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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1937
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star details daily publication except Sunday with subscription options. Rates shown include one year in advance at 4.50, six months at 2.25, three months at 1.20, one month at 0.40 and weekly delivery.
A reader’s query column lists trivia and factual answers from The Evening Star Information Bureau. It covers sports records, plant care, Haile Selassie villa moves, New York City government, Pope Pius XI, pseudonyms, alma mater meaning, Trotsky in Mexico, marble faced Marathon Dam, the M-scope invention, and South Pacific harbor values.
A brief devotional note centered on 1 John 2 15 urging readers to value spiritual fellowship with the Father over worldly wealth and pleasures. The passage warns that loving the world excludes divine love and calls for steadfast faith.
Westbrook Pegler criticizes_form of praise in death notices. He argues expressions of appreciation and regret are often hollow and insincere, favoring genuine critique over perfunctory compliments from powerful figures.
The Cumberland Times suggests Rhode Island Governor Quinn should extend probation before ex-prisoners can legally operate a car. He argues license denial aims to curb crime, noting quick escapes tempt crime and autos aid criminals. The paper says probation could be a fairer approach with merit.
A portrait of Andrew Jackson Montague in three acts as crusader reformer and educator. He opposed Virginia political machines and led campaigns for attorney general and governor. Montague backed senatorial primaries and public schooling, shaping Virginia's progressive era.
A long career in Virginia politics and law ends with the death of Andrew J Montague at his Middlesex home. He served in Congress, taught at Richmond College Law School, and held posts with the Carnegie institutions and international law bodies. His life blended public duty, education, and diplomacy.
A newspaper contest invites couples to share marital praise. The first prize goes to a wife who praises her 31 year union with lines about shared money children joys and sorrows. The piece notes such two person bonds are common across towns and neighborhoods.
Robert Taylor gains fame as a steady, personable actor with a bovine quality and moving voice. In 1936 he ranks fourth among top money makers and earns 3500 dollars weekly while receiving 7000 letters weekly, second only to Roosevelt in mail. Fans swarm his appearances, even as crowds pull buttons and clip curls, a shoe is lost in a New York theater mob, and freight elevators and fire escapes become practical tools of stardom.
Detective Selden and Colonel Graham pursue a missing children case using bloodhounds at a remote abbey. The scent leads through the roof viewing area to Miss Lawrence’s room then into a damp crypt where the hounds bound for a coffin containing Sir Henry’s tomb, shocking Graham.
Scott’s Scrapbook notes Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay where nearly every home has its own burial ground in the front yard. The entry contrasts it with Marajo on the Amazon Pará estuaries noted as the world’s largest river island.
A humorous Will Rogers piece contrasts wild flowers' persistence in Minnesota with factory growth. It recalls country life, old bouquet customs, and a joke about a man asking if the florist bill was included, reflecting nostalgia and light satire.
A report from the time notes social activities, political figures, and local civic events including Senator Cather opposing pension bills, baby bond signups, a government office opening for surplus apples, and mail delivery in Siler Virginia amid wintry conditions.
Ten years ago crowds jammed the tabernacle as Dr Bridges preached his now famous sermon Unpardonable in The open season on migratory birds closes and Francis A Hubbard dies at 95 in Winchester. Residents in the Arkansas river valley flee rising waters as a freighter damages the steam ship Celtic carrying Frederick county apples to foreign markets.
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues Roosevelt's flood relief measures use dictatorial methods. He lauds prompt action but warns such centralized control could become permanent, noting constitutional authority exists yet Congress may acquiesce to finance, while a former comptroller general would have blocked the bills.
A sled guide is hurt when his sled runs into the back of Orndorff and McVicar's delivery wagon. L Zirkle, a local butcher, buys twenty Frederick county raised steers for his shop. Col Charles Sheperd Lee, Confederate Veteran, dies at his Clarke county home from cerebral hemorrhages.
The Century Club invites all to hear Dr. B. M. Roszel speak on Tennyson. The Friendship Fire Company bazaar opens with large crowds in attendance. Historic note marks January 30 1950 as the first printing press setup.
In Harrisonburg the citys 17 year old fire trucks stalled leaving one towed back to the station. The council then approved two new machines. In Albany New York state installs steel detectors in prisons after a guard wearing steel arch supports in his shoes triggered the system. The incident involved liquor deliveries and a ringing bell as guards and suspects puzzled by the device.
Three hundred W P A workers on a Santa Monica mountains fire-break project staged a stand up strike refusing seats in transport trucks after tarpaulins were removed. The foreman said they feared carbon monoxide while the men pushed on toward the job an hour late. In Oklahoma City a man claiming to be an illicit whisky peddler asked police for help saying his car had been robbed.
In Salt Lake City Mayor E B Erwin replies to a letter from Miss Mamie O’Leary of Ireland asking for work as a ranch girl. He promises to see what he can do for her, noting the request and his role in helping others.
State Senator Gordon B. Ambler of Richmond announced his bid to succeed the late Rep. A. J. Montague in the Third Virginia district. He ran Montague’s Democratic primary campaign last summer, where Montague narrowly beat Dave E. Satterfield Jr. Other potential candidates named include Mrs. Montague, Mayor J. Fulmer Bright, Ashton Dovell, House Speaker, Delate Crowder, Senator Hudson Cary, and Commonwealth's Attorney T. Gray Haddon, who said he would not run.
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