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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
4
A quiz of quick facts covers hotels bones bread bread home baking honey production and other curiosities. It notes Stevens Hotel Chicago with 3000 rooms and Hotel St George Brooklyn with 2632 rooms, and provides figures on topics from tail bones to per capita paper use in 1937 and more.
The excerpt notes how readers laugh at Dickens Mould and Bowerberry and compares them to Tom Sawyer’s undertaker. It argues that, across Shakespeare and others, undertakers are made comic by the unchanging fact of death and the profession’s mournful veneer. The humor lies in the trade’s inevitable clash with ordinary life.
The Alexandria Gazette argues prison deaths reveal brutal conditions and call for reform. It urges shifting from punitive revenge to protection, proper care, and compelled prisoner work, with medical, psychiatric, and social work input guiding policy. The piece stresses voter support for humane, effective penal legislation.
A London Financial News piece analyzes President Roosevelt's unpredictable approach to inflation and deflation, criticizing his methods as creating uncertainty for business and investors. It portrays him as principled yet inconsistent, questioning future actions and confidence in his leadership.
The St Augustine Record notes a national discussion on mispronunciation and conceit in speech. Dr Joseph Vandenburg cites self approved speech as the core issue, with examples such as goverment garment and probably as key sins.
E H Brooks, elected president of the British National Association of Funeral Directors, laments Charles Dickens for belittling the trade. He cites Mr Sowerberry and Mr Mould from Dickens works as examples of comic depictions that still resonate with today’s funeral professionals.
Miss Ruth Beery, sewing instructor at Handley for five years, marries Rev. Hugh Powel in Harrisonburg. Harrisburg police say Richard Russell, wanted for embezzlement in Charles Town, will surrender. John G. Miller of Greystone Terrace wins the Friendship Fire Co. $100 billon contest. Miss Anne Boyer Browne leaves for South Boston to represent Winchester as princess.
Over 250 business houses in Winchester are enrolled under the N R A code. An employment rise of 460 persons is reported. Harry Shryock of Stephens City recovers in Winchester hospital from injuries after a fall from a moving truck. Frank Armstrong Jr announces the National Fruit Product Co will employ over 1000 at apple season peak. Miss Marguerite Jolliffe of Boyce prepares to enter training at Emergency Hospital in Washington.
Winchester is selected as the headquarters for the Shenandoah Area of Boy Scouts. Benjamine B. Parker, longtime postmaster of Middletown, dies at his home. Winchester Federation of Church Women may run a local day nursery. A source says Virginia moonshiners switch from corn whiskey to apple brandy.
Reckless riders from U S Cavalry units encamped in the county will appear at the Great Winchester Fair. Attendance at Handley Library averages over 200 daily. Frederick county Fruit Growers plan a packing school at Sprint's warehouse. Sam Renner sustains facial injuries operating a loom at the Virginia Woolen Mill.
Rock Enon Springs comprising 42 acres mineral water springs and hotel buildings to be offered for sale. U S government ready to release all Spanish prisoners of war captured in Cuba. Mrs Daniel F Haines hosts a dinner for Miss Lillian Correll William Lupton takes a post with J By Russell and Bro formerly with Hensells.
Washington observers note a calmer mood after Hull's August 15 address and a push to use public pronouncements to deter dictators. The policy aims to secure peace via threats, embargoes, and world opinion, with close UK and French coordination. Virginia PWA funds and AAA fraud probes also figure amid internal clashes over policy and enforcement.
Noel Shayne, a wealthy society girl turned taxi dancer, leaves her old life to prove independence in a rooming house and at the Peacock. She battles pride, a lingering kiss from Dr. Julian Paige, nurse Ruth Chester’s rival, and finds solace with Chris Landers as she contemplates a future beyond her former world.
Nina Glynn Anderson urges readers to question liquor sale laws and demand A B C stores provide drinking spaces. She argues drinking off premises reduces harm and cites crime, jail, and hospital strains as proof of current policy failures.
The Federal Alcohol Administration reports 344 active distillers permits in force across the United States.
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