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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1937
Page
5
Treasury officials voiced confidence that this fiscal year’s deficit will stay below 410 million dollars despite a 357.9 million deficit after two months. They cite July August revenue gains, loan repayments, and reduced relief spending as offsetting factors, with a 69.8 cent in every dollar spent collection rate for July August.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotes two companion booklets, Natural Scenes and Famous Places, showcasing big annual state events and notable places. Readers are urged to use a coupon and enclose 10 cents per booklet to receive the series.
On Labor Day Monday September sixth 1937 the listed banks will be closed as it is a legal holiday. Paper maturing that date can be paid on the next banking day Tuesday September 7 1937. Signatories include John H Sloat George B Bushnell Harold G Brown J H Yost and bank titles for Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Shenandoah Valley Net Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co.
At a wildlife conference associate state entomologist C R Willey recounted Woodstock resident Earl Bauserman keeping a family of skunks under his chickenhouse. He argued skunks are valuable for pest control and cited birds’ voracious insect consumption to illustrate natural enemies of pests.
Sergeant Harry T. Smith in charge of Army recruiting reports vacancies in Sixth Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle Maryland Thirty fourth Infantry at Fort Meade Maryland medical corps at Carlisle Pennsylvania and Washington District of Columbia air corps at Langley Field Virginia coast artillery at Fort Monroe Virginia and other corps at Fort Meade Maryland. Needed are workers with machine clerical and skilled trades including cooks carpenters plumbers sheet metal workers clerks truck drivers radio repairmen buglers mechanics and air service applicants ages 18 to 35. Interviews at Winchester post office building daily 8 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm.
Brucetown reports a string of visits including Tim and Mrs Berry and Lillian Christian from Baltimore with the Snapps. J L Newcome of Pasadena Calif. dined with Herbert Fisher. John F Lofland and son Jack stayed with S J Swimley and Billie Jobe. others visited relatives in Washington and Martinsburg.
The Mount Williams Literary Debating Society has decided to erect a hall for debates and social gatherings. A location is chosen and work is to begin soon with completion hoped by autumn. Trustees will be confirmed by court and the property deeded. The group seeks further contributions. A lawn party on September 4 will raise funds for the building.
Glacier Priest Father Bernard Hubbard says there is very little probability the six jet airmen led by Sigismund Levaneffsky are alive after their August 13 polar flight attempt from Moscow to Fairbanks. He criticizes searchers for basing operations at an icebound barrow and favors moving the base to Wainwright. He cites sunspot driven weather as the tragedy’s cause.
City manager Harry J Humphrey orders the clock tower faces dismantled while the lower works stay intact. The aged Wheeling timepiece will still chime hourly but its faces will not be visible to residents.
The Dollar Liner President Hoover approaching Shanghai from Manila was bombed by Chinese planes near the Yangtze Whangpoo confluence while evacuating Americans. Seven crew and three passengers were injured as four bombs were dropped. the attack aimed at a presumed Japanese troop ship.
A county school board member referred to as Mr X faced removal over alleged inability to read or write English. Attorney general Mac Q Williams sought a legal basis as no law clearly covers the situation.
Sam Snead, 26, a top golfer, visited Winchester Golf Club to see friend Rut Coffey. He plans to compete in the Hershey Open in Hershey, Pennsylvania and later tournament play in Canada, with an exhibition match planned with Coffey this season. Snead has earned over 10000 this year, placed second in the National Open, and was a Ryder Cup member.
LOCARNO Switzerland Sept 1 Sir Malcolm Campbell British speed ace added the world motorboat speed record to his auto speed standard by piloting the 23 foot Bluebird on Lake Maggiore at 125.795 miles per hour surpassing Gar Wood's 124.86 mph mark. Campbell already held the automobile record of 301.33 mph set at Bonneville Utah in 1935.
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