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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces its subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery. Rates include annual and semiannual options, with monthly payments and a weekly option listed for Winchester, Virginia.
A religion note quotes James 1 27 in the AP Real Religion column. The message emphasizes visiting or aiding orphans and widows and keeping oneself unstained by the world.
The Count of Covadonga born Don Alfonso Pio Christino Edouardo Francisco Gillermo Carlos Enrique Eugenio Fernando Antonino Venancio de Bourbony Battenberg suffered a hemophilia inherited from royal bloodlines. After a Miami car crash he bled to death in a Florida hospital, leaving an heir without a throne and a life of exile.
A Roanoke Times special recalls the 1938 opening of a new Virginia railroad section from Petersburg to City Point that sparked the later Norfolk and Western system. It highlights postwar rebuilding, wartime scars, and the vision of leaders like Fred J. Kimball and William Mahone, whose ambitions shaped a lasting Virginian enterprise.
A 1937 study by the American Federation of Investors of 150 large corporations shows total assets of about 42 billion dollars with 6.49 million shareholders and 3.171 million employees. The report notes per share tax of 2.62 and per shareholder tax of 291 dollars, accusing high taxes of reducing purchasing power and jobs.
Danville Bee reports that combining multiple items suggests beer does not ensure safety for drivers. It notes U S data showing beer drinkers consume more alcohol than liquor drinkers, and California fatal accidents include many drivers and pedestrians who had been drinking. The piece argues a beer glass does not reduce risk compared to whiskey.
A Minnetonka Pilot column defines a newspaper man as a devoted, selfless figure who endures abuse, champions community causes, praises the good, covers the faults of others, and remains loyal even as he is often overlooked or underappreciated. He is described as practical, frugal, and dedicated, never seeking personal glory.
John Hodgson has been appointed director of athletics at S. V. A. by Col B. D. Tillet. The appointment comes as federal agencies scrutinize large scrap iron shipments overseas amid rising prices.
Five years ago a U S Labor Department branch office planned in Winchester to list unemployed with Walter Shade in charge. Common Council reappointed P P Pilcher city manager after a special election, defeating Lee Grant by one vote. Local service clubs pledged to raise 1890 dollars for Boy Scout work.
L. R. Dettra is named city manager at annual elections and other city posts are filled. The State Highway Department reveals plans for a steel and concrete bridge over the Shenandoah at Berry's Ferry. A Keyser doctor and his nurse are jailed for an illegal operation on a local woman. The police signal system is replaced by exclusive telephone use.
Mrs. William R. Smith is run over by a sulky at the fairgrounds grandstand. Dr. M. B. Waite speaks to farmers on Cedar Rust control. C. E. Ridgeway promotes In wood Fair with large ads in The Star. Mrs. W. Love and Mrs. William Deshon elected president and vice president of Turner Ashby Chapter UDC.
Private Charles Barnett tied to the Cu ban invasion army is reported at home on a furlough. Attorneys H. R. Kern and John M. Steck conduct a case in Swimley's Store at Brucetown. S. J. Simmons arrives as chief burggist in Dr. R. W. Stone's store. Miss Lillian Lewis entertains guests at her father Councilman J. K. Lewis's home on South Braddock Street.
A compilation of Q and A style notes covers U S government employment ratios in 1938, Rheims reconstruction led by George B Ford, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest age, Ethel Merman's birth name, Farm Security loans, 1937 film attendance, Red Cap unionism, West Point costs, Eddie Duchin hands insured, a climbing fish, Gloucester fishing memorial service, American slang contributors, early bookplates, Jack Miner wildlife sanctuary, historical punishments by boiling.
A promotional notice advertises BEAUTY AND CHARM a 48 page booklet covering bathing cosmetics makeup hair teeth hands feet diet posture exercise clothing perfume and beauty hints for women. It costs ten cents postpaid with a coupon to Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Director Washington DC to mail.
Washington reports President Roosevelt launches a five member commission to study power plant expansion tied to war needs. War engineers under Louis Johnson propose extending lines and steam plants in 16 cities including Baltimore Chicago New York Philadelphia Detroit and others, potentially bringing utilities under interstate control and the SEC via RFC loan incentives.
Noel deciphers a letter from Jimmy to Laurie and traces an address at 288 Bickford. She searches across town, hoping to locate Jimmy to help Laurie while Julian and Ruth Chester tend to Laurie’s illness and a delicate hospital drama unfolds.
The piece discusses potential buildout of facilities by the War Department if needed and the impact of bombing on city industries. It notes power firms near capacity, argues expansion may not be feasible, and mentions Johnson's law firm ties and expected negotiations. It covers Labor Day absence of CIO leaders and comments on repeal of the Spanish embargo.
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