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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription and mail rates, advertising charges, and display deadlines. It notes memorial and card rates, national ad reps, and AP rights, then critiques a political movement and urges Congress to resist it.
Reports from the Townsend convention in Cleveland describe Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith as the era's most influential speaker, delivering a fiery attack on the New Deal and advocating socialistic ideas. The 9,000 delegates, urging pension plans and "Share-the-Wealth" schemes, are seen as a real threat to American government and the major parties.
The Institute of Public Affairs hosts a Rotary International round table spotlighting world peace efforts. P H W Almy cites Rotary’s supreme aim as dissolving barriers through education fellowship and personal example. Virginia Rotarians’ program earns praise as a constructive force for democracy.
Eight hundred letters are mailed daily in the United States without an address and many more with imperfect ones. The dead letter office received nearly 26 million letters in 1927, dropped to under 11 million three years ago, indicating careless work. Many letters go out on out of date lists, showing dreamlike focus in daily life. Concentration and present attention boost productivity and employability.
The Charleston News and Courier credits Franklin D. Roosevelt with widening political thinking in the South, praising his independent stance and cabinet appointments. The piece argues Roosevelt’s actions helped free Southern minds and make Republicans respectable in South Carolina, noting locals may not yet fully grasp the shift.
The Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch criticizes WPA projects, arguing the unemployed are fed during national calamity but condemns idle labor. It cites men hammering rocks with no energy, suggesting wasteful work under the program.
A Will Rogers humorous piece mocks a couple who strike it rich on oil and dream an elaborate attic with four Italian and two Spanish bedrooms for maids. The dialogue highlights the clash of vanity with practical limits and laments wasteful labor costs borne by taxpayers.
A Covington producer laments overproduction of film scripts and urges government funding to pay playwrights for not writing further scripts, arguing relief to curb the glut.
One year ago Mayor C. R. Anderson left for Mexico City to attend the Lions International convention. City officers campaigned against vehicles with cleats on streets amid efforts to curb dangerous driving. Potato growers on the Eastern Shore pushed for better prices in a coordinated effort.
Ten years ago Dr and Mrs E A Alderman departed for Europe. General W H Palmer of Richmond was listed as critically ill. Dr Harry M Canter presiding elder attended a conference at Lake Junaluska. School leader Thomas H Seabright died on his 69th birthday at home. Mrs Mary A Lupton sustained serious injuries from a fall. Dr Frank McFaden laid the cornerstone of the George W Wright Masonic Memorial pavilion at Blue Ridge Sanatorium.
The record notes the death of Harry C. Knight, brother of Dr. B. M. Knight, and praises Ty Cobb as the world’s greatest ball player. It reports a small Maryland peach crop and a Gooney Manor Copper Company directors meeting in Front Royal. Rev. Dr. James R. Graham, longtime Presbyterian pastor, celebrated his 87th birthday in Winchester.
July 16, 1918 the Russian imperial family is executed in Yekaterinburg. Bolshevik authorities announce the murder of Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children ending the Romanov reign.
Mrs E D Adams of Kernstown Virginia praises the Daily Bible Meditations sent to The Star for publication and urges ongoing inclusion in the paper. She expresses sincere hope ministers continue the weekly meditations as a valuable work.
An exchange lists questions and concise answers on topics from geography and history to art and science. It covers Windsor England Browning's poem The Ring and the Book and the Great Lakes Exposition with dates and locations.
The article examines the 1934 drought and its worsening prospects for the near future. It notes a shrinking underground water table, widespread crop failure, and rising bread prices as governments assess the arid crisis affecting five million farmers and major cereal regions. It questions the duration and severity of the drought and hints at relief efforts to come in WPA coverage.
A satirical roundup notes Haile Selassie’s reception at the League of Nations and party hopes for 49 states each, while French financiers hoard dollars. A Green Bay infant is spared injury after a collision, Red Sox fans boo, and a British speed record spree tops the day. The piece riffs on heat and politics with light jests about bonuses.
Joan Spencer, a small town schoolteacher turned secretary to writer Julian Sloane, navigates new love, glamorous circles, and party demands in New York. She clashes with Sheila True, attends social events, receives a sapphire bracelet gift, and faces potential trouble when drawn toward Donald Newberry's luxurious duplex.
In Lincoln Nebraska 350 citizens slept on the state capitol lawn to beat heat with a $5 000 patch of green while officials worried about lawn damage. In Houston Missouri drought drives politics as Lloyd C Stark vows soaked voters before he finishes his bid. In Philadelphia Faust curtain gusts knock a stage hand into the orchestra pit injuring Joseph Chudnovsky’s $3 500 Guadagnini violin.
Maj. Lloyd Stark, Democratic candidate, vows for a soaking during a campaign stop on the Houston courthouse lawn as rain begins within 15 minutes. The prior rainfall date matches a Jesse W. Barrett speech for the Republican governor candidate.
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