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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1936
Page
6
Ten prominent New York City and Pelham businessmen challenged Pelham high school boys to a spelling duel. After a tense matchup, all adults were eliminated and seven of ten boys remained active at the finish.
Herbert Hoover outlines a farm relief program aimed at restoring the home market, retiring submarginal land, slowing reclamation, and boosting farm credit. He criticizes the New Deal, argues for cooperative marketing, emergency measures, and potential subsidies for special crops to balance production and prices.
Washington January 16 probes into Americas foreign policy before war spark accusations of bias and prejudice against the munitions committee. Senator Clark backed by evidence contends Wilson falsified records and faced with charges of malice while Nye and Connally clash over authority and motives.
The text notes phrases used by primitive people to indicate short time spans without hour measurements. Examples include "a rice cooking" for about half an hour and "the frying of a locust" for about a minute. The discussion highlights how language reflects perception of time and ritualized timing phrases.
Bill by State Senator T. R Cather and Senator Cary would create a seven member Water Protection Commission to study pollution reduction through proper treatment. Four state officials would lead by the state commissioner. three appointees by the governor would include a manufacturers’ and a municipalities’ representative. The measure aims to aid industrial expansion by finding new treatment methods for refuse.
City Manager Arthur Field announced two longtime garbage workers will be reassigned after the purchase of a new enclosed trash truck. Trial run completed yesterday and service began today. The $1300 vehicle aims to prevent trash blowing and reduce heavy lifting injuries.
The Virginia state board of agriculture met in Richmond and passed a resolution concerning J. H. Meek, director of the division of markets. No resignation was discussed, and the measure will be submitted to fruit growers for approval amid ongoing dispute over Meek's grading policies and its impact on shipments and returns.
A deed admitted to record transfers a lot on East Pall Mall street from Fred A Crisman to Helen Crisman for 10 dollars and other considerations.
The Frederick county Republican rally at Armel schoolhouse featured Rev. John F. Locke, Virginia Young Republican clubs chairman and keynoter, as a leading candidate for the Seventh district. Leon Orville B Willey, county chairman, announced a forthcoming call in weeks to select delegates for the Republican district convention. Proceeds from candy sales exceeding $5 were given to Armel school for supplies. The event opened with a prayer by Rev. Ed L. Miller.
Delegations from Woodstock Berryville White Post Millwood Winchester and other places attended the meeting citing a business engagement out of state.
The Morgan home grounds in Cardiff were broken into on the eve of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and family arrival. Detectives reported several items stolen including a sporting gun and cartridges while Lindbergh played with his young son in the garden.
Edmund Lowe stars in The Great Impersonation at the Palace Theatre in the final show today. The Universal picture, adapted from E. Phillips Oppenheim, includes a Fox News reel and a Circus Days cartoon, with Western program Buck Jones double feature on Saturday.
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