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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
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A scripture line from Psalms 89 33 declares that loving kindness and faithfulness endure without fail despite human frailty. The verse emphasizes steadfast divine loyalty and mercy across hardship and time. It reflects themes of constancy and assurance.
The Wenatchee Daily World reports apple bread containing 20 to 30 percent apples is selling fast. Spokane warehouses are depleted of apples as bakers test samples, claiming apple bread stays moist longer and could revolutionize the apple industry with broad market uptake.
The Lynchburg News echoes Mrs. Norton of New Jersey stating opposition has always met progressive legislation. It adds that much of what is called progressive is in fact reactionary, citing Roosevelt’s court packing proposal as the sharpest modern example.
The Clifton Forge Daily Review announces Edgar Hedderly as editor succeeding the late George Green who led the paper for over thirty years. Hedderly has served as acting editor since Green's death about four months ago and is praised for fairness and ability by a Daily Review reader.
Mrs Billy Baker won the Disney Oklahoma mayoral race 603 to 201 over Mrs Vera Silar. Baker opposed a 9 o'clock curfew and favored letting residents stay up late for pool, stomp dances, and lively nightlife, aided by Disney’s cafe society.
Public institutions in Illinois will soon use tables made from soybeans with chromium plated tubing. Tests show the material resists heat and scratches, surpassing other substances. The soybean, an immigrant crop now grown on over a million acres, has diverse uses from food to industrial materials, with no surplus crop in sight.
The editorial questions Chairman Madden's radio defense of the Wagner Act. It notes U S Supreme Court backing in eleven cases but argues the act remains one sided, pushes union growth, and continues to ease employer bargaining duties while ignoring union picketing and coercion, fueling repeal calls.
L D Kline superintendent cites lax attendance by about 300 students as Frederick County schools end the 1936 37 term. Mrs H Clay deGrange chairs the Winchester and Clarke County Club Flower Show set for June 2. A London report notes the Lindberghs welcomed a son during the coronation. Republic Oil Softball leads the league, with Co I and Virginia Woolen close behind.
Five years ago charity patients cost the hospital 10 833 above all contributions last year, superintendent reports. Shenandoah Valley Bank to handle the estate of the late Charles L Bowly per his will probated here. General Amos A Fries U S Army retired accepts invitation to speak at Memorial Day in May. Prominent Winchester women attend a tea and card party in Washington hosted by Mrs Cary T Grayson.
A young female inmate nearly escapes from the local jail by cutting through a wall using a chair round. The incident highlights security breaches and inmate ingenuity at the facility.
Twenty five years ago trustees of the M E Church South in Stephens City bought the old public school property and contracted to erect a new church building. W E Thomas lectured on the Panama Canal with proceeds for the hospital fund. Miss Lucy Ginn earned a nurse diploma from Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore. P H Powers, Berryville Horse Show treasurer, announced plans for a large August celebration with many entries already received.
A call from the president during the Spanish American War seeks 75 000 volunteers for Cuba. The first official cycle race for Winchester is planned at the new Blue Ridge track on June 6. Potato Hill orchestra forms and rehearses for the Red Men's entertainment. Elias M. Farmer and Martha G Anderson of Rock Enon wed here by Rev W L Seabrook.
Frederic J. Haskin directs readers to write to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC for factual answers. Include three cents for reply.
A compiled quiz piece notes that Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders name was adopted after formal communications called them that, cites Scribner’s Magazine 1899, and mentions related questions about electrocution sounds in film, railway crossing fatalities, Hershey golf capital claim, Stoughton bottle term, Jefferson Commission relatives, cigarette paper, and the National Gallery’s material.
The notice outlines the Commodity Credit Corporation's bleak finances with a $5 million net, $94 million loaned against cotton at 12 cents while prices dropped to 8.6 cents. Morgenthau audit suggests about $400 million in business and $100 million in losses, mostly on cotton. The federal treasury may cover the losses, enabling ongoing debt and extended loans on cotton and other commodities.
Washington commentary argues Jim Farley no longer acts alone but under Corcoran who leads an invisible third New Deal committee. It criticizes Corcoran for pressuring Congress members and warns of potential splits in Pennsylvania Iowa and beyond if Farley resists. It notes Farley as a seasoned organizer and Corcoran as an aggressive strategist seeking party discipline.
Sweden issues a set of stamps commemorating the founding of colonial settlements in the areas that would become Delaware and New York. The designs highlight early trading posts and the Danish and Dutch influences shaping the region's beginnings.
Wenda Ayer seeks lead role and independence from Garry’s stage project. He warns of traps from Jimmy Minton as Wenda declares she will call the director and pursue a top spot in a new production.
The Loudoun News endorses Congressman How ard W. Smith for re election in the Eighth District August 2. Smith, a farmer dairyman banker and jurist, has opposed waste and defended representative government while backing sound fiscal policy. His challenger is William E. Dodd Jr who runs on a New Deal platform.
The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle notes no European power is ready for a first-class war. The fear is that a nation might abandon finesse and begin a second-class conflict instead.
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