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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star announces daily publication excluding Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia and its postal filing details for second class matter.
A fragment lists subscription options with monthly and yearly rates, mentions advance payment terms, carrier delivery, and a weekly option. The text shows amounts like 4.50 and 2.25 and references names or labels indicating duration and payment method.
Advertising rates for memorials four stanzas with four rings each cost $1.50. Cards of Thanks priced at 75 cents. Display ads require a bordered frame and must be received by 10 am on publication day. Transient rate is 42 cents per inch with contract rates on application.
A standard AP notice explains the paper uses AP dispatches and local news credited or not credited to the paper. It asserts exclusive rights to reprint AP material and locally published items.
Fragmentary biblical verse fragment references strength and perfection from a religious text. The readable lines mention God and a resolve to be strong through faith as described in scripture.
Dr. Rexford Tugwell, Columbia University professor turned public official, offered to resign as Undersecretary of Agriculture and Resettlement Administrator to avoid harming President Roosevelt's reelection. A high official says Roosevelt tolerates Tugwell loosely, and his removal could please many while angering radicals.
Treasury reports six months ending December shows a deficit near 1.55 billion dollars, debt surpassing 30 billion for the first time. Receipts have rebounded to 1928-29 boom levels, but heavy emergency spending keeps the deficit.
Three months after predicting a rapid drop in emergency spending President Roosevelt compares figures with emergency bureau chiefs and weighs the future of the Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration. His plans for these agencies will dominate his upcoming budget message.
A Wisconsin supreme court ruling condemns the legalistic and or phrase used by lawyers as a verbal monstrosity. The column mocks lengthy statutes and convoluted phrasing, noting laws often read like dense prose and are open to interpretation by a few. Local readers are urged to seek clarity and plain language in legislation.
Richmond reports contracts for six Virginia sections of the Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains Parkway total nearly 2.41 million dollars for 55.6 miles of road. Work will start soon, creating many jobs as routes connect Skyline Drive with Waynesboro to Afton and extend the parkway toward North Carolina. The parkway's popularity has surged with large summer and autumn visitation, making it the nation’s leading park drawing power.
The article notes unemployment remains high despite job gains. Ford officials say industry never employed more than 8.8 million at peak and about 7 million are now employed, leaving many unable to return to their prior work. It questions how all could be reemployed or retrained.
Exchange Gates A Haflin discusses pets and people with long experience in a St. Louis shop. He notes police dogs as pets have waned due to danger, praises goldfish for safety and mental health, and says hospitals and doctors buy hundreds yearly to soothe patients. The pet business continues.
The speaker notes that not only did households endure the depressed mood, they also improved. Pet sales for birds cats and goldfish tripled in five years as people stay home to be entertained. A compiled list of businesses helped by the low mood could reveal surprises and guide action during future downturns.
In Rome a restaurant named Eden caused mockery of Anthony Eden as Britain sought peace in Ethiopia. Citizens blamed Eden for the diplomatic game and led to a boycott. The owner renamed the place Paradiso, resuming business with patrons satisfied and the joke turning into symbol and serpent.
A Boston Trans script comments on a New Hampshire Foundation report that the Townsend pension plan is impractical. It uses town level and state wide comparisons, noting quintuple cost estimates and large proposed payouts to cast doubt on the plan’s validity.
A multitude throngs Pasadena for the annual Tournament of Roses as six million blossoms are reported out local post office remodeling planned and 193 couples wed in the city during the past year 76 in the county.
Ten years ago the Martinsburg Cotillion Club hosted a ball at Opequon Golf Club. Miss Florence Sherman of Front Royal married William Hawley Sewell of Tampa Florida. Miss Margaret Dorton wed Mr. Charles Elwood Smith. A New Year’s Eve dance at the George Washington Hotel attracted many. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Legg were celebrated at a recent wedding with a miscellaneous shower.
Twenty five years ago Mrs Susan E McCormick 70 dies at Berkeley Station Mrs Camillus S Baker 81 dies here Engineer Henry C Beck dies at throttle after first shutting his engine near Lancaster Pre ae McSherry dies at Frederick Clifford Lloyd Cumberland Valley Railroad firemen is buried at Berryville
Ada Oklahoma Mingo James booked as a sales man for stealing a new coat. He claimed he sold it to a Seminole truck driver as a second hand garment for 13 dollars. Eddie Testa the cyclist fined 2 dollars and sentenced to probation. Prank Pupsta facing contempt in deportation case resolved with 100 dollar fine. Three swans at Ira Drymon farm vanished after fuss about ears. Eva P Igney's eight year divorce case granted on cruelty charge with appeal planned.
A fragmented note discusses immigration and national ideals in vague terms. It raises questions about who the United States intends to welcome and how this aligns with historic immigration policies and civic identity. The text hints at tension between openness and exclusion without specifying events.
Otto B. Ruwoldt of Joplin Missouri reported 400 sample candy pieces stolen from his car. The police were alarmed when he said every piece contained poison used as a preservative capable of making a person seriously ill or kill.
Washington report portrays Representative Hamilton Fish Jr as a strong supporter with funds and travel reach for Senator William Borah while questioning Fish personal ambitions. Borah is described as liberal in voting but stances vary. Fish is seen as potentially a vice presidential candidate.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a Hindu fortune teller asks luck for business as the 1936 race shapes the region. Republicans fear defeat while South Democrats and conservatives lean Roosevelt, with farmers and workers broadly pro Roosevelt and former Long supporters shifting.
The piece argues Herbert Hoover is the strongest southern Republican prospect due to his southern hold, his role in 1928, and notoriety. It notes Alf Landon’s regional strength, dismisses Knox and Vandenberg, questions Borah’s appeal, and doubts Roberts’ southern support. It warns nullification of New Deal laws by the Supreme Court would spur a southern push to limit Court power.
The Gregorian calendar adopted in 1582 set January 1 as the new year start. Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, a German philologist, was famed for collecting and publishing fairy tales. A flea found on dogs is noted in a 1922 licensing count.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a m. The Winchester Research Laboratory records an average annual rainfall of 34.61 inches. Monthly averages range from 1.94 inches in February to 3.88 inches in May, with other months totaling 2.30 to 3.60 inches.
Weddings increased not only in Frederick county and Winchester but throughout neighboring counties with many viewing it as a sign of improved economy. An all time Warren county record was set when Marvin A. Trout, clerk of the
A Central Press Association report notes stamps from Belgium rise in prominence among collectors following events in Europe. The piece mentions King Albert and Belgium pages as items of interest for philatelists.
Lieutenant Larrabee probes the murder of Andrew Darien at a boarding house run by Alice Penny. He questions eight residents and the maid Delia Randall, noting Darien’s wealth and disliked status as details unfold in fevered alibis and suspicious behavior.
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