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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1936
Page
1
Mr Winchester describes a leisurely drive along Route 50 through Clarke County and Fauquier toward Delaplane and Marshall. He notes cooler mountain air, greener fields, well kept livestock, and compares roadside scenery with busier boulevards, suggesting less traffic allows appreciation of pastoral views.
Parents must register children for the free diphtheria clinic on Tuesday July 14 from 9 to 4 at the District Nurses Association office. White children register 9 to 1 and colored children 1 to 4. White unit July 16 and colored unit July 17. Ages 6 months to 7 years. one serum shot. Junior Auxiliary promotes the Winchester clinic to protect children.
The Rev. Dr. Luther A Thomas and family will move to Lincolnton North Carolina to lead the Lutheran Church there. He accepted the unanimous call in April with a July 15 start. During six and a half years at Grace Lutheran of here the church advanced greatly. The old parsonage at 126 N Cameron street was sold and a fine new parsonage on South Stewart was built. Debt on the 1924 Sunday School building was paid off and 252 new members joined Grace. Dr Thomas previously served in Mooresville North Carolina and Cord with notable growth and new plants. He returns to North Carolina to the mother synod and an active Lincolnton congregation.
Drought and heat persisted across the middle west and east as rains in the northwest and south fizzled. Government Meteorologist J R Lloyd warned no new rain soon, cooler weather possible for the Dakotas and upper Midwest, but major corn states Illinois Iowa Nebraska Indiana still awaits relief.
Labor chiefs gathered in Washington to vote on suspending John L. Lewis and the C. I. O. allies from the AFL. The executive committee prepared for a ballot amid fierce dispute over industrial unionism and potential loss of 1,250,000 members.
Romolo de Luca of John Wanamaker's Philadelphia store told the Interstate Association of Advertising Managers delegates that the United States is on the verge of the greatest era of prosperity in world history. He said the mood has lifted and people seek replacement goods from clothing to automobiles and homes, with newspapers as key advertising drivers for new merchandising ideas.
Richmond Va July 13 The Virginia Works Progress administration announced today an allotment of 16950 to Warren county for the repair and replacement of structures damaged or destroyed by the spring floods. The allotment was part of 198581 distributed to projects throughout the state.
The family thanks friends for kindness after the death of husband and father Edward Lake. They appreciate cars and flowers sent in the bereavement and express gratitude for support.
Hyde Park reports three regional flood control federations presented an emergency program to President Roosevelt, who promised a visit in August. In Nanking, the Kuomintang central committee rejected repeated Chinese official demands for war against Japan. Virginia drought may trigger price revisions on regulated markets.
A rain drenched procession of 30 000 Orangemen winds through Belfast to celebrate the 246th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde guides her Danish bridegroom Capt Boerge Rohde at Niagara Falls honeymoon resort.
Washington capital police said they hoped to make two arrests soon in the mutilation of 23 year old Jean Bell who testified before a New York grand jury examining vice charges against Charles Lucky Luciano.
E C C Woods secretary of the State Milk Commission spoke in Richmond on July 13 regarding dairy policy. He outlined proposed guidelines for milk pricing and quality control to support producers and consumers alike.
Richmond Virginia ABC Board chairman R Mc C Bullington and T McCall Frazier will depart for Providence Rhode Island for the national conference of state liquor administrators July 16 to 19. The State Corporation Commission heard Church Property Fire Insurance Corporation rate deviation petition in Richmond. Public Welfare official Arthur W James said drought relief committee endorsed time‑treatment soil program to employ Southwest Virginia farmers without moving them off the farm.
Milton E. Marple a 21 year old of Gore Virginia is listed in Memorial Hospital with a concussion after a motorcycle he was riding reportedly lost control Saturday night. Condition described as serious and details of the mishap were not available locally.
Rome reports the Italian government orders withdrawal of 40 000 troops from the Libyan colony along the Egyptian border in response to Britain's removal of the home fleet from the Mediterranean.
Kenneth N. Gilpin of Scaleby Manor Clarke County reports the death of Teddy a renowned French stallion brought from France in 1932. Gilpin paid about $60 000 for the breeder which became the sire of many young race horses.
A cool sanitary air conditioned restaurant ad announces The Palace dining venue. Details are minimal, highlighting comfort and cleanliness in a city listing style.
Paxton Chapel hosts a rainy night yard party on Wednesday July 15 to benefit the church. fundraising proceeds support church activities and outreach.
Paul Hines, a Black non union miner, was shot at dawn while en route to his farm in Birmingham’s iron ore hills. Sheriff McDuff said snipers killed him, marking the first fatality since unions walked out six weeks earlier during a strike at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad. Another shooting occurred at Muscoda after a pay change from hourly to tonnage.
Rains missed Winchester city but relief from heat arrived. At Woodstock a strong wind storm with lightning damaged apple trees and tore heavy chairs from porches. Heavy showers and severe lightning returned yesterday afternoon near Woodstock.
In Towson Maryland a son discovered his mother Mrs Minnie Leatherbury dean of women at the New Hampshire State Normal School hanging from a tree in the yard of her home. Edward Leatherbury told police he found her suspended by a sheet from a tree limb. Family members said she had been despondent.
M B Watts secretary of the Virginia State Board of Law Examiners announced 60 persons passed the June bar examination at Roanoke among 159 test takers.
In Verdun France on July 13 rivals from 20 years past join to vow peace over the graves of 12000 fallen comrades. The ceremony marks a renewed call for reconciliation among former foes and allies.
An official reports a mother and her two sons were killed by a shotgun blast before the mother took her own life. The incident details and motive remain under investigation as authorities outline the sequence of events.
A wholesale shooting spree reported as residents head to work sparks horror across the countryside. The morning discovery reveals arson attempts and multiple attacks, prompting a wide manhunt and official warnings. Local authorities urge caution as investigations continue.
In Berryville Virginia on July 13 the inquest into the deaths of Mrs May Smallwood her mother Mrs Virginia Eien and Elbert and Alkin was postponed to 10 o clock by request of Commonwealth's Attorney Edward McC Williams. Williams cited inability to collect all facts for the acting coroner Dr P Osborne. Fingerprints of the four deceased were being taken by Sergeant Francis M Punk of the Winchester police for potential use in the verdict.
In Berryville Virginia on July 13 a family of four plus an invalid grandmother were found with shotgun wounds and their beds saturated with kerosene. MRS SUSAN VIRGINIA ELSEA 87 is the grandmother and bed bound. MRS MAY SMALLWOOD 48 is the mother and ex wife of Nathaniel Smallwood. ELBERT SMALLWOOD 23 and ALKIN SMALLWOOD 17 are her sons. The bodies lay in upstairs beds while Mrs Elsen lay in a downstairs bed. The cause and details are under investigation.
A jury found Edith Nance, a Rockwood nurse, and Floyd Doughtry, a taxi driver, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a shotgun trap that killed Charles Clark, 16, at a mountain cabin near Rockwood. Each defendant received 11 months and 29 days in the county workhouse.
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