Wage-Hour Revisions Blocked by House Leaders
Administration plans to overhaul the wage and hour law were dropped as farm bloc opposition grows. Chairman Norton announced no floor consideration amid doubts of two-thirds support and concerns from five farm organizations over exemptions that could limit agricultural operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Norton
D-Nj
Labor Committee
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Andrews
Royal visit unfolds as Empress of Australia reaches land
The Empress of Australia brings King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to land near Newfoundland at dawn on May 15. Prime Minister MacKenzie King told the Commons the royal party would visit Quebec by 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday with only a two day curtailment in Ottawa. The voyage marks the tenth day from England and sighting of St Pierre and Miquelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ausmay
Australia
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Newfoundland
St. Pierre
Miquelon
England
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
George
Elizabeth
Quebec
Saws
Ottawa
Canada
Empress
Virginia Mines Not Opening After Meeting Delay
Virginia coal mines run by the Virginia Coal Operators Association will stay closed beyond April 1 until after a Wednesday meeting of operators. About 7,500 workers are affected. Richmond Labor Commissioner Thomas B. Morton said Chief Mine Inspector Creed Kelly reported the mines would stay closed for another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentes Sewer’ Becessary
S.r
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Associaon
Richmond
Thomas B. Morton
Creed Kelly
Big Stone Gap
Trespassers to be removed at Selma Pendleton site
Warning notice states owners will eject all trespassers from Selma the old Pendleton place on dated notice. Not specifies penalties or enforcement details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Pendleton Place
Colonial Beauty Shopped to Close for Family Death
The Colonial Beauty Shopped will close today and tomorrow due to a death in the owner's family. The shop will reopen after the owner's family arrangements are completed.
Publisher George Palmer Putnam Reported Kidnapping Attempt
Authorities investigate a reported kidnapping attempt on George Palmer Putnam, wealthy Bakersfield publisher and husband of the late Amelia Earhart. Putnam says he slipped his bonds and escaped abductors after receiving threats tied to an anti Nazi book he is publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Bakersfield
Cal
Putnam
Electoral Board Members Named in Frederick County
Three vacancies on Frederick County Electoral Board filled by Judge Philip Williams. Eugene Chiles of Vaucluse appointed to complete R A Kline’s unexpired term. term ends February 28, 1940. J L Jolliffe of Clearbrook and John W Harper of Winchester Route 3 reappointed. Jolliffe term ends February 28, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Frederick
Eugene Chiles
Vaucluse
R. A. Kline
Middletown
Board of Supervisors
Opequon
Chiles
J. L. Jolliffe
Clearbrook
John W. Harper
Winchester
Hill Champion Salary Receiver
Washington May 15 George W Hill president of the American Tobacco Company has the highest 1938 compensation 331 348 as reported to the Securities Commission by American corporations Hill surpassed Walter Gifford president of American Telephone and Telegraph whose 209 000 topped an earlier compilation The figures reflect executive pay for the year 1938 and mark a shift in the ranking of top corporate earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Securities Commission
American Corporations
Hill
Walter Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
VFW Officers Installed at Winchester Post
Winchester Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars installed officers and scheduled their first meeting at 8 p m. The list includes H E as commander J C Boyce vice commander Frank senior vice commander Hicker Boyce adjutant D M Sprinkle chaplain Dr Hugh Clark surgeon Donald Weems post advocate with several appointments and committees announced by Commander Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department
H. E
J. C. Boyce
Frank
Hicker "Boyce
D. M. Sprinkle
Hugh Clark
Donald Wee
Anderson
C.R. Boyce
D M. Sprinkle
F. I. McClure
E. Dearing
Fred Way
J. E. Keffer
Daughters Set Confederate Memorial Rites For June 6
Turner Ashby Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy and the Stonewall Memorial Association announce Confederate Memorial rites will be held June 6 this year and in future years. Merchants proposed shifting to May 30 but no contact has been made with the chapter yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby Chapter
Daughter of the Confederacy
Stonewall Memorial Association
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Daughters of Confederacy
