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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists postal status and daily publication except Sundays. It details subscription rates by mail and carrier, classified rates, memorials and cards, display ad deadlines, and national representives.
The page contains a standard Associated Press copyright notice and a brief religious admonition quoting 2 Timothy 2 22 urging youth to flee lust and pursue righteousness faith charity and peace with believers. The snippet reflects typical late 19th or early 20th century newspaper boilerplate and scripture text.
A public discourse warns that every American pays taxes, with no exemptions. It argues the burden falls on the average family and the worker, citing Roosevelt’s 1932 Pittsburgh speech about taxes as a drag on production and employment.
A fragment from Farmville Herald discusses the perils of claiming wisdom across generations and centuries. It cites historical figures such as Cotton Mather and William Penn to illustrate how so-called wisdom justified harsh actions against dissenters and minorities.
A fragment argues that Ohio schoolmen opposed early railway right of way, claiming trains at fifteen mph were implausible and citing biblical doubt. The writer contrasts then and now, noting autos, flying machines, and submarines spreading as common, and muses future generations may mock present travel and dwellings as primitive.
Betty Gow declines to reenter Lindbergh service as the parents travel to England and rejects lucrative offers to capitalize on the tragedy. Dr John F Condon seeks stage engagements while Hauptmann appeal attorneys seek notoriety. A minor official and a governor draw attention with public comments as Colone Lindbergh contemplates protecting his family amidst publicity.
The Shenandoah Valley lies in the western to northern part of Virginia. It extends from Rockbridge County to the junction of the Shenandoah River with the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, widening from about twenty five miles near the Maryland line to a broad expanse near Roanoke, and includes counties Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah Page Rockingham Augusta Rockbridge with towns Winchester Berryville Woodstock Luray Harrisonburg Staunton Waynesboro Buena Vista Natural Bridge.
Present and past rainfall data show 1.38 inches total for the year to date and a 34.56 inch 23 year average at Winchester Research Laboratory. Monthly averages list January 2.42, February 1.93, March 2.81, April 3.15, May 3.83, June 3.57, July 3.35, August 3.32, September 2.52, October 2.82, November 2.52, December 2.29 inches.
Contains trivia on the femur as the largest bone, Epiphany dating to January 6, and notes on early electrocution experiments. Claims the first human electrocuted was William Kemmeler on August 6, 1890, at Auburn Prison, Auburn New York.
A Roanoke tale recalls Edmund J. Tice, an assistant superintendent of transportation, fatally shot in his office. Also noted is the death penalty given in Fincastle for the slaying of two girls near Clifton Forge, and Judge Jones denying a federal injunction against Pine Motor Company.
The Alexandria Gazette notes Pinkerton agents were summoned to Cumberland Maryland to investigate the deaths of Charles E Twigg of Keyser West Virginia and Grace Blosser daughter of a prominent merchant. It also reports Christopher Singhass killed by a train in Springfield and postmaster Albert Stuart a local lawyer passing away.
Fire swept a brick row house as occupants fled through windows to escape. Breest and the Bernard couple died. Staley and his mother escaped after aiding bystanders. Furnace overheated and left open for about two hours precipitating the blaze. firemen rescued Breest and fought flames for about an hour.
In Montgomery a prison warden used a convict to train bloodhounds but heavy rain washed out the trail and the man vanished. In Philadelphia a man descended from a City Hall window was pulled back by a sergeant. Other brief items report a judge allowing installments for a fine, a drowning in Kansas, and a husband’s suicide note with the wife surviving.
A Christmas blizzard in Maysville Kentucky damaged an 85 year old courthouse clock. Each of the four faces now shows a different hour creating confusion for shoppers and residents. In Provo Utah relief workers report Dean faced costly repairs to resolve the timepiece damage.
Marguerite Holland, born November 19 premature by three and a half months and weighing one pound seven ounces, survived beyond doctors’ 30 minute prognosis and now weighs six pounds and is ready to leave the hospital.
Central Press writer Leslie Eichel reports that attendees of the Philippine independence inauguration felt snubbed by Japan on the voyage home. Senator Key Pittman’s anti-Japanese forecast and broader discontent among travelers highlight perceived hostility in Nippon.
Warner Bros CAPITOL release Mutiny on the Bounty shows at the Capitol Theatre. The historic romance with dramatic sea action follows the true HMS Bounty voyage and is praised as a superb historical picture likely to endure as a top sea tale.
A seaworthy epic recounts a brutal captain and a mutinous crew in the South Seas. The pursuit of Bligh, tropical life, and a starkly shot voyage anchor this Technicolor drama led by Charles Laughton and Clark Gable.
Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur and Lea Carrillo star in the Columbia romantic comedy If You Could Only Cook at Hable's Palace today and Tuesday. The pair headline a new love team in a tale of amusement and romance with a Fox News Reel, a cartoon, and a novelty as supplements.
Lieutenant Larrabee investigates the stabbing death of Andrew Darien at the boarding house run by Alice Penny. The detective questions Alice and the seven boarders while noting Darien’s wealth and the suspect mood. Doctor Rudemar arrives late with a confidential warning about Mrs Upham.
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