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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1937
Page
7
The report lists 24 hour rainfall yesterday as none and October to date 2.18 inches. Year to date stands at 37.56 inches with an annual average of 34.74 inches over 24 years from 1913 to 1936. Monthly averages from January to December are given, ranging from 1.97 inches in February to 3.65 inches in May.
President Roosevelt, in a White House fireside address, urges Congress to convene a special session on November 15 to push crop control, wage and hour, land use, and anti trust measures, plus government reorganization. He omits a Supreme Court plan and stresses plans to stabilize farm income, raise low wages, expand fertile land, and end monopoly.
He argued that while industry seeks foreign markets, it already has a vast untapped domestic market. The speaker contended the permanent market would grow by increasing wages, boosting demand within the country.
Delegates gather in Norfolk for the Virginia Methodist conference opening the 155th annual meeting. Bishop Arthur J. Moore will preside as his cabinet meets behind closed doors to set agendas and review church mission reports.
State Senator Robert O. Norris of Lancaster county will be a principal speaker at the 53rd annual session of the Junior Order United American Mechanics in Charlottesville October 18 to 20. Norris speaks at the banquet Tuesday night, presented by State Senator John S. Battle. Hugh N. Miller is toastmaster.
Woodstock Virginia October fair hosted by Muhlenberg F F A Chapter and Home Economics Club runs October 15 and 16 in the high school. Garden Club oversees the Flower Show with ribbons and first place prizes. Entries welcomed in farm products and home crafts with classes for student work and general entries. Exhibits include Dahlias Chrysanthemums Roses Zinnia and arrangements with entries due by 1 PM October 15 and removal not before 9 30 AM Saturday.
In Richmond on Columbus Day, D E Satterfield Jr, Democratic nominee, called Christopher Columbus discoverer hero dreamer and apostle. Italian groups attended exercises with wreaths at the statue base. He urged renewed faith, noting World War era uncertainty. State workers had holiday, city workers half day.
Professor Fountain Cole describes a freight train stopping abruptly when a pedestrian lingering on the tracks did not hear the whistle. The man apologized, saying he was focused on an archaeology thesis for a master’s degree at the University of Arizona.
Charlottesville Virginia October 12 Coach Frank Murray tried out an aggressive offensive today with the University of Virginia Cavaliers and swept aside freshman opposition with plays that carried the varsity the length of the field several times. The Murray men will meet the University of Maryland Saturday in the first major home game of the season. Dinwiddie Sh Nistad Smith McClaugherty Bryant alternated running and passing through the freshman defense almost at will. Jimmy Beveridge freshman safety booted a couple of nice punts one for seventy yards.
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