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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1937
Page
4
A biblical verse from Mark 2 17 emphasizes Jesus calling sinners to repentance while noting the healthy have no need of a physician. The parable-like message contrasts righteousness with the need for spiritual healing.
The piece condemns sit-down strikes in major plants condemning occupation of property by workers. It asserts workers may organize and picket but cannot seize plants or homes, arguing such acts undermine constitutional property rights and liberty in the United States.
The piece argues that Germany and Italy press Britain to align against Communism to block Spain's war, but Britain will resist a fascist bloc. It contends England France alliance with Russia limits any one side pact and Britain must oppose both fascism and communism to keep balance. The bluff may fail to scare Britain.
Washington reports Interior officials discuss charging admission to Shenandoah National Park. Wilbur C. Hall rushes to protest, noting Virginia gifted the park to the nation, with over a million visitors since opening and peak patronage among U S parks.
The piece notes federal officials weighing an admission fee for a park but reports broad Virginia public support to keep the park open free. Chairman Hall leads the opposition to the fee, claiming it lacks merit compared with keeping access free.
The piece recalls Edmund Randolph as a key Virginian figure in the founding era. It notes his roles as Continental Congress member, Virginia governor, attorney general and secretary of state, his disputed England envoy accounts, and his proposals on national judiciary and executive structure. It highlights his influence on Washington and the Annapolis Convention amid Virginia ratification efforts.
The New York Herald Tribune questions who counts as the first president before Washington. It notes Thomas McKean signed as President of the United States in 1776 and cites Continental Congress leadership in 1774 as an early executive figure. The piece argues Washington is regarded as the first modern president, while tracing the evolving meaning of the title across history.
Reader information notice offering factual answers via The Evening Star Information Bureau. Dated Washington D C with Frederic J Haskin as director and a 3 cent reply fee, instructing enclose necessary details.
The text states a person with multiple jobs should have a single permanent Social Security Account Number and report if multiple cards were issued. It also defines frost smoke as fog rising from warm open water in very cold, calm conditions, comprising ice crystals and snow, often depositing a light snow cover on ice.
In the chapel of Sir Henry Severinge's abbey an itinerant painter Jack Reid is questioned as a suspect in Sir Henry's murder. Lady Hilda and Colindale, the estate agent, clash over a strange will that favors the butler James, while Reid courts Sylvia Lawrence as danger looms.
Relatives depart the Abbey after a murder echoes in the building. Lady Fothergill and Mrs. Holden discuss suspects and a will as they inspect the library, hinting at a long serving butler James and hidden connections among the household.
A humorous Will Rogers tale describes a stingy man refusing a caddy and a small boy posing as a caddy. The real caddy confronts him, asking to carry his clubs, prompting the man to insist he has a caddy already. The scene blends humor with golf humor and social inequity.
Hauptman receives a 30 day reprieve from Governor Hoffman of New Jersey. A $50,000 estate is settled from the estate of T. J. Williams, late woolen mill owner. Edith Maxwell in Wise Virginia is denied another trial by Judge Skeen. Roy Hanson, Chicago crime expert, to speak at Rotary Club meeting chaired by J. Pinckney Arthur. Winchester records deed for gas company property on East Boscawen Street.
Mrs Georgia Hamilton Seal died after a period of failing health. The week of prayer closed with a final sermon by Rev Robert Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church to be delivered in Grace Lutheran Church. Dr E C Stuart chosen head of physicians at Winchester Memorial Hospital. C H Shutte reports temperatures to 8000 feet then sub zero.
Covent Press Columnist Charles P. Stewart reports Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota warns that fascist influence may grow here as the neutrality fight continues. Nye says Britain dominates the state department and that permanent policy limits independent action and could hinder anti fascist aid. He blames underlings for the secretary of state's limited control.
Central Press humor column mocks astronomy and politics with spoof facts. Notes include Eros as a wobbling planet and American debts to Europe, along with quips on mules for Germany and 1939 New York World’s Fair plans.
Police scouts Ralph Parr and A E Campbell pursued a frightened heifer through downtown traffic. Parr captured and tethered the animal to a telephone pole but it collapsed and died. Denver coeds list dating qualities, preferring a good conversationalist an intellectual and an athlete. They rank the knowledge claim as least desirable. Lieut Marion Huggins lost in fog from San Diego to Montgomery landed in a pasture 100 miles from Dallas after five hours fuel exhausted. The landowner J L Huggins is a distant relative.
Dr. Rariden drove 500 miles when a tree squeak troubled his auto. In Greenfield a garage mechanic named Kelly Coffin found and removed a live car from the chassis, curing the noise.
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