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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1937
Page
4
A compact note cites Proverbs 18 24 about friendship and loyalty. It emphasizes that true friends reveal themselves through kindness and reliability and that a rare friend can outshine family ties in closeness.
The Washington Post editorial defends Democratic Senator Frederick Van Nuys against pressure to back the court packing plan. It lauds him for prioritizing democracy over political expediency and vows he would surrender his seat rather than betray constitutional principles.
The fragment argues that liberal fiscal warnings by Roosevelt once seen as principled are now cited as political weaponry when echoed by Republicans. It suggests double standards in Washington, noting how rhetoric changes with the speaker and party.
The Newport News Times-Herald urges State Senator Saxon W. Holt of Newport News to run for lieutenant governor. It highlights his 34 years in the Senate, pro tem presidency since 1920, committee work on highway reorganization and budget advisory roles, and argues his long service warrants the office.
Essay contends Henry Wallace's Joseph plan would store surplus crops to stabilize prices, mirroring Biblical famine strategy. It argues government lending would curb sales in plenty and force sales in shortages, comparing to Joseph and Pharaoh, and noting parallels to New Deal policy and market manipulation concerns.
The Star's Open Forum argues advertising and habit forming alcohol raise consumption and crime. It notes highways tolls and drunkenness, yet laments the lack of citizen protest and leadership. Harold Begbie is cited on the absence of opposition to evils. GEO A. Jordan.
A summary of assorted items from previous periods including George McMahon’s trial claim in England, Clarke county coroner verdicts, Blue Ridge killings and Smallwood family tragedy, Richmond Better Business Bureau warnings on misleading Virginia dam ads, drought death toll in the Midwest, a murder indictment involving Orndorff and McIlwee, Shenandoah Farmer’s Hounds horse show, bonus-seeker exodus, Jean Harlow film Red Headed Woman, Byrd and Atlantic flyers reception in New York, John Robinson circus visit, a police shooting claim, and a derailment near Irasburg with no injuries.
Twenty five years ago Maynard B. Farmer drowned in Hogue creek while seining for bait with friends. The report notes the incident as a remembered local tragedy from the early days of Winchester.
Forty years ago local society gathered for the Jordan Springs Hotel opening ball despite heavy rain hosted by A. C. Jordan. C. B. Rouss seeks new treatment for blindness from a West Indian mystic. G. L. Jolliffe escapes injury after wagon traces break and horses drag him across the dash. Thomas Kremer plans to start work on a new Market Street home next week. Historic note marks July 17, 1870 as Franco German War start.
The passage argues surplus on Earth depresses markets regardless of impounding. It rejects an ever normal granary in favor of an ever abnormal one, calling the idea the dizziest white rabbit seen from the New Deal era.
The column provides concise Q and A on topics from electricity use during a radio broadcast, sugar farming, Jefferson National Forest size, the potomato graft, life expectancy trends, spice import totals, raven sacred status, Defender of the Faith title, De Wolf Hopper’s stage debut, newsprint costs for The Times, the Colonial Dames collection, Moody and Sankey revival attendance, asylum admission patterns, Juneteenth meaning, the 101 Ranch's fate, and annual cancer research spending.
Washington reports indicate the administration hopes to push the court bill despite factional splits. Senate support runs around 54 votes with possible recommitment risk after Senator Robinson's death, while House dynamics and Barkley leadership moves loom. A Gannett letter backs Ludlow war referendum and neutrality act reform as pacific measures.
Despite low attention, the administration has fortified the framework laid by Buenos Aires treaties for inter American consul.
Marcia travels with Walt and Ellen to Mexico for Ellen and Tony's wedding then returns to confront her future. She longs for a serious marriage while Walt resists and Abe pressures her to stay in the Acme partnership as tensions over money and loyalty rise.
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