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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1936
Page
4
The notice lists post office filing and publication details for The Winchester Evening Star with subscription prices, advertising rates, and deadlines. It notes several rate categories including mail and carrier options, classified word rates, display ad terms, and national representation.
The governor explained the need for urgent action on unemployment compensation in Virginia. The bill, similar to a defeated one, would cap at 15 dollars weekly, with 16 weeks yearly, funded by a ramping state payroll tax reaching 2.7 percent by 1938.
The piece describes Mrs Simpson's waffles exciting guests and drawing Anglo American ties closer in culinary fashion. It highlights Mayfair chatter over Southern waffles Maryland fried chicken and frozen desserts served to King Edward. British hosts imitate American recipes as a culinary revolution begins led by Wally.
An old Will Rogers humorous anecdote presents a railroad worker asking his boss for fifty dollars to last until the next month. The boss doubts his money management, and the worker explains he already saves seventy five dollars for a crap game and needs the fifty for legitimate expenses.
The passage weighs the costs of economic self sufficiency and research subsidies. It argues that nations fear losing value as substitutes replace genuine goods and warns that protectionist moves can make countries feel like Cinderella while sisters grow unruly.
A reader can obtain any fact answer by writing The Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin director Washington D C and enclosing three cents for reply.
The page lists Q and A items: official party names for a South American trip include James Roosevelt and Edward Gallagher. Roberta songs are Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and The Touch of Your Hand. insanity heredity cites 80 percent from sound parents. onions cook with little smell in salted water. Christ statue on Corcovado in Rio. locomotives have 7500 parts. moons’ prominent maria about 56 miles wide. Lusitania not sister to Titanic. earliest preservatives include drying and salting. hottest cow milk record 17 12 gallons. George Romney born 1734 England died 1802. NYC taxi fleet 16000 cabs 46800 drivers. St Marys Chinatown San Francisco Catholic Chinese school. monuments to Aug S Escoffier and Madame Poulard. Semmelweis discovered puerperal fever cause. 1935 undefeated teams Princeton Minnesota SMU. sky writing uses aircraft smoke. hair growth 6-7 inches per year. Dobermann name from Apolda. rose beds last ten years. Lamia mythic queen of Libya and vampire reference.
A New York family, after a seven week European tour, realized they knew little about their own city. They will hire guides for a series of local tours to learn points of interest, then travel domestically, aiming to better acquaint Americans with their towns and countries in the hemisphere.
News notes report scarce Rose Bowl tickets for the Stanford S. M. A. game on New Years Day. Other items include Shenandoah National Park residents told to move, and hunting season extended to year end.
Rome reports an Italian patent for a process to produce wool or wool-like material from whelks. The claim is that the material has all the characteristics of wool, reflecting the era's unusual technological advances and challenges for the mollusk industry.
Ten years ago President W A Baker chaired the last council meeting. Main Street would be widened by narrowing sidewalks. The General Assembly of Virginia reforms the state taxes. Miss Stowers notes the local Red Cross has a Christmas gift for an adoptable two year old girl. Miss Judy McGuire Miss Laura Carson and Miss Mary Hyde return home from Old Field School Baltimore for holidays.
Twenty five years ago a Royal Arcanum banquet drew 150 attendees at the Winchester Inn. Inspectors from Valley Turnpike Company examined a new liquid asphalt. John Paul of Rockingham County was seen by many as the leading gubernatorial hopeful for Virginia.
A blaze on December 15 1836 gutted the U S Patent Office, causing extensive damage to documents and archives. The fire halted operations and prompted urgent restoration efforts as officials assessed losses and sought to recover records.
Among Our Citizens James Patrick Reardon an attorney at law born January 29 1882 in Clarke county near White Post attended White Post Shenandoah Valley Academy and University of Virginia passed the bar in 1903 and has practiced in Winchester for 33 years He served as Commonwealth Attorney and City Solicitor and credits his modest success to his parents and wife His hobby is farming.
Washington diplomats express limited concern over a break-up of the British empire after King Edward's abdication. The retiring king is noted for his immature behavior while the future king is described as a man in his forties. American views on Mrs Wallis Simpson as royalty are discussed as unassailable if she remains non citizen.
Satirical column jokes about public tastes in foreign films and politics. It notes attitudes toward Father’s Day, cheese varieties, Broadway, Santa Claus, and social norms. It ends with a teaser about Fascism versus Democracy on the front page.
In a Christmas Eve gathering Alix receives letters from John Sayre and memories of Kim, Kathleen urges her to seek him out. Alix reflects on love, forgiveness, and a possible reconciliation as the party ends with unresolved longing and a hint of a future reunion.
Policeman Victor Slater doubted which twin, Martin or Harvey Berger, stole an automobile. In custody he charged both brothers with grand larceny, though they doubted the charge would stick.
In Chewlah Washington editor B J Dahl learns family sickness may affect business. His son Gregory contracts scarlet fever prompting the health officer to issue an emergency printing order despite quarantine signs. The doctor also acts without prescription blanks.
Bubble dancer Sally Rand drew crowds in El Paso as a spotlight opera scene stunned onlookers with veiled performance.
In a curt remark, Sally harshly judges him as unflattering. The finale called for blue lighting to suit modesty but an operator flashed a bright white light by mistake, altering the scene.
Caldwell Idaho Rene Caron, a department store manager, misidentified a shopper as a thief and alerted police after trailing her. Chief O G Boyd revealed the “suspicious” woman was one of the detectives hired to deter shoplifting, noting the error days after the event.
The regular property transfer record is duly recorded in the regional archives with notes on ownership changes and parcel identifiers. The entry confirms legal transfer of property rights as filed by the recording official.
Frederick County Clerk of Court records show Special Commissioner J. W. Larrick conveying lot 12 in New Middletown to J. W. and Annie L. Rinker for nominal consideration.
Friends of Dorothy Parker report from New York that she and her husband Al Campbell, writer, are expecting an heir next June. The Hollywood notice confirms the couples’ anticipated addition.
A Washington Post remark contrasts the prior year’s bird nest with last year’s automobile, framing the comparison as a lighthearted jab at design or condition. The comment emphasizes evaluation of two distinct objects in a playful tone.
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