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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
4
The fragment shows a newspaper masthead with pricing and subscription details for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia. It includes worded notices about advertising rates, circulation terms, and a biblical quotation from Jeremiah 22:13 condemning exploitation of workers.
Veteran racer Barney Oldfield signs a driving safety pledge while warning traffic accidents are caused not by chance but by behavior. Governor Lehman urges stricter license exams, tougher penalties for careless driving, and a highway safety program including school courses, billboard controls, and a 50 mph speed limit.
The Halifax Gazette presents ten maxims attributed to Thomas Jefferson. The list includes urging action today, self-reliance, thrift, and calm response. Constraints like avoiding unnecessary pain and counting before speaking appear among the cautions.
An aerial account describes highways radiating in all directions from 2000 feet. Major routes appear smooth and broad yet largely deserted while other roads show heavy use as towns race toward progress. The writer notes contrasts between fast highways and quieter rural lanes.
The article observes that crowded highways show motorists follow the herd instinct despite noise dust and discomfort. It argues that pleasure seekers ignore personal judgment and still rely on crowd behavior rather than intelligent choices.
The Literary Digest poll tabulated 1,688,462 ballots showing 33.77 percent approving the New Deal. New York and Massachusetts mark strong opposition. Twelve states belt oppose while Southern states largely favor, with caveats about relief beneficiaries. Safety progress cited as rail injuries drop though highway fatalities rise, urging reduced speeds.
The Tulsa traffic board discussed allowing cars to stop in passenger discharge zones for a goodbye kiss. A board member suggested three minutes, but the idea drew objections from both men and women on the panel. The lone woman member argued three minutes is too long.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports the Association of Railway Executives notes zero passenger deaths on trains in 1935, a long sought milestone. The prior year 1934 saw 4,879 railway deaths and 28,631 injuries, with 27 passenger fatalities and 656 employee deaths.
An Oxford exhibition of children’s books prompts reflection on whether classic juvenile literature may be fading. The piece notes many works lack current sales yet old works like Gulliver’s Travels and Pilgrim’s Progress still captivate, while modern authors for children face shifting tastes.
Relics dug from ancient ruins in Tripoli reveal Diocletian era price fixing and wage controls. The Roman measure aimed to curb inflation but failed, illustrating the repetition of economic policy struggles in the African outpost of the empire.
One year ago George H. Earle, a sportsman, was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor. The item also notes the Lions Club announce a 16 scene revue titled Minstrel Monarchs and reports the death of Mrs. Trenary. A. R. Conner is elected president of the Winchester Park Association. Experts refuse to testify for Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial.
Five years ago the Handley Library reported 70 005 books borrowed during 1930. The 1931 budget was adopted by the council with no citizen objections. Fire companies formed rescue squads. A deer lay dead near Mount Williams, likely from dogs. Snow drifts around Buffalo NY reach half a house height.
Ten years ago a special train might run to Richmond for the governor elects inauguration. Hope fades for 105 miners trapped by an Oklahoma blast. William Carter, after four months in jail awaiting trial, plans to plead guilty. January 28 plans planned for the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival.
Twenty five years ago Frederick county exhibitors of apples swept prizes at the State Horticultural Society show in Roanoke. Miss Lucy Ellen Ambrose 73 dies in Martinsburg West Virginia Benjamin C Finfrock 35 dies at Springfield Ohio Mrs Lucinda Swartz dies at home on Cedar Creek grade George F Price Baltimore and Ohio railroad brakeman dies in hospital here from rheumatism.
Western amateur champion Charlie Yates holds one up on Dr. Julius Hughes of Atlanta after 211 holes with 289 to play in the 500 hole match that has stretched over weeks. Hughes won yesterday’s round and hopes to finish before football season begins, but an old game law fined him $100 for an unknown reason.
Judge Harry McDevitt bars long honeymoons after issuing a warrant for Louis Hamburg, tied to a two week speeding charge. Hamburg plans a wedding trip as the judge jokes a week may be enough. In Orangeburg, C-Rep Fulmer seeks a new farm relief loan. A man asks for $200 to fund courtship of a widow on the farm, arguing a year there will repay it.
In Greenfield Missouri R F Yancey and Margaret Crane, childhood sweethearts, finally married in 1936 after many leaps years since their youth.
In Spokane a murder trial jury remained in the courthouse over the weekend and members attended church services. A minister on the jury preached while the others endured the stay.
Harvey Flipse of Colby Kansas fired at a four point buck after spotting a wild deer near town. He claimed the feat but a game war rumor followed, casting doubt on the event.
Central Press writer notes Roosevelt's Jackson Day speech shows artistic oratory with less direct critique of opponents than his congressional address. It questions reception by conservatives and observes a debate over inflation, state rights, and constitutional interpretation amid 19th century parallels.
Mrs Margaret Sanders Wheeler 54 wife of Rev Harry V Wheeler pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal South Martinsburg died yesterday in a local hospital of pneumonia. Funeral services were held at Trinity church Martinsburg with several clergy including Rev W W McIntyre and Rev C L Beard. A second service is planned at Roanoke WestEnd Church and burial will be at Salem Virginia.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour rainfall ending 8 am None. January to date 2.40 inches year to date 2.40 inches. 23 year average yearly precipitation 34.56 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.42 to December 2.29 inches.
Miss Virginia Steck plans to depart Friday for Boston where she will be the guest of friends. She will stay through the weekend and return home afterward.
The Cloverdale Bible is the first whole English Bible printed, finished in October 1535. An animal that never drinks water is the gemsbok, a South African antelope that obtains moisture from succulent plants. The earth weighs about 6,000 billions of billions of tons.
Lieutenant Larrabee probes the murder of Andrew Darien in a boarding house. A carved knife disappears again as Grace and Delia react, and suspicions fall on several boarders while the detective plans a kitchen-to-dining room search and a controlled dinner to trap the killer.
Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville Virginia held its annual meeting with members electing vestry for the year. Officers named include Samuel McCormick senior warden G H Williams junior warden S F Baughman treasurer and others. Reports from Women's Auxiliary Parish Aid Junior Auxiliary Rectory Guild Altar Guild Junior League and more praised the year’s work. Parish Aid Society reduced parish house debt from 1135 to 1000 and received compliments.
The Mount Olive United Brethren Church revival at Hayfield draws larger crowds nightly. Rev. E R Kesec ker delivers strong sermons while Pastor B F Spitzer anticipates great outcomes as more services approach. Next Sunday preaching at Fairview 11 am and Mount Pleasant 3 pm. China and India are noted as having vast automation now as the world did long ago.
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