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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists editorial details with editor H F Byrd Jr and publication notes. Subscription and carrier rates are shown for various terms, including yearly and monthly options, with in advance pricing.
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The Saturday September 24, 1938 issue features a decorative Psalms 16 11 quotation about joy in God s presence. No further news content is visible in the provided fragment.
Montgomery Advertiser reports editorials by the Los Angeles Times face contempt rulings amid debate from the Charleston News and Courier and Chicago Tribune. Advocates say free press must comment on court actions to inform the public and guard against judicial overreach.
The Milwaukee Journal notes Ray Giles argues the U S lags as a sleep nation in his book Sleep. He cites too short or narrow beds in cities and a mismatch between new mattresses and suitable bedsprings.
Citizens seek sleep aids as dreams of war loom in the night. Mr. Giles prescribes exercise, eye rolling, massages, tepid baths, and deep breathing to ease tension. He traces bed history from trees to cots, noting evolving materials and comforts through ancient to Renaissance times.
President Roosevelt urged Georgia Democrats to nominate Lawrence Camp for the Senate. In Lamar county 393 votes went to Walter F. George, 319 to Camp, and 306 to Eugene Talmadge, with 1,018 total ballots cast. George’s supporters outpolled Camp by a slim margin.
The New York Post notes with melancholy that the sturdy Irish potato, long a symbol of rugged self reliance, is now being sold in cans and sold as prepared, ready cooked.
President Roosevelt tells a Wyoming railroad crowd that the nation is not going broke. In Virginia, Rev. Millard J. Miller is named minister at Shenandoah College in Dayton amid the 138th United Brethren convention. Judge Weems sends E. B. Fletcher and Benjamin Snarr to the grand jury on perjury charges connected to the Fletcher Will case. Hampden Sydney senior Robert G. Harper is named editor of The Tiger weekly.
Oil line to furnace bursts during a dinner party at the Harry K. Thaw estate near Stephenson, fire crews extinguish the blaze as guests are evacuated. Capt. Frank M. Wray of Berryville named to Mary Baldwin College board vacancy. Mrs. Jane Ellen Dearmont, widow of Col. Washington Dearmont, dies at White Post. Robert Knight, son of J. Robert Knight, badly hurt when his car crashes into a culvert at Stephens City.
Leaders of the W C T U nationwide call prohibition the dominant campaign issue. Peaches in Timberville fetch up to seven dollars per crate during harvest. Winchester Common Council orders a special study of city water problems. National Fruit Product Company appeals for women workers as orders pile up at the plant.
Louise M Alcott's novel is presented on stage by a New York company. Agnes Williams Smith widow of W D Smith and mother of Rev Smith local rector dies in Berryville. Winchester German Club holds first fall meeting and plans winter balls. U S Cavalry encamped at Solenberger farm summer encamped moves ordered by headquarters on September 29.
Forty years ago a local Winchester paper described a bold break in at H. D. Fuller by a servant who tried to gain entry after losing her key. Mr and Mrs William Deschon hosted a dance with couples favoring the two step over waltzes among older residents. The note mentions Spanish terms with Cuba and the U S occupation army. Miss Lizzie Love Striker hosted a West Clifford Street gathering for Miss Winifred Sumption.
A reader can obtain factual answers by sending inquiries to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J Haskins in Washington DC and enclosing three cents for a reply.
The text states that more than 98 percent of bank depositors in the United States are protected by the federal deposit insurance system run by the FDIC. It then lists various trivia questions and answers covering topics from the Tour de France to Emil Ludwig and Melville.
Washington reporting on the 1938 purge in New York politics where John O Connor wins the Republican nomination for his own Democratic seat and James Fay takes the Democratic bid with Allen Dulles left without a Labor party slate. Unrest follows as factions debate O Connors fate and possible independent run and new nominations.
House leader Sam Rayburn comes back from Texas in mid October under a cloud of questions. Officials cite a speaking tour for Democratic candidates while others hint at a possible special session on farm or rail legislation. Rayburn seeks to reorganize the House leadership amid Democratic retirements and court politics between Roosevelt and Garner camps.
Senator Barkley signals a purge by-gones approach and offers help to Senator Tydings in Maryland. He plans speaking engagements in several states while avoiding reporters. Friends say purge tensions worry his re election as leader and anti monopolists prepare to reveal interlocking directorates tied to the Van Sweringens and C and O Morgan deals.
If NLRB appointment for defeated purger Davey Lewis falls through the Senate, Lewis could become chairman of the National Bituminous Coal Commission. Robert Watts of the AFL denounces fascism at the International Management Conference, with five speech paragraphs omitted from the official text to avoid offending German and Italian delegates.
Noel defies Laurie and prepares to leave for a governess job at Belvedere while arranging to expose Nick Luigi’s threats. She persuades Julian she will stay, warns him of the Peacock racketeer, and arranges Jimmy’s attendance for Laurie’s wedding day at the De Luxe cafe.
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