05 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1936
Page
1
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI suffered a light paralysis in both legs likely from arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. He remained cheerful and signed letters from bed while resting on doctors orders. officials say healing rests on reduced pressure and time as crowds await further updates.
Mr Winchester cites a Depression era view on graduates taking unforeseen jobs due to unemployment. Dean Christian Gauss of Princeton warns undergraduates often do not know why they are in college or what they will do after, urging early vocational guidance to help individuals choose a future profession or path.
Small baby grand piano in mahogany case lightly used and fully guaranteed offered by Miles Music Co at 448 Loudoun Street for 275 dollars. Sale ad appears in the newspaper classified section dated December 4.
President Roosevelt relaxes aboard the cruiser Indianapolis during the voyage home from the Inter-American Peace Conference. The ship covers about 3,300 miles to Trinidad as talks with Uruguay President Gabriel Terra conclude with mutual compliments and a shared good neighbor policy pledge.
In Elkton Maryland town police guarded two minister Edward Minor who performs marriages after the church stripped him of clerical powers. He has new larger signs reading Minister Marriage Information near his offices as he contemplates court action. Meanwhile a brief notice advertises kittens for sale and bicycle ads appear in the same column.
Hull calls on 21 American nations to join a coordinated anti war effort and to create an armory of peace at the inter American Peace Conference. He urges broad education campaigns and unified action to preserve peace at home and abroad.
Winchester Lodge No. 867 Elks will hear Judge Edwin Seward Puller, Washington attorney and orator, at the annual memorial service. The public program starts at 3 pm with lodge officers presiding. members meet by 2:30 pm at the Elks Club.
Fascist bombers strike Madrid in a four week siege with 19 buildings razed and many civilians killed. Government warplanes attack insurgent craft in a spirited aerial battle near the American embassy and key defense lines.
In Monte Carlo harbor a seventy ton yacht named Sister Anne steams up while detectives guard Herman Rogers villa as Mrs Wallis Simpson heads toward a southern France refuge. An English detective joins Surete at the villa and a Vienna restaurant call to Buckingham Palace is reported.
Winchester stores plan nightly hours until 9 PM starting Monday December 14 as Christmas trade is forecast to rise. Andrew Bell, Chamber of Commerce secretary, says merchants are invited to help sponsor the Christmas Light event amid improving business conditions.
Frederick Circuit Court will convene Monday with Judge Philip Williams presiding. No jury is summoned yet but several criminal cases will be heard including Commonwealth versus Perry Havermale for assault and battery on Utah Crossen. Numerous chicken theft cases involve Margaret Layman Ernest Jenkins and Sadie Nicholson Jenkins. Civil motions expected in auto accident cases include Howard Martin versus Edward D Grove Jr et al for 20000 Jacob Henry Shryock's administratrix versus E Williamson for 10000 and Dorothy May Bunner's administrator versus Daniel McFarland et al.
Early morning blaze at the Steck farm barn near Opequon Frederick county killed fifteen cattle and nine horses and mules. The fire, spotted about 1 30 by R C Garrett, caused about 20000 dollars in losses, with nearby structures saved by local water pumped from a stream.
School officials obtained warrants from Justice A J Tavenner for several persons in Frederick County over violations of the compulsory attendance law. Despite warnings, authorities move to pursue legal remedies to enforce the age seven to fifteen requirement.
The Baldwin cabinet held a short 40 minute session with members told to stand by. Churches were asked to pray for the king as part of the day's proceedings.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Baldwin leaving 10 Downing Street after full-day talks with ministers as Edward VIII considers his crisis. The king, at Fort Belvedere, shows health and mood described as cheerful as speculation swirls over marriage to Mrs Simpson and abdication.
Bargain alert from Hodgson and Brown Winchester Virginia announces articles costing up to five dollars on the special counter for one dollar. Come early for first choice as supplies last. December 5.
Important business meeting announced for Monday night December 7. All members requested to be present. Secretary notes this as a formal town bulletin item from South End Hose Co.
A tale from early Philadelphia recounts John Wanamaker who started as a store keeper with 9 dollars 40 cents on his first day. The next day he spent 9 dollars on advertising, laying the groundwork for a business built on promotion.
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