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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1938
Page
4
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Poetic biblical exhortation emphasizes clarity of age and radiance in later years. The excerpt adapts Job 11 17 to express spiritual renewal and light in old age.
The 300th anniversary of Louis XIV is noted with a mix of era lore and critical view. While celebrated for power and brilliance, the king’s aim for European hegemony faltered against a European coalition including Britain, a fate Napoleon would mirror.
Dr John A Harriss a New York traffic pioneer died recently leaving a legacy that shaped modern traffic management. He is credited as father of the traffic light and the one way street and advocated elevated express highways during the early 20th century.His forward looking work predated current engineers and highlighted the need for radical adjustments as cities shifted to motor age.
A Treasury Department official faced Senate scrutiny after a Maryland Democratic primary incident. The committee found possible law violations in spirit and called for action, while the department defended the official as within legal bounds. The dispute highlights tensions between administration and congressional oversight over elections.
President Roosevelt once called North Carolina the best-balanced state but offered no proof. The piece questions whether he weighed cotton, tobacco, strawberries, and peaches against socks, towels, and furniture and ignores NC income, teacher salaries, and economic gaps.
The Baltimore Sun reports a revised form of a project described as fundamentally sound, signaling progress toward a stable version after prior concerns and adjustments by editors and staff.
University of California Los Angeles students propose a $50 weekly subsidy for under 50s funded by a novel milk-bottle top system. They argue younger people boost money velocity more effectively, while Downey’s $30 weekly plan targets those 50 and older.
One year ago Mayor C. R. Anderson received letters from Maryland youth asking if he knew of any local women who would like to marry an author. Robert Lee Bristow of Saluda Virginia was named Star Farmer of Virginia at the Kansas City F F A convention.
The Q and A items cover wagon colors with blue underbody and bright red upper woodwork, a Tel Aviv population figure of 140,000, a free Reader's Digest offer to 1,500 prisoners, and other trivia on directors, loaning Talking Books, Mooney's case, a paint remover formula, quotation on friendship, taxi counts, German teaching rules, pellagra causes, the National Roadside Council, and Jeffrey Lynn's bio.
Washington dispatch reports private GOP and Democratic tallies for the 1938 midterm, with Democrats predicting 18 to 40 House losses and Republicans forecasting 73 to 92 gains. Analysts cite district canvasses, uneven polls, and concerns over Roosevelt support while weighing potential impact of a Republican gubernatorial win on Congress and strategic military spending amid South American and North American defense considerations.
Miss Virginia Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Adams and Forest Jones represent Winchester and Frederick County Junior Red Cross at a regional conference. Cee Brannon clerk Frederick County court locates record of first marriage contract on Western Frontier nuptials of Joist Hite and widow Maria Nuschanger.
Ten years ago unseasonably warm dry weather reduced orchard yields by about 1,000,000 barrels from Hagerstown Maryland to Staunton Virginia. The text notes crop loss across the region and mentions nearby events and weddings in Clarke county.
At the Episcopal Church convention in New York the House of Deputies votes to start a five minute period of silence on Good Friday. Also noted are the Washington Herald being acquired by the McClure Syndicate and L A Adams reelected president of the Frederick County Sunday School Association. A Cleveland court rules tango dancing by a hall proprietor is permissible in a case involving a dancing teacher.
Forty years ago veterans gathered to dedicate a statue for fallen comrades in the National Cemetery. A heavy rain followed weeks of unusually warm October weather flooding Winchester streets. Wheat sells for 67 cents a bushel in local markets. Miss Mammie Russell hosts at Washington Street for Miss Lucy Byrd of New York.
Judy Rogers, an New York heiress now working as a model, fights to prove her own dress designs were her ideas after a designer and Rita steal credit. She confronts executives at Heaton Offices while seeking help from Ronald Birrell as Craig remains out of reach. The cliffhanger ends with a reminder that her life has shifted from high society to a struggle for recognition.
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