Winchester Evening Star December 28 1936 issue
Daily newspaper from Winchester Virginia with subscription rates and publication details. The issue carries a Bible verse Isiah 19:14 and notes the date Saturday December 28 1936.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1946
Page
4
Keeping a Nucleus During Postwar Industry Reorganization
The United States aims to retain about sixty factories with aircraft or munitions capabilities as a small government nucleus. About 2,800 plants have been turned over as surplus to the War Assets Administration. The plan preserves private industry’s productive genius while avoiding idle, obsolete facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condichmec
Army and Navy Munitions Board
War Assets Administration
Readership Trends in Postwar Newspapers
A survey of readers by American editors shows upcurve in serious thinking and high editorial page readership. Men favor outstanding news photos and deaths, comics, humor, and weather for women, while department-store ads grew for both genders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Death of John Barton famed for Tobacco Road role Jeeter Lester
Richmond writer notes John Barton died in New York after nine years as Jeeter Lester. He left the part December 14 in Allentown due to illness and had been hospitalized with heart disease. Barton, a transient actor with ties to Richmond Norfolk and Newport News, began in Norfolk and recalled his family theater at Eighth and Broad Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
John Barton
Jeeter Lester
Tobacco Road
New York
Allentown
Barton
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Eighth and Broad Streets
Kirby
Theo
Lydia
Chris
Apploes
Raphael
Louie Geaght
Many Causes for Chest Pains
The article lists seventy five chest pain causes and notes wrong diagnosis is common without tests. It cites muscle strain as the easiest diagnosis and outlines simple treatment. It covers pleurodynia, bronchitis related pain, esophageal spasm, pleurisy, and abdominal organs affecting chest pain with weather and hormonal influences.
Barton Sparked Jeeter Role in Tobacco Road Career
The world obituary notes comedian Barton, known for acts like Under the Polar Star and The Bowery, retired but returned when Jack Kirkland urged him to play Jeeter. The role fit him and he continued in it for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Jack Kirkland
Erskine Caldwell
Tobacco Road
Jeeter
1945 January headlines from Winchester and Annapolis
Winchester reports 2 inches of snow turning to slush by noon. Dr Walter S Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory will speak at the 48th annual Maryland State Horticultural Society meeting in Hagerstown on January 3 and 4. Mr and Mrs William W Wilkinson of La Crosse announce the engagement of their daughter Agnes Meredith to Robert Castleman Green Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Maryland State Horicultural Society
Hagerstown
William W. Wilkinson
la Crosse
Agnes Meredith
Robert Castleman Green, Jr
Defenders of the Philippines gain positions as subs sink two Jap vessels
1941 news notes new Allied positions in the Philippines and two Japanese vessels sunk. Local firms including 27 Winchester and Frederick industries join to sell defense stamps and bonds to employees. Mr and Mrs Claude Hartley of Stephens City welcome a daughter born yesterday at Winchester Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Winchester and
Frederick Industries
Claude Hartley
Stephens City
Winchester Hospital
Virginia Protest Over Park Admission Charge
Virginia officials express opposition to a Washington proposal to levy 25 cents for Shenandoah National Park entry. A brief obituary notes the death of Mrs. Mary Clayton Kurtz widow of Captain Kurtz. Local marriage notices record Miss Helen Shockey's engagement to Rodney Lovejoy and Charles N. Lambden marrying Harriet Ritter. A dam ice break near Bartonsville caused Charles Cooper to fall into deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah National Park
Mary Clayton Kurtz
Captain Kurtz
Helen Shockey
Rodney Lovejoy
Charles N. Lambden
Harriet Ritter
Bartonsville
Charles Cooper
Strength For The Day By Esr L. Douglas D D
The piece reflects on Socratic ignorance and the value of constant learning. It cites Washington and Lincoln as models of humility and readiness to learn, and argues spiritual enlightenment comes from acknowledging limits and yielding to a higher power for triumph. A hopeful vision follows recognition of helplessness and ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Washinton
Lincoln
Quiz questions on world figures and history
Seven questions cover UN delegate Gregory Stadnik and his country, Louis Budenz's religious affiliation, a St Louis Cardinals MVP, riot definition, Boeing Eye color detection, a late 19th century naturalist death, and which president first descended in a submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Stadnik
United Nations
New York
Louis F. Budenz
American Communist Party
St. Louis ‘Cardinals
Boeing
Brattleboro
Truman
U. S
Local Social Notes List Visitors and Callers
Chestnut Grove hosts and neighbors welcome guests including G L Nixon Clearbrook Raymond DeHaven Elsie Bowers and their families. Visitors to Michael Reed include Raymond DeHaven Ella Locke and others. A Christmas service in Gainesboro is noted plus a Boston violet glass curiosity from Eleanor Early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Strother
G. L. Nixon
Clearbrook
Raymond DeHaven
Elsie Bowers
Michael Reed
Ella Locke
Effie Strother
Martinsburg
Elmer Adams
Grimes
Walter Light
Andrew Light
Charles Davis
Emory
Ellmore
Thomas Davis
Winchester
Lester Ware
Melvin Davis
Daily Crossword Across Clues Mixed With Misspellings
Crossword puzzle clues presented in a list with numerous spelling errors and broken phrases across multiple numbered entries. Clues cover foods, objects, actions, measurements, animals, and general terms, some partially garbled or incomplete.
