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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists candidates for national and local offices including John N. Garner for Vice-President Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives with prices and publication note for the Winchester Virginia edition.
A devotional line cites Colossians 4 6 urging Christians to let speech be gracious and seasoned with salt so they know how to answer everyone in daily life and conversation across church and family settings.
The piece criticizes demagogic figures in American politics likening them to religious pretenders and warning against the influence of clerical propaganda. It cites Coughlin Smith Westbrook Pegler and references Virginia and patriotic figures while noting satire about royal parties and liquor culture.
An account notes King Edward mixing a drink for guests in Dalma Yugoslavia amid astonishment from attendees. Joe Hillis, an experienced mixer, commented the concoction would appeal to those with hearty tastes.
A speaker likens William Lemke Roosevelts and Landon to Lincoln arguing fans praise strong self reliance and oppose bombast. The piece questions whether Lincoln would want voters to support men praised for mimicry rather than their own merits.
The piece notes that millions will be spent on political publicity by major parties in the coming months and argues newspapers should avoid free propaganda. It mentions newspapers like the Bedford Democrat dropping such practices and AP guidance to its staff for objective, uncolored political coverage.
Humorous tale shows an Ohio foundry fired for smoking under strict warnings, as a worker cashes a week’s pay while claiming express duties. The piece shifts to a stern AP memo urging reporters to maintain accuracy, impartiality, and accountability in political dispatches and to avoid speculation or partisan rhetoric.
Reported discovery of enough dynamite on land adjoining the Will Rogers estate in California raises safety concerns. J Edgar Hoover is said to be threatened by gangster Alvin Karpis. The Fourth District Veterans of Foreign Wars rally is scheduled for Sunday. Judge Philip Williams of the 17th judicial circuit departs for Rehoboth Beach for vacation.
F W Forney, president of the Virginia Firemen's Association, announces state committee appointments. Winchester sharpshooters travel to Quantico for tryouts for the state team. Eddy McGuire Knight dies of heart disease. Col Lindbergh informs Japan there is no need to send aid for his plane, which landed at sea to escape bad weather conditions.
The Hall Mills suit in Somerville New Jersey is analyzed. Jack Kerns sues Jack Dempsey for 333 dollars and 33 1/3 dollars claiming shares in Dempsey fights. J S Haldeman is endorsed by Winchester Republicans for Congress. Invitations go out for the marriage of Grace Romaine Cover and F F Symington. Miss Mary Orr of Leesburg marries William Thompson Jr a Naval Academy graduate.
The Confederate veterans reunion takes place in Wall's Grove near Charles Town. Standard of Company declares a six dollar dividend. Wheat sits at 83 cents, eggs at 15 cents, hay priced at 12 dollars. The 62nd Valley Disciples convention convenes at Whitacre. J T Sturn of Co H 14th West Virginia recounts recovering a bullet from a tree near his position at Fishers Hill.
A reader questions topics from the New York 1939 World's Fair ground set aside in Flushing Meadow Park to several general knowledge queries. The column gives brief answers on economy postwar debt hay fever costs police per capita and other trivia.
Cables from Europe express displeasure over President Roosevelt’s Chautauqua peace remarks as Latin American capitals praise his stance on defending the neighborhood. The piece contrasts Monroe Doctrine interpretations, Yankee influence, and past interventions in Mexico Cuba Haiti Nicaragua with contemporaneous naval diplomacy in Brazil.
A collection of light quips on marriage age cosmetics and politics. It jokes about Shakespeare as a bachelor and a beauty expert praising pointed noses while noting autumn hats and the impracticality of gift horses.
A private Detroit party upstairs invites a Syracuse newcomer Miss Smith to join a raucous crowd. Gay Elwell navigates flirtatious suitors, a reveling dining room, and mounting tension as Doctor Wilson brims with champagne and guests size up the newcomers at a glamorous, if morally hazy, gathering.
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