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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1938
Page
3
In Rockville Maryland James Albert Turner 25 faced a life trial on a charge of criminally assaulting a 12 year old white girl alleged to have occurred May 31 as she walked to her school bus. Police say Turner beat her with a rock and left her for dead. He has been kept in Baltimore jail under heavy guard after arraignment.
Washington dispatch notes the hat in the ring metaphor across U S politics. It cites varied expressions from politicians to the public and even a former Japanese ambassador who tossed his hat into Chesapeake Bay, illustrating campaign symbolism and humor in the election year.
The Copenhagen city court may handle a separation suit by American heiress Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow against Count Count Haugwitz Reventlov. Danish law allows separation but not divorce before two and a half years unless infidelity or cruelty is shown.
Chicago market notes show yearling steers and heifers strong to higher, hogs steady to mostly lower, cattle active with weights and loads near top quotes, and sheep with old crop lambs weak to lower yet overall quiet. Philadelphia reports live poultry steady, eggs steady, butter unchanged, with midday prices unchanged.
Police fired 12 shots during an 80 mile an hour chase of a stolen automobile in Baltimore. Six occupants fled. three Negro youths were later picked up for questioning. Three shots hit the fleeing car but did not stop it.
Stock activity opened weak then edged higher as buying emerged but turnover remained light at about 1.2 million shares. Santa Fe deferred interest on bonds and reduced a semi annual dividend, while other carriers ran slightly behind. Bond and commodity trading hovered in an irregular range as markets awaited government stimulus.
Chicago reports June 28 show wheat prices easing amid favorable rains in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Declines reached up to 2 cents in Winnipeg and 1 1/2 cents in Chicago with July wheat at 75 1/2 to 5/8 dates, other contracts listed. Cash grain values include No 4 red at 72 1/2 and No 3 red offerings in the market.
The Wines Col Cokin locals won the Bi-State match with a 61 score. Alexandria 3914 points, Martinsburg 46, Purcellville 3342. Winchester remains third with one match left before finals. Standings show Alexandria 157, Martinsburg 155, Winchester 4. Carl Campbell, after Ryden and Hill joined, sits fifth as Sunday swept nine points. Team points list Laurie Hill, Roy Ryden, Fred Read Jr, Donald Weems, Carl Campbell, Lester Arnold, Clarke Cooper, Raymond Kerlin, and R. C. Grimm with top scores and positions.
The Brazilian school ship Almirante Saldanha docked at the Washington Navy Yard at 10 30 a m EST. The vessel exchanged salutes with shore batteries and was towed to the dock by a US Navy tug while a Navy plane circled overhead and cadets stood at attention along the deck.
Prices for corn and oats by grade with No 1 mixed at 98 and No 1 yellow at 58 to 59 cents. Wheat No 2 red winter garlicky spot domestic 78 cents. Winchester market lists wheat at 74 cents and corn at 65 cents per bushel. deliveries at mill basis.
Shanghai dispatch reports a Chinese pilot in a burning bomb-laden plane dove onto a Japanese gunboat on the Yangtze, sinking the vessel while damaging others and destroying six Japanese warplanes in air attacks. The act is hailed as a heroic sacrifice amid broad war fatigue and regional skirmishes near Shanghai.
The Cooper Union building, famed for Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 speech, receives its first renovation since 1859. A walnut veneer and 1938 suction fans are added but pilot Adolph Paar notes the lift still carries only 21 passengers after 35 years.
The Barcelona government indicated there was no immediate danger regarding its threatening stance toward Gibraltar, suggesting the situation showed no urgent risk at that moment.
A Spanish government note praised a neutral commission to investigate air raids on unfortified Spanish cities and delay reprisals until assesses of the plan. Britain supported Barcelona's fortay formation of the commission a Swede a Norwegian and a Briton to determine if military objectives justify raids and report findings to the world.
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