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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1938
Page
4
The entry lists editor RAF Byrd Jr and publication details for the Winchester Virginia Star Publishing Co. with pricing for subscriptions including one year in advance 14.50 and monthly 1.20, plus weekly 0. The notice notes second class matter status and daily except Sundays publication.
In a Wednesday issue dated September 21 1938 the paper features a religious verse from Exodus 6 7 and a note about Associated Press rights to republish dispatches. It frames the edition with a pledge of news integrity and local content.
The former general argues that if Czechoslovakia defends itself in war the Sudeten Germans would be killed en masse using gas and machines guns. He says such a war would slaughter 3,000,000 Sudeten Germans and urges stopping the threat to avoid hellish carnage. He cites Sherman and asks for divine deliverance from war.
An editorial on Rev. W A R Goodwin of Bruton Parish Church and funder John D Rockefeller Jr praising their vision to restore Williamsburg. The New York Herald Tribune note credits Goodwin for sparking national attention to the colonial town and its restoration supported by Rockefeller and other leaders.
The passage credits Mr. Rockefeller with providing all the funds for the research and the Restoration project. It notes the money supported architects designers and decorators and compensated property owners and occupants affected. Dr. Goodwin’s aims align with national good fortune as well as his own.
An elderly Jewish man in Berlin dreams of a Communist revolution as a tram passes Adolf Hitler Platz repeatedly renamed to Lenin Strasse Karl Marx Strasse and Josef Stalin Platz. A conductor shouts the renamings and finally wakes the sleeper with a harsh insult.
The late M A Taylor as president of the American Bankers Association expressed a view that banks should combine wealth with righteousness and power with humility. His address argues for living in a world of fact while preserving faith, contrasting modern banking with past harsh methods and asserting hope for American life.
Wenatchee Daily World reports WPA chief Harry Hopkins arguing relief can be a political issue. He says it is proper to support the group that offers the most relief, a stance described as reckless by critics and linked to weakening democratic government.
After a meeting the Park Association signals a possible 19500 bond issue to fund a swimming pool. E Blair Sheetz dies at his Peyton Street home after a daylong heart ailment. he was active in business for 45 years. A dog owned by George Eagle acts as dam to three piglets left motherless.
Virginia Conservation Commission files condemnation papers in Warren county court for land in the park area whose owners have accepted price. Winchester is one of eleven Virginia cities with re employment offices announced from Richmond. Wiley Post, famed round the world flyer, is severely injured in a Winnie Mae crash at Quincy Illinois airport.
A reader can get facts by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. The page lists various Q A items with names and places, including Qs about sewing machines, polo balls, grapefruit production, origins of expressions, and other trivia.
Assistant War Secretary Johnson presses a faster plan after a Roosevelt meeting to clear four bottlenecks for war readiness. Efforts include expanding eastern rail lines, hidden industrial orders, and education programs to boost munitions substitutes, with a $2,000,000 labor plan amid global tensions.
The Republicans of New York and Maryland declare their party will sweep Hoover into office in these states. Statistics report 85 763 barrels of apples shipped from this country last week to England. Lionel Barrymote in Roadhouse, a popular film, plays at a local theatre. The Army and Navy store in Winchester starts a selling out sale.
Samuel A. Brown, a well known Frederick county resident, loses four fingers in a wood saw accident. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of State, halts southern lectures to focus on government duties amid criticism. Robert Y. Conrad becomes assistant football coach at W. M. I. Lexington. he is a graduate and former player there. James M. Rothwell completes a 600 acre orchard property deal in Jefferson county West Virginia for 100000 dollars.
Forty years ago Dr. Daniel Burr Conrad dies after nine months illness at his West Water street home. Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Association receives a $1,000 donation from C. B. Rouss. A pigeon released three months ago by J. W. Hillyard returns home to roost. Edward and James Langley, formerly of Winchester, new engineer and fireman on engine No. 731 of the Valley B and C.
Britain cannot afford a war with the dictators at present. The nation would face disaster in the Pacific. The dictators have outmaneuvered Britain through their alliance with Japan as England, France, and Russia line up against Germany.
Officials note spontaneous hisses and cheers in eastern theaters as crowds oppose Hitler and back Czechs. They see no new foreign propaganda and doubt nationwide enthusiasm matches the east, with midwest and west reporting little interest.
The Justice Department cites a postponed grand jury presentation until mid October as the reason no witnesses have been subpoenaed. A consent decree may be pursued if conciliatory hospitalizations for freer care prove acceptable. Farm organizations gear up for farm price advocacy with White House attention and busy fall plans.
Noel Doran endures a long wait for Julian Paige who never arrives. Ruth Chester relays he had an emergency, prompting Noel to seek him at the De Luxe. Laurie hints Ruth fibbed and Noel later learns Julian came at 2 but Ruth misinformed.
The column notes ongoing European tensions with Hitler targeting Hungary and Poland, suggesting no permanent solution to Sudeten issues. A Maryland veteran laments fighting to 70 and seeks peace, while Barksley and Tydings meet in the lobby amid startled bystanders.
Willie Turnesa’s Mary Ann putter, lost after winning the National Amateur Golf Championship, was sent home to Elmsford New York aboard a mail train. An unidentified man told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he picked up the club after it fell from Turnesa’s bag at Oakmont following the title match with Pat Abbott last Saturday.
President Roosevelt said Maryland cannot secure private financing for 55 percent of the cost of the Potomac and Susquehanna river bridges and about 5 million dollars in PWA aid will go to smaller projects. J Glenn Beall, chair of the State Roads Commission, countered that bankers offered to finance the two bridges and the entire four bridge plan.
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