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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1937
Page
5
The Winchester Rotary Club will host 30 boys from Winchester and Frederick County on Thursday December 23 as part of its annual youth program. The event includes a Christmas dinner and gifts of fruit and candy, with plans for the boys to provide the program if feasible. President Pinckney Arthur will preside.
Grassy Point New York faces the closing of its 103 year old post office. Postmaster Vincent Hannigan cites small business volume and accepts the decision to discontinue next Wednesday. Rural free delivery is expected to replace the office. James A Farley, born in 1888, grew up nearby and once collected family mail there.
Chicago coach Clark Shaughnessy urged new laws to protect passers in college football. He called for allowing forward passes from anywhere behind the line as in pro football, and will push the idea at the gridiron coaches meeting in New Orleans on December 28.
Reporter Roy A Read recounts the grounding of the President Hoover off Hashioto Island on December 14. Passengers quivered yet organized, using boats for shore, with scarce food and water, a makeshift village setup, and Dr Max Hasselman tending injuries as a hospital formed ashore.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain and the United States are in consultation over Japanese attacks on Yangtze river gunboats. He noted talks with Herschel V. Johnson and Neville Chamberlain, and said London’s ships opened fire after being bombed.
A jury of eight farmers a relief worker a salesman a machinist and a contractor was empaneled to try John Travis and Orville Adkins on the kidnapping charge linked to the death of Dr. James I. Seder. Judge Worth denied venue change and a trial delay. Seder died four days after being found near an abandoned mine. Booth had faced a ransom demand not paid.
Winchester council plans a special session to discuss fireworks regulation as part of next year’s budget. Amendments to the current ordinance may be introduced as emergency measures. The prior meeting sought relief from irresponsible displays that disrupted holidays, hospitals, and sacred services.
RACINE Wisconsin December 14 Mary Christmas a busy helper of givers and receivers this year as Santa Claus prepares for Christmas Eve. The Racine woman known as mother to five and Mrs Santa to hundreds runs an exchange linking cripples and shut ins. Letters pour in from all states and abroad with toy lists and greetings read and directed to Santa. She manages without a telephone avoiding anonymous callers.
In Arkansas City Kas Mrs Tom Smyer tasted a roasted chestnut from a batch and it exploded burning her around the mouth. The incident prompted warnings about unsafe chestnuts and hot nuts.
Dr. Clendening outlines practical tips to avoid winter ailments during holiday shopping. He recommends spreading errands, removing heavy clothing in stores, humidifying homes, Douche Your Nose, resting feet, and taking daily naps. He favors orange juice or tomato juice and tea with sugar during shopping.
Paris police added a second Strasbourg woman and two men to the murder for profit probe linked to Eugene Weidmann. They seek missing Janine Keller and note two taxi drivers named Markoff and Douillard were killed by Weidmann's claimed method, with bodies robbed.
Governor Peery announced the Virginia old age pension commission will release its two year study on old age assistance within a day or two. The panel completed the bill for the General Assembly and last minute additions require typing before release. Senator Aubrey Weaver urged early press release to gauge public reaction.
At the American Farm Bureau Federation's 19th annual convention in Chicago Edward A. O Neal blasted Secretary Wallace for backing large granary supplies saying they depress prices and rejecting a flexible bill in favor of definite controls. He also called last week's House farm bill a tragedy for agriculture. Wallace offered no response and pointed to points in both Senate and House bills awaiting conference.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., chair of General Motors, turns back 10 million dollars in personal profits. The gift via the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aims to benefit the masses with broad social initiatives. Sloan stresses the donation is entirely personal and unrelated to GM duties.
Earl Hartzel of Hinton was fined 25 dollars and costs in trial justice court after shooting a deer that wandered from the George Washington National Forest into his Shenandoah area farm. The deer carcass was taken to Harrisonburg for butchering and the venison was to be donated to Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Hartzel said the animal had been on his land for weeks and ate with his cattle, and he expressed regret. The game warden noted the deer may have been driven from the mountain by opening hunting season.
Dale Carnegie praised a student who, by attaching no significance to being watched, earned a promotion. A New York Telephone Company contest favored college applicants, but the non college candidate stood out with two labeled file boxes guiding finished and unfinished work, a bold warning to stay diligent.
The Winchester Evening Star promotes Concrete Around The Home a practical 32 page booklet with home cement project ideas from fence posts to tennis courts. Enclose five cents for postage and handling via the Information Bureau director in Washington.
Historian notes a shift from cigar prestige to cigarette popularity driving U.S. tobacco profits. USDA data show flue cured tobacco for cigarettes tops 830 million pounds, with farmers expected to gain about 180 million dollars from the crop, plus additional income from other tobacco products.
Hundreds of volunteers work toward a $100000 Christmas seal campaign goal for the Virginia Tuberculosis Association. H Laurie Smith notes county city committees and junior leagues mobilize to fund prevention and cure efforts beyond public health budgets.
Governor George O. Peery announced the selection of Charles M. Hunter of Pounding Mill to fill the vacancy on the Virginia Military Institute board of visitors created by W. W. Boxley’s resignation. Hunter, a House of Delegates member and civil engineer, is vice president of the Pounding Mill Quarry Corporation and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The piece notes rising cigarette consumption through the 1920s into the 1930s, with a 10.5 percent annual increase during 1921 to 1930. By 1936 tax receipts on cigarettes reached over 153 billion, about 12,000 cigarettes yearly per person, generating $432 million in federal revenue, vastly larger than tobacco farm income and Civil War tax receipts.
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