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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1936
Page
4
Political slate for national ticket displayed
Franklin D. Roosevelt for President with John N. Garner for Vice President Carter Glass for U S Senator and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives listed in a ballot style promotion indicating candidates and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John N. Garner
R A. Willis Robertson
House of Representatives
Have All Good The Young Lions Do Lacking Hunger
Psalm 94:10 verse reflects on divine provision for those who seek the Lord, promising that they shall not want any good thing. The line emphasizes faith, reliance on God, and assurance of sustenance for the faithful.
Harpers Ferry Bridge Toll Company Loss and Proposed Free Bridge
The Potomac toll bridge at Harpers Ferry was washed out in March floods, ending tolls from a once profitable site. Rumors say the asset sold for about 10 000 to a local company that later failed to upgrade it. Expect a modern free bridge by the two states to replace the toll structure for safer, toll free crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Maryland
West Virginia
Jong
Winchester
Resurgent Ethiopians Challenge Italian Advance
Ethiopian resistance continues amid rain as Italians falter under renewed attacks. Reports say defense leaders and local fighters push back, dimming Mussolini's prospects and signaling a renewed struggle for sovereignty despite harsh weather.
Guerrilla warfare reshapes Ethiopian war narrative
The piece cites French reporters in Djibouti noting a strong Ethiopian army near Addis Ababa in the Sidamo Lake region led by veterans of Sasa Baneh. Another Ethiopian force about 40 miles from the capital attacks Italians as mud hampers the Italian army, described as stubborn but vulnerable. The report emphasizes bold resistance during the rainy season and asks how this enduring guerrilla effort may influence European history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Say It With Drink Not Ink in Reina Mercedes Floral Note
A playful note from Reina Mercedes invites gifting flowers and beverages while warning against writing the message in ink. The cheeky instruction blends whimsy with a request for non permanent expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reina Mercedes
Roanoke Times Preview of Conference Call
A fragment references Farley being called to a conference and hints at posts or national headquarters. The text blends jokes about Apollo and a revolu tion with a Roanoke Times headline fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Times
Farley
Post Office Department
Decrete National
State funds sought for Berryville parking project
One year ago the State Highway Department allocated 70000 dollars for an underpass at Strasburg. National Guardsmen dispersed striking lumber workers in Tacoma. Rev W L Dudley and two daughters sail for England to attend a church convention. Miss Oma Margaret Lamp and Fred B Gore married in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Strasburg
National Guardsmen
Tacoma
Wash
Berryville Avenue
W. L. Dudley
England
Orchard spray tested. Little Sisters home burns in Pittsburgh
Five years ago chemists tested a new orchard spray material. Twenty six people died when the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged burned in Pittsburgh. Girl Scouts staged a pageant at Camp White Rock. Miss Mary Jo Mathews, former festival queen, appeared on radio with several song hits. Two oil paintings of Miss Patricia D Morton were sent to England for her and for the city of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Sisters of the Poor
Burns
Pittsburgh
Camp White Rock
Mary Jo Mathews
Patricia D. Morton
England
Winchester
Eng
Ten Years Ago Uniforms Sold For Citizens Band
Caribbean hurricane lashes lower Florida coast and authorities warn of damage near extended routes. Horseshoe Trail will be extended from Cumberland Maryland to Winchester. All space is sold on the Valley Special booster excursion to Canada. R Gray Williams is expected to be elected next head of the Virginia Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gray Williams
Virginia Bar Association
Canada
Florida
Cumberland
Winchester
Winchester Fair Directors Vote Premium Increases
Twenty five years ago Winchester fair directors voted increases in many premiums. Beulah Binford led the group alongside other officials as voting results were announced at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fair
Beulah Binford
Gilpin Honeymoon Returns as Gilpin Bride Reaches Kentmere
