions that Mexican authorities lack power here, and Ellen insists on going herself to aid the prisoners despite the danger.
Ellen Dale watches Felix and three Indian trailers search Montoya land for missing Bill and Panda. Indigenous workers are Yaqui foes of Mexicans. Ellen learns why tensions run deep as she aids the trackers by showing last seen locations and peering at Yaqui prisoners who signal for food.
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