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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1938

Page

10

Cover Spray Guidelines For Apple Orchards In First Cover

W. B. Hough of the Winchester Research Lab outlines timing for first and second cover sprays to control young moth worms. Advises completion by May 31 and not later than May 25 for the second spray, with material options including bluestone lime and lead arsenate, or wettable sulfur. Recommends spreader use and notes Bordeaux mixture with summer oil as an alternative under specific conditions.

Winchester Research Labora E

Hitchhiking rat blamed for New Castle crash

Police found farmer George Shafer amid wreckage holding a dead rat. Shafer said an unseen passenger crawled up his leg and emerged from his overalls making him slightly nervous and causing him to lose control of the auto-truck.

New Castle Indiana George Shafer Schaffer

Moonlit May Dance Ends With Lamp Post Pranks

Policemen Emil Boettcher and Charles McCabe report three 16 year old boys dancing on a moonlit playground. The youths were stripped of their trousers by older ruffians and left atop a lamp post, as the chilly night unfolded.

Chicago Emil Boettcher Charles McCabe

Will Rogers' Humorous Dentist Bill Tale

A Will Rogers style joke tells of a man who quarrels with his dentist over a big bill then negotiates a cut to thirty dollars. His wife, tired of the drama, questions the scene. The man explains he does not intend to pay but wants the dentist to feel generous.

American News Features, Inc

Frank Sprague and the Birth of Electric Streetcars

The tale recalls Frank Sprague, who studied electricity without a local school, built a horseless trolley, faced Jay Gould, and funded the first commercial electric streetcar line in Richmond. He later helped spark rapid expansion to 200 cities within two years and died in 1934 buried at Arlington Cemetery.

Frank J. Sprague United States Frank J Sprague Frank New York Jay Gould Wizard of Wall Street Gould Richmond Virginia Sprague Arlington Cemetery Potomac Washington, D. C Mr. Sprague McNaught

Turmoil Hangs Heavily Over The Stock Exchange

European turmoil weighed on the London Stock Exchange with prices drifting downward amid nervous selling. Czechoslovak Polish and Danzig bonds fell toward session end while British government loans slipped and oils and gold issues declined on weak support.

London Stock Exchange

Jackson Rites To Be On Tuesday

Rev. I. S. McPhail pastor of St. Stephen's C. M. Church offers evangelistic services this week. His sermon tonight asks the question Are We All Dead. Public invited to attend all events at the church.

I. S. McPhail St. Stephen's C. M. Church

Revival Meeting In Local Church

Funeral services for Henry Jacks n 39 colored who died Saturday at Memorial Hospital from appendicitis will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from the Old School Baptist Church on North Kent Street. He was a son of Jeff and Kate Jackson and survived by three brothers Jesse James and Joe Jackson. A World War veteran he served overseas. Interment in Orrick Cemetery.

Henry Jacks N Memorial Hospital Old School Baptist Church North Kent Street Jeff Kate Jackson Jesse Jackson James Jackson Joe Jackson Orrick Cemetery

Memorial Day Network Highlights From New York Listings

Memorial Day programs will feature Arlington and Gettysburg ceremonies, Belmont Park horse race Seabiscuit versus War Memorial, and a New Sweden anniversary segment with Edgar Bergen. Washington figures Senator Walsh and Senator Vandenberg attend events, plus Cordell Hull speaks at a foreign trade dinner carried by WJZ NBC and shortwave.

New York Arlington Cemetery National Cemetery Gettysburg David Walsh Massachusetts Arlington Arthur H. Vandenburg Michigan Seabiscuit War Memorial Belmont Park N. Y Cordell Hull Washington The Foreign Trade Association Wjz-Nbc Associated Foreign Trade Week

Youth Drowns In Swift Rapids

THURMOND W Va May 23 Frank Armstrong is drowned in swift running New River Sunday after a motorboat in which he was riding with two companions swept into the rapids and over turned Armstrong with Alvin Davis and Arlie Coleman all of Dothan Fay

Thurmond W. Va Frank Armstrong New River Armstrong Alvin Davis Arlie Coleman Dothan Fay

River crossing ends in swift currents sweep two men

In Eette County two men attempted to cross a rain swollen river but were unable to keep their peat on course. Davis and Coleman were swept through the rapids but uninjured. The search for Armstrong's body was halted at dark and resumed this morning.

Ette County Davis Coleman Armstrong

Wedding Invitations From STAR JOB PRINT

STAR JOB PRINT issues wedding invitation notices for the forthcoming ceremony. Details of couple and venue are not provided in the fragment.

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