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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1937
Page
2
London April 28. Poet laureate Jo field's prayer appears in the official souvenir program for the coronation of George VI. The piece asks divine guidance for monarchs, calls for peace and wisdom, and for the nation to pursue justice, justice, and the cessation of wars.
Judge David A Robb, 62, longtime Fourth Judicial Circuit member, died unexpectedly after falling ill following an evening activity in Allegany County. His death occurred last night in the city, with family reporting a sudden onset of illness.
Albert S. Johnson, chair of the Public Safety Commission, issues a Texas wide message following New London disaster. He urges stricter driver licenses, vehicle inspections, stronger drunk driving laws, and better police enforcement to prevent future highway deaths of children.
The National Association of Manufacturers agriculture committee released a survey showing real farm tenants make up no more than 24 percent of US farmers, reduced to 15 percent when excluding kinship renters. The report notes the tenant farmer issue concentrates in the South with 1,831,475 of 2,865,155 farmers renting land. Share croppers not included.
Plainview resident Russell Senseney plowed his garden in vain for a missing billfold. When he released a flock of chickens they scratched the soil and unearthed the billfold.
On Capitol Hill lawmakers work in recess as committees pursue various issues. The LaFollette committee expands its inquiry into labor conditions in Harlan County coal fields while a reform bill in the Rooeevels court area moves slowly.
Warner release of Maytime arrives at Capitol Theatre with enhanced Hollywood artistry. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy headline with John Barrymore in his first return role since Romeo and Juliet. Lynne Carver leads the juvenile romance. Tom Brown co stars. Noel Langley adapts the piece. songs by Sigmund Romberg and Herbert Stothart.
In this profile of Joseph P Kennedy the newly appointed Maritime Commission chairman, a confident commanding tone and brisk efficiency mark his press conference style. The piece notes his background on Wall Street the securities commission and his nautical bearing as he directs interview questions and answers.
Machinery and household goods offered at Glen Gardner farm one mile east Chestnut Grove. Harry L. McCann agent. M. B. Dean antique items Cameron Street Winches.
A humorous tale features Will Rogers presenting a courtroom exchange where a man claims he never meant to strike his wife, insisting his action was only a joke. The judge focuses on intent, noting the law hinges on what was intended rather than the act alone.
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