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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia. The notice lists subscription options by carrier and mail with prices for one year six months three months and monthly options.
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News brief from the Associated Press features a compact report page itemization for the Tuesday edition. It notes no author and emphasizes public notices and local items within the historic date context.
Richmond Times-Dispatch notes Senator Byrd advocating Virginia as the eastern agricultural research laboratory site. The plan designates four regional labs to expand tobacco markets and find new uses for farm surplus crops, with Virginia highlighted for its diverse agriculture and existing research center at Virginia Tech.
Atlanta report details farmers plowing under thousands of acres to avoid farm bill penalties and qualify for benefits. The North Georgia area shows nearly 1 000 acres under scrutiny with penalties set at seven cents a pound for excess cotton, while market prices hover around eight cents.
The article describes farmers in Georgia and the Carolinas uprooting cotton after acreage surveys and new allotments. Weather and late plantings forced adjustments, with many already chopped cotton, raising questions about substitutes for lost yields and wages. The piece questions Mr. Wallace to provide convincing answers amid the farm upheaval.
The piece argues an organization led the anti administration wing at a Young Democrats convention, criticizing President Roosevelt over involvement in primaries. It predicts a looming party struggle before the 1940 presidential nominating convention, with Governor Price and reps Flannagan and Hamilton as remaining administration figures.
One year ago reports note League of Nations efforts to unseat Spain and Ethiopia stirring unrest across the Mediterranean. The Shirley Carter estate was appraised around $800 000. Philip Fowle defeated Ed Stone in the Byrd Trophy final at the Golf Club.
Berkeley mill accused of attempting coercion to deter union affiliation. Labor Board rules on the case as President Roosevelt backs banks in a broad recovery drive. Dick Bush and the Shawnee Orchestra perform for the Lions Club in their first public appearance.
Garland Williams, once Winchester attorney now in Berryville, qualifies to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Dr. J. F. Ward is elected recorder of the Common Council at the annual council election.
Former president William H. Taft now at Yale Law School is chosen president of the American Bar Association. The Winchester Fair draws 12,000 spectators for turf events and cavalry drills. Minnie Conrad hosts a moonlight picnic at Montana Hall Clarke county on Shenandoah river banks.
Largest funeral in town marks the death of John R. Steele who died of typhoid while serving with the Cuban Invasion Army. Miss Nina B. Dean slips at her Stephens City home and sprains her ankle. Prof. Thomas Beardsworth announces re opening of winter term music classes.
Reader inquiries answered by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include labor losses, Joffre name origin, La Voisin, Bartlett pear origin, quotes attribution, Technicolor vs black and white costs, collar size, US goods import share, kowtow origin, National Gallery trustees, blood gravity, and Negro minister training.
Washington dispatch notes ongoing purge discussions threaten Alben Barkley’s hold on the Senate leadership. Critics point to five pro Barkley votes who have fallen, possible bids by Byrnes or Harrison, and questions over Barkley credentials and WPA accusations. George would chair credentials review.Stokes charges linger as primary returns approach. Harrison favored by some, Byrnes in play.
In Bluemont Virginia Walter I Priest cites concerns over democratic integrity amid the 1940 primary and Roosevelt’s role in endorsing candidates. The letter argues Congress represents constituents, a President’s veto power and suitability for future actions are debated, referencing Mark Sullivan’s Hyde Park interview and Roosevelt’s alleged proxy interventions.
R J Scott profiles George Bancroft noted as historian and founder of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. The brief tribute recalls his service in Polk era Cabinet, shaping military education and aviation era policy statements.
Noel searches the Barton Stave and Spoke factory for Jimmy Delevan to tell Laurie of her pneumonia. She finds him with John Fletcher, joins him for Laurie's bedside vigil, where Laurie briefly awakens before slipping into deathlike stillness.
Peter M. Tyson of Blair loaned Harry Currie of Norfolk $2 to back Currie’s daily double bet. An hour later Currie returned $418, half the winnings, showing unexpected reward for a wager. In Danville a prowler stole three hams from a grocery window. the display was dummies.
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