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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists editor H F Byrd Jr and notes page house and publication dates. It provides subscription rates for mail and carrier payments including yearly, semi annual and quarterly options.
Classifieds rates two cents per word minimum twenty five cents memorials and cards of thanks ten cents per line display ads due by 10 A M transient rate forty five cents per inch national reps listed Associated Press rights notice date December 4 1937
A paraphrase of Romans 12 10 17 21 urging kind affection brotherly love and preferring others giving honest conduct in every sight and not being overcome by evil but overcoming it with good
The piece notes readers should drop glamor and focus on practical partnership. It argues both men and women seek steady, real qualities over idealized movie images, citing cooking, honesty, and shared daily life as decisive in marriages. It concludes people compromise between romance and practicality in a workaday world.
Senator Mills proposes a federally aided memorial highway linking Washington and Williamsburg via Richmond. The illumed two lane road would have a center parking strip and honor all presidents at an estimated cost of ten to twelve million dollars after a Richmond conference with Commissioner Shirley Wilbur Hall and Major Charles Carrow.
A Virginia opinion notes the Legislature should seek federal aid for highway construction rather than a twelve million dollar World War I memorial. The piece argues funds are better spent on farm to market roads and repairing worn highways, suggesting presidents’ memorials can wait.
Norfolk Times Advocate argues the administration must end emergency powers and restore business initiative. It urges release from high costs taxation and deficits to allow private industry to expand without government restraint or penalties for saving. The piece likens imposed cooperation to a chained man asked to run.
Newport News Daily Press reports on a "mate chart" by Dr David D Vaughan a social ethics teacher. The chart scores suitability for life mate from health seven to various traits five to six points each totaling 100. A pupil tried it with two girls and the higher rated suitor won the proposal.
A historical snapshot lists events from one year ago five years ago and twenty five years ago. Notable items include Mrs Nellie Dover Harrison death notes and a call to ban handbills in the city. Also mentions Festival of Lights chairman and local civic incidents.
Margaret Kyner dies at age 70 at the home of Adam G. Bentzel in Greenwood Virginia. County Clerk Cartmell issues a marriage license to George P Bennett and Portia V Heir onomus. Harry C Baker, formerly deputy county clerk, accepts a position with Capt. George W Kurtz. County Supervisors approve paving and drainage for the public square.
The Metropolitan Opera House opened its season with Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and sold out its opening night in one hour. Kirsten Flagstad headlined the cast as demand for opera grows and season length is extended to 16 weeks.
Answers cover Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy as top radio figures, with Major Bowes in second and Cecil B. DeMille’s Radio Theatre third. Includes trivia on piracy reimbursements, Massachusetts savings bank life insurance, quail calls, Deadwood Dick, linen vs cotton painting, cushion feathers, religion in solitude, filibusters, Wanamaker’s holiday, rabbit fur, Bible Sunday, two Washington flags, Poe at West Point, CIO vs AFL, Henry Watterson, sousaphone, top fur animals, and barley in antiquity.
Washington reports detail backroom pressures as lawmakers traded favors over the wages and hours bill. Florida members reportedly bought promises on canal and committee seats while Rayburn faced a leadership test. A White House tax and road policy clash fuels a tense mood in Congress, with gossipy tales from the deer hunt and a mock bait story coloring the political climate.
Tim, under pressure from Adams, endures daily inspections, humiliation, and a ban on alcohol as his former employer takes charge. Adams pits Tim’s pride against his deteriorating health, using strict routines, chastisement, and blunt criticism to force a return to propriety.
Cumberland editor reflects on self employment as a path to independence. A Detroit Thanksgiving shooting underscores societal scandal as decrying gang violence. Industrial School for Boys reports six youths released for Thanksgiving home visits, all returning on time.
Community members express mounting frustration as criminal activity and gang violence trouble neighborhoods. Officials urge calm action and stronger policing while residents push for safer streets and order.
Kearney Nebraska district officials name John F Gett Mann as superintendent as the state seeks leadership and honor in governance. The report cites local officials and the community's expectation for stable administration.
A truck owned by J Oliver White and driven by Carsom White collided with a car owned by John White driven by William White in front of Mrs J E White’s home. Officer Robert A White investigated the accident. The milk truck was painted white and loaded with milk.
Des Moines police captured a suspect in a rural chicken theft case, but the 32 chickens hungry after custody ransacked the station seeking feed. The assigned guard patrolman found a kitchen supply, and the chickens were fed with boiled eggs served by local officers.
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