Contempt of the Proud Quote
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1937
Page
4
Alabama Governor Clings to Christmas Parolees Principle
Governor Bibb Graves maintains the Yuletide parole policy for inmates despite fifteen of 494 parolees not returning. He notes eight-year-old program started during Christmas and compares the 3 percent defection to eight percent among the disciples, labeling some as sinners yet keeping faith in parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Graves
Yuletide
Judas
What Is Success According to Einstein
The Christian Register published Professor Albert Einstein on life success arguing happiness in work is the true aim. He notes wealth alone does not guarantee joy and focusing only on pay erodes interest in the things money can buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Register
Albert Einstein
What is a Liberal
The Lynchburg News examines the term liberal tracing its muddied usage in politics and media. It cites Frank R. Kent noting many claim liberal status as a tag for spending advocates or reformers while real liberals become rare and may reject the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Frank R. Kent
The Girl Who Is Left
A Richmond News Leader column examines why some educated girls fear spinsterhood and delay marriage. It outlines four types of women who feel they will be left and argues for widening interests, making new friends, and waiting for the right partner. The piece notes many graduates marry after 27, often well, with some marriages at 35 or later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
America
Answers to Questions in The General Knowledge Quiz
A compilation of Q and A covering Maxim's inventions, English unemployment benefits, the origin of the phrase There’s rosemary for remembrance, the source of Hamlet’s line, oak species in the Northern Hemisphere, notable fur bearers in New York, a new $750,000 trolley car, the meaning of Ciribiribin, Europe’s famous ski school, rises in high school music groups, Russia’s newspaper counts, McGuffey’s burial site, the Committee for Industrial Organization unions, the Corn is King slogan origin, the law of averages, and Canadian old age pension residency rules.
Will Rogers Golf Tale Reflect Parishioner Jest
Will Rogers humor centers on golf and a parishioner clashing with a cleric. A preacher recalls someday beating him in score, only to learn the final hole will be the cleric’s. The anecdote captures changing attitudes to golf and community banter.
Miss Virginia Butler Hurt In Auto Crash
A reported auto crash injures Miss Virginia Butler among other details. The item also notes local radio work by EB A Crowl and city committees discussing a proposed water system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Butler
EB. A. Crowl
C. W. Hollis
Stine
What’s What At A Glance On 1937 New Deal Trends
Charles P. Stewart analyzes looming congressional battles over the New Deal in 1937. Likely issues include NRA reform via federal licensing for interstate corporations, potential regulation or suppression of holding companies, farm policy debates on price support and soil conservation, crop insurance, tenancy, and broader government reorganization with more departments and ongoing relief programs. The session, a psychological one, will debate expenses and the Supreme Court’s powers.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
NRA
Captains of Industry
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
O’mahoney
Burton K. Wheleer
SEC
The
Supreme Court
Soil Conservation
You telling me by William Ritt
Central Press writer recalls Queen Wilhelmina of Holland as a crossword fan and notes light string troubles at home during Christmas. The piece satirizes European peace treaties and holiday chaos with quick sketches of family and world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ritt
Central Press
Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland
Oliver L Jamison an Orchardist and Insurance Agent
Oliver L Jamison born Urbana Maryland April 15 1877 educated in Urbana public schools worked as an optician in Washington and Frederick then with Metropolitan Life Insurance in Brunswick Winchester Hakertown and rest of Virginia Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He started orcharding in 1912 and remains active in that business. He has served on Winchester City Council and Electoral Board is a Kiwanis charter member and Sarah Zane Fire Co member attends Sacred Heart Church and spends insurance income on his apple orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver L. Jamison
Urbana
Maryland
Washington
Frederick
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Brunswick
Winchester
W. Va
Hakerstown
Aetna Life and Casualty Co
Electoral Board of
Kiwanis Club
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Murder in the Abbey Aboard Hounds and Secrets
Jack Reid, a dubious witness, helps trace Sir Henry Severinge's murder with bloodhounds at the abbey. Detective Ric Selden presses Reid to aid in protecting Miss Lawrence and the twins while probing Colindale and Reid’s true motives. Nightfall deepens danger as Selden warns of looming threats to the estate and its heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reid
Sir Henry Severinge
Ric Selden
Scotland Yard
Reid
Colonel Graham
Eric Colindale
Sir Henry
Selden
Hutchins
Colindale
James
Hilda
London
Sylvia
Miss Lawrence
Graham
Crippled logger fashions crutches from timber limbs
Webb City Missouri resident W D Rogers, 66, was alone in a timber tract when a tree fell on his leg, breaking it in two places. He improvised crutches from tree limbs, hobbled to a road, and after a mile and half to a farm, was taken to a hospital.
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Webb City
W. D. Rogers
Rogers
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