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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists postal status second class and daily publication excluding Sundays. It details subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery, including yearly, half year, quarterly, and monthly rates.
Classified and display ad rates listed with 2 cents per word minimum 25 cents. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border 1 inch must arrive by 10 am on publication day. National reps listed as Devine Fenney Corp in major cities.
A fragment from a religious verse references Deuteronomy 32 4 about God as a rock and perfect work, with lines noting truth and righteousness. No further context or associated news details are present in the readable text.
Hartford inventor Robert Sparks unveils a car feature using polarizing glass that darkens polarized light from ahead while preserving clear vision for the driver. He notes two market materials and a third in lab tests, saying mass production at low cost could reduce night driving strain and auto accidents.
The Farmville Herald discusses arguments about changing the Constitution and the implications for the nation. The piece notes the document is a human work, subject to revision, and questions the proposal to use NRA as a permanent solution to industrial problems.
The speaker rejects broad presidential latitude in appropriations and taxes and urges patience until the guiding document is clarified. He contrasts paternalism with self reliance and urges adherence to the trusted framework before changes are made.
A skeptical view of a biologist claim that males might become unnecessary. The piece compares male fate to insect social structures and spider behavior, warning biologists to avoid shaping women’s views. The tone suggests anxiety over threats to male prestige.
A Cumberland Times column evokes past leaders like Napoleon Goethe and Smedley Butler to suggest that a handful of eminent men from diverse regions and races could meet in person to discuss and resolve world tensions. The piece argues dialogue could save modern civilization.
Dr. LeRoy L. Hartman of Columbia University announced a desensitizer for painless cavity prep, triggering a New York rush for the formula. Dentists hailed the potential while noting limits, since the treatment works on dentine, not nerves, and enamel drilling remains necessary.
The humorist notes how feuds once settled by letters or fists persist in some Irish neighborhoods while modern times push toward painless conflict with sub machine guns. He cites Mrs Callahan and a neighbor's pride in clean shirts as a playful vignette of small town life.
In Goldsboro North Carolina fifty years after a first marriage Jeannette Minshew after a web of spouses ends up remarried to Day Edwards Scott and finally Day again. In East Hampton Connecticut Mrs. Brown uses her cat Blackie to light and switch off lamps. In Hickory North Carolina thieves steal 40 cents after failing to crack a safe. In Kansas City a bull with a vicious reputation is questioned in a damages case as to whether bulls can have a rotation.
Royal Neb J W Linder pool hall proprietor won a wager by placing a billiard ball in his mouth after removing his bridgework. He reportedly kept the ball in place for about 15 minutes before removal.
The reminiscence by Charles P. Stewart discusses the Ford peace expedition in Copenhagen with Dr Frederick A Cook present, clarifying his lack of link to the expedition. It then shifts to British imperial questions as Edward VIII faces a fragile role, dominions’ power limits, and concerns over aristocratic leadership versus rising younger nations.
The article notes Dr. Hartman may usher in a painless dentistry era, provoking strong reactions. While the Nobel prize for literature is mentioned as a benchmark, many would hail him, should his method prove transformative.
Reports from Rome say Mussolini calls up former Askaris, shifts officers, and ships Alpine troops to Ethiopia. The campaign stalls amid heavy rains, failing roads, and supply woes, with mutinies and desertions looming as Italy's empire dream collapses by year end.
Night fatalities outpace daytime by two to one due to dim lighting. The Illuminating Engineering Society studies safer lighting and glare free pavements. New brighter headlights and visibility improving pavement may reduce hazards, while driver habits remain a tougher issue.
A reporter recalls meeting Doc Cook during his North return and questions a claimed war solution. Cook suggests farming Arctic musk ox for meat, a plan dismissed as impractical by the Ford expedition publicity team as rumors spread.
Katherine Hepburn headlines the Capitol Theatre production of The Little Minister with Hugh S. Johnson commenting on wartime industry purity, framing the era’s social contrast through a star performance and public remark.
Five years ago Miss Esther Tyler of Huntington wed Harry V. Campbell of Charleston. Mrs Carrie V. West and Howard G. Lakeman also married. Winchester police seized 5000 dollars worth morphine and needles from two alleged dope peddlers. Radio experts located a serious interference source. Cornelius H. Snapp, 84, died at his home near Hayfield.
Major Holmes Conrad opens argument in the Virginia debt case before the United States Supreme Court over what share West Virginia owes from a 33 million dollar debt. Harry R. Kern and W. G. Conway close a farm sale near Summit Point West Virginia owned by the Haines heirs.
One year ago William Wesley Clark 66 a Chestnut Grove native died in Martinsburg West Virginia. A Louisiana man testified in Baton Rouge that he had been given guns to kill Kingfish Long.
Dr. L. M. Allen of this city and Herring Brothers of Bridgewater acquire the celebrated Coq Gaulois for a reputed 30000 dollars. The Handley Library annual report lists 17000 volumes while a Winchester delegation prepares to attend Governor Byrd’s inauguration. Fifteen lines later the note warns readers to stock up ahead of Sunday blue laws and mentions the death of Rev. F. K. Wine of the United Brethren Church.
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8 a.m. January to date 4.30 inches. Year to date also 4.30 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory lists 23 year average annual precipitation at 34.56 inches and monthly averages by month with values from January 2.42 to December 2.29 inches.
Commerce Department figures show eighty six principal cities reduced motor accident deaths in the first three weeks of January compared with the same period in 1935. The three week total for 1936 was 500, down from 581 in 1935.
Grace recounts seen actions in the kitchen, Delia's love for Hemingway, and a possible link to a missing knife. Lucy Upham and Grace's jacketed knife fear weigh on the investigation as Delia's gloves surface, suggesting she may have shared or hidden items connected to the case. The narrator plans to inform Lieutenant Larrabee about the gloves and Delia's actions.
The Braille club of San Diego staged a protest opposing a proposed nudists colony at the California Pacific International Exposition reopening February 12. They said their aim is to safeguard the morals of youth and children.
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