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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1936

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star Public Notice and Rates April 27 1936

The Winchester Evening Star announces subscription and advertising rates for 1936. It lists carrier and mail prices, display and classified ad charges, memorials, and borders. The paper notes Associated Press rights and publication date Monday April 27 1936.

Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia National Ad Tenney, Woodward & Company, Inc New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta Los Angeles Associated Press Aia Ase

Trust and Waver Not

A compact moral line from Proverbs exalts trust in the Lord over personal reasoning. The adage stresses reliance on divine guidance rather than self reliance during life decisions.

World Trade Vital Urges Liberalization and Reciprocal Deals

Francis B. Sayre urges U S cooperation to liberalize world trade and reduce tariffs. He cites Argentina fruit duties, asks for drastic cuts on apple exports, and urges fruit growers to press the State Department for action while noting current reciprocal treaties have limited effect.

America Francis B. Sayre American Academy of Political and Grnless United States Argentina State Department

Plenty Of Lambs Entering The Stock Market Boom

The piece warns that public enthusiasm returns to stock trading with large crowds at brokers. It notes steady market gains over the past year and cautions that markets can tumble violently, recalling 1929 and warning lambs may be fleeced in such cycles.

Virginia Republicans Back Governor Landon for 1936 Nomination

Richmond News Leader notes that the Virginia Republican convention's endorsement signals strong chances for Governor Landon as the party’s nominee. The piece recalls 1920 when Harding defeated Cox, suggesting a pattern in state GOP support for a national winner.

Landon Virginia Harding James M. Cox Ohio

Virginia Republicans and the 1936 nomination outlook

Virginia’s GOP on the first ballot favored Wood and Lowden, then supported Hoover at times, while Coolidge’s renomination was assumed in 1924 and 1928. Democrats fared worse, with Virginia backing Smith and Hull in 1920 and Byrd in 1932, making the GOP consistently luckier in selecting the winner over the past sixteen years.

Old Dominion Leonard Wood Frank Lowden Lowden Wood Harding Coolidge Virginia Old Guard Hoover White House Ins Smith Cordell Hull Harry Byrd Roosevelt Landon

Foreign brothers find world peace through youth exchange

The final Eddie Cantor scholarship winner, a Boy Scout who attended the 1933 fourth international Scout Jamboree in Hungary, argues that youth exchanges can prevent war. He notes wide friendships with 30,000 foreign Scouts and contacts with eight youths in Estonia Luxembourg England Austria Persia Syria South Africa and Australia. He suggests governments send mixed youth groups to international gatherings to foster understanding and peace.

Eddie Cantor United States Hungary America Esthenia Luxembourg England Austria Persia Syria South Africa Australia

Grandmother's Career in Hollywood At Seventy-One

The American celebrates youth and venerable actresses like Mme. Ernastine Schumann-Heink and May Robson. Robson just marked her seventy-first birthday with many congratulatory calls, plans for a new movie contract, tap-dancing for a film, and a trip to England to see the Berlin Olympic Games. She jokes about retiring at 100.

Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink May Robson Schumann-Heink Miss Robson England

Will Rogers Humorous Story

Will Rogers jokes about women's clothes in this humorous piece. A girl scrambles for her missing mothering, purse, and dance ticket while relatives search under lights and through papers for the hard to find item.

Amelia American News Features, Inc

Cardenas and Calles in Mexico Do Not Heal Split

The Hartford Courant notes Calles lives in exile and remains influential in the National Revolutionary party that elected Cardenas. It argues the party split, while not signaling Cardenas’s defeat, could reflect ongoing tensions and hints Calles might plot an overthrow from abroad.

Hartford Courant Calles Mexico National Revolutionary Party Cardenas United States

Vivian Kiser Crowned Shenandoah Festival Princess

ONE-YEAR ace Miss Vivian Kiser of Roanoke is named princess to represent Shenandoah College at Dayton during the festival. Berlin officials deny Germany is violating the peace treaty by submarine construction. Captain George Bryan Conrad designated as instructor at Went Point. Dr Orville Van Deusen leaves for New York to attend a convention. Handley defeats Hedgesville and Bunker Hill in a tri cornered track meet.

Vivian Kiser Roanoke Shenandoah College Dayton Berlin Germany George Bryan Conrad Went Point Orville van Deusen New York Handley Hedgesville Bunker Hill W. Va

Winchester Band Sues Over 400 for Music at Fair

The Winchester Concert Band sues the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society for 400 dollars alleged due for music services at the last fair. Judge Philip Williams and C Vernon Eddy find sites for historical markers. President Hoover returns from Cape Henry exercises and encounters rough seas, proving his seafaring. Lawrence Jolliffe shows photographs at the 32nd Portland Society of Art annual exhibit. Captain David Harvey Barger, 73, former Vir ee Farm Bureau president, dies in Roanoke.

Winchester Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society Philip Williams C. Vernon Eddy Hoover Cape Henry Lawrence Jolliffe Portland, Oregon Society of Art David Harvey Barger Viree Farm Bureau Roanoke

Miss Morton to Headline Apple Blossom Festival in New York

Miss Patricia D. Morton will land in New York tomorrow en route to head the Apple Blossom Festival. Mrs. Emma Belle Anderson, 88, dies at her Loudoun home, described as a true daughter of the Old Boat. Rev. L A. Thomas and family return from Salisbury after attending Mrs. A. D. Thomas’s funeral. Miss Margaret Nelson of Georgia guests of Mrs. J W Arthur. Mrs B B Dutton to entertain Saturday in honor of Miss Morton.

Patricia D. Morton New York Emma Belle Anderson Loudoun L. A. Thomas Salisbury N. C A. D. Thomas Margaret Nelson Georgia J. W. Arthur B. B. Dutton Miss Morton

Five stories from a 25 year old edition

Twenty five years ago the Northwestern Grade and Millwood Pike failed inspector tests named by Judge Thomas W Harrison. Mr and Mrs J J Lumley celebrate their 25th anniversary. Shenandoah Valley Turnpike directors meet in Harrisburg with many traveling from the city by automobile. M H Trenary 62 dies at Boyce after serving in the Confederate era. Frank Newcomer Hack returns from Paris and plans a world voyage in December.

Millwood Pike Thomas W. Harrison J. J. Lumley Shenandoah

Morse the Telegrapher Born in 1791

Historic note marks the birth of Samuel F. B. Morse on April 27 1791. The inventor of the telegraph is celebrated for his pioneering work that transformed long distance communication.

Morse

Dream Man And Dust Masks Spark Headlines

Tulsa motorcycle officer Sandy Headrick posed with a new dust mask to illustrate its use. An 18 year old Florida girl wrote you are my dream man despite that nose business. A Pennsylvania woman who lost her home in the flood preferred dust to floods.

Tulsa Okla Sandy Headrick Florida Pennsylvania

Trade talks and colonial veto power in early America

A reader quiz from The E Star Information covers topics from U S trade agreements and colonial governors veto power to the Alabama Claims. It cites the Little Compton Rhode Island monument and details the new Interior Building in Washington D C, including cost, dimensions, and floor space.

American Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Little Compton Rhode Island Red Club of America Washington, D. C E. R

Political balance questions in GOP ticket talk

The Cleveland keynote by Senator Frederick Steiner of Oregon sparks debate on him as a possible vice presidential contender. Some favor his mild liberal stance to reassure progressives if Landon is the nominee, while others doubt pairing two westerns or two progressives.

Washington, D. C Frederick Steiner Oregon Cleveland Alf M. Landon Steiner Landon William E Borah Borah Idaho Statesman Roosevelt Senate White House

Murder Ruby at Van Every Estate

Detective Keyes probes Van Every household after Margalo Younger is found dead by a sharp instrument. Joyce and Laura Randall are questioned while Seon and Maughan face scrutiny as Soon reports repeated calls and a note from Mr Barrimore.

van Every Keyes Maughan Margalo Joyce Laura Randall Miss Randall David Copperfield Miss van Every Warrington McManus Seon Seo Captain Keyes Van Mr. Barrimore Missy Joyce Jong

Flashes of Life and Odd News Items

In Florence South Carolina L O Watson reports his car stolen and a bicycle left in its place, a swap judged as lightly even by police. In Fulton New York a shoe salesman entangles in a horn and rescues a boy. Carl Steven three collapses in a drain and is freed by Harold Rogers. In Valdosta Georgia trucker Ragan finds a four pound black bass dropped by a bald eagle near Okefinokee swamp after a fish dinner.

Fulton N. Y Carl Steven Harold Rogers Oe Horn Carl vi Valdosta Gay W. R. Ragan Ragan Okefinokee

Ten Day Hitch Leads to Jail and Deputy Ride

A crippled hitch-hiker in Olympia Washington angered by unsuccessful thumbing threw his crutch through a car windshield and received a ride with a deputy sheriff. The transient Bob Anderson age 27 was jailed ten days and fined twenty dollars. In Gunnison Colorado the autumn start left teacher Mildred Henderson with three pupils. two moved away and the third died this week from a bullet wound complication.

Olympia Wash Bob Anderson Gunnison Colo Mildred Henderson

Woman Charged With Assault to Kill Dismissed in Chicago Case

Mrs. Helen Forster faced assault with intent to kill after shooting her husband in the knee. She claimed she fired to disable the weapon by exhausting ammunition, saying six shots were fired at the ground. The court dismissed the case.

Chicago Helen Forster

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