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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
4
A brief quote from John 6 27 emphasizing spiritual nourishment over earthly sustenance and noting that eternal life is granted by the Son of man as sealed by the Father.
A reflection on Edward Prince of Wales who becomes king and abdicates his throne for personal love. The piece praises his earlier dedication to duty and empire while noting his choice to step away, expressing sympathy for the self-exiled king and hope for his happiness amid crisis.
The Rose Bowl selection pitted Pittsburgh against the University of Washington in the Pasadena game. The article notes Pitt’s seven wins, one loss, one tie, LSU’s nine wins, zero losses, one tie, and points for and against for both teams. It discusses likely Western influence on the selection and questions whether the West favored a local victory over East strength.
The New York ski meet opens midweek with an 85 foot indoor trestle and 500 tons of ice at Madison Square Garden. Otto Lang leads experts in Arlberg style jumps of 60 feet, while program boys wonder at the crowd cry and the new sport’s novelty for spectators.
Springfield Republican notes Boston advocacy by former Controller McCarl for a single six or seven year term for presidents. The piece argues reelection as a measure of success and recalls Taft and Roosevelt contrasts, with Roosevelt placing himself in the Lincoln class and Taft in the Buchanan class.
Washington figures lead Hoover urges safer gifts for children over toy guns and violence. He promotes finger printing sets microscopes and card indexes as constructive alternatives while noting most boys still crave action. Government science oriented approach aims to curb criminal rhetoric and maintain calm play.
The piece narrates a Will Rogers style joke about a father and son. Johnny asks if Edison made the first talking machine. The father counters that God made the first, but Edison made the first that could be shut off, delivering a snappy parental retort.
J Edward DePatrick once proposed shooting criminals with a Quebec slogan. He was jailed for two years in Canada on a fraud charge. He now thanks the court for leniency, arguing executions must wait for criminology to advance.
Noble C Pierce is named chair man of the Democratic Club of Winchester as local plans emerge for a grand Kiwanis Club meeting with the Kiwanian Magazine editor slated as speaker. Hearst comments on Landon win. Brown visits Winchester Masons and Knight Templar. AFL cites 11 650 000 unemployed nationally.
Americas newest screen idol Clark Gable performs with Joan Crawford in a local theatre. The item notes a blend of film news and social activity with local details.
George W. Lee and his daughter Caroline die after a car crossing crash with a train in Clarke County. The tragedy is reported alongside social notes from Winchester and Annapolis weekend events and theatre seating prices for Gorilla at a local venue. Paderewski reportedly leaves a theatre after enduring lengthy applause. Seats for Gorilla are priced at 1.50 and 2.00.
Shenandoah Valley Academy tops Martinsburg High School 36 to 18 in the first game of the season. Vivid local notes include J E Cooper at the White House Anti Saloon League and Eva Massey named editor at the Normal School Annual. Reverend Hugh W White writes from China.
Raymond E Bayliss of Winchester Virginia born February 8 1898 in Chambersville Virginia. He attended Round Hill public school and Old Dominion Academy Reliance Virginia served in the US Army 1917 19 with the 142nd Division Inf merchant 1920 1929 entered the State Police Force in 1929 stationed in Winchester sum mers as a special police course attendee. He is a member of the Sheriffs Association of Virginia attends Presbyterian Church and is married to Virginia Patterson with three children Melvin Betty Lee and Mary Virginia. He is an expert rifle and pistol shot.
A reader question page answers varied trivia from Christmas customs in Mexico the Paseada to Roosevelts bonuses to first aid training and international seminar locations The piece lists multiple facts with names initials and places including Berlin Warsaw Moscow Leningrad Helsingfors and Paris regarding travel languages and population faiths plus figures on telephones coal and circulation of Readers Digest
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues Roosevelt erred in judging Argentine livestock disease and quarantine rules. He recalls his own experience with ill pigs in Argentina and questions U S cautious quarantine policy amid mixed local and governmental claims about aftosa cholera and anthrax.
A column reflects on low priced airplanes, European sides in conflict, Mussolini’s helmet style, and Christmas bill deadlines. It notes the political climate around January events and Spain's unrest as potential World War echoes.
Alix Carey a glove counter worker at Sayre Coulton agency faces hardship to attend a dinner with Genevieve Gleason while unraveling a web of rumors about John Sayre and Carola Cushing. She plans to learn Sayre’s condition and location while masking her own struggles. Kathleen urges a late talk after work at the Thirty Seventh Street entrance.
A Toledo couple-to-be rushed for a marriage license then returned declaring the form unsuitable. Clerks joked as the man sought a permanent wedding, while Cleveland news recalls Gustav Horwath facing a judge for assault with Horwath claiming provocation from his wife. The judge urged a modern streamlined marriage and warned the husband. A venomous water moccasin incident adds odd color to the tale.
Bramlett Reid, nine years after two tires and tubes were stolen from his car, was approached by two men who apologized for the borrowing. They claimed a religious motive and paid him in full this week.
A Chicago visitor, newly checked out, whispered to desk clerk James E. Joyner about catching someone. Joyner improvised a fish line noose and hurried to the guest room to confront the situation.
In San Leandro California Mrs M J Morrissey announced six newborn German shepherds, sparking a counting dispute with Mr Morrissey who insisted the count was wrong. The couple rechecked the garage and found ten then twelve pups total in a sequence of quick recounts.
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