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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1936
Page
4
A humorous Will Rogers quip from a neighbor in Iowa hints at avoiding Chicago and other big cities. The cartoonish line reflects Rogers style and midwestern wit.
A man recounts a trip to Chicago that left him with a leg broken in four places. A neighbor quips that the man should avoid risky places, noting his prior injuries in three other visits. The exchange highlights blunt humor about misadventure in urban travel.
The reader puzzle column covers questions on bee weight a prison industry term pectin meter and Atlas of topics. It cites facts about 5000 bees per pound Estes on Montem Video and Orizaba Popocatepetl Colima and Jorullo volcanoes plus Thoreau Walden Pond and Andorra never war. It notes Alfred Vogt and Haskin director and EB R A etc.
The Winchester Va post office lists subscription rates: one year four dollars fifty cents, six months two dollars twenty five cents, three months one dollar twenty cents, and one month in advance ten cents. Also notes weekly service.
A brief note quotes Proverbs 18 24 about friendship. It notes that a man with many friends must show himself friendly and that there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Oklahoma's long-serving Senator Thomas P. Gore conceded defeat in the Democratic nomination race, finishing fourth in an eight-man contest led by Josh Lee. Governor E. W. Marland placed second. Gore’s legacy as a principled, forthright figure, blind since youth, is noted as a loss for Oklahoma and the nation.
The Institute of Public Affairs annual forum at the University of Virginia has become the leading national venue for free discussion of public affairs. Its success stems from nonpartisan openness and the high caliber of invited speakers amid complex political challenges.
The Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia is commended for its valuable role in gathering ideas from leading minds to solve public difficulties. The university earns praise for the prestige it brings to the Old Dominion through this effort.
Speakers from the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs urge broad informed thinking to replace provincialism. The program, cited by Dr. Robert E. McEloy of Oxford, reaches thousands via press reports and inspires other groups to create international forums. Virginia Rotarians support a Charlottesville round table on world issues.
The Shenandoah National Park, long sought by Virginians, achieved its formal dedication yesterday with President Roosevelt in attendance. The park offers expansive mountain scenery and easy access for visitors from Virginia cities and Eastern Seaboard centers, ensuring preservation and permanent federal oversight for future generations.
The article contrasts Canadian bacon customs with British back bacon and ham, noting Canadians favor side bacon cut thin while Brits prefer thick back bacon. It argues that busy mornings drive a preference for the readily sold razor-thin crinkly bacon and notes a reluctance to demand thicker cuts.
A speaker argues against overreliance on new inventions to thin meat for convenience. He notes the English tradition of preserving substantial bacon slices and warns that innovation may turn bacon into a frivolous novelty rather than a hearty food.
The 13 year old King Peter of Yugoslavia rises at 6 30 am for breakfast and rides a pony. He studies five foreign languages government history and military science with private tutors. At 9 pm he goes to bed in a plain room with a motto from his father.
One year ago Webb Midgette, game supervisor for northern Virginia, visited. Taylor Barr becomes city sergeant succeeding his father the late C Lee Barr. Invitations go out for the July 20 marriage of Mildred Lee Carper and Cornelius Jett Cunningham. Max Krol's case is continued again. Max Baer shows eagerness to fight champion Jimmy Braddock.
Five years ago Victor L. Denny will is probated here. Two ships are grounded in a fog off Cape Cod. Tri County Odd Fellows Association meets at Middletown as Harry Brill presides. Shenandoah Valley National Bank directors praise the late William Hiett. W E Carson tells Winchester Rotarians Virginia may gain 250000000 annually from tourism when times improve.
Ten years ago a four month survey of apple production and marketing in the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys is planned. Dollars Days are to be observed by merchants. July The Firemen's Welfare Association is to sponsor a carnival here July 19 24. R Gray Williams delivers a scholarly address on Thomas Jefferson at a joint meeting of the service clubs. Mr and Mrs William Beverley leave for Richmond where they are called because of the illness of Col H Palmer grandfather of Mrs Beverley.
Twenty five years ago Captain James M. Haymaker signs from the Common Council after sixteen years of service. The article notes engagements and deaths including Miss Nannie Fontaine Lippitt of Berryville and Frederick Christian Hatchell of Washington DC. Christian Thomas Shirley of White Hall is dead. Marion Randolph Rinker aged 23 of Hayfield dies of typhoid fever. Miss Mary Ada Wissler of Mount Jackson becomes the bride of Dr James Gardner Williamson of New Market.
A notice marks the birth of John Quincy Adams born on July 11 1757. Adams would become a prominent political figure and later the United States sixth president.
In a cross complaint, Mrs. Joan Findlay accuses James Findlay of a disturbing ambition to be a hangman and recounts a chilling claim spoken before friends. The original suit alleges she pestered him and threw objects at him.
In Washington, the Lonergan committee faces Republican demands to probe the Democratic Speakers Bureau and alleged padding of campaign lists. The piece contrasts a pro New Deal tilt with GOP skepticism, notes John L. Lewis steel union issues, railroad earnings, and nervous Britain over Zeppelins.
Republicans seek an upstate New Yorker to run against Governor Lehman to deny him New York City support. They expect upstate voters to swing Republican and fear NYC businessmen will split votes between Lehman and Roosevelt, aiding the president’s loss in the state.
Joan Spencer a schoolteacher becomes Julian Sloane's secretary and moves into his summer home in New York. A jealous Sheila threatens the pair as Joan enjoys dinners on the town with Alex Garrity and views the East River skyline. Sheila arrives at the house ahead of Julian bringing tension.
In High Point Elwood Peatress rode a train after his auto stalled on tracks. The car was carried a hundred yards and demolished with minor injuries. In Bristol Camp Cherokee youngsters held a Topsy Turvy day with taps outfits backward and meals swapped. In East L. vans Illinois Lucy Robinson claimed to be 110 and received an $11 pension check in St Clair county.
A lightning bolt hit the Cape and Golf club on the fourth green in Essex Mass. It split the flagpole and burned the grass as three players had just left the area. No injuries reported.
Nancy Carol Freweard, 16 months old, crawled onto the Green Bay and Western railroad right of way in Green Bay Wisconsin. A locomotive and three cars passed over her before the engineer could stop. Doctors found her uninjured at the hospital. she had remained between the rails.
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