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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1938
Page
5
The record lists present and past rainfall data ending 8 a.m with none for October and year to date. It provides 25 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1937 and an average annual rainfall of 35.36 inches. It ends with a note on prize fighters hardening hands by soaking in brine with J M H A.
Cubs enter action with bold odds against the Yankees, led by pitcher Bill Lee and a team of destiny. The Yankees rely on Red Ruffing and a potent lineup as the series opens at Wrigley Field with capacity crowds and high expectations.
New York reports outline of Great Plays series from Oct 16 to spring with 28 programs on Sundays at 1 p.m. WJZ NBC will air The Trojan Woman. WEAF NBC returns opera matinees from Nov 26. John W. Davis discusses legal aid at 6 p.m. Father Coughlin plans 52 weeks on 44 stations starting Nov 6. Tonight features Fred Allen, Ask It Basket, Adolphe Menjou, Hobby Lobby, One Man's Family, and more with various stations and times. World Series broadcast opens Thursday at 2:15 p.m. from Chicago via NBC CBS and MBS.
Brucetown, Va. notes a sequence of social visits with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and Miss Elsie Vincent of Baltimore visiting Mrs. Janny McKee at White Hall. Other guests include Mrs. Andy Whitacre and family, Mamie Tanquarry with Pike Side relatives, and Mrs. Gussie Finningan, Mrs. Laura Conrad, and Mrs. Ernest Tharp visiting Mary Travers at Lebanon Church.
The Palace Theatre offers a one day only rural themed show featuring Uncle Ezra Stebbins and his company of 16 entertainers. Highlight acts include the kicks from the sticks and the four McCuens with Al Blanc among the performers.
Richmond reports the State Highway Commission has tentatively allocated 9.5 million dollars for road construction in the fiscal year starting July 1 1939. A Charlotte Mecklenburg Lunenburg group requests a Staunton River bridge to improve park access reducing travel from 60 to 15 miles. An Orange County delegation seeks Route 49 funding from Rapidan to Unionville about four miles, with Kenneth Gilpin in attendance.
Middletown Virginia residents report absences and visits. Mrs Bernice Burdette left for White Sulphur Springs to stay with the Burdette family. Rev J T Brown and wife and children traveled to Richmond due to Mrs Browns sick mother. Julian Everly of Winchester visited relatives here. Carson Dettra of Winchester with E R Sperry and Sadie Hartis visited Fredericksburg and Richmond.
John Williams Davis, a chemist credited with inventing the helium separation process from natural gas, died of a heart attack at 51 in Petersburg Virginia. He headed helium work for the U S Air Service during World War I and served as a consulting engineer for the Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation and the Solvay Process Company. He taught at several universities and was a former adjutant at Kelly Field. He left behind his mother Mrs Richard B Davis a brother Hall Davis and a sister Mrs David A Harrison Jr.
Mrs. Earl Coville of Richmond stays with her mother Mrs. Annie Henretty while Mr. Coville works in nearby counties. Rev. J T Brown and delegates attend the annual conference in Harrisonburg this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Alger visit Millwood friends, Miss Mae Ginn stays in Stephens City with Mr. and Mrs. C C Rhodes.
Eddie Briez notes fans in Illinois petitioning for Babe Ruth as St. Louis Browns manager while Sid Luckman and Pete Powell shine. Helen Jacobs hunts in Virginia. Lou Nova plans rematches with Farr Baer or Pastor. Sw conference mileage tops 6,000 miles. Tony Galento trains in two weeks. Whizzer White earns praise. Joe Louis prospects eyed in California. Barrington Orioles youth coach Bill Hayes aims to be MLB umpire. Minnesota backfield strong. John Wickham joins Tulsa practice. Tarzan Taylor scouts Marquette by radio.
A large improvised device on the Central High School lawn in Duluth exploded after loading with blasting powder beer bottles and iron chunks. It shattered windows toppled a passerby and rattled houses for blocks. Police urged a strict disarmament program including cementing the device.
Moscow observers predict a sharp revival of international communist activity, especially in France, after the Munich accord. Le Journal de Moscou says France lost allies and asks who can rely on England. It questions the value of the French Soviet pact as tensions rise.
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