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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
8
Hollywood profile of Joe Yule and his son Mickey Rooney showing their rise in show business. It describes Joe Yule Sr as a leading burlesque comic and notes the family name in lights on Broadway and Main Street in Los Angeles.
Holmes Eastwood newly elected police commissioner ordered newspaper and radio reporters to vacate the Detective Bureau Squad Room the longtime editorial headquarters. He announced new crime news regulations reserving for himself what is correct for the press. Tacoma papers vowed to continue covering police news despite the edict.
Richmond Virginia railroad machinist Garland M Reid, 54, became superstitious after finding a button and penny, then another button and a dime. He kept searching and soon found a $400 roll of bank notes, then additional finds totaling about 2,000 dollars as he pursued more luck.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers the WORD BOOKLET listing over three thousand words commonly mispronounced misspelled or misused. Send ten cents postpaid with name address and city to Washington DC for a copy.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending 8 am with none. October totals are shown as 0.19 inches. Year to date rainfall is 20.02 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 25 years from 1913 to 1937 is listed by month with values from January 2.53 inches to August 3.77 inches and December 2.33 inches. Average annual rainfall over the 25 year span is 35.36 inches.
Wichita peace advocate Woody Hockaday disrupted trading at the Chicago Board of Trade shouting 1.50 wheat or dust. He breached guards and was escorted to a conference room. Hockaday has a history of protests including during Roosevelt's presidency and near-parade incidents.
Charlottesville reports two centennials and two semi centennials marking UVA's 115th session. Alumni Association marks 100 years since formation in July 1938 and the 100th anniversary of student literary monthly University Spectator. Fifty autumns ago UVA students began intercollegiate football and the student newspaper College Topics started its 50th volume.
Five Cherry Valley housewives returning from Albany were killed in a two car collision near Duanesburg. Mrs Daisy Heatherington 57 died. others died at the scene. Coroner E J Sems reported a tire blowout on one car led to the crash injuring Mattice and three companions. Dead include Mrs Pearson Mrs Willsey Mrs Sherman and Mrs Blumenstock.
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