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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
4
A Winchester newspaper page features a subscription rate list for mail and carrier delivery followed by a Bible verse from Romans 11 33 praising the depth and wisdom of God. The short piece mixes catalog information with a religious quotation.
The Danville Register editorial questions Senator Bailey of North Carolina and a proposed Address to the People. It argues the principles support a balanced budget fair labor capital relation and local self government and claims Roosevelt sympathizes with them. The piece accuses the Register of slander for misreading Bailey and imputing bad motives to the President.
Federal judges face public accusations and threats of impeachment when ruling against the Department of Justice. The dispute centers on Judge Geiger of Milwaukee who refused to let grand jury proceedings be tampered with and discharged the jury. Assistant Attorney General Jackson publicized the conflict, raising concerns about coercion via criminal indictments to enforce civil decrees.
A federal judge upholds legal procedure amid a dispute with Department of Justice officials who warned of impeachment threats to judges. The case centers on alleged automotive finance coercion tied to dealers and installment plans, highlighting tensions between civil suits under antitrust law and threats to enforce consent decrees.
Senator Byrd defended continuing government aid to the Baltimore Mail Line serving Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay ports. He argued subsidy is essential for a viable American merchant marine, noting the line links these ports with London Havre Hamburg and Bremen and supports inland trade to Chicago. Evidence from Virginia and Maryland leaders and shippers supported maintaining the subsidy to protect outport facilities.
E. A. Crowl, chairman of the static elimination committee, reports a complete survey will be made early in 1937 after spending 700 hours on work. More prizes than contestants mark the Chamber of Commerce decoration festival for Christmas. Mrs. J. Howard Cather is improving from burns received when flames burst from a furnace door and enveloped her.
Police search for a man reported missing after a unidentified head was found in a municipal garbage pile. Investigators suspect foul play as they pursue leads and identify the victim while monitoring related tips and witnesses. John H. Rosenberger leads a Candlelight service at Braddock Street Church with Sunday School members. Winchester Bar Association members led by Judge Philip Williams pass resolutions of tribute to late Sheriff Pannett.
Naval officials declare no hope for survivors from the S-4 submarine tragedy. Efforts continue to raise the vessel as cleanup and salvage plans proceed. Dr J A Richard a Winchester dentist is elected Kiwanis Club president. Winchester Memorial Hospital receives $7,000 from the estate of Wren Trammell.
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Robert E. Welsh’s will is admitted to record in Corporation Court leaving her estate to a son who has been missing for some time. A B and O freight jumps track at local yards near Robinson Cold Storage. over 1300 feet of lumber is sawn from a county tree near Chambersville and brought to J F Newlin’s mill.
Forty years ago five boys sit on a street corner reading a dime novel when a dressed hog is stolen from the Bentley Kern smoke house. William Shearer and Cora Dix wed by Rev. Jos Wilson. Kent Street Presbyterian Sunday School hosts annual Christmas entertainment and treats for children.
A compilation of brief factual Q A entries covering diverse topics. It includes explanations on sunrise positions, education in Mexico, obesity causes, radio in Germany, stock exchange dues, and details about Lindbergh's good will tour among other items.
Washington reports reveal Congress avoided major bills in a short session but prepared farm labor and housing measures. Navy moves, fleet maneuvers near Hawaii, and British-American Far East plans shape tension. State department silk stockings boycott by women employees ends after regulation notice.
Jerry Chandler, son of a modest country clergyman, meets Lionel Clark of St. Louis at Yale where Clark shares his plans to write a book on the flatboat era. Chandler learns of Clark’s grandfather, a Missouri senator, and Mimi Le Brun, Clark’s cousin. The dialogue reveals money’s pull in society, Chandler’s admiration, and a mirror on romance and ambition as the narrator becomes entwined in Clark’s world.
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