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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star edited by H. F. Byrd Jr. and published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia, with second class matter status at the local post office.
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The article argues for fixing a festival date around May 1 to align with bloom timing. It notes many regions held blossom festivals after petals dropped and that attendance stayed strong without blossoms. Fixing a date would reduce uncertainty and chaotic last minute scheduling for organizers and attendees.
The Agricultural Department projects 1938 winter sown wheat at 754,153,000 bushels, the largest harvest except 1931, despite reduced spring wheat carryover. The report notes large acreage sown, favorable growing season, and potential price effects as carryover and demand shift.
The text considers a proposed winter wheat sowing reduction to under 30 million acres from 57.492 million. It notes such a move would reveal farmer response and potential impacts on cultivation.
The New York Times views five week old Helaine Colan of Chicago as a symbol of the value of every life. The piece argues society must protect the right to live and avoid eugenic decisions, noting medical effort to save Helaine and the broader ethics of human life.
Q and A format items cover new sea books, Sudeten Germans, Washington slaves, spoon collection, zucchetto, beer revenue for education, Brigham Young descendants, and dry ice origin. Notable names include Herman Melville, Archy Binns, Kipling, Conrad, Hugo, Lubboth, Dr Ella Dearborn, Percy Bridgman, and P Picted.
Washington outlines a new State Department department of international communications funded by a 40 820 dollar appropriation in the deficiency bill. It would hire 20 staff to develop the plan while private broadcasters resist government expansion.
John Hottel of Handley reaches state high school reading finals in Charlottesville. Company I rifle team finishes seventh at national Guard matches. Company C Virginia wins first. Fourteen Virginia Boyd art and drawing students exhibit works at Handley.
Five years ago the town celebrated the 69th anniversary of the Civil War battle of New Market in which V M I cadets fought. Roosevelt urged peace and recovery in a speech interpreted as plain speaking to Germany. The local I O O F lodge hosted Virginia Odd Fellows and Rebekahs for the first time in 40 years. After paying all 10th apple blossom festival bills, the treasury reported a balance of 102.91.
Ten years ago a battalion review is planned for Handley S. V. A. and Massanutten cadets after competitive drill. A Jersey cow raises a state production record for E. V. Weems Jr. and earns a Breeders Association silver medal. Bryarly Insurance shifts offices from Rouss avenue to North Loudoun street. Randolph Macon College student Luther Green wins a literary contest, serves on the college paper staff.
In a Star Open Forum item reader Vause W. notes Col Willard D Vandiver founder of the famous Missouri slogan I am from Missouri show me He was born March 30 1854 in Moorefield Hardy County West Virginia and died May 30 1932 in Columbia Missouri Vandiver served four terms in Congress and is linked to the 1897 Philadelphia Navy Yard banquet tale
A 25 year old memory notes Major Holmes Conrad hosting a fundraiser at his home for the Stonewall Jackson Memorial in Richmond. Mary Anita Kendall announces her engagement to Charles W. Trenary of Front Royal by her parents in Roanoke. The Eastern Fruit Growers Association protests a proposed 5 percent railroad freight increase. Rev. C D Harris, former Middletown Methodist minister, starts a Holy Land tour with a group of tourists.
Forty years ago the U S Navy seized a Spanish gunboat in Cuban waters while officers and crew were unaware that war had begun. Lightning hit Miss Ann Hoover’s West Water street home, knocking three from bed but causing no injuries. Two men fighting near Jacob Levine’s store crashed through a large glass show window. Assistants to Houlwell at the bicycle track include S R Atwell, R T McGuire, W R Stephenson, L Glaize and Joe Kiger.
Barbara Kingsley tells Garry Page she will marry him but Garry plans with Wenda Ayer and Natalie’s wedding upstages their affair. Barbara faces heartbreak as Jack Metcalf and Natalie’s choices push her toward a lonely reckoning before the New York theater opening.
A Swedish industrialist argues that tax knowledge keeps government spending in check. The piece contrasts Sweden's tax transparency with the U.S. system, urging Congress to tax more of the public and end exemptions for public salaries and securities to curb hidden levies. It notes La Follette's long advocacy and calls for broader tax participation.
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