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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options including one year $3.50 six months $1.75 three months 90 cents and one month 30 cents.
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A religious quotation from Luke 1 53 about filling the hungry with good things and sending the rich away empty. The line appears styled as a devotional reference.
A 1930s tribute to the FBI G Men highlighting recent Hamm kidnapping case arrests and the ongoing struggle against crime. The piece lauds federal efforts, predicts Kartpis as Public Enemy No. 1, and calls for swifter justice and reduced influence of corrupt lawyers to curb gang activity.
The column rebuts Roosevelt's Baltimore remarks proposing end dates for work and schooling. Lippmann argues education to eighteen and retirement at sixty five require far greater wealth, higher taxes, and harder work for others, labeling the plan a false promise.
Attorney General Staples sets May 6 as the last day for filing notices and petitions in the U S Senate race with August 4 as a possible filing date. Randolph Leigh retires leaving Senator Glass likely to be renominated without opposition as the Republican convention declined to nominate a challenger. Frederic William Wise notes Glass as "the Great Unbeatable" in Washington dispatches, underscoring Glass's strong position.
The Charlottesville Progress argues that Farley cannot simultaneously serve as Postmaster General and National Democratic Chairman. It calls the dual role inconsistent with Roosevelt's public service ideals and warns it could cost votes in the upcoming election. The piece notes Farley is open and straightforward but urges resignation from one position.
A year ago the official key to the Apple Blossom Festival queen’s honor was showcased. The Roll of Honor chronicling local fire departments went to press. Miss Lillian Anderson resigned as Memorial Hospital superintendent effective June 1 and plans to marry. Mary McCone named to succeed her. Peyton Marshall elected Rotary Club president. Mrs. French Boys of Middletown elected chair of the County Home Demonstration Advisory Council. Five years ago truck lines gained a state franchise to haul Valley freight amid opposition.
The tale describes a Scotchman who ran a store in an Illinois town. Across the street an American shopkeeper competed by advertising a free gift to draw customers. The narrative hints at clever marketing rivalries between small-town merchants.
A fragment reports a shop plan where every customer might receive a stick gum or similar item on gift days, with the owner Sandy often sickeningly absent. A sign promises a free corncob pipe to men over seventy next Saturday afternoon, while other notes mention rules for children and adults.
A reader questions bureau provides answers on topics from election turnout in 1928 and 1932 to Jewish refugees, King Cotton festival details, Jean Hersholt film count, Irish sweepstakes, refrigerator physics, radium for cancer and watch dials, honor military schools, heat transfer, bird stamps, American Road Builders Association president, Ukraine meaning, Clara Butt, U S flag stars, and middle age. Continued on page five.
Capt. George H. Grim is elected commander of the VFW here while Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde presents a paper on Lapland and Spitzenvergen before the Century Club. Funeral rites are held for R. Benton Snapp of Middletown.
Ten years ago a stable fire endangered the residence of Charles H Schlack at Braddock Street and Fairfax Lane. A poker joint on the Faulkner Building’s second floor saw ten men arrested after a police raid. Eleven inches of snow blanketed the Harrisonburg area following a long snow event. Rev J Luther Nef was reappointed pastor of Market Street Church. George H McFaden, brother of F T McFaden, died in Portsmouth.
Dr Henry Clay Smith of Boyce Virginia advocates moving the Apple Blossom Festival to Friday and Saturday to boost attendance and revenue in Winchester and the Valley. He notes visitors from Baltimore Washington and Fredericksburg could attend, theatres could crowd midweek and weekend shows, and grocery stores would gain from Saturday business.
A letter to The Star argues the Apple Blossom Festival should be held on Thursday and Friday to reduce store crowding and disorder on Saturday. The writer cites clerks wanting evening leisure and housewives needing Saturday to prepare for Sunday.
Safety Harbor Florida reports a man from Slidell Louisiana injured by high tension lines while moving a house and recovering in a sanitarium. In Bellingham Washington a 105 foot foremast was stepped on a steamer without the luck piece and emergency crews used a state tax token to aid. Chicago hearings expose a sharp alimony dispute with a wife recalling a decades old incident of slippers in a husband’s pocket.
Three separate lightning hits in Butler Pennsylvania damage a firefighter home porch and radio, strike Chief Earl McKinley’s residence, and disable the fire siren function. Fire crews respond to multiple incidents in a single day.
A Treasury Office draft outlines lowering personal exemptions to 500 for bachelors and 1000 for married filing jointly, with tax collected on income above those amounts. The plan, not a bill, could yield substantial revenue if enacted after a GOP victory and the 1930s political context.
Collector Don Van Every invites Gary Maughan and Margalo Younger to view a priceless Camden ruby. Margalo wears the gem, dubbed a murder stone, and the trio hears a brutal history as the tale unfolds.
The tale follows James and Gwladys in Camden Castle as the legendary ruby resurfaces after years. John, James’s brother, hunts the jewel through generations, aided by a hidden inscription and a doomed romance, until Rolf inherits the castle and the stone.
The tale follows Ellen who longs for the Camden ruby and is slain by a prowling knight while attempting to steal it. Years later Rolf returns to a ruined castle with no heir, the ruby vanished, and Marauders have taken his lands as the legend persists.
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