Winchester Evening Star Classifieds and Rates June 16 1936
Winchester Evening Star published daily except Sunday in Winchester Virginia lists mail and carrier rates for subscriptions and dates weekly classifieds memorials and cards of thanks with prices. Advertising deadlines set by 10 A M. National reps listed. Associated Press rights noted. Tuesday June 16 1936.
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Evening Star Publishing Go
Winchester, Virginia
Tenney, Woodward & Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Ruler Over All Praise From Ancient Text
A devotional fragment citing 1 Chronicles 29:11 extols God's greatness power glory and dominion over heaven and earth. The excerpt emphasizes divine sovereignty and exaltation of the Lord as head above all.
A Plan for Youth and Long Range Goals
The piece argues that a healthy youth should craft a long range plan tailored to individual needs. It cites Dr. Douglas Freeman and his Lee biography as examples of sustained effort. At Handley Library two Abbey murals inspire viewing readers to judge if their own plans are worth the work.
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Richmond
Winchester
New York
Douglas Freeman
Abbey
America
Dr. Freeman
Bonus Sharp Shooters Warn Veterans in District
Richmond Times Dispatch reports Frank Brock of the BBB warns 250 000 ex servicemen in the metropolitan area and Virginia that the $2 000 000 000 World War adjusted compensation payout will attract con artists on a scale unseen. He calls them bonus sharp shooters aiming to trap wary veterans with schemes advertised as valid business ventures and other rackets likely to surface as the payout begins.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Frank Brock
New York Better Business Bureau
Virginia
Brock
Old rackets warned by Better Business Bureau
The piece outlines classic cons including investment swindles with phony stocks, memorial park promotions, animal breeding scams, home repair schemes, and cash bond jobs. It cautions veterans to verify any approaching person before deals and notes crooks may target Richmond like elsewhere.
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Memorial Park
Better Business Bureau
Richmond
Motion Picture Method Battles Crime Full screen tests aid police
Colonel H Norman Schwartzkopf of New Jersey State Police promotes motion picture detection of criminals recording walk posture and speech for police study. The federal justice department backs a national criminals library and public theatre showings to aid in apprehension.
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H. Norman Schwartzkopf
New Jersey
Schwartzkopf
Federal Department of Justice
Pblice
Hoffman
Youth hostel movement grows in the United States
The youth hostel idea expands with shelters for bicyclists hikers and riders to camp for the night. Massachusetts started the first hostels and New England now has thirty five with more planned. The system emphasizes outdoor life over highways and reflects a rising American interest in camping and nature study.
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United States
Massachusetts
New England
Will Rogers Humorous Story About Housekeeping Directions
Will Rogers humorously notes the risk of giving a new housekeeper precise cooking directions. He warns you must include every detail, or the result may be comically tangled as Lucile’s mother explains.
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Lucile
Cup Measuring Cup Confusion In Antique Letter Exchange
A playful exchange reveals a cooking mishap as Lucile and another narrator discuss using handleless cups to measure flour for cakes. The note notes six broken handles while attempting to adapt measuring cups, concluding with a plan to use a cup with a handle. The story captures domestic humor and old kitchen practices.
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Lucile
American News Features, Inc
Trivia Q&A Compilation On History Science And Geography
A reader supplied quiz style excerpts covering topics from safety campaigns to Brandeis birthplace and Lincoln Highway. The item lists questions with brief answers on topics including education counts, poets troubadors, Cadmean victory, volcanoes, Daphne Du Maurier relation, and eponymous heroes.
Abolishing tipping could spark a new revolution
The piece argues that real change would come when tipping ends in hotels and restaurants, with a bill expected in France. It contrasts Soviet Russia and Western Europe where a 10 percent service charge exists, insisting tipping is an outdated practice fueling revolutions.
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New York Times
France
Soviet Russia
Western
Europe
Kidnaping Arrests Reported In Local Edition
One year ago Harmon M Waley and his wife were arrested on kidnapping charges involving the Weyerhaeuser child. Claude T McLeod was probated. Virginia Branch of the National League of District Postmasters held its annual convention here. Britons moved to establish a large air defense. Miss Mary Louise Ritenour became the bride of John L Kater in a Baptist Church ceremony here.
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Harmon M. Waley
Weyerheauser
Virginia
National League of District Postmasters
Mary Louise Ritenour
John L. Kater
Baptist Church
Judge Hay Buried in Madison After 20 Years in Congress
The obituary notes Judge James Hay, longtime representative of Virginia’s Seventh District, is laid to rest in Madison. Other items report Douglas K. Miley found dying in his Upperville bank residence and a Coast Guard seizure of a $300,000 liquor cargo off Long Island. Miss Hazel Lodge and Charles Bulla Snider wed in Washington D C. Margaret Frances Richards is elected president of the Virginia Christian Endeavor Union.
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James Hay
Virginia
Madison
Douglas K. Miley
Upperville Bank
Coast Guard
Long Island
Hazel Lodge
Charles Bulla Snider
Washington, D. C
Margaret Frances Richards
Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
Explosion at Gary coke plant kills and injures many
Five are killed and many more injured in a coke plant explosion in Gary Indiana. James Randolph Taylor is stricken while seated in a chair. J Frank Barley is seriously injured when a runaway horse leaps onto his car hood. Shirley Carter is appointed to survey state and local governments statewide. Carolyn Elizabeth Kackley of Clarke County and H Cassie Clemons of Baltimore are mentioned in a bridal context.
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Gary
Ind
J. Frank Barley
Stephens City
Shirley Carter
Carolyn Elizabeth Kackley
Clarke County
H. Cassie Clemons
Baltimore
Bride
Steam car and local society notes from the era
Twenty five years ago Ralph Rinker of Opequon shows a steam driven automobile in town. Miss Rosalie Lawrence McCormick of Berryville becomes the fiancée of Horace Gilbert Smithey of Washington DC. Dr Francis Randolph Crawford, son of