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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1938
Page
5
Green Bay Rams, once gentle leaders, now the league’s feared rivals. Art Lewis, 26, replaces Hugo Bezdek as coach and the team rides a three game win streak beating Detroit and Chicago Bears, ending Bears’ first place bid with a 23 to 21 defeat.
Prosecutor Frank Condon said Mr and Mrs Wilfred Pichette confessed to fatally harming their 19 year old maid Marian Doyle with a flat iron and poker at their Dollar Bay home. He said they believed she was possessed by a devil and charged both with first degree murder. They were to be arraigned before Justice John McCarty.
In Philadelphia on October 24, it was announced that red caps and porters will receive a 25 cent per hour minimum from employers under the federal Wage Hour Act. Tips must be reported and will be supplemented by railroads if they fall short. The Pennsylvania Railroad said it would pay the minimum, with other railroads expected to follow.
In an Associated Press survey midseason, 41 teams remain undefeated. San Jose State tops the list, with six straight wins, joined by Texas Tech, California, and others. Only five remain unscored upon: Duke, Southern Conference, Eastern Kentucky Teachers, George Washington, Platteville Teachers, and Johns Hopkins as DEJA highlights football.
In 1861 the United States had 5 203 magazines papers and persons of all kinds. This figure reflects the breadth of print culture across the era with a surge in periodicals and publications.
Everett Elkins of Marshall College Huntington W V and Leroy Pry of Texas College of Arts and Industries share 66 points after five games and lead AP scoring. Gaylen Smith of Southwestern University and Vic Bottari of California follow with 60 and 44 points respectively as conference leaders adjust.
Carnegie Tech coach Bill Kern blasted officiating after Notre Dame won 7-0 citing referee John Getchell and a third down confusion. Kern called the calls the worst bonehead officiating he had seen and blamed Getchell for Tech losing on a late turnover on the 46 yard line.
Washington reports Elmer F. Andrews wage hour administrator says several scattered plants have shut down likely due to the new fair labor standards act. He expects many closures to be temporary as the industry adjusts.
Cumberland Md Oct 24 The executive board of the Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council CIO unions asks Celanese Corp to reconsider its plan for a ten million dollar plant at Petersburg Virginia Mayor Thomas W Koon hopes to persuade Celanese to build the facility in Cumberland or nearby area based on local incentives and impact.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour rainfall 0.25 inches, October-to-date 0.95 inches, year-to-date 20.78 inches. Based on 25 year normals from 1913 to 1937 monthly averages range from 2.33 to 3.87 inches, with a 25 year average annual rainfall of 35.36 inches.
Chicago Oct 24 A shot fired into the living room window of Mary De Vuono’s sister in law’s home adds a new element to the case. Police seek ballistic comparison while husband Rosario De Vuono and Joseph Dandrea are questioned as investigators pursue motive.
Distilled spirits production and withdrawals fell in September and in the first three months of the current fiscal year, per the Bureau of Internal Revenue. September output reached 9,294,320 gallons vs 13,869,694 a year earlier, with July to September total at 21,084,187 gallons compared to 32,091,344 last year. Illinois led whiskey production in September with 2,631,016 gallons, followed by Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
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