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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1938
Page
3
Present and past rainfall totals for 24 hours ending July 7 show inches of precipitation for each month from Tan to Dec. For 25 year ca 1913 27 the average annual rainfall is 35.36 inches. Data supplied by the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Former German Emperor Wilhelm gave the Hohenzollern blessing to the marriage of his grandson Prince Louis Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Kyra Romanoff at Doorn. The ceremony united the two houses postwar exile, with notable guests including Crown Prince Juliana and Prince Bernhard as Doorn TV crews and police secured access to the palace grounds. The couple’s world honeymoon will include a stay in the United States where the groom once worked in a Detroit auto plant.
In the British House of Commons Major Henry Adam accuses Japanese exporters of sharp trade practices by sending cotton shirts with long tails to bypass Malay States import quotas. Secretary for Colonies William G. A. Ormsby-Gore says reports have appeared in the press and confirms local critics are taking steps to address the issue.
A special service is planned for the South End Hose Company next Sunday at 8 o clock in the auditorium of their building. Rev. S. J. Goode will lead with all members and friends invited. The Gore quartet will perform. old time hymns and responsive readings will follow in a season of worship.
In Houston Enrique Planes told the jury he preferred prison to release with $50 and marriage prospects after 13 years with his sweetheart. He expected a two year term but received 42 years.
Premier Benito Mussolini symbolically bites an apple to commemorate the dedicatory of Pomezia the last town built on reclaimed Pontina marshland. The scene frames Pomezia as a potential hub for an apple growing country and a thriving agricultural center.
A scrambled list of crossword clues with numbers and partial phrases including references to Ithaca a town in Alaska and various down clues. The text shows inconsistencies and garbled phrases but indicates a standard puzzle grid with across and down hints and an instruction to answer the previous puzzle.
Miss Martha Brent Burruss hosts a teachers picnic at Maple Hill. Various locals and visitors attend events, bridge clubs meet, and charity happenings include a St Elizabeth Guild card party at the Hotel Royal and a Girl Scouts rummage sale. Community and church groups schedule meetings and visits through May 9 to 14.
Dean Carl Ackerman of Columbia lauded William Allen White as a 1923 Pulitzer Prize winner at the journalism school's silver jubilee banquet. A managing editor in Emporia sharply challenged the claim, noting it referenced 1924 instead.
Twin girls born Tuesday to Mrs Thelne Murray in suburban Dear Beth. The second set in 17 months, the babies weigh five pounds and slightly more. Mrs Murray said they hoped for boys but are happy with twins. Marilyn and Evelyn were the first pair born December 20, 1936, with two older children, a boy.
Regular mid week prayer services will be held at Grace Lutheran Church this evening at 7 30 o clock announced today by Rev C W Lowe pastor The topic Three S Why will be the sermon Miss Cathleen McCartney will be the pianist Andrew Babb the soloist Public is invited.
A meeting of Modern Woodmen of America Camp No. 15 will be held tomorrow evening at g o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall on East Boscawen Street. A number of new members will be initiated.
Harold Brown a Winchester banker spoke at the Strasburg Rotary Club meeting about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protecting deposits up to 5000 dollars. Other guests included J Pinckney Arthur from the Winchester Club Peyton J Marshall of Winchester C V Shoemaker Shenandoah schools division 2 superintendent Dave of Woodstock and local clergy.
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