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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists political candidates with John N. Garner for Vice President Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives. The paper details subscription prices by mail and duration in advance.
A lawyer convinces a judge to grant a condemned prisoner one athletic event before execution. The lawyer spins a tale of the inmate's past sports, wins publicity, and the judge orders John Callahan to be escorted to the next Olympic Games for a last moment of sport.
Daily Spain report notes government aims to crush the insurrection soon. Rumors surface that Germany may ban trade. despite this, the United States Olympic team is expected to bring home the acon.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce says recovery is gaining momentum but unemployment remains a serious problem. It argues excessive taxation and government borrowing hinder private investment and that a balanced national budget would reduce uncertainties, encouraging capital investment and job creation.
A Chicago judge, while sentencing Mildred Mary Bolton to the electric chair for husband murder, questions the life-for-a-life doctrine as feudal relic. The piece surveys debate, noting many states retain capital punishment and examining deterrence data and expert opinions.
The early Soviet regime allowed easy divorce but a new tax statute slashed separations by about 90 percent, the Moscow dispatch reports. The sharp drop in divorces prompts reflection for Americans on lax divorce laws and the impact of financial penalties on marriage decisions.
In the Bedford Democrat readers note doctors’ kindness during illness, praising their bedside manner and supportive presence even when medical certainty is limited.
A brief snippet cites the Bedford Democrat reporting the phrase Your account appears to be over drawn as a quoted line.
A year ago Robert Tate, 35, fell in Yosemite Valley and remained on a ledge as officials sought to verify Winchester PWA funds for a new water supply. Mrs. S R W Stuart visits her father R Gray Williams. Winchester Park offered a franchise in the Valley League. Severe weather halts Will Rogers and Wiley Post attempting a Juneau to Nome flight.
President Hoover marks the start of his 58th year amid cheerful news as weather delays the Lindbergh party at Point Barrow. County Democrats name Leslie D. Kline chair of a mass meeting. H. Clay DeGrange recovers from surgery. Young Dovell, once army lightweight champ in the east, boxing here in a Winchester firemen show.
Ten years ago the Shenandoah Valley, Inc. special returning from Canada stops in New York City to broadcast and visit places of interest. The report notes a broadside hurled by Mexico's President Calles at a Catholic church and a power plant dam flood in Salisbury Maryland causing six hours of darkness and damage. The barrel states predict record apple output for 1926. The city crowds for the Robinson circus.
Twenty five years ago a turkey chases a hen off land in Rockingham County and incubates a brood. A new brick school is being erected at Carpers Valley. Warrenton church members support Pastor Rev John O Knott expelled from ministry. Episcopal clergymen denounce a proposed marriage in New York between Col Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Talmage Force. A fire destroys the House of J B Luttrell in Shockeysville. Historic note: on Aug 11 1807 the first steamboat operated on the Hudson River.
A reader can obtain answers to questions of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. The column lists numbers for broadcasting stations, travel by bus, interest on borrowed money, and other curiosities with concise replies from authorities.
A Washington overview argues that party labels have faded with Roosevelt era policy. It notes Al Smith and allies challenge Roosevelt as un-Democratic while Hull pursues tariff reductions, a Jeffersonian hallmark, provoking Republican rebuke and broader identity questions within the Democratic ranks.
A columnist clips a series of provocative lines on history, politics, science and society. It cites a miscaptioned headline about 1936 and notes an 1919 to 1932 drought, a Georgia teen’s parental custody case, and punditry on taxicabs and elections. It ends with a census figure of seventy one thousand dentists.
Joan plans to call the hospital and confronts Win about Pierre and Julian while grappling with Sheila Beatrice and a past romance. Win hints at ongoing complications and a proposed meeting, leaving Joan torn between duty and desire as she heads toward Central Park.
Jerry Matlak reported his radio vanished during the first inning of a Cubs Pirates double header. Police retrieved two prisoners and the radio, which Matlak plugged in to hear the last inning. In Peoria, Muskrats blamed for sinking Earl Barnewalt's barge after gnawing holes in the boat, valued at $20,000.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Zion Illinois overseer of the Christian Catholic church, prophesied no more rain in 1936 during a vesper service. Three hours later Zion received over two inches of rain, the heaviest fall of the year.
Patrolman James McDevitt on duty in summer uniform without his regulation pistol says it was stolen on the subway after leaving home. He filed a report and asks for led to locate the missing weapon.
Findlay Ohio Liberty High School seniors welcomed Deputy Sheriff Taylor R. Bennington a six four two hundred fifty pound officer who was their best customer at a school benefit ice cream social. He departed with a gallon of ice cream three chicken sandwiches a slice of watermelon a cup of coffee a piece of pie and four pieces of cake.
Atlanta report states L. F. Meng drove from the 16th tee at East Lake yesterday and made a hole in one on the No. 16 green. His high hooked drive marked a rare ace in a round at the No. East Lake course.
A ball from off the 16th fairway rolled wide and trickled into the No 2 cup, separated from the hole by a line of trees. This narrow line framed the play as the shot found the target.
Mary Lou Petty, 400 meter freestyle swimmer from Seattle, was diagnosed with ptomaine poisoning in Berlin. Her illness, described as not serious by Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, may delay her Thursday event fate as she hopes to compete if recovered.
Berlin August 11 reports Joachim von Ribbentrop Hitler's personal emissary on key missions is appointed German ambassador to London. He is trusted to handle delicate diplomacy with Britain as war clouds gather. The appointment signals a major shift in German foreign policy toward Britain.
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