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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
3
The question looms whether actors guild members should back a broader strike by craft unions targeting Hollywood studios. The industry discusses possible paths as tensions rise.
In New York on May 11 mourners gathered at the Hamburg American pier on the Hudson river for a memorial service honoring 24 Hindenburg disaster victims. The service, led by two Protestant ministers and a Catholic priest, paused the Lakehurst inquiry to allow survivors and notables to attend. Bodies will be sent to Europe aboard the Hamburg for burial, with a midnight departure expected. Guards of honor from the liner Hamburg and U S military services were named for the ceremony.
The annual training school for select state police members opened yesterday at Virginia Beach and runs through next September with multiple groups. Captain Nicholas leads the program with an expert staff. Raymond Bayliss and George Miller of Winchester are exempt due to prior technical training completed a year or so ago.
Local delegates from Harrisonburg depart for the 32nd quadrennial General Conference of the United Brethren Church in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. The session runs May 11 through May 20 with 250 US delegates and five foreign attendees. Senior Bishop H H Fout will preside.
Stanley Webster an Oneida Indian was arraigned before Municipal Judge Thomas Ryan in Appleton Wisconsin on charges of damaging property. He claimed prior court experience but the judge noted the role reversal and ordered restitution and court costs. Webster received a two months suspended jail sentence.
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie, who flew the Atlantic for King George VI's coronation, regret they cannot attend the coronation parade. They will refuel in Liverpool before returning to New York, plan to inspect their plane at Croydon, and speed coronation pictures home.
Paul Elliott, missing since last winter's robbery, was spotted in Winchester and authorities were notified. He left with his wife and children before police acted. Ohio license plate provided a clue leading Clarke County to contact Akron police, where Elliott was arrested last Thursday. Special Deputies Smallwood and Carter retrieved Elliott Friday night after he waived extradition.
Ernizmin Cody of Front Royal has joined the United States Army via the local recruiting station. He served 26 years nine months and 25 days, mostly as a noncommissioned officer and assistant veterinarian. His career included duty at Front Royal, with the Eighth Cavalry and medical detachments, latest service along the Canadian border. Sgt Frank Likar notes vacancies in Hawaii Panama Philippines and the United States.
Paul Shryock, formerly of this city now living in Baltimore, is in London for the coronation. He expects to view major events despite not having a front row seat in Westminster Abbey. His brother Wilmer F. Shryock relayed that Paul often attends large happenings and has sent copies of the London Evening Standard with the official coronation program.
Raymond Racey of Virginia Barrel Company is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital after a fall from a ladder last Friday. Doctors say his spine is injured but not critically, with recovery possibly two months or longer. Racey lives in Mount Pleasant, Frederick County.
In a chaotic incident in Dallas, Sam Hickman was shot in the right armpit during a dispute. An emergency physician rushed to the scene but found no one named Sam, later locating him at the hospital grinning and panting. He remarked he cannot wait for an ambulance when he is shot.
The report notes total aid from the Women’s Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary exceeding 622.63 with furniture awnings insulation and linoleum purchases totaling hundreds of dollars. It praises a strong nursing staff, notes group hospitalization coverage with 525 of 705 policies in good standing, and lists numerous local donations from churches schools individuals and businesses supporting the hospital.
A record of Talk forwarded to Miss Thomson with an accompanying note from Mr. Ancerson. The note reads Congratulations and mentions the record contains part of her voice for a program on the National Parm and Home.
Mr Cooper announced 57 stations carried the festival message on May 4. Senator Byrd presented Her Majesty and Captain Beardall who crowned her Queen Shenandoah XIV, inviting listeners to Winchester for the festival.
The 1936 tax report notes few changes from the special General Assembly session on 1937 tax regulations. Mr. McVicar offers to help taxpayers with questions and filing return blanks. He urges those who have not filed to avoid last minute delays due to outstanding unfiled returns.
The king awarded honors across the realm. Knights of the Garter went to the Duke of Norfolk Earl marshal, the Duke of Beaufort, and the Marquess of Exeter. Lady Astor received the Companion of Honor. Lionel Logue earned the Royal Victorian Order. Baron Baden-Powell gained the eight merited Order of Merit. Two London bus drivers on strike got the Medal of the Order of the British Empire, and Reverend Harold Wa received a similar honor in Tristan da Cunha.
London prepares for the coronation with late night underground service and massive crowds. Police troops and first aid units line the route as Queen and King George VI move between ceremonies and state dinners draw American guests including Gerard in Breeches Werring and Gen John J. Pershing.
A local printing firm named Joe Printing advertises sale of bill heads letter heads and envelopes including custom design options. The notice highlights stock choices and pricing for business correspondence supplies.
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