In Beattie case, a girl talks to detectives while Harry Smith remains as defense counsel. Donald Newcomer Gilpin and his bride return from their honeymoon abroad to Kentmere in Clarke county. Frederick County Supervisors vote for general improvements to the Northwestern Grade. Gen. Charles Turman, 60, dies at Berryville. Historic note: July 25, 1848 Balfour born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Harry Smith
Donald Newcomer
Gilpin
Kentmere
Clarke County
Frederick County
Charles Turman
Berryville
Open Forum Questions Wheat Trade Profiteering in Winchester
I W Dick of Winchester Virginia argues in the Open Forum that grain and feed prices show unfair profiteering by mills. He compares wheat and by products prices from June to July 1936, exposes suspected margins, and calls for public scrutiny of milling practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Coners
Winchester
Free
Brave
Ceptbur’n
I. W. Dick
Edwin Allemony Mayers Laid to rest in Virginia hill country
The Star editor laments the death of Edwin Allemony Mayers a Virginian of generations of service and honor. He rests at Green Hill Stephens City overlooking his boyhood home the sun gilding the shaft bearing his name as memories of a lifelong friend and civic pride endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Allemong Mayers
the Star
Edwin Allemony Mayers
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Green Hill
Stephens City
Harvard Opens Traffic Officers Training School
Harvard University will host a traffic officer training school in August for the first time in its history. The program is directed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in cooperation with the Harvard Bureau for Street Traffic Research to help solve national traffic problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Harvard Bureau
Bonus Saved Homes For Lynn World War Veterans
Lynn Mass veterans faced losing homes over unpaid taxes until tax collector Benjamin J. Scully announced that 25 425 288 dollars had been received from world war veterans on the verge of foreclosure, preserving seventy four homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Benjamin J. Scully
Questions and Answers from The Evening Star Information Bureau
A reader asks about hospital insurance coverage, World War veteran bonds, and Fort Frederica naming. The piece also covers Manhattan Island population trends, Chinese dental methods, origin of the eggplant, wildfowl refuges, largest salt mines, meter versus yard, and the first linotype installation at the New York Tribune.
Socialists eye bigger vote than Lemke backers expect
Charles P. Stewart reports that Norman Thomas led Socialists aim to top the North Dakota Independent by siphoning voters from Lemke. They doubt Lemke and allies will stay united on tour, predicting infighting among Lemke Coughlin Townsend and Smith, with the three clergymen and doctor blamed for discord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Norman Thomas
William Lemke
North Dakota
Lemke
Cleveland
Thomas
Charles E. Coughlin
Francis E. Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
Norman Thomasites
Youre Telling Me! Olympic games and good sportsmanship
William Ritt reflects on the Olympics revival in Berlin and the long history of American success. He notes past host nations, U S dominance in early modern Games, the addition of basketball, and argues that true victory lies in good sportsmanship rather than dominance.
Hymn Composer Herbert Buffum Sings New Songs Quickly
The Rev Herbert Buffum of Topeka Kansas writes twelve songs in an hour and fifty six in a day. He composes from suggested titles and, sitting at a piano, sings and plays them. Publication by Central Press Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Buffum
Topeka
Kansas
Central Press Association
Wieody
Joan and Julian confront love and choice in a stormy pause
Joan confesses plans to marry Donald Newberry though not in love. Julian, older and wiser, urges true love and shared horizons while reflecting on his own missed chance. The pair navigate emotion in a candle lit library as a storm rages outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Julian
Alex
Donald Newberry
Donald
Venice
Ireland
Flashes Of Life Quick News Snippets From Across The Nation
A series of brief items reports a Wheeling machinist losing his home to an axe fire, a New Jersey bridge board pleading $50 cooling costs amid a heat driven jam, a hot goose tale from Ohio, a Bertrand safe blast for five dollars, a Tacoma farmer finding a buried gold chain and nugget, a Montana bounty kill report of 14 000 coyotes, a Chicago turtle soup mishap, and a governor and mayor signing a schoolboy's autograph request at Albany charter day.
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