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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces its political slate with John N. Garner for Vice President Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives as part of its daily publication in Winchester Virginia.
A reprint of a religious exhortation urges believers to live as one mind and show compassion, kindness, and courtesy. It emphasizes loving one another as brethren and caring for others in daily conduct and faith.
Editorial urges public courage to testify against racketeers as New York forms a citizen vigilante committee led by Harry Guggenheim to break up extortion and protect merchants. It condemns corruption among some lawmen and calls for strong community backing to deter intimidation.
Senator Byrd clarifies he will not resign from his federal post to challenge James H. Price for governor. He emphasizes his plan to reorganize the federal government by eliminating redundant agencies and consolidating others. The statement addresses rumors about party power plays in Virginia.
The article notes Senator Byrd as chairman of the reorganization committee promises a decades long task. It cites his Virginia leadership and national reputation from his governorship while highlighting a public push for retrenchment and a general overhaul of the federal structure.
In 1921 the North Atlantic Ice Patrol reports that icebergs should be given priority to avoid danger. Gunfire or explosives are ineffective as most of the iceberg lies underwater. The patrol tracks moving ice islands by wireless, noting a rare season with no crossings of the danger line from March 15 to July 15.
Will Rogers pens a humorous anecdote about a boy dodging questions from a cop. The child explains split custody from two recent divorces, with parents marrying anew and relocating, complicating his ability to tell the truth.
The speaker notes ice formations two to three hundred feet high and city block wide, representing only a fraction of the mass. He admires their potential for destruction and acknowledges the Coast Guard’s vigilance over them and the risk to ships once endangered.
The column cites the Baltimore Sun noting that poll tax in Virginia likely reduces Democratic eligibility though proof of material impact is lacking. It comments on registration, voter turnout, and blame for low turnout, while lightly referencing suffragette toy props, Dionne quints, and local price discussions.
One year ago Mrs. Herbert Larrick hosted a tea for her sister Mrs. John D. Hoffman of Wilmington Del. Hon M L Walton Sr of Woodstock, a Shenandoah county bar elder, was honored by valley attorneys. Dr J T T Hundley president of Lynchburg College spoke to Disciples at Ebenezer Church. A dam burst at Ovada Italy drowned 250 people. Lee M Lamp was elected first vice president of the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association.
Fred Forney is elected president of the Virginia State Firemen's Association. Forty seven companies are to march in the parade of the Virginia State Firemen and Cumberland Valley Firemen associations in the region tomorrow. Hambletonian harness race at Goshen postponed due to wet track.
A compiled Q and A feature answers questions on topics from travel distances and sterilization laws to dates in the Jewish calendar and Olympic host cities. It covers curiosities like the spitting image phrase usage, Saint Boniface biography, buckwheat introduction, and multiple historical tidbits.
Central Press analysis notes the 1936 race may tilt toward Landon despite initial expectations of a Roosevelt win. Relief politics, unemployment, and relief bias affect voters while inflation and farm price boosts create consumer discontent.
The Hottle Keller reunion will be held at Fishers Hill on August 25. The state wheat crop is reported as the largest on record with some farmers reporting yields up to 50 bushels per acre. Governor Byrd will address the Rockingham Farm Bureau picnic at Harrisonburg. Richard Whittemore, gang leader, is hanged in Baltimore for slaying a prison guard. Captain G S Manning, Handley High School commander, is commended by Brig Gen L S Upton of Camp Meade.
Miss Bertha Lee Braithwaite formerly of this city now of Martinsburg West Virginia becomes bride of George S. Martin. Mrs. George Oates of Dillon Run West Virginia is badly hurt in a hay rake accident. Electric storm in Grafton West Virginia claims three men. Portia Baker returns from Jordan White Sulphur Springs. John Pratt and sister Louise of New Orleans visit Mr and Mrs E V Weems.
Historic date August 14 1628 marks William Harvey demonstrating the circulatory system to the Royal Society his demonstration showing blood moves through arteries and veins in living creatures and explains the heart as a pump his discovery reshapes medicine and anatomy.
A satirical column mocks political campaigns and cultural trends. It riffs on horse and buggy days, parking meters, feathers on a Washington official, Peltier’s comet, Jesse Owens, the American league, and Hollywood court cases. It notes Britain’s gas proof baby buggy cover and retired officers riding a Washington to San Antonio cab as quirks of modern life.
In a dusty library Julian Sloane and Joan confront a web of jealousy and lies as Beatrice Winsloe arrives to confess her love for Julian and seek a divorce. Beatrice plans to name Sheila True in the split while Joan wrestles with guilt and desire amid a fragile workplace romance.
Superintendent of Police George Reyer recounts stopping briefly on Canal Street and being told to move on for loitering. He confirms he complied and moved along, illustrating the city's loitering enforcement.
United States Commissioner C J Skinner learned of the G men efficiency when they tracked him to a vacation spot, arrested a prisoner intended for arraignment, and escorted him back for the hearing.
El Paso writer reports 35 year old Jasper Pool, a county jail inmate, began a four day hunger strike. Sheriff Chris P. Fox placed a large watermelon in Pool’s cell to lure him to eat. Fifteen minutes later only rind remained. The next day the prisoner was back to regular meals.
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