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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1939
Page
4
A reader may obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC and enclosing three cents for a reply. The notice explains a service to provide ANS.ERS TO QUESTIONS.
The Virginia Governor appoints N Clarence Smith of Bluefield as chairman of the State Conservation Commission to succeed Wilbur C Hall of Leesburg. Observers note party allegiance influenced the move, while praising Smith as capable and rising in public service. The shift reflects factional realignment within the Virginia Democratic party and the governor placing loyalists in key posts.
Abram P. Staples issued an opinion saying section 128 of the state tax code is unconstitutional and violates the Virginia constitution by delaying collection of poll tax and discriminating against licensed occupations. Hodges and Morrissett seek to take the issue to the State Court of Appeals, whose ruling will be final.
A. H. Pettigrew state highway right of way engineer urged closer cooperation among the National Park Service the Interior Department and the Bureau of Public Roads with Virginia authorities to hasten Blue Ridge Parkway surveys rights of way and construction. He said federal delays hinder progress while editor William B. Smith of the Roanoke World News voices similar criticism and calls sustained public pressure.
A bill in the Pennsylvania state senate seeks to ban child marriages and marriages involving intoxicated or mentally unfit individuals. It would require physician or laboratory director certificates that both parties are free from tuberculosis, gonorrhea, or syphilis, with false swearing punishable by a 100 dollar fine.
The London Times notes Dr. Schacht’s dismissal as Reichsbank president came as a surprise. Herr Funk succeeds him, viewed as pro bureaucratic controls over industry, heightening unease among capitalists who once funded Hitler and now see socialist controls tightening around them.
Barr Coble and Weaver are the only Democratic candidates for three city council vacancies in the second ward. A legislative and education uproar surrounds Hagg and Waddell's book Alcohol in Moderation and Excess. Charles Harper and Burr P Harrison join the Handley Trustees Board.
Five years ago Mrs. Eva Ashby Gray, formerly Eva Ashby, died at her Courtfield Avenue home from paralysis. The Rouss Fire Company honors William C. Haines, retiring as sick committee chairman. President Roosevelt calls on industry to boost prosperity with higher wages and shorter hours.
Ten years after their nomination Herbert Hoover and Vice President Custis take office in Washington. Godfrey O Miller a Winchester druggist dies at 71. Harry Johnston fatally stabs Frank Blair in view here. U S Government says it will not supply arms to Mexico.
The 1939 International Year Book lists 48 U S tabloid or small format newspapers. The piece also notes Navy chaplains require degrees seminary ordination age limit and citizenship. and other quick facts on landmarks and laws.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises EVERYBODY'S SONG BOOK as a popular school collection for voice and piano. It claims 205 songs, complete indexing, durable paper binding, postpaid twenty cents, with a coupon to request a copy from the Information Bureau in Washington, D C.
Twenty five years ago the Cumberland Valley line began using the first all steel passenger train coaches between this city and Harrisburg Pennsylvania. President Wilson urged repeal of the law exempting American ships from tolls in the Panama Canal. Ernest Whitacre was honored at a Siler Virginia birthday party on his twenty first birthday.
Forty years ago a set of solid silver teaspoons donated by Ralph Savage was auctioned at the Union Fire Company bazaar. Joe Leafe led the singing at the Shawnee Tribe No. 2 Imperial Order of Red Men annual sermon. Frederick county seen a heated Democratic nomination fight at a delegated convention. Hable found over two and a half feet of water in his cellar at Main and Water streets, blamed on town runoff or a spring.
A bank cashier notes two approaches to handling a customer waiting for a branch manager. The polite method keeps the customer informed, seats them, and provides a newspaper. The harsh method asserts authority, alienates patrons, and damages the bank’s image. The piece urges using diplomacy to win trust and improve friendships, happiness, and prestige.
Richard Witherspoon faces police pressure as Chief Ellis suspects grandmother’s death was murder. Daphne Witherspoon confronts the chief while MacIntyre warns against false arrest and presses for truth as tension rises.
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