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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
4
Miss Chatfield counsels Caroline Chatfield Palmer’s daughter on escaping farm life. A 24 year old seeks work in town, opposes marriage to a farmer, and fears parental pressures. The column urges calm, letters to parents, and exploring openings in town while maintaining discretion.
Pope Pius XII led a four hour diocesan ceremony at St John Lateran in Rome and urged prayer to the Virgin for peace. Crowds cheered as he blessed worshippers and the Italian government signaled friendly relations with the Vatican since the Lateran accords.
Funeral services for Clarence L. Bush were held at his brother Ww. H. Bush’s Winchester home, with Rev. J. G. Bridgers and Rev. Herman McKay officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Fred Thomas, James Ritter, and Allen Kipps among others. attendees from Philadelphia to Martinsburg, W Va, and Lovettsville, Va.
Limited first floor spaces 10 by 32 feet available in Winchester center for business offices. Contact W L Kuhn for details and rental terms.
London reports say France is in close consultation with Britain and Soviet Russia to craft a formula for a united front. A French envoy may have sent a new note to London via Charles Corbin, while Maisky held talks at the Foreign Office.
Informed quarters report that Britain offered concessions but Moscow did not approve, suggesting continued Russian objection despite alleged moves. The note highlights diplomatic friction and unresolved tensions between the two powers.
Pidgin or pigeon English is a conventionalized lingua franca of Far Eastern ports, used by English-speaking and Chinese-speaking trades. Its vocabulary is largely English with Malay, Chinese, and Portuguese words. Its syntax is Chinese and it is spoken by white men as well as others, arising from foreign attempts to speak Chinese rather than Chinese to speak English.
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