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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co announces subscription prices and advertising rates for Winchester Virginia local readers. Rates include yearly six month and monthly options by mail and carrier with memorials display ads and national representation details.
The article notes that The Associated Press is the exclusive source for re publication of all AP dispatched and locally credited news in this paper. It outlines attribution practices and the paper’s use of AP news and local reports.
A religious exhortation quotes 1 Peter 4 9 urging believers to show hospitality without grudging as a core Christian virtue.
The 1936 budget drafted by Finance Committee Hable Miller and Marshall was unanimously adopted with minor changes. The council reduced the tax rate from 1.35 to 1.20, increased appropriations for fire, city hall, welfare, recreation, and economic division, while cutting streets water and sewers. A cash surplus rose from 43,618.81 in 1934 to 94,012.75 in 1935, underscoring careful city management and avoidance of borrowing.
Roanoke World News reports Italy’s government says its air force did not bomb an ambulance of the Swedish Red Cross near Dolo Ethiopia, killing eight or nine. It questions witness evidence and argues the war is aimed at consolidating power, not humanity.
A fragment notes that a hostile attempt to subjugate Ethiopians reflects poorly on the aggressor and that Ethiopians have appeared more civilized, gaining sympathy from most Americans.
The Alexandria Gazette notes Americans spent about 2 billion on vacation travel in 1935, with travel by ships rails cars air lines and agencies sharing profits. North and South America attract most interest while Europe remains popular in summer, promising a grand scale travel year ahead.
The piece notes the non record-breaking snowfall this winter and its impact on birds. It suggests residents feed birds unsalted nuts suet grains bread and similar foods to help them endure the cold while weather officials remain unsure if the season will bring more snow.
In early 1935 Columbia University Press took over a vast project, releasing Fascicle 2 of Volume II of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Epigraphicae. Begun in Italy in 1904, the work aims to complete the world’s longest philological dictionary over generations.
Hearst denounces crime and Communists in America, urging patriotic voters to elect competent leaders so Lindberghs can live safely at home. He omits disclosures of Hearst photographers targeting the Lindberghs and a curbside car incident that frightened Jon Lindbergh.
The article accuses Hearst papers of sensationalism and Nazi-linked tactics. It argues the Mirror sympathetic to Hauptmann echoes a political attack on the New Deal, noting Hoover era crime prosecutions and Lindbergh law enforcement. It mentions officials, exile, and media influence in New Jersey.
The Baltimore Sun comments that the administration projects a 1937 deficit of 1.1 billion with expenditures cut from 7.645 to 6.763 billion and revenues rising to 5.549 billion. It notes the NRA ruling after Schechter reshaped expectations and questions political credit for economic gains.
One year ago Miss Nancy Frazer of Marshall wed Truman Wakeman of this county. C. C. Gough named chief of the South End Hose Company. Frederick Clarke National Farm Loan Assoc reports 888 500 in loans in force. Mrs. Florence Hart Rutledge dies in Charleston South Carolina. Hauptmann identified as Lindbergh baby kidnapper by two men.
Five years ago an injured man in Havre de Grace Maryland was identified as not Max Krol. A separate brief notes social topics including a pope's stance on marriages and divorce. It also mentions the death of Mrs Sam D O Nea near Vaucluse and inheritance matters involving Mrs E Virginia Smith. Ruth Hanna McCormick purchases the Mrs C C Rumsey farm near The Plains.
In Pa Frank Pleta aged eight was treated after choking on a quarter and nickel found in his throat at Pack et Hospital. In Canandaigua a boy found a blue white diamond worth about 50 dollars in a banana split. In East St. Louis relief workers face repayment after being accused of taking aid while employed. In Nevada a man sues for divorce after desertion, married since 1885.
Peace Justice A. C. Hess aims to make Reno Kansas renowned for marriages similar to Reno Nevada. He will marry any and all couples for three cents per ceremony, with the challenge of finding two witnesses in the Leavenworth County town.
Oklahoma City Napolean O'Neil explains why he used a false name while awaiting extradition on a four count Hutchinson check charge. He says he told an officer his name was Napoleon and was struck in the jaw for joking ahead of the incident.
Buhl High School basketball featuresPhiloh and Rajacich as forwards in the starting lineup with Vich at center and Smilanich and Heci movich at guard. Coleraine counters with Bozanich Rebrovich and Bachich in the lineup as tension builds toward a pivotal clash.
Miss Helen Paine of Edison Nebraska tried on 1936 creations at a milliner's in Arapaho. A fellow shopper bought a discarded hat from the counter and wore it away. The shopkeeper offered 98 cents trade in on a fresh hat after learning the mix up about the previous wearer.
A Washington report analyzes the Liberty League as a capable, partisan foe to the New Deal and highlights Southern reform sentiment. It notes rising radicalism among Southern politicians, public ownership pushes, and a forecast of rapid regional development driven by water power and utilities, with Roosevelt likely re election support. It cites Arkansas and Missouri labor issues and public works projects as indicators of a shifting political and economic landscape.
Ten years ago Rudolph Valentino visits the local theatre to star in Cobra. Fred W. Forney elected chief of the Friendship Fire Company as sleet rain and snow blanket the region. Suspects in recent night robberies are under watch while Dr. Samuel Marx Barton who died in Richmond is buried locally.
Twenty five years ago the Friendship Fire Company in Dodson Maryland announces plans to purchase two gray horses from Joseph Roe. The Virginia Farmers Week at Roanoke set for January 10 to 13 is expected to attract large crowds. I Kirby Dellinger of Dodson writes he enjoys The Evening Star. Samuel Evans is named track foreman for Baltimore and Ohio. Winchester Lodge No. 63 Knights of Pythias elects B Preffitt as chancellor commander.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers measured the tiniest fog cies and found that 25 000 of them could be placed on the head of an ordinary pin.
Present and past rainfall data show a 1.77 inch year to date total, with detailed monthly averages from 23 years of Winchester Laboratory records. A memorial to President Getulio Vargas from Rio Grande do Sul rural federations requests freedom from foreign exchange restrictions to aid wood exports.
Lieutenant Larrabee probes the Darien stabbing at Alice Penny's boarding house. Secrets emerge as Alice fears an $800000 inheritance, Grace the cook arrives, Dr. Rudemar worries over Lucy's sanity, and Miss Cambridge returns with a suspect Gorham theory. The inquest clears no one yet.
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