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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star provides postal and publication information, pricing for subscriptions and advertising, memorials and card notices, display ad rules, and national ad representatives. It notes association with the Associated Press and general terms for advertising deadlines.
The passage urges believers to set aside a weekly gift as they are prospered, following Paul’s instruction in first Corinthians. It frames generosity as a disciplined, communal activity aligned with divine provision and weekly worship.
Secretary of Labor Perkins opposes sit-down strikes aligning with federal courts and a broad view of public opinion that such actions harm industry and the labor movement. The piece criticizes Washington for silence during Michigan and other clashes and welcomes the President's stance against violence by government employees.
The Virginia senator Robert W. Daniel is treated as the only real farmer, with the claim that success in farming comes from leaving the state to gain wealth in New York and then returning to Virginia. The discussion pins wealth on a farming career based on a business build in youth and a costly homecoming.
The piece argues real farmers should back Senator Holt over Senator Daniel. It contrasts Daniel’s wealth derived farming estate and New York ties with Holt’s Virginian life and service. The author urges plain dirt farmers to vote Holt to protect local interests.
Robert Irwin, who killed three people on Easter Sunday in New York, plans to convince a judge and jury of insanity to avoid the death penalty. He eluded pursuit for three months and lived as a normal person, arranged a confession for money, and hired a famed criminal lawyer. He telephoned a newspaper, sought publicity, and now argues his sanity to escape capital punishment.
J. V. Gann presented a plan to Okmulgee civic leaders to spray fine mist into the air over the downtown area. The idea aims to cool and freshen the atmosphere without wetting pedestrians.
Ruth Bryan Owen the U S ambassador to Sweden plans marriage to Captain Boorge Rohde of the King's bodyguard. Alf Landon contrasts GOP and New Deal in a prior interview as Clarke County races to finalize Centennial preparations opening tomorrow. Council passes a water bond ordinance for the third time.
Maryland State Firemen's Association members tried to lynch a man described as a big negro after he attacked several people with a butcher knife during a Cumberland convention. A passing motorist blocked local police pursuing three alleged Moorefield West Virginia post office robbers.
Sparks from a passing Norfolk and Western engine ignite a blaze that wipes out the Riverton Milling Company twin plant in Warren County. A governor candidate of the era refuses tariff talk with a reporter as tariff policy becomes an election issue. Americans win at the Swedish Olympic Games on day one. A free-for-all brawl at Spencer's Bar near Harpers Ferry ends in death with knives and pistols.
Forty years ago Winchester dressed in holiday style for the Virginia State Firemen's Association annual convention. A telephone switchboard ordered for Strasburg and valley connections near completion. Miss Betty Knight of Baltimore visits Miss Bell Ward on Washington Street. Dr. C W Cochran aged 86 dies at home near Welltown after a fall on his lawn.
Historic report notes the United States annexation of the Hawaiian Islands on July 7 1898. The move follows long-standing territorial and diplomatic maneuvering involving U S government leaders and Hawaiian Kingdom authorities.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. Include three cents for a reply and address the request to Frederic J. Haskin as director.
A compilation of trivia Q and A covering horse registration rules, US programs, Italy and Germany recognizing Russia, Connecticut license plates, presidential campaign spending, Arkansas slave case, Dutch Schultz, pompano fishing in Florida, water lilies in gardens, Brazil and League membership, bonds versus stocks, fixed school periods, Sinn Fein meaning, Mark Sabre novel, Mary Todd Lincoln pension, running a clock, and US Employees' Compensation Commission creation.
In Charlottesville Virginia G A Jordan writes of a temperance restaurant in a Valley town that refused to sell beer or wine even after licenses appeared. The cafe, run by a couple, grew despite critics, hiring 14 to 19 waiters seasonally, proving a principle can support a thriving business. The letter commends the police force and criticizes Officers Funk and Cline.
Report from Washington describes the Arlington National Cemetery jamboree site a replica Little White House and questions about why the President is missing. Attacks on the event reportedly planned to influence elections are recounted along with remarks by Attor ney General Cummings and Secretary of Commerce Roper.
A tiny stamp shows pilot R. J. Scott Mermon who died crossing the Atlantic in 1936. The 1937 issue features 15 portraits at the controls and a map of South America in the background. a black green color stamp is noted.
The plot centers on Marcia an ambitious advertising designer in Los Angeles and her lover Sandy. Jealousy and career rivalries unfold as Abe Zimmerman introduces Walt Hartley new partner threatening Marcia with a pivotal Char Ming account deadline August 25. The story follows office tensions, creative fits, and a romance under pressure between work and love.
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