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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1938

Page

2

Heroes Of Gridiron To Play Fourth Reed's Drug Co

Reed's Drug Company of Washington aims for its fourth consecutive win as it visits Winchester Park for a Sunday game at 3 o'clock. Washington athletes Cliff Battle Charles Malone and Riley Smith join Dr Pepper Club players for Monday events with Johnson and his sons expected to appear. Children receive 300 free tickets donated by local service clubs.

Reed's Drug Company of Washington Winchester Park Washington Walter Johnson Dr. Pepper Cliff Battle Charles Malone Riley Smith Redskin Steele Lymans Gorman Johnson Knapley Battles Malone Gichner Smith

Roosevelt Declares Good Neighbor Policy At World’s Fair

President Roosevelt on the World’s Fair grounds frames the good neighbor policy as a path to peace and cooperation beyond the Americas. He calls for extending hemispheric goodwill to resolve global tensions and notes trade and cultural exchange as key components.

New York Roosevelt

Elwood Williams Aims For National Marble Title At Wildwood

Elwood Williams, Winchester district marble champion, reports from Wildwood that he is enjoying the national tournament and intends to win. He travels with Mr and Mrs Otis Sargent and is supported by The Winchester Evening Star which arranged his trip. Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Williams of 806 South Cameron Street and Handley High student, has not been eliminated yet.

Elwood Williams Wildwood Elwood Otis Snag) Sargent Winchester Frederick Clarke Winchester Evening Star The Star Russell Williams South Cameron Street Handley High School

China Admits Defense Line Yields to Japanese Yangtze Advance

Chinese authorities said the Matowchen defense system was giving way as Japan pushed toward Hankow with main forces withdrawn to hills between Matowchen and Pengtseh. Flooding rains intensified river danger while Chinese recaptured positions near the boom and both sides’ air forces operated amid rain and fog.

Shanghai Japan Yangtze River Hankow China Matowchen Pengtseh Yangtze Kiukiang

Lampooning Of Hitler In Song Brings Protest

Prague reports no confirmation of a German protest over youths in Brno singing songs lampooning Adolf Hitler. Official circles in Czechoslovakia could not verify the DNB claim of a sharp protest by Germany regarding school performances in Moravia's capital.

Hitler Praha DNB Germany Adolf Hitler Brno Moravia

Child Dies From Rattlesnake Bite in Maryland

Cumberland Md June 30 Wanda Casner ten year old daughter of H H and Pearl Casner of Green Spring Valley West Virginia fifteen miles below Cumberland was bitten by a rattlesnake yesterday afternoon while picking berries with other children. She died this morning despite serum administered by three physicians.

Cumberland Wanda H. H Pearl Casner Green Spring Valley W. Va

Two WPA Agents Punished for Political Coercion in Kentucky

Washington June 30 WPA head Harry Hopkins announced two Kentucky WPA workers were punished for political coercion. Lee Carden and Cleve Keeney faced swift action after evidence showed Carden distributed registration cards and Keeney urged subordinates to support Barkley. Goodolan to take punitive steps.

Washington Harry Hopkins WPA Kentucky Hopkins Alben W. Barkley A. B. Chandler Lee Carden Edmonson County Cleve Keeney Pulaski County Carden

McCormick Search All But Hopeless

The hunt for Medill McCormick, missing heir to a Chicago publishing fortune, continued stubbornly yet with dwindling hope as rescuers comb the Sandia foothills eight days after he vanished. His sister Mrs. Cortland Barnes of New York stated the search will go on but with reduced forces.

Albuquerque N.M Medill McCormick Chicago Sandia

Love Strike Moves Him Out At Irvington Mansion

Mrs. Hedi Heusser, a red haired divorcee, maintains a sit-in at Rollo Blanchard’s Irvington N Y mansion while he refuses to marry her. Blanchard, now aboard his yacht, says he will not oust her nor admit a marriage promise. Central Press reports.

Hedi Heusser Rollo Blanchard Irvington N. Y Center William Cunningham Blanchard

Sunset Concerts Along Potomac Returns With NSO

The National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D C revives Sunset Symphonies from July 10 to August 17 at the Watergate near the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Hans Kindler conducting July 10 13 and August 17. Guest conductors include Rudolph Ganz Victor Kolar Ferde Grofe Reginald Stewart Willem van Hookstraten and a composers concert on August 7. The open air concerts use a steel Navy barge acoustical stage moored on the Potomac and are presented with National Park Service cooperation.

Potomac River National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D. C Hans Kindler National Symphony Kindler National Symphony Orchestra Association Watergate Lincoln Memorial National Park Service Ferde Grofe Reginald Stewart Toronto Willem van Hookstrated New York Philharmonic Symphony Lewisohn Stadium United States Potomac Arlington Memorial Bridge

Methodists Begin Joint Meet to Plan Unification

Evanston Illinois June 30 Leaders from the three branches of Methodism meet for a two day session of the commission on inter denominational relations and church union about 75 churchmen attend from the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will appoint committees to work out unification details The consolidation unlikely to be completed before 1942 and would unite about 8 000 000 members.

Evanston Ill United States Commission On Inter-Denominational Relations Methodist Episcopal Church South Methodist Protestant Church Edwin Holt Hughes Washington, D. C Methodist Church

Martin To Head Stock Exchange At 48000 Salary

William McC Martin, 31, was chosen as the NYSE's first salaried president, resigning his chairmanship and divesting other interests to meet the new constitution. His annual pay will be 48000 dollars, and he will transfer his NYSE membership and his stake in A G Edwards and Sons.

New York William McC. Martin New York Stock Exchange Wall Street Martin The Stock Exchange St. Louis A. G. Edwards and Sons

Kiwanis Vote Funds for Scouts and Pool Project

Kiwanis Club approved allocations to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for camp expenses totaling 60, with 50 toward rehabilitating the American Legion pool. Ten dollars funded baseball tickets for children to see Walter Johnson on July Fourth. Walter Johnson visit planned with Arlington trip to follow.

Boy Scouts Walter Johnson Kiwanis Club Kiwanis International California Girl Scout Organization American Legion Hear McVicar Charles P. McVicar

All Day Fourth of July Services at Mission Church

Rev. J. S. Shade announces annual all day Fourth of July services at Pentecostal Mission 113 South Cameron with 11 am 2 30 pm and 8 pm services. Visiting preachers from West Virginia Virginia and Maryland will attend and a free noon dinner for out of town visitors will be served. Excavation has begun for a new church on South Brad dock street costing 4500 dollars.

J. S. Shade Pentecostal South Cameron Street West Virginia Virginia Maryland Shade Braddock Street

New Paint Trial For City Parking Zones

The city tests a new paint for marking restricted parking areas side by side with the old brand to observe potential superiority. Observers will compare durability visibility and longevity in real use.

Ex-Chancellor Held By Nazis As Not Wedded

Vienna reports Joseph Buerckel, high commissioner for annexed Austria, declared that the Nazi regime has not wed the former chancellor to any political outcome. The statement comments on alleged loyalties and stance within the regime.

Vienna Joseph Buerckel Austria

Austrian Chancellor Not Married Says Jaurckel

In a conference with reporters, Jaurckel argued that Kurt Schuschnig would not receive special privileges while under arrest, noting that even if he were married such liberties would not be granted like those for others in custody.

Kurt Schuschnige Jaurckel

Pope Plea for Mercy in Bombing China

Vatican reports Pope Pius appeals to Japan to spare civilians during air raids in China. Representations made through Monsignor Paolo Marella in Tokyo, which acknowledged receipt and said it would be treated with consideration and deference.

Gandolfo Italy Vatican Pius China Tokyo Paolo Marella

Rail Workers See Picture Of Gloom Sketched

Chicago June 30 Railroad management warned trainmen that a 15 percent wage cut is needed as railroad net earnings fell by more than 70 percent while average monthly earnings of trainmen rose 16 percent H A Knochs chairman of the carriers joint conference committee outlined a bleak financial picture at a meeting with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen representatives.

Chicago H. A. Knochs Carriers’ Joint Conference Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Storm Sewer Work To Start Soon In Winchester

City workers have nearly finished sanitary sewer work on North Cameron Street as crews relocate an old line to a lower level. The project cost about $8,000 with $2,500 city share and the remainder covered by the WPA. Storm sewer work will follow at the Robinson Cold Storage Plant, funded by the city with a $2,500 appropriation.

Cameron Street Gibbons Street WPA Robinson City of Winchester Commnon Council

Ickes dodges question on spending officers urging candidates

Secretary Ickes refused to discuss whether spending officers may urge political support. He deflected remarks attributed to Aubrey Williams and joked about being a lame duck, offering no comment on officers' conduct or ethics.

Washington Ickes Aubrey Williams Works Progress

Elms Treated Against Insects Citywide and Private Property

The Chinese and Siberian elms along streets and on private properties were sprayed today after earlier park commission plans. Private trees received treatment for a nominal fee to combat insect attacks.

Park Commission

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Reed Heroes of Gridiron Frederick, Maryland Marbles Henkow E. Boscawen St John W. Rosenberger & Co South Braddock Winchester Furniture Co South Main St Methodist Exchange Ioner of Harry W. Ebert E. E. Harbaugh R. B. Brown Arthur Robinson George Snarr E. B. Cooper Good Fellowship Arlington County Club Arlington Kiwanis Mission Church Ofuly Srey | Ae Martinsburg Hagerstown, Md Baltimore, Md Harrisburg, Pa Uniontown, Pa N. Braddock St Pittsburg Pope North Cameron Dack
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