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Committee
J. H Moling
J. H. Moling Jr
E. F. Timberlake
Earl Crowser
Star
Youth Indicted In Love Case In Fairfax Va
Fairfax grand jury indicted Douglas Goodnough 27 for assault with intent to kill and feloniously obstructing a railroad track. He allegedly forced his rival Blair Cupp 22 to drive into a speeding train near the Southern Railway station to kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Douglas Goodnough
Fairfax County Grand Jury
Walter T. McCarthy
Eet Goodnough
Blair Cupp
Goodnough
P Poty
Southern Railway
Baldridge Takes Over Skyline Caverns Management
Tom Balddidge assumed active management of Skyline Caverns in Front Royal and will work daily from his office there while residing elsewhere during his Capitol Theatre tenure. He previously managed for four and a half years. Lamar Keen, 28, relocates from Silver Spring to support the transition. John E. Harris Jr. serves as temporary manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Balddidge
Skyline Caverns
Front Royal
Capitol Theatre
Lamar Keen
Warner Bros
Silver Sp
John E. Harris, Jr
Valor of V. M. I. Cadets Recalled at New Market Ceremony
In Lexington Virginia on May 15 speakers recalled the valor of the V. M. I. cadets at the Battle of New Market. William Morrison Wood the last survivor of the charge attended as guest of honor for the centennial observance and commemorations of the institute role in 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Lexington
Battle of
William Morrison Wood
Old Hickory
Tenn
Institute
New Market Corps
Wi Couperner
Etitate
Robinson Elected New Chairman of Frederick County GOP
At a Saturday night meeting in the Court House Clarence J. Robinson of Stines Chapel was chosen to succeed the late Eugene H. Anderson as chairman of the Frederick County Republican Party. Walter T. Anderson became vice chairman, replacing Robinson. The group adopted resolutions praising Anderson as a principled leader and expressed sympathy to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Court House
Clarence J. Robinson
Stines Chapel
Eugene Anderson
Anderson
Walter T. Anderson
Robinson
M. K. Sandy
Stephens City
Eugene H. Anderson
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
Slayings in Dorchester: Young Mother Shot in Yard
In Wingate Maryland on May 15 a shotgun attack killed a young mother, Mrs. Alta Moore, who was feeding chickens in a yard where she worked. B O Murphy, cashier at Southern Dorchester Bank, witnessed a man shoot her in the back and then die after a second blast behind a chicken house. Kenneth Robinson, a Crocheron waterman, was found dead near the chicken house. Mrs. Moore died en route to Cambridge Hospital, later identified as Otis Moore’s wife, separated spouse since last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate
B. O. Murphy
Southern Dorchester Bank
Alta Moore
Murphy
Kenneth Robinson
Cambridge Hospital
Moore
Otis Moore
Bishop's Head
Supreme Court Defers Stock Yard Parcels Rulings
The Supreme Court deferred distribution of 586 000 to Kansas City stockyard commission men pending Secretary Wallace review of charges from 1933 to 1937. Justice Stone reversed a lower court ruling, while Justices Butler McReynolds and Roberts dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Wallace
Justice Stone
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Butler, McReynolds and Roberts
Douglas
Frank Hague
Jersey City
CIO
World's Largest Air Cooled Aircraft Engine Unveiled
The War Department announced the development of a 2000 horsepower, 18 cylinder air cooled aircraft engine claimed as the world s largest and most powerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Textile Workers Unite Into Unified CIO Merger
The Textile Workers organizing committee joined with the United Textile Workers of America in a CIO merger approved unanimously by over 700 delegates at the opening of national sessions. The United Textile Workers had ousted its president five months earlier for attempting to reaffiliate with the A F of L. The event occurred in Philadelphia on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
United Textile Workers of America
A. PF. of L
Cather Corrects Education Funding Figures Under Act
State Senator T Russell Cather announces he quoted Department of Public Education estimates on Cather Layman Act funding. He says estimates overstated due to 1939 cuts and attendance gains, and he withdraws the figures while praising the Act’s overall success. He apologizes publicly for the error in a one-page statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Department of Public Education
Department of Education
Cooking School by Mrs. J Watson Shockley Opens
Cooking impresario Mrs J Watson Shockley pictured above will lead The Star's four day cooking school starting tomorrow at Sarah Zane Hall on North Loudoun Street. Admission free.
Mussolini Tells Fiat Workers Italy Slowed Civilian Auto Program
Premier Mussolini addressed 50 000 Fiat employees at a Piedmont plant dedication during his tour. He said international tensions prompted Italy to slow civilian automobile development though a definite motor policy had begun earlier. The Duce stressed desire for peace while urging joint solution of European problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Italy
Mussolini
Fiat Works
Il Duce
Piedmont
Mussolini al
Superior Institute of War
Fiat
Europe
Local Golfers Lead Pro Amateur Meet At Winchester Club
At 3 pm this afternoon E R Coffey a Winchester golf pro led the Middle Atlantic PGA Pro Amateur Golf Tournament with his partners Lester Arnold Carl Campbell and Roy Ryden Jr Coffey and Arnold posted a best ball of 68 for 18 holes with Campbell and Ryden His Pro Sweepstakes score was 72 par Coffey opened with an eagle on hole one but posted an eight on hole 11 a four par hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R
Rut
Coffey
Winchester Golf Pro
Lester Arnold
Carl Campbell
Roy Ryden
Middle Atlantic
Winchester Golf Club
Arnold
Campbell
Ryden
Ama
Union Picket Lines Set Up in West Virginia Mines
In Charleston West Virginia union picket lines were set up as about 100 000 coal miners returned to work for the first time since March 31 Pickets at the McKail Coal Company three Loup Creek mines in Fayette county turned away workers who sought to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
McKail Coal Company
Loup Creek
Fayette County
Rickard Case Underway in Manslaughter Trial
Thurman Rickard of Luray Va testifies in a Corporation Court trial over the March 30 deadly collision between a motor scooter ridden by Elmer Lang Jr 15 and Rickard s auto on Gerrard Street near Cameron Lang died from injuries after the crash and Rickard who was indicted April 8 says he tried to avoid the collision and rendered aid at the scene A jury was being selected and state witnesses were heard before a noon adjournment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Rickard
Corporation Court
Elmer Lang
Elmer Lang, Jr
Luray
Lang
Rickard
Gerrard Street
Cameron
E. Rhodes Huntsberry
Pepid
More True Bills Will Be Sought
Philadelphia May 15 Assist ant District Attorney Vincent P. McDevitt announced that murder indictments against at least half a dozen of the 24 persons held in connection with the eastern mass murder syndicate will be sought this week. He said evidence would be presented in as many cases as can be reasonably processed. The first mass trials begin next week. He called the ring the most complex double crossing gang he has met and said investigators discarded the master mind theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Vincent P. McDevitt
McDevitt
Coast Guard Academy Training Cruise Diverted Again
Unsettled European conditions force the coast guard to reroute the annual cadet training cruise from the Mediterranean for a second year running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Academy
Mediterranean
Boyce Woman Wins World’s Fair Essay Tour
Mrs Lora Stinson of Boyce Virginia wins a 3 day all expense tour to the World’s Fair as a guest of the Winchester Evening Star. Judges Henry P. Mitchell Rose M. MacDonald and Edward P. Berlin praised the essay for logic and originality while noting county needs unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Stinson
Boyce
Boyce Va
Winchester
Miners confront guards as Kentucky clash erupts in Harlan
In Harlan County Coal Operators Association meetings follow with United Mine Workers as 3000 miners head to pits under national guard protection. Claude Howard of Baxter alleges being struck by trooper. guards deploy machine guns at key crossings while miners begin loading coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlan
Claude Howard
Baxter
Harlan-Wallins
National Guardsmen
Howard
Roy W. Easley
National Guard
George S. Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Ward
Huge Munitions Orders Pending
Washington May 15 The Army is preparing to place peacetime trans orders totaling more than 150 million dollars marking a record munitions procurement surge for peacetime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Workers In Hospital In Winchester Area
Three Winchester post office staff members are patients at Memorial hospital. Floyd Wine has recovered from appendectomy and will complete convalescence at home in Forestville. Robert Glaize has shown improvement after medical treatment. Toots Taylor, seriously injured when his car was hit by a train in Clarke county, is now doing much better after fears of nonrecovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Post Office
Memorial Hospital
Floyd Wine
Forestville
Robert Glaize
D Honard
Toots) Taylor
Clarke County
Wanted Home With Modern Conveniences For Rent
WANTED home to rent starting June or July prefer southwest section of city. Contact phone 270.
Anfique Auction Tue May 16 at 10 A M in Winchester
Auction notice for May 16 at 10 AM listing bidder Miles B Boyd at 326 N Cameron Winchester. Details include lot or item codes 81 and 5-12-1p-4i with unspecified goods. Auctioneers and exact terms not provided. Unknown category items and conditions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Lawrence
Virginia
Electoral Board
VFW
Cupp
Baldridge
Eugene R. Kuhne
Nashville
Prentice Cooper
Kuhn
Washington House
Kuhne
Justice Douglas
Textile Workers
T. Russell Cather
Kentucky
Bulletin
Clarke
the Star
Harlan, Ky
Harlan
United
Easley
Kentucky-Virginia
Kentucky- Tennessee
Dressen
Catron’s Creek
Martin’s Fork Creek
Anfique Auction
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!