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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
3
Present and past rainfall data record 24 hour total at yesterday 0.03 inches and year to date 11.03 inches. Monthly averages over 25 years are given for each month from January to December, with annual average rainfall about 35.36 inches.
Shanghai correspondent Elmer W. Peterson reports on a 600 mile south central China trek showing Japanese forces preparing to stay and push toward Hankow. He describes supply trains for bridges food munitions field hospitals and morale as Japanese troops tour Nanking and Shanghai with guards and blackout conditions.
Warrenton Va May 25 The Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies are set for 5 PM Sunday June 5 at Warrenton cemetery near the monument to 600 Confederate dead. Mrs Stuart Mosby Coleman daughter of Col John S Mosby is expected to attend. Nearby lies John Quincy Marr captain of the Warrenton Rifles killed June 1 1861 at Fairfax whose monument bears words First to fall for the rights of the South.
Social notes from Millwood and Clarke County list guests at a Springsbury tennis gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Greenhalgh. The item mentions attendees including Anne Meade Louis Meade Margaret Dole and others, plus related visits, tea, and upcoming events. Also notes Mrs. Edward Reed’s death with services planned in New Market and at the Old Chapel.
May 25 reports indicate three Roosevelt broadcasts set for the next month. Friday at 2 PM from Arthurdale High School Morgantown with diplomas, June 2 for the U S Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis, and July 3 for Gettysburg anniversary. Hull add-on via WJZ NBC tonight from Washington to the Foreign Trade Association dinner with two others. Includes tonight’s lineup across WJZ NBC WEAF NBC and WABC CBS with varied programs and schedules.
Dr J S DeJarnette superintendent of the Western State Hospital urged total abstinence based on his experience with 4000 alcoholics. Speaking to 125 Augusta County Home Demonstration Club members he advised keeping alcohol out of the house and noted an 85 percent rise in commitments over the last four years. He said most drinkers became addicts from moderate drinking and urged wives to think beautiful thoughts for a happier home.
Omaha police, prompted by a dead skunk found under a car hood, arrested Homer Russell. Police Captain Fred Palming pursued evidence and a police court judge now has the case under advisement.
Seattle Selah and Leona Day are identical twins at Rochester High School set to graduate this spring. Both have perfect attendance for 12 years and nearly identical scholastic averages. Both are left handed.
In Hayfield Virginia on May 25 a Sunday service was disrupted by a large copperhead at the church door and another serpent in the road. Members used clubs and stones to drive off the 4 foot 6 inch snake and remove its carcass. Garden snakes in a gateway were slain with hoes as locals report more reptiles expected this summer.
The Virginia hours of labor law for women, effective June 21, raises questions about part time workers and defines executives and assistant managers. The Labor Department will seek guidance from the attorney general as inspectors post notices in factories laundries and restaurants in towns over 2,000 population.
The Rev. Ronald H. Rowland of Calvary Episcopal Church Front Royal Va announces Holy Communion will be celebrated next Thursday Ascension Day at 8 a m An evening service will be held Sunday at 8 o clock at Calvary Church
Sacramento, California attendees expected to be lower in early fall as the school board postpones the first week start after the fair, citing irregular attendance patterns and delayed student return.
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