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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1937
Page
4
Entry at the post office at Winchester marks second class matter. Fin Peng is listed as published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
Biblical verse from Luke 6 38 frames a December 6 1937 item about sharing and generosity. The note emphasizes the reciprocity of giving and receiving within a community context as a moral guide.
The National Grange urged sending the farm bill back to drafters to strip compulsory control provisions. In a Senate exchange, Byrd Ellender and Pope discuss release of impounded corn, feeding chickens, egg sales, and marketing definitions, noting possible technical infringements and neighborly transfers.
Mr. Ellender argues about marketing as a transaction where a man receives value for his product. He questions why farmers should be prohibited from giving away some of their wheat and corn if they choose to. He expresses a desire to finish his remarks this afternoon unless there are further questions.
A Lowell father and son were killed by a drunk driver who fled but was later tried by a judge. He was acquitted of manslaughter and leaving the scene, fined for drunken driving, prompting editorial concern from The New York Times over judicial leniency in homicide cases.
Charlottesville Daily Progress notes Capt. George Eyston hit 211.45 mph at Booneville Utah while State Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley in Richmond argues 75 mph may be the ultimate road limit due to human reaction times and blurred vision. The piece observes many drivers exceed 60 mph and questions building roads to a 75 mph cap.
News from the era reports King Edward VIII declares marriage to Wallis Simpson and cancels duties. Pope Pius XI suffers a paralytic stroke and is not expected to survive. A Steck farm fire at Opeq uon destroys cattle horses and mules, with $20,000 loss. Miss Jane Jolliffe of Boyce marries Wade Hampton Palmer Jr. of Upperville in Charles City County.
A reader questions Frederic J. Haskin's bureau for quick facts. Topics include Edwina Booths film name, rodeo prizes, Capitol begun date, Knute Rockne memorial, steam versus gasoline and diesel engines, Social Security applications, Philippine conflict dates, refrigerated meat packing, Massanutten meaning, canned avocados, Times Building sign cost, no drama lengths, Plymouth shrine, Velasquez Saint John in the Wilderness, Daniel Beard bio, and French winter resorts.
Washington dispatch details Senate judges probing Henry Edgerton for a Cornell judgeship and a broad critique of the Roosevelt court program. It notes farm bloc manipulations, secret conferences, and planned conference-committee rewrites, plus an Alabama race involving Rep. Lister HM and ex Senator Heflin.
President Hoover urges a broad sales tax in a message to Congress excluding food purchases. James Haggard faces indictment by a special grand jury for allegedly forging the name of Harry K. Thaw on a check. Rev. W M Brashears leads devotionals at a local Ministerial Association meeting where pastors favor a Christmas Cantata. J Few Brown, veteran assistant cashier of Shenandoah Valley Bank, recovers from a severe grippe attack.
The city announces the largest number of Christmas Savings checks to be mailed. The Rev. Dr. F. T. McFadden speaks to the Elks Club Lodge of Sorrow about members who died this year. Rev. Mark Depp delivers a sermon by radio from Market Street Church.
A summary of 1911 events notes the Sprint Produce Co. bankruptcy amid an apple slump and a $27000 loss. Greece signs a general armistice ending the Balkan War. Jones Creamery advertises Christmas ice cream specials. Miss Lucretia DeLong Gaither marries Mr Augustine Clemens in Baltimore and the couple plans a Palm Beach wedding trip.
Forty years ago Mrs J Edward Shaffer conducted Epworth League services at Market Street Church. John Silver led West minister League at Loudoun Street Presbyterian. Joseph Leafe ran services at Minnie Wood Chapel near the Opequon in Clarke County. A bear visited H Crabill’s home near Strasburg and fought his dog.
Tim helps Adams at his surgery while Bennett, the Goose Quill’s landlord, warns of Adams’s drunken outbursts. Tim suspects Adams will reveal dangerous things about him and plans to search Adams’s room for a hidden letter that could force a confession or disaster.
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