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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star of August 6 1937 presents a religious quotation from Isaiah 33 15 16 titled The Ethical Man. It cites editorial context by Orr H F Byrd Jr and lists newspaper publishing details and advertising rates for the era.
A Chicago judge faces a custody dispute after a poor couple placed an infant with foster parents for care and affection. The biological mother seeks custody while the foster mother pleads for the child, with an orphanage housing the boy during the dispute.
The Senate finally takes up the Wagner Steagall housing bill amid sparse statistics. Senator Wagner cites a $700 million outlay over three years to house about 175000 families, with an average rental near 5100 per year after costs, creating affordability concerns for families earning 1000 or less annually.
The House debate on the Wayner-Stegall bill questions affordability for average families as income caps would limit tenants to about three times rent. Critics warn costs usually exceed estimates, risking higher rents and housing for better-off groups rather than the lowest income families.
An editorial argues President Roosevelt should avoid a recess appointment to fill Justice Willis Van Devanter's vacancy. It suggests likely nominees such as Bratton Hutcheson Reed and Wagner and warns delaying past adjournment could provoke Senate opposition and public doubt. It notes the court could rule on cases before Congress reconvenes and cites precedent on recess appointments.
A Roanoke Times discussion questions the use of aged for anyone under 80 and defends aging as a natural stage. The piece cites Justice Holmes and argues respect for senior minds while challenging sensationalism in headlines.
E. W. J. Hearty the New York apple specialists will be the main speaker at the annual orchard picnic set for August 22 at Green Orchard. Frederick County reports a healthy rain day while Kernstown area crops benefit. A Chicago and Southern Air Line crash near St. Louis airport claims eight lives. Miss Laura Trout to reign as queen at Warren County Centennial starting tomorrow.
Wilbur Slaughter, 13, colored of Berryville, is held after the death of Nelson Reid, also colored, whom he struck with a blunt object following an assault on his mother, Annie Tracey. The report notes crop forecasts for apples and pears in export nations. Winchester Democrats elect N. C. Pierce as chairman after consolidating committees. Albert Holman, Cincinnati lawyer, travels to Winston Salem to seek bond for Libby Holman Reynolds, jailed for the murder of her tobacco heir husband.
The report recalls Baltimore mayor William Broening’s residence bombed and a New York subway wreck as radicals stage outrages while police seek motives. In city baseball Lions beat Elks 6 to 4 tying for Inter-Club title with Hockman and McCauley on the mound. National Guard members Barrick and Dorton on a hike toward Seattle to join the U S Army. Friendship and Sarah Zane Fire Companies plan a 270 member trip to Cumberland Valley Firemen Association meetings.
Chairman of the Chicago Vice Commission says women could deter mashers by wearing modest clothes. Gray's Orchestra is booked at the Washington Inn for the pre Berryville Horse Show dance, one of the season’s most elaborate balls. An Agriculture Department expert declares illness in hogs in Ogeption district as hog cholera and warns stock breeders and farmers. Miss Sophia Baker returns home after a 25 000 mile world trip.
Forty years ago the Bee Hive Store advertises four cardloads of watermelons arriving for sale with prices down. Charles B. Rouss meets with E G Hollis to confirm attendance at the Shenandoah Valley Agriculture Association annual fair. Ed McFarland presents a six pound cannon ball found during excavation for a new home on Market street. A Bloomery cyclist rides to town on a tire filled with dried beans after a puncture en route.
On August 6 1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel matching endurance with the men breaking the barrier and signaling a new era for female athletic achievement across nations and seas.
The speaker argues age is a natural cycle from infancy to elder years. Being aged is nothing to hide or fear and life should be met with pride not shame. Youth will become age, and acceptance leads to contentment rather than striving to appear younger.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors discloses his 1936 income of 2 876 510 with total state and federal taxes of 1 125 799. He states he kept one half of the remainder for himself and donated the rest to charity, calling such sharing a sign of good citizenship and fellow feeling.
A compilation of reader questions with brief, direct answers on topics from plastic surgery and air salt content to 8 hour work day history, military planes in Japan, cyanide uses, Watling's Island, Will Rogers memorial, Elbert Hubbard's sales, dog breeds, auto repair tools, Chinese marriages, soybeans vitamins, and Rockefeller Center glass panel artist.
Washington reports Captain Kennedy of the Maritime Commission nears approval for the Dollar line to gain six month mail contracts and subsidies as 16 other American lines already pass muster. Congress opens a letter likely to be discarded while the FTC economic division faces end of funding and dissolution.
Sandy grapples with devotion as artist Marcia Madden advances toward a major book project. Garrett Warren promotes her rise with publicity and a planned weekend at Lena’s, while Marcia balances personal longing with professional ambition.
A Raleigh inquiry asks if a woman is legally divorced after remarrying. Beaver Pennsylvania reports Raymond J. Eback pleaded guilty to writing numbers and was fined $500. A San Diego toddler survived a 17 foot fall with no injuries. Lincoln warns not to trust Ogden Pickens who escaped jail after a charge was dropped. Greensboro notes Pilot Life Insurance gains of 7.43 million in six months and 13.43 million for twelve months ending 1937, with $123.28 million in policy in force.
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