Winchester Evening Star Classifieds and Rates July 15 1936
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription rates for one year three months and six months with advance payment options. Advertising rates include classifieds memorials display ads and national reps. The notice marks the paper as a member of the Associated Press and cites publishing details.
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Tenney, Woodward & Company, Inc
New York
Dell
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated
The Eye of the Lord Psalm Verse
A biblical excerpt from Psalm 33 18 and 19 emphasizes divine watchfulness mercy and protection guiding souls away from death and through famine with steadfast faith.
Pay Rise Reinstates Virginia Public Employee Wages
Virginia’s public workers receive a ten percent back pay raise to reflect prior cuts during the downturn. Governor Peery is credited for stabilizing finances and building a treasury surplus that enables resumed salaries. Citizens are urged to acknowledge employees’ patience and the state’s improved fiscal health.
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Commonwealth
Peery
Virginia
Reed argues Constitution as living guide not a strict code
Solicitor General Stanley Reed declares the Constitution is a statement of principles granting adequate federal powers to meet modern problems. He says the living document should guide government to pursue social justice, while noting limits denying universal federal control.
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Stanley Reed
United States
Mr. Reed
Reed
Centralists embrace local self government over federal control
The text argues states can handle local problems effectively and that the Constitution secures the greatest possible freedom for the people. It contrasts local self government with a central dictatorship in Washington.
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Washington
Tax collector voices burden of taxes on workers and consumers
A Washington official argues that taxes ultimately fall on workers and savers as business passes costs to labor and consumers. He notes oil, bakery, landlord and utility profits shielded by price increases, while the public pays the bill through higher living costs and reduced purchasing power. Public sentiment, he says, blames business leaders who oppose taxes yet depend on workers and consumers.
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Washington
Electric Light Company
Railroad
Joan
Betty
Will Rogers Humorous Story: Trials and Sentences
Will Rogers recounts a Chicago gunman in trouble awaiting sentencing. A minister offers comfort urging perseverance and honesty. The gunman quips that the tribulations feel like a sleigh ride, but fears the sentences more than the motions and fines.
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American News Features, Inc
Rhodes judges dress contest a year ago
One year ago Mrs. C. C. Rhodes of Middletown acted as judge in a correct dress contest. George W. Sitgreaves, grand commander of the Knights Templar in Pennsylvania, was fatally injured in a crash. General S. Gardner Waller urged building an armory in Winchester.
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C. C. Rhodes
Middletown
George W. Sitgreaves
Knights Templar
Pensylvania
Gen
S. Gardner Waller
Winchester
Winchester Golf Club Wins Tri-State Championship
Five years ago the Winchester Golf Club defeated Martinsburg to take the Tri-State Association title. Winchester merchants prepare for dollar days as a moratorium is declared by most German banks. Dr. James A. Miller is named resident physician at Memorial Hospital.
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Winchester Golf Club
Martinsburg
Winchester
James A. Miller
Memorial Hospital
Maryland bandit Dick Whittemore sentenced to die
Ten years ago Dick Whittemore a Maryland bandit is sentenced to die on Friday August 13. H M Taylor of Richmond predicts bumper apple crop. Herrington and Company of Roanoke bids 84000 and receives contract for hospital addition. Lee Barrigs named president of the Winchester Firemen's Welfare Association.
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Dick Whittemore
Maryland
H. M. Taylor
Richmond
Herrington and Company
Roanoke
Lee Barrigs
Winchester Firemen’s Welfare Association
Local figures and tragedies mark July events
Twenty five years ago Stewart Grant, a noted local plumber, dies. The Baltimore and Ohio Train Number 1 derails near Shenandoah. Julius Keller’s barn burns. Rev Carlton D Harris, editor, arrives too late to give his Ghosts lecture. Napoleon surrenders to British on July 15, 1815.
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Stewart Grant
Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah
Julius Keller
Carlton D. Harris
Baltimore Southern Methodist
Sewing Room under WPA trains women in Main Street
A visit to the Sewing Room above Lovett Bros. Shoe Store on Main Street shows 81 workers in winter, later 56, with many taking training leading to skilled, normal employment. The program includes prayer, songs, child care, hygiene, cooking, budgeting, health, and first aid as mothers with dependents work five days a week.
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the Star
Lovett Bros. Shoe Store
Main Street
Works Progress Administration
Emma Wireman
Rose Grim
Frances Tredway
Weston
McDantel
WPA
County
Questions on varied facts from The Evening Star Info Bureau
A reader asks about voters, slavery in Ethiopia, Skyline Drive completion, yachts and yacht clubs, tuna consumption, Vermont dimensions, Adirondacks peak, Mercury train details, fuel for hand warmers, refrigerator frosting causes, Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, quicksands, top US zoos, boxing bout rules, Rigoletto basis. Answers cover demographics, geography, infrastructure, maritime data, industry figures, and literary origins.
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Vimy Ridge
Walter Allward
Edward
Industrial taxation as news and politics mix in 1930s columns
Central Press columnist argues industrials and GOP push indirect taxes to expose the New Deal costs while readers glimpse a broader 1930s political snapshot. William Ritt’s column notes repeal debates and Borah’s stance, plus 1936 campaign prep with radio, slogans, and New York City quirks.
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William Ritt
Central Press
Drouth
Flashes of Life in Grady County Court History
Grady County Georgia records no criminal case since 1934 and no resident tried for a felony since long before. The last major trial in 1934 saw four outsiders convicted of a Cairo bank holdup. prior to that a hitchhiker was tried for killing a tourist with no county resident involved.
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Cairo
Grady County
St. Louis Cock Robin tale ends in tragic accident
A local account reports a child story twist where a family uses a 50 foot patching line that tangles a boy’s neck, leading to accidental death. Nine children on the block plan funeral services for the victim.
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St. Louis
Cock Robin
Lady the Gallant
Joan Spencer a town school teacher becomes Julian Sloane's secretary in New York. Sheila True jealously plots as Joan reunites with Donald Newberry and Betty Robinson. A rushed return home stirs worries as Julian awaits his arrival in Europe and the tale ends with Joan meeting him at his townhouse.
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Joan Spencer
Julian Sloane
Sloane
Europe
Sheila True
Julian
Sheila
Joan
Greenwich Village
Donald Newberry
Betty Robinson's
Robinson’s
Betty
Arge
New York
Boston
Dorothy
Blakeville
Win
Finley
Bob
Mr. Adonis
Fifth Avenue
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