08 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1938
Page
1
Monte Pearson struck out nine over five hits as the Yankees won 5 to 2 against the Chicago Cubs in the third game at Yankee Stadium. The crowd neared 50 000 as DiMaggio Gehrig and Ruth? wait.
Claude R. Cammer was elected unanimously to the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester board to fill the vacancy from Howard Solen berger’s death. Cammer, owner and secretary treasurer of Valley Service Station, has a noted military and teaching record.
Play by play notes from a Cubs Yankees game at Yankee Stadium on Oct 8. First innings show Hack and Herman walking for the Cubs with Cavaretta's at bat and Hartnett striking out. Yankees strand runs as Crosetti and Reynolds fail to convert. Second inning details include Jurges, Hack, and Pearson each contributing outs and walks amid crowded stands.
London reports say Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald and Sir Harold MacMichael pressed for a halt to the rebellion in Palestine. Sir Harold arrived to assist in London while Iraq’s foreign minister considered joining talks, Jewish Agency rejects any plan that widens minority status. In Cairo Egypt, a parliamentary committee chairman attacked Britain’s partition policy in Palestine urging Britain to rectify past mistakes at the Moslem Congress opening.
Bishop James E. Cannon Jr speaking before the 154th Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South urged preachers to accuse liquor manufacturers and sellers of criminal brands and to hold congregations responsible for liquor conditions. The conference adopted a $162,683 budget for next year and elected John H. Rosenberger as lay activities leader. Cromer Publication Director Co. Cromer of Washington was named director to study consolidating church publications.
Capetown reports the Mercury seaplane completed its Dundee to Capetown flight after an emergency landing at the Orange River mouth due to ice and headwinds. The craft covered about 6000 miles, surpassing the 5215 mile German record and challenging Russian and speed records, aided by midair launch from its mother plane.
Charles Henry Holmes a 32 year old colored man of Millwood died at his father's home in Clarke County on Wednesday after several weeks of illness. He was unmarried and survived by his mother Mary Cotter Tonnesse Olmes four sisters Amanda Mary Mason Janie and Sophie and four brothers Marshall a caselag. Services will be held tomorrow at the Baptist Church with the Rev E Baylor officiating.
Washington October 8 Rep Doughton says a wide range of social security plans including 200 a month pensions will be examined after the new session begins. Hearings requested on the general welfare act and Townsend plans. debates over financing and pay as you go loom.
The city will restart inspections to locate radio interference sources after a six month lapse. The city manager’s office will enforce the interference ordinance and issue notices to violators, with summonses possible for those who do not correct the disturbance.
In Charles Town W V Handley High School Judges were outplayed early by the Purple Panthers. Handley roared back in the second quarter after a punting duel, with Cather producing a 35 yard run and a subsequent scoring play. Cather handled most of Handley’s kicking duties.
Information reaches Winchester that a fire destroyed the Glaize and Brothers saw mill on Back Creek near It. The mill was in operation yesterday and a quantity of lumber is said to have burned. The fire origin is undetermined and Mr. Glaize has yet to return to the city.
Labor and railroad spokesmen testified before the emergency fact finding board that present railway wages are essentially the same as those set in 1920 by a government panel. They argued against a 15 percent wage cut amid looming nationwide strike, while critics noted cost of living and calls for public support. Senator Wagner vowed opposition to any wage reduction.
A Baltimore county farmer found about 90 000 dollars in old mint money while plowing. The cash, in a musty tin box, was brought to the Federal Reserve Bank by a lawyer for the farmer. Bank officials kept names confidential pending origin and taxability questions. Counting was difficult due to the money being old and matted. Estimates ranged from 90 000 to 100 000 dollars.
Martin Ebert of Stephenson recalls a shared childhood building a stone wall opposite his farm and asks his friend Maurice Lynch to help mend it. He jokes about inviting Lynch down while noting sentimental ties to the fence and past neighbors. He also mentions a forthcoming testimonial dinner for the Winchester Bar dean.
The AFL executive council meets to decide whether to heed Roosevelt’s plea for labor peace or wait for John L Lewis’ CIO to take the next unity step. Tobin urged peace, sparking debate among leaders who argued it may be impossible or risk renouncing unions’ identities.
Paris rumors say French Communists seek to broaden the shattered people's front to topple Premier Edouard Daladier over the Munich pact. Maurice Thorez signals possible cooperation with former foes like Henri de Kerillis and Socialists if Daladier uses decree powers, dissolves Parliament, or triggers elections.
Heinz Marclowitz aged 23 and Richard Bomba 24, two German Jewish youths seeking entry to the United States, died when the freighter Jamaica Progress near West India Dock was gassed to kill rats. They had escaped from a hold and hid in trunkways before perishing.
Berlin reports that a foreign office spokesman called all disarmament talk premature. Nazi editor Goering supported limiting armaments only after restraint on their use, as German diplomacy shifts toward seeking a French German understanding amid broader European tensions.
Rome reports straining relations with the United States and the Vatican over anti-Semitic laws. The Grand Council abolishes the Chamber of Deputies to replace it with a Fasces and Guides chamber, while the U S embassy seeks clarity on treatment of Italian Jews in America.
Premier Jan Syrovy's cabinet grants amnesty to Hungarian Sudeten German and Polish prisoners as Slovakia heads toward autonomy. Dr Joseph Tiso to lead Czech Slovak commission negotiating Magyar minority areas while Prague analyzes future borders and German occupation zones. Czechoslovakia seeks reexamination of Berlin commission decisions at the League of Nations.
President Roosevelt arranged to receive Felix ter as an overnight guest at the summer White House in Hyde Park. Cardozo’s July death left a vacancy on the Supreme Court bench.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday predicts rain in the North and Middle Atlantic States on Tuesday or Wednesday and again near the end of the week. Cool at the start, with warmer Tuesday, then colder day and warmer again toward week’s end.
Washington on October 8 reports the treasury position for October with receipts of 19,621,160.75 dollars and appropriations totaling 38,046,492.93 dollars. Gross debt for the fiscal year stands at 38,428,463,735.65 dollars.
A seed listing offers large fall bulbs including tulips jonquils crocus and cinths with white warelssus. Packaged in sizes 10 6 7 8 10 12 14 1p 6t.
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