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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1938
Page
5
Historical rainfall data shows monthly and annual totals. January 2.59 inches and December 2.33 inches. The 25 year period yields an average annual rainfall of 35.36 inches with monthly figures ranging from 2.30 to 3.77 inches.
Ted Dealey publisher of the Dallas News-Journal urged editors to preach and practice fair dealing and reasonable conservatism. He warned guilds and labor issues, stressing personal responsibility in newspaper operations to safeguard foundational principles. He called the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association a volunteer army working for members and readers. Warsaw and Kansas City men held a fishing wager claiming a three-pound bass, a two-pound Chappie, and a one-pound bass, declaring a dead heat.
A subscriber testimonial from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau touts the Weight Control booklet. It claims a reader reduced from 160 to 140 pounds and urges others to order by enclosing ten cents.
The Associated Press reports nearly 300 people died during the three day Memorial Day weekend across 45 states. Traffic crashes caused 174 deaths, 72 drownings, 11 fires, and 40 other incidents. Illinois led with 25 fatalities, followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. A Kentucky cloudburst drowned five members of a miner family. air crashes claimed four lives. Notable injuries included Annie Allanson and Irving Thurston, with police seeking a hit and run vehicle.
Chicago businessman Michael Hunt advertised flowers for sale along a cemetery route during Memorial Day weekend. He placed a traffic sign reading Stop but claimed he found it in a ditch. police charged him with illegal use of traffic insignia.
The Carnegie Institution reports a shallow desert layer remains cool at six feet, keeping air cooler than temperate regions just above it. It notes inexpensive water drip air cooling is common in the southwest, with fans and moist air used to chill air in camps and towns.
Jane Withers stars in Rascal s at Hable's Palace Theatre in the season's hit picture with a Fox News Reel and a Cartoon also on the program. This will be the last showing for Rascal s at the venue tonight.
Radio listings note C Fields return for a single WEAP NBC broadcast with McCarthy. Highlights include Mrs Roosevelt and Farley speeches on WJZ NBC from Utica. Daily tunings cover WEAF NBC CBS and WABC schedules 6:15 to 11:30 with programs from Fibber McGee to Kate Smith and space exploration plans.
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