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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1937
Page
5
Mrs. Virginia Stevenson Anderson of New York seeks divorce from Alvin Anderson claiming he beat her unmercifully and drinks. He counters for annulment saying he was unaware of two prior marriages. she is 20 and he is said to be heir to a $3 million fortune.
Neville Chamberlain selects Leslie Hore Belisha, former sport minister, as new War Secretary in the British cabinet succeeding A Duff-Cooper who has been promoted.
A regular Common Council meeting is set in the City Hall council chamber at 7:30 p.m. Efforts for a special session last Tuesday failed due to lack of a quorum, leaving much business pending.
Ray Werrick James Hensell and Lowell Sargent were found guilty of drinking in public Saturday afternoon by Trial Justice A J Taven ner. Each was fined 1 and costs and taken into custody on the Stephens City Double Tollgate road.
A head on collision on a three lane road left a truck driver dead and his helper with severe injuries. The other motorist suffered a fractured skull and deep lacerations. The trucker had recently been ill and ignored a doctor’s advice to rest and sleep.
The House balked at a relief bill that would drastically reduce the $12,000 yearly wage of Harry L. Hopkins WPA administrator, after a $2,000 cut was proposed by a rebellious faction. President Roosevelt and Floor Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas urged compromise to avert the measure.
Phillip Murray as chair of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee launched a strike against three major independent steel producers. The action targets 89,500 workers as negotiations with the S W O C Central Prem affiliate fail to secure the demanded agreement.
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