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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
2
A Will Rogers style piece lampoons farm hands who brag about wartime exploits. A teller claims a bullet passed through his chest and out his back after hitting a tall general, with a punchline about his heart being in his mouth.
Harry J. W. Renner, 38, a mechanic, was killed instantly when the tank head blew out at the New York Central Iron Works testing site in Hagerstown Maryland. He died an hour later at Washington County Hospital. Six other workers were present but none were seriously injured.
Mrs Bilbo testified she still waits for her husband Senator Theodore Bilbo to return despite alleged unfaithfulness. The junior senator said his wife left him, with the hearing held in Pearl River county court at Poplarville Mississippi.
A Chicago era piece reports on Ford Motor Company labor disputes with UAW efforts to unionize, contrasting corporate control with labor power. It highlights workers pressured by management, the idea of outside pay for work, and imagery of a card read during lunch at Ford plants.
Funeral services for Stella Marker Henry widow of Robert M. Henry were conducted by Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker and Rev. W. W. McIntyre at Braddock Street Church. Hymns prayers and scripture preceded interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery attended by relatives and out of town friends.
On May 20 Senator Clark of Missouri floated the idea of appointing Senator Robinson of Arkansas to the Supreme Court while discussing a Civilian Conservation Corps bill. He remarked that Robinson is a valued leader and that senators would be sorry to lose him, hoping he would be transferred to another body.
Helen Wills Moody appears in San Francisco Superior Court prepared to serve on civil case juries rather than playing tennis. The iconic athlete is pictured in court as she participates in the legal process.
The Tennessee Valley Authority seeks an early Supreme Court ruling on its rights to operate in Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia Kentucky North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. It appeals a Sixth Circuit decision sending a suit by 19 power companies back to the Eastern Tennessee federal district court. The circuit also held that a temporary injunction halting TVA expansion was against public interest.
Albany May 20 New York authorizes a three member labor relations board to promote equal bargaining power between employers and employees. Governor Lehman signed the Doyle Neustein bill patterned after the Wagner act, effective July 1.
By virtue of the last will and testament of Matilda A Shutts dated July 24 1927 the executor offers for sale in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia at 12 o'clock on Saturday May 15 1937 a five acre tract with a six room residence one mile east from Brucetown. Immediate possession given. One third cash and balance in two yearly installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Auctioneers Duvall & Dunn.
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