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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1938

Page

10

Radio Highlights and Overseas NBC Picks Schedule

Radio listings show WABC CBS and NBC network slots with figures like Jael Byrnes and Maury Maverick on air. Overseas coverage includes three NBC pickups from Southern France guiding programs on WJZ WEAF and others. Over the weekend and Sunday a spread of talks concerts and dramas is planned across multiple stations.

New York Maya Wm Capper Kansas NBC Weaf-Nbc WJZ Hamilton Fish WABC CBS Maury Maverick WEAF NBC Symphony KYW Philadelphia Johnny Rush Morgan Bob McGrew Message of Israel Santa Barbara Heidt Chicago Master Builer Grenadier Guards Band Feg Murray Tyrone Power Norman Cloutier Harry Owens

Head Of Light Trust Accused In Moscow Wastage

Moscow authorities ordered the prosecution of F I Zenyuk head of the Moscow Light Trust for wasting electricity by keeping street lights burning after dawn. Government officials found lights remained on until 5 am three hours after Moscow daybreak.

Moscow Pee F. I. Zenyuk Moscow Light Trust

Tow truck kept near fire station after drive shaft failure

In Audubon Iowa officials tow a fire truck to the scene after its drive shaft broke en route to a fire. The supplier ceased business six years ago, leaving officials unable to locate a replacement shaft and forcing a temporary precaution.

Audubon Iowa

Fawcett Gap Notes Community News and Rural Church Reports

Fawcett Gap VA May 21 notes funeral of Mrs Laura Jones wife of James B Jones Berryville VA. Winchester Synod meeting held at St Pauls Lutheran Church with large delegation. Local residents Howard White recovered from illness. Mrs Guber and Miss Eleanor Graff of Philadelphia visited Brumback family. Mrs J R Burchman and Mrs Alvin Hooke visited Lucy Proffitt. Mrs J Frank Orndorff returned from Memorial Hospital Winchester after major operations. Rev and Mrs Snyder Alleman and family attended conference and visited former parishioners. Mr Ray Brumback at Junior Farmer meeting Handley School. Mr and Mrs Robert Snapp entertained Rev Lundahl Blosserville Pa and Mr William Herrell Stephens City with dinner. Rev Lundahl preached at St Pauls Stephens City.

Fawcett Gap Laura Jones James B. Jones Berryville Winchester Virginia Synod St. Paul's Lutheran Church Howard White Guber Eleanor Graff Philadelphia McConnelsburg St. Paul’s Church Ray Brumback Handley School Robert Snapp Lundahll Blosserville William Herrell Stephens City Lundhal

Imaginative selling on Bryant Park bootblacks

A color boy near Bryant Park uses imaginative selling to draw customers. He pins a newspaper to the fence and cheerfully advertises a sunny tomorrow and visits with lines about seeing his best girl, proving he is a natural salesman and likely to succeed.

High Cost Of Ship Building To Be Overcome

Washington reports navy and Maritime Commission devised a plan to cut costs on a 16 300 ton oil tanker. Lowest estimate to meet speed capacity armor and guns was 8 600 000 dollars. Contracts awarded to three firms for 12 vessels to be operated by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for just over 3 000 000 dollars each.

Washington Navy Maritime Commission Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

County Home Is Destroyed By Fire

A tenant house on the J. L. Hauptman farm near Rest burned recently. The two story six room frame dwelling was in good condition before the fire. The Loew family lived there and saved some belongings. Neighbors attributed the blaze to a defective chimney. loss estimate unavailable, believed partially insured.

J. L. Hauptman Rest Loew

Will Rogers Humorous Story Retold From Roaring Twenties

A humorous tale recalls bragging about liquor carrying and lying about a wife not noticing. At a New York dinner a man, worried about waking his family, is advised to remove clothes downstairs and carry them up. He does so but ends up in the Roosevelt Hotel lobby after leaving Grand Central Station.

New York Yonkers Roosevelt Hotel Grand Central Station

Cell POSTAL TELEGRAPH no charge for this service

Notice states no fee is charged for the service and that customers may use the Postal Telegraph for free. The brief item emphasizes free availability and accessibility of mail telegraph service.

Double Threat Twins Debate Valedictorian Honors

In Scottsdale Martha and Mary Ann Bishop, 13 year old twins, flipped a coin to decide valedictorian and salutatorian after identical grades. In Hannibal Missouri a thief who broke into William Love Jr. home took a pie valued loot totaling three fourths of a pie.

Scottsdale Ariz Martha Mary Ann Bishop Hannibal, Mo William Love, Jr

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