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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
4
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A religious quotation from the Bible appears beside a note about Divine guidance. The page emphasizes spiritual patience and calls readers to embrace love and waiting for Christ as per 2 Thessalonians 3 5. The Associated Press copyright line appears at the top as a standard notice.
The article notes Verner W. Main won a Congress seat by two to one as Townsend supporters discuss the Townsend plan. Critics call the pension scheme costly and inflationary, arguing it would raise prices and burden 112,000,000 consumers to aid 11,000,000 seniors.
The Newport News Press notes colleges across the United States debate paying athletes, secretly or openly, with some schools offering attractive incentives to star players while denying they are paying players. The question remains unsettled and widely discussed.
Officials weigh ways to end hidden payments and arrange fair treatment for star athletes. Some schools push open hiring, others seek parity with students, while some would drop football if unwilling to reform. Institutions should not exist solely to produce winning teams.
Staunton newspapers discuss economist Alvin H. Hansen's claim that the US could carry a national debt of 55 to 70 billion dollars. They contrast higher British taxes, hidden consumer taxes, and rising social security levies with public sentiment turning against large-scale spending ahead of the 1936 election.
Thirteen clergymen respond to Cardinal Hayes who condemned birth control information for relief families. They argue the Cardinal oversteps church boundaries and fear religious doctrine dictating public policy. The piece notes relief populations’ birth rate runs about 50 percent above the national rate.
The passage argues that those least able to provide advantages for their children also form the largest part of the population, and that this group has struggled the most to support itself economically. If the trend lasts, social consequences could be incalculable.
The Connecticut State Motor Vehicle Commissioner weighs a plan to let auto owners keep the same license numbers year after year by inserting annual year markers. The aluminum plates with black characters would save about 125000 dollars annually and please many drivers, though objections are anticipated. If accepted, other states may imitate the system.
Dr Alexis Carrel suggests that long term preservation by drying could revive humans after remoistening. He cites experiments with small animals and grafts in guinea pigs and imagines individuals stored for centuries, akin to a fictional immortality, with old friends possibly revived later.
Havana endures a bomb explosion spree as authorities vow strict traffic enforcement for the Christmas season. A separate Antarctic ice movement described as a heat wave drives temperatures to 37 degrees below zero. The Ebert Memorial chimes are installed at Market Street Memorial church as Betty Gow prepares to testify in Hauptmann’s trial.
Eight new coaches to be purchased as part of the sale. Snow blankets North Carolina with 30 inches, disrupting travel and straining needy communities until roads are cleared. Miss Martha J. Rowe, 80, dies. Illness proves fatal to B. N. Sea bright. Miss Mary Gold returns from Florence after three years abroad.
A housing warming event was held to inaugurate the new Sunday School room at Market Street Methodist Church. Grace R. Cover is recovering from injuries after a fall from her horse in Baltimore. Potomac Edison employees in Winchester attended a dance hosted by the Hagerstown office. State government administration plans propose sweeping changes and a revision of Virginia's tax system. Sheriff Pannett seizes a cargo of genuine liquor after a Pittsburgh man wrecks a car north of the city, damaging a fence. the driver is arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Twenty one people were arrested in fraud schemes investigated by postal authorities in Philadelphia. The article also mentions Mrs Ellen C Conrad connected to Confederate soldiers, details of Judge John Handley’s estate, Mrs Lucy Bolton’s escape from a fire at her home, and Mrs P Boyd’s report on effects of appendicitis.
Page features a Miss Ruth Snell summoned to the grand jury where jurors gift her Christmas money. It also notes Judge Alfred C. Baldwin ruling rainfall is not an act of God in Waterbury damages case. A Ripley, Illinois style safe theft warning notes the thiefs’ request for the combination. A Bit Of Cheer shows Seattle residents sharing holly boxes on a front lawn.
A seagull became stuck in the chimney of Peter Pantages' banquet room in Vancouver. Attempts to free the bird have failed. The local 8 P C A is concerned with its release and the banquet proprietor worries about business impact.
Anton Neukirch of Berlin claims his German canaries would win the world title if not for unregenerate competitors. He challenged Mrs Frances Wolf of Chicago to pit her champion Rajah against his canaries in a $400 special match next month in Cincinnati. She accepted.
Mrs Louise Hall charged by Patrolman E G Lower after being arrested for careless driving. Public defense from Municipal Judge J E Mershon contends policemen do not address such words to the public. Fine set at $10.
In San Jose California a bearded helmeted bust stands as a hero figure gracing the new civic auditorium. The sculpture's bold presence signals a civic tribute amid ongoing public works and community events.
Washington diplomats note discreet criticism from the British and French embassies in Washington over a joint plan to cede most of Haile Selassie s realm to Mussolini. They claim the compromise seeks international acquiescence with a Fascist grab while offering only nominal Ethiopian concessions.
The article examines Britain's and France's cautious efforts to prevent a wider war and the risk of U S involvement. It discusses Cleveland as the 1936 Republican convention site and analyzes potential early leaders like Landon Hoover Borah and Vandenberg, noting Ohio’s political dynamics and views on the League of Nations.
In Cleveland a national Townsendite gathering joins plans by Socialists and a Peace bloc as Ohio becomes a political hub in 1936. Townsend leaders aim to influence the Republican convention and back their favored Borah though he will not commit. They claim a potential path to elect him president.
A list of three Q and As about Saint Nicholas as Christmas saint reasons why fish move with air bladders and rock type for whetstones. Answers note Saint Nicholas patronage, air bladder buoyancy, and novaculite in western Arkansas.
Present and past rainfall data show the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. None. December to date 1.39 inches. Year to date 34.73 inches. Average annual precipitation over 22 years 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
In a boarding house run by Alice Penny Lieutenant Larrabee questions the seven residents about Andrew Darien's murder. Hairpin from Janet Bell links to Darien’s room while secrets emerge about Lucy Upham, Mrs. Starmont, Hemingway, and others as the search for a killer continues.
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