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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star details mailing rates for Winchester Virginia. Rates shown include one year in advance at 3.56 dollars six months 1.75 three months 0.90 and one month 0.30 with postage handling for second class mail.
The message urges Franklin D. Roosevelt for President with John N. Garner for Vice President Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives a party ticket appeal likely from a period election.
A religious line from Psalm 37 18 emphasizes divine knowledge of the righteous days and the eternal seek for inheritance. This verse anchors faith in steadfast promises and eternal allotment.
The remark questions whether the traditionally high tariff stance of the Republican Party can offer any hope in advancing protectionist or economic policy goals.
Major A Willis Robertson spoke in Congress criticizing the 5 billion dollar appropriations bill. He recalls a 1932 Democratic pledge for economy and balanced budgets and argues for a pay as you go policy in Virginia road construction to avoid heavy bonded debt.
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports 1936 business volume at its best since 1929 with employment gains and a stronger construction sector. June exports rose 13 percent from 1935 and 75 percent from 1933, while imports climbed 17 percent year over year. The note credits Roosevelt tariff policy and Hull’s reciprocal treaties with fourteen nations, including Canada and France, for boosting foreign trade.
A humorous tale contrasts a sheriff in Indiana arresting a burglar with a Chicago police request to take custody for trial. The sheriff questions Chicago’s need and the exchange highlights regional pride and jokes about burglars and lawmen.
Virginia’s Major Robertson praised as a courageous legislator while critics warn against large federal outlays. The Roanoke Times notes concerns about debt, national credit, and the push for a sound financial basis amid plans for public works spending and immediate cash payments.
One year ago Mr and Mrs Clay Manuel and others attended the Letter Carriers convention in Hampton Virginia. Miss Emme Brown injured in a fall at her North Loudoun Street home. Citizens of Middletown and Stephens City inquire about securing water from Winchester if a new supply develops. Parachute jumper Paul McLeod dies in Lake Erie near Toledo.
Five years ago Prof Garland Quarles announced schools would open September 9. Governor Murray of Oklahoma launched a drive to raise oil prices. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh departed Washington for Maine toward Japan. Mrs John Snyder grew a cucumber 15.5 inches long. President and Mrs Hoover returned to Washington from their camp on the Rapidan.
Ten years ago Mayor Kenderick of Philadelphia prepared to greet the Handley band as it traveled to Canada. Ad Topperwein staged a trick shooting exhibition at High View West Virginia for the Winchester Arms Company. Dr and Mrs E Douglas Davis, former Harrisonburg residents, purchased Mrs Seabury Davies residence on South Washington Street. Vessels crowded Florida harbors to dodge a hurricane. Martinsburg planned to host Cumberland Valley firemen from August 11 to 13.
Twenty five years ago Otis M. Clark was elected principal of Berryville High School. Company I under Capt. James P. Reardon planned a week long encampment at Culpeper. Nellie Worth Logan and Walter H. Wunder, both of Woodstock, wed. Dallmore E. Eskey aged 44 died after a first illness. The annual B and O picnic at Ferry drew about 5 000 Harpers.
Historic note marks July 28 1794 as the day Robespierre was executed by guillotine, signaling the end of the Reign of Terror and shifting the French Revolution toward a new political phase.
A reader asks about postal receipts, public figures, and varied topics. The Star Information Bureau provides concise answers on taxes, theater, acting, voting blocs, meat consumption, genealogy, global boundaries, alginates, book production, education, U S counties, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, African minerals, Harvard Workshop, dogfish, and Louis Fischer’s residence in the Soviet Union.
William Lemke of North Dakota spoke to the National Press Club presenting a tempered view of Townsendism. He sought Townsend and Coughlin support while dodging sharp lines on old age payments and funding, predicting faction splits once details emerge.
A collection of satirical takes notes editors remarks about campaign managers lip service winners and losses. It jokes about sound money movie ticket prices and a Hollywood kiss count. The piece playfully critiques dictators gravitating laws and Henry Ford predicting vegetarian futures.
Joan Spencer contemplates rivalries with Sheila as Julian loves Sheila but hides his feelings. Joan imagines schemes to win Julian yet fears Sheila’s power. Sheila’s fame and Julian’s devotion shape a tense moment in a library scene ending with Julian breaking the mood with a drink request.
In a candid scene Joan confirms dramatic plans with Julian while Sheila seeks insight into Helena and the new play. The talk touches love, ambition, and a looming marriage as characters debate fate, loyalty, and artistic drive in New York.
In Oneonta New York Mrs Ardella Peaslee recovered five educated Rhode Island Reds from a hennery after calling the birds by name. Neighbors face theft charges as state police arrest a man. In Chicago Rene Quinn a drug store cashier distracted robbers with sobs as the gunman fled. Pittsburgh officers help John Vereck secure soup and milk after his wife confiscates his false teeth. Arcadia Wisconsin two masked men steal a dollar from a tin box in a presumed car snatch and flee. police seek suspects.
Spokane police hunted a mystery man after he was handed $75 by a cafe proprietor while cashing a check for Albert Gayda. The waiter sent the money to the man in the front booth, but another man in a different booth left before receiving a hamburger.
Mrs. Co. P. North of Cottonwood Falls Kansas answered a grasshopper raid on her vegetable garden by weaving screen wire bonnets for each tea rose. The insects now perch on the wire, gazing at the roses.
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