Winchester City Realty Transfers Chronicle
City and County transfers list multiple parcels and buildings in Winchester including Nos 521 Ross St 424 Fairmont Ave 442 National Ave and 608 S Kent St. Several parcels with improvements along Watson Ave Woodland Ave Purcell Ave and Center St involve named buyers and sellers such as Anderson Strosnider Ott Smalts Patton Good Affleck Abe Kirby Lee and many others. A right of way to Northern Virginia Power Co. is also noted with numerous co-owners involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Anderson
Emory T. Strosnider
Ross St
James P. Reardon
John W. Rosenberger
Glaize Developments, Inc
Charles I. Patton
Woodland Ave
Carl C. Whittaker
J. Ashby
Winchester
Lawrence C. Miller
Sidney H. Veasey
Purcell
Bessie L. Robinson
David Lewis Butts
Eldrige M. Lemley
Henry B. Curry
Center St
Stephens City
Opequon
M. R. Davis
Michael J. Abe
Stonewall
Leland
Harry
Miler
F. L. Mowery
Red Bud Road
C. Stewart
M Stewart, Jr
Middletown
Fair Butler
Ralph G
Snapp Toux
Milton Valley
Valley Pike
J.T. Kirby
Paul P. Rush
Prederick
Roy A. Lee
J. T. Kirby
Kernstown
Valley Turnpike
John 2
Cammer
George Seabright
Middle Ave
Hill Crest
Clarica Good Affleck
Jonah N
Hopewell Church
Northern Virginia Power Co
Miller Rosenberger
Emmett Boyce
Pearl Cochran V. C. Million
James H. Merriner
C. H. Barr
Stanley F. Bishop
Earl T. Lantz
Co. C. Gough
Stanley E. Bishop
Russell L Spaid
Lee N. Whitacre
R. V. Martin
Sales J. Cooper
George W. Giles
C. H. Anderson
Leroy Edmonson
George Frye
R. L. Wilkins
Carr Veril Melvin
R. W. Carter
C. S. Fogle
Karl T. Sager
A. W. Parlett
A. Skelly
James A. Cather
Bowling Standings and Week Results Near End of December
The Blue Ridge Major Bowling standings list teams led by American Legion with 38 points and Market with Hag in second at 38. Peoples Cleaners, Sherwood Bros, Coliseum Hag, Spillway and Chas Town follow. Week results show Peoples Cleaners, Spillway and Chas Town each winning two games while topping Sherwood Bros and Coliseum, and High St Market defeating the Palace three games. Individual highlights include Roger Rinton’s 429 high set for Spillway and Rhea of Peoples Cleaners setting a 171 high game while Catsail leads Legion with 123.31 average. Matches slated for Dec 28 and 29 feature Palace at Sherwood, Coliseum at Chas Town, Spillway at American Legion, and High St Market at Peoples Cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
American Legion
High St. Market
Peoples Cleaners
Sherwood Bros
Coliseum
Chas. Town
Palace
Mar
Sherwood Bros. Coliseum
Amer. Legion
Legion
Roger Inton
Spillway
Rhea
Ind
Catsail
Myers
Troxell
Shirley
Chas
Amer
Love and Return In A wartime Station Reunion
Lydia Ashe, a young chemist, marries Captain Christopher Stark after he returns from war. They confront family tensions as Theo and Kirby, Kirby’s mother, arrive with mixed reception. The scene shifts at a snowy station where past and present loyalties unfold. The couple plans to move to Connecticut while faced with Theo’s cold greeting and Chris’s lingering hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Ashe
Christopher Stark
Ian
Chris
Alan
Kirby
Theo
Connecticut
New York
Bet Theo
Raphael Loper-Ona
Lydia
Georgia
Raphael
Beaver
Mrs. Hewlett
Mrs.Hewlett
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Daily Crossword
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Weary
Petty Quarrel
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Clarke County
Japan
Akihito
Margaret Nicoles
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