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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
10
Master Gardener outlines essential lawn setup steps. Ensure drainage or install tiling, test soil condition, adjust texture with sand or humus, and cultivate loose, deep soil. Apply a balanced plant food after soil prep and seed bed readiness, using a spreader or hand methods, at four pounds per hundred square feet. Use good seed from reputable sources and tailor mixtures for shade and sandy soils.
Dear Miss Chatfield addresses a wife living with her husband and his parents who control finances and car access. The columnist calls the husband possessive of his family and urges tact to cope, or separation from the in-laws, while noting the wife’s lack of independence. Readers are invited to send letters for discussion.
New York March 1 The Conclave of Cardinals决定 sets a historic radio push with NBC CBS and WJZ plans to carry Vatican broadcasts from the decision through the pope s first balcony appearance and coronation over multiple daily time slots with scheduled programs and forthcoming coverage.
Cleveland March 1 Capt E E Swede Larson Navy's new gridiron coach says Cleveland Stadium is a suitable site to bury Notre Dame's 1939 championship hopes. He jokes Notre Dame coach Elmer Layden might object but adds a nicer plant to be beaten in. Layden and Notre Dame athletic manager Arthur Haley plan to confer with Commander Ward Davis of the Naval Academy and Larson.
Magistrate Gasper J. Liota dismissed disorderly conduct charges against a woman found in a patrol car at 4 a m. He ruled she had a right to use the police radio car as a refuge after a quarrel with her husband she said she had no place to go and would not leave.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate limits on Army expansion in a Senate near vote while the Banking Committee weighs FHA extension. Naval hearings target a 48 million dollar base bill as Perkins faces questions on federal agency consolidation. House focus covers TVA census New England hurricane aid and industrialist testimony on Social Security.
Lawmakers discuss sympathy gifts for ill members with a $5 cap on flowers. An amendment lowers to $3 per member. Rep Bascom Coker moves to drop flowers for letter writing. Rep Malcolm Baucum is ruled out of order after proposing penny postcards.
Trustee to offer at public auction in Winchester on March 11 1939 a 15 acre tract Southeast of Stephens City Virginia with a frame dwelling and outbuildings. Sold by Joseph Reizenstein and wife, deed dated April 30 1932, terms: one third cash, rest in two yearly installments with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance.
Blacksburg Virginia March 1 old bark scraping to curb cooling moth pests shows branches harbor most worms. Woodside reports in a study of 16 trees finding 73 percent of worms on branches of unbanded trees. bands trap worms but branches still drive infestations.
London reports Britain boosts 1939 40 naval estimates to 153 666 681 pounds to strengthen empire defenses. The prior year 1938 39 stood at 123 707 000 pounds. Earl of Stanhope notes defenses in Australia South Africa Canada and Hong Kong.
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