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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1938
Page
10
Officials opened an investigation into a mine blast that killed several workers on April 2. Commissioner Thomas Morton traveled to the site in Virginia to oversee the inquiry with federal cooperation. Investigators cited an unapproved surface blasting method as the cause.
Ab ram Butler Jr. began a service rehearsal when a startled cat caused chaos inside the organ. The trapped feline and five kittens prompted the SPCA to remove part of the instrument to rescue them.
Wedding notices printed by Star Job Print announce forthcoming nuptials. Short notices list couple names and venue details while inviting friends and family to join in celebration.
A humorous Will Rogers anecdote notes a Wisconsin country school teacher pressing hygiene lessons on tooth-brushing. In reply a student says her father buys a brush for the family and enforces daily use, highlighting parental zeal over classroom teaching.
In Kentucky notes a gaunt sick youth named Eugene O Neill fights tuberculosis while writing a play about his gal in Cardiff. He battles the bug and seizes the chance after earning early recognition for Anna Christie and later works. The piece motivates readers facing odds to persevere.
In Richmond on May 10 Judge Julien Gunn considered Consolvo and Cheshire Inc petition for an injunction against the state liquor board to stop its ban on outdoor liquor advertising. The firm argues the act regulates liquor not advertising and cites the 14th amendment.
Norfolk May 10. The new aircraft carrier Enterprise will be placed in commission at Norfolk naval operating base Thursday morning at 11 oclock. Rear Admiral Frank H Brumby commandant Fifth Navy district will accept the ship from builders Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
The ship, property of the navy, will be placed in commission by orders read from the navy department. Admiral Brumby will oversee and Capt. Newton H. White will receive command. About 1800 officers and men will line the decks during ceremonies as the Enterprise heads to the naval base with a skeleton crew aboard for the transfer.
At Utrecht May 10 a world church conference opened with an appeal to bury differences and unite for a World Council of Churches. Dr. John R. Mott of New York urged cooperation, warning of wars and widespread suffering amid mounting international tensions.
Harold Bacon 35 died by a gunshot in Clifton Arir after asking an undertaker about shipping a coffin to San Diego California. A coroners jury determined the death was a personal safety related incident and his body was sent home to San Diego by his mother.
The T B Movie shown to thousands across 82 counties in 11 cities highlights Behind the Shadows and a Shenandoah National Park piece. Funded in May 1937 by Frances Branch Scott’s relatives, the portable projector aids tuberculosis control and prevention in schools and community groups statewide.
Seatt le May 10 De Casto Earl Mayer 43 year old life term convict today repudiated his two day old confession of the James Eugene Bassett slaying but said he would take the rap to save his mother Mayer brought here from the state prison at Walla Walla was not allowed to see his mother Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith 172 whose statement that her son killed Bassett here 10 years ago preceded the admission of guilt Mayer gave Pri a Warden J M McCauley Saturday
Alice Brady Charles Winninger and Tom Brown star in Goodbye Broadway at Hable's Palace Theatre for the last time tonight. The season's top laughs unfold in a screen riot with a Fox News reel and a novelty feature accompanying the program.
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