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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1937
Page
5
Historical rainfall data shows present and past totals. October to date 6.35 inches, year to date 43.67. Monthly amounts from 1913 to 1936 list numbers for each month with an annual average of 34.74 inches at Winchester Research Laboratory.
Hollywood gossip notes Virginia Bruce widow of John Gilbert announced she will marry director J Walter Ruben in Hollywood during the Christmas season. The couple plans a private ceremony with close friends in the coming weeks.
Virginia highway officials warn budget committee that highway revenues for the next year will fall about eight million dollars short of road needs. Commissioner Shirley cites 22.7 million in state highway revenues versus 30.66 million in required funds for the coming year, with similar figures for 1939–40. He urges general fund aid, condemns diversion of road money, and discusses convict labor costs and future road expense increases. The Citizens Road League calls for pay as you go, limits on road levies, and full gasoline tax use for roads.
In Frederick County Circuit Court a garnishment action targets funds held by J L Jolliffe as administrator of Irvin H Zinn to satisfy a prior plaintiff judgment. Elsie R Zinn, nonresident, must appear within ten days of publication to protect her interests, with notices to be printed weekly in the Winchester Evening Star and posted at the courthouse.
A horse shoe was nailed to a foreign office door in London before a sub committee session on Spain. Diplomats used a different entrance. the eight attendees did not notice the charm. Russian ambassador Ivan Maisky, the ninth conferee, uses the courtyard entry.
In Cairo on October 26 rival student political factions clashed at Egyptian State University. Violence damaged the building as law and pro government factions attacked arts faculty and students, who retaliated by breaking doors windows and desks. Authorities refused to intervene and the rector resigned.
Pittsfield New Hampshire October 26 193? Lewis F Leduc sixteen died after refusing to attend high school His father John reported an argument with his parents over schooling then a rifle shot was heard and the boy died instantly from a brain wound
Mrs. William H. Jones, 83, seeks a divorce from her 84-year-old husband in Rogersville Tennessee after 57 years of marriage. Deputy Sheriff G. C. Davis says Jones is charged with cruel treatment and infidelity.
White Post Health Club star White posted 356 for high individual set as League C action heated up. Keller led the Health Club with 146 in the team totals while Winchester Woolen and Steam Laundry topped team scores.
In Front Royal Virginia Judge Philip Williams ruled the commonwealth must prove criminal intent for involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutor John Downing moved to seek an indictment by a Warren county grand jury on a hit and run felony. The trial related to the July 17 death of Jesse Redman who was struck by a car near Front Royal.
Thirteen year old Carroll Wade said he may ask the Mint Bureau in Washington to determine if a coin he received last week is a very rare 1913 rehead nickel. Mexia bankers could not decide its genuineness. A Los Angeles man offered Wade $1,000 if genuine and an Austin resident offered $2,500.
Daniel Lee of Berryville Virginia reported a strange double egg with two small eggs joined by a half inch neck resembling a gourd. The find was taken to A C Haines store in Frederick County and then brought to The Star office yesterday afternoon.
Reliance Virginia reports frost damage to area gardens leaving many households with ruined crops. Local social notes record visits and family gatherings across Middletown, Warren ton, Flint Hill, Mt. Solon, and nearby towns, including Miss Oneda Shipe and Miss Louise Stickley.
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