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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
4
The notice lists mailing details and subscription prices for The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia. Rates shown include one year in advance for 3 dollars six months for 17 cents three months and one month for 30 cents with publication every day except Sunday.
A brief biblical exhortation cites Colossians 3 20 urging children to obey their parents in all things as pleasing to the Lord. The line emphasizes family duties framed within Christian teaching.
Walter Winchell cites fear among Washington correspondents over a proposed government Central Press Bureau. He argues propaganda harms the public, noting reporters with foreign experience recall Germany’s propaganda bureau and oppose any centralized government press control.
An opinion piece contrasts Chinese and Occidental views on crime and punishment. It discusses capital punishment for opium addicts, fears it may backfire by creating new drug-pawn networks, and critiques Chinese officials for harsh methods like beheading robbers when they fail to catch culprits.
Richmond Times-Dispatch commends Governor Peery for appointing Frank P. Evans as chairman and W. H. Rouse to the State Unemployment Compensation Commission. Evans chosen for ability and experience, not political endorsements. Rouse noted as a long time Democratic Party advocate in Southwest Virginia.
Warren F. Draper promotes Frank Evans to chairman of the unemployment commission as part of a merit based State service policy. Governor Peery names a capable board including John Hopkins Hall as ex officio member and Frank Cavedo heading the unemployment bureau to be established under the act. The administration is seen as a strong guarantee for a well run unemployment insurance law in Virginia.
A Roanoke World News report describes a North Carolina court case where a former grocery clerk sues his employer for corrupting his morals. He seeks 20000 dollars claiming he was taught to short change, short weight and short measure customers.
A letter praises The Star for help in promoting the Fellowship Club during Christmas. The writer notes no fund canvass is used, relies on articles in The Star, and reports a $60 shortfall was filled after December 21. They commend Marston and the newspaper for broad cooperation that supported aid to every needy family on the master list.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin. Include three cents for a reply.
The article notes a new clipper service reducing the Miami Florida to San Juan travel time to eight hours. It also covers various reader Q and A items on topics from illiteracy numbers to social security votes and other questions.
Jack Reid confronts detective Selden over a murder at the Abbey while helping Sylvia Lawrence and the twins. Reid helps a cautious Miss Lawrence, planning to return at night as he battles danger, jealousy, and a hinted romance amid a country estate shaken by tragedy.
A traveling comedian recalls actors who tease rivals with sharp jokes. A quip about Wells dying on a colonial tour and being eggpelleted in South Africa due to ostriches delivers a dry punch line about local customs and dangers in jest.
Roy Potts reports Berryville will mark its centennial this summer according to Berryville Chamber of Commerce president. The town plans a public hearing on the 1936 budget tonight, and W P A director W F Bailey says tabulation of all businesses and properties will begin soon.
Friendship Fire Company votes down selling the venerable steamer Old Sis to a brick company. Radio telephone link between New York and London opens. Philip William elected Kiwanis president with ladies night. Local banks issue annual reports. Harry Boyles departs for Hagerstown after active Rotary membership.
Friends urge Judge Harrison to run for the vacancy on the Virginia Supreme Court. Miss Josephine Conrad is engaged to A G Twige in Clarke County. The Kitties Band, a Canadian group, will perform in the local auditorium. Drummers nationwide, members of the Commercial Traveler's League, are noted.
Central Press columnist P. Stewart analyzes John L. Lewis as a labor leader with evolving industrial union views. He notes Lewis’s lack of partisanship, potential loyalty to a labor party, and possible run for president if his labor program gains traction.
Aunt Lazy Dumbkopf comes for a month long holiday stay with her nephew Zadok. His fear of unpaid inheritance tax fades as she toys with wills and oil wells in a comic family tale about appetite, money, and mischief ending with a dinner moment.
Birth on January 29 1893 in Shepherdstown West Virginia. Education includes Jefferson County schools R M A Front Royal V P I 1913 and Iowa State College 1916. Career spans Hancock Maryland orchard manager 1914 15 extension horticulture WV University 1916 18 AEF France second lieutenant 321st Field Artillery later Shepherdstown State College professor and athletic director for four years Handley vocational agriculture instructor since 1924 northern Virginia district supervisor of agriculture education 1935. Married to Etrina Baumgardner and has a son W Reynolds Jr. Enjoys athletics.
A local notice reports Mr and Mrs H B McCormack purchasing the home of T W Harrison at the corner of Stewart and Clifton streets amid a brief city record. The item also mentions historic date 1789 and a dog Adolphus in Tulsa facing citizen petitions.
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