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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia describes its publication schedule rates and policies. It lists subscription prices from three months to one year and advertising charges including memorials display ads and national representatives.
A brief prayer and a Psalm verse are presented in decorative text on the page. The religious content appears alongside standard newspaper elements and copyright notices from The Associated Press.
President Roosevelt sent a defense program to Congress requesting nearly one billion dollars for military and naval needs in 1937. Naval expenditures total 621.9 million, with aims to strengthen ships, aircraft, and shore facilities and expand officers and men under the treaty navy policy. He cites world unrest, the Washington and London conferences, neutrality, and Washington’s ideals as the basis for a strong, ready naval force to deter war and defend liberty.
In New York reports say a concept of show trains is coming to rival show boats. A Lowley Hearts Special advertised as a Christmas excursion to the Berkshires included dinner. On Christmas morning the carriages carried about 250 passengers with Santa Claus aboard at White Plains, entertaining as the train departed.
The passage describes a group traveling to Pittsfield for a grand Christmas dinner at a hotel with a welcoming speech by the mayor. They return in good spirits, the master of ceremonies noting they traveled soberly. The concept of evolving excursions could spread to reduce monotony on long trips and possibly inspire transcontinental railway entertainment programs.
The Mitchell Gazette laments Public Opinion's shifting tides from savior to destroyer, likening it to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and tracing its influence on laws, leaders, and campaigns. It notes Jefferson and Jackson as examples of practical politics evolving from early American times to modern fundraising dynamics.
The Cumberland Times notes readers wonder how Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson would view a Jackson Day dinner priced at $50 a plate. It remarks that in their era fifty dollars was a substantial sum for a meal and suggests the founders were not poor men.
Precipitation in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. was 0.39 inches. Year to date totals reach 177 inches, with January to date at 11.77 inches. A 23 year average shows 34.56 inches for January through December with monthly figures listed for each month.
In a school days quiz the questions cover farming and language. The answer notes water is carried by hand on eight out of every nine farms and explains airscape as a modern term for a picture from an airplane replacing bird's-eye view. It also cites Dr Lyman Abbott's remark praising Jenny Lind's singing as proof of the Resurrection during the aria I know That My Redeemer Liveth.
One year after the Lindbergh trial Betty Gow collapses on leaving the witness stand as the case continues to shadow the public eye. Roosevelt seeks four billion dollars for work relief funding amid a year of wartime economic measures. Police report 1 083 arrests during 934. W Boyd Steele aged 66 dies at Stephens City following a period of illness. A water check shows daily losses of 700 000 gallons indicating significant infrastructure strain.
Mrs. Klella Hoshour is elected president of the Girl's Athletic Association. A 1930 drought cripples hunting clubs in the Old Dominion. Fugitive Max Krol, believed injured in a Havre de Grace Maryland car crash, is reported nearby.
Ten years ago thieves invaded the homes of the Rev. Dr. C. A. Freed at the Lutheran parsonage and of Fred Thomas. Virginia receives 1,145,852 dollars in federal road money. Address changes delay car license application cards for many residents. J. M. Orndorff becomes the new end of the Kiwanis Club.
Four hundred fruit boxes from this area are sent for display at a Roanoke show. "The Climax" is performed at the auditorium and receives high praise. A surprise party honors Miss Lulah Hook.
The Star Forum Editor recounts council members opposition to traffic signals at Water and Main, noting prior accidents and questioned procedures. He argues for council approval of signal types and locations, cites tax-rate history, and urges lower taxes and spending restraint.
Flash pieces report 30 plump chickens found bagged along Salisbury road near Fayetteville with no thief in sight. Walter McLaurin, 50, is convicted by two juries on two charges of breaking and entering with a suspended judgment on one count. An offhand taxi remark mocks slow drivers as a citation of local wit. In Helena elk from Yellowstone Park invade Montana hunting grounds, but no kills are recorded on the first day.
Kansas City Dr. Owen P. Mc Pherson, seeing a police car behind him, thought it a chance to prove his cautious driving and inched along.
Two youths in a stolen car fled during a police squad pursuit in Chicago. After officers nabbed the pair, they returned for the car but found it missing, believed to have been re stolen during the chase.
Arrowsmith Illinois voters defeated a proposed levy to finance street lighting funds. Citizens blamed themselves for the dark streets as the measure failed at the polls.
Washington senator James P Pope advocates a congressional crime probe likened to the Wickersham inquiry though critics doubt impact. Hot Springs notes on Thelma Todd case and Lindbergh kidnapping linger, with local views on Hauptmann and possible hidden parties.
Lieutenant Larrabee investigates the stabbing of Andrew Darien in Mrs. Penny's boarding house. Dr Rudemar suggests Lucy Upham harbors homicidal tendencies shown by a guinea pig killing, while Mrs Upham dreams of murder and may face institutional care.
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