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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1937
Page
4
Advertising shows daily publication details for Winchester Virginia with subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery. Rates include one year in advance 3 dollars mail and 4 56 carrier, six months 1 75 mail and 2 25 carrier, three months 90 mail and 1 20 carrier, one month 30 mail and 40 carrier, plus a weekly rate indicated.
The notice lists pricing for classified ads at 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents, memorials at 1.50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks at 75 cents, and display ads 42 cents per inch with 10 AM deadline. It notes Associated Press membership and joint use of dispatches. The date is Thursday August 5, 1937.
A brief, period tone devotional note cites Luke 5 32 urging sinners toward repentance while contrasting with the righteous. The passage reflects a call to moral renewal within a religious context.
A Senate committee scene shows Senator Byrd clashing with Merriam over the reorganization bill. The piece criticizes tactics to label critics, warns of executive power, and notes a $250 souvenir book sale tied to the Democratic National Committee and corporate favors, signaling concern over ethics and influence.
Richmond Times Dispatch questions New Deal ethics amid two incidents. The sale of Democratic campaign books autographed by the President fetches high prices, while Charles Michelson of the DNC counsels Crosley Radio with a $10,000 salary. The piece criticizes administration ties to business and tax practices scrutiny before Congress.
Editorial from the Moscow Daily News praises rapid subscriptions to the Loan for Strengthening the Defense of the USSR. It links the funds to social gains, factory and school construction, rising welfare, and adherence to the Stalinist plan under Stalin and the Party, framing the loan as peaceful construction and defense against fascist threats.
City Solicitor Reardon announces September 29 as water bond election day. Garland Quarles reports to the city school board that $110,293 was spent for expenses in the 1935-36 school term. Jesse Owen breaks the 200 meter record at the German Olympics in 20.7 seconds. Meadows of Texas vaults 14 feet 3 inches.
Ten years ago the state enacted a new grading and packing law introduced by Major Barton. Rev. John Sangster, former circuit rider and Burke postmaster, died in a Burke post office fire while attempting to save the mail. A Geneva conference on naval talks sees Britain and Japan in talks with the United States and no war prospect among the powers.
Twenty five years ago William Conway sold his farm near Clearbrook known as the old Washington place to 7 D Cox of Charles Town West Virginia An excursion brought about 500 visitors from Washington DC to Winchester and other Harpers Ferry route points with crowds at local stations Culpeper Virginia suffered a thousand dollar fire with three thousand residents nearly destroyed but no fatalities occurred
Polk Jones reported missing from Cors street residence Monday seen in Berryville and Charles Town West Virginia suspected unbalanced. Large shipments indicate rising wheat prices to about 80 08 cents. Cigarette wholesale cost climbs to 4 10 due to Turkish tobacco tariff. Mrs E C Jordan and Mrs Harry Baker host euchre party for about 20 friends at Jordan Springs summer resort.
On August 5, 1926 the Warner Theatre in New York premieres the first talking picture, marking a milestone in cinema history and drawing crowds to witness synchronized dialogue on the big screen.
Washington Post discusses how good intentions in reform bills obscure methods and details. It cites Dr Charles E Merriam and Senator Byrd in a debate over the Administration's reorganization bill and its concentrated powers. The column argues for dispassionate analysis over rhetoric.
A compiled Q and A from The Evening Star Information Bureau covers varied topics. It answers questions about Roosevelt land donations, aircraft landing speeds, parrot nesting, eccentric preachers, elastic versus inelastic balls, parlour pinks, the daughters of Zion, Cuban Lottery funds, postage rate extensions, Bouck White, facial proportions, Garrick’s burial, mushroom crop value, Pan American Exposition, automobile carbon monoxide, match wood, the Irish potato famine and George A Henry, among other facts.
In Washington a tense Senate debate centers on section 8 A of the wages hours bill and its constitutionality. Senator Byrnes argues the provision could regulate intrastate labor relations, echoing concerns raised in the Schechter case. The White House and legislators weigh court reform implications as Ickes hints at potential Senate runs and party realignments.
In a tense city night Sandy faces Paula and Marcia over love and career. Paula fears jealousy and leaves for a vacation while Marcia clings to idealism and the hard truth of Sandy’s feelings. A late supper encounter with a tattooed-lady past prompts a jarring newspaper revelation.
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