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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
6
DeWITT MACKENZIE reports that the League of Nations peace project, once hailed with acclaim on the Lake of General, has fallen into tragedy and doubt. A veteran Wright of the movement warned that the organization must reform to continue its duties.
The scheme envisions an entente led by England and France to compel the league covenant with arms if needed, possibly including Yugoslavia Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Greece and Turkey. It would surround Germany and set rules for Hitler, with Churchill a central yet controversial figure in the plan.
In Seaford Delaware on May 12 farmers in western Sussex report extensive crop damage from a hail storm that struck yesterday. Apples peaches potatoes cucumbers and cantaloupes were heavily damaged.
In Indianapolis on May 12 Meyer brothers prepare for the Memorial Day 500 mile race on May 30. Louis Meyer of Huntington Park California drives a self built car while his 22 year old brother Harry Meyer heads the rebuilt car's pit crew with Tony Gulotta of Detroit as driver. The Gulotta car is the Louis Meyer 1936 winning machine, last year finishing second with Ralph Hepburn piloting.
Bishop William L. Gravatt will retire January 10 after 28 years leading the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia. He will be succeeded by Bishop-Coadjutor Robert E. L. Strider, a Jefferson County native and brother-in-law of Mrs. Susie Glass Strider of this city. Consecration will be held in Wheeling next January.
An advertisement urges readers to address the root cause of constipation rather than just taking medicines. It recommends eating high fiber foods like All-Bran cereal from Kellogg and drinking plenty of water to soften stool and improve regularity. It emphasizes dietary changes over quick fixes.
The laboratory directed by R. E. Gould reports three advances in china production. North Carolina Spruce Pine yields an almost pure white clay from granite. A tiny lignite impurity makes it workable for manufacturers. Production methods now allow five minutes to cast china plate designs that previously took fifteen minutes. A new electric furnace for ceramic making is being developed, with potential commercial use.
The Navy seeks to add to a wartime warning line with partial island purchases. Tiny group parts near Enderbury Island are contested by the US and Britain. A House naval affairs measure would fund shore construction across Hawaii Alaska and the canal zone, totaling 28.75 million dollars for 43 projects. Thomas Bentley Meredith dies after a fox hunting accident. his widow Mary Meredith survives in Radford.
Mrs. John C. Woolfolk of 415 West Cork Street has returned from Radford Virginia where she attended her brother's funeral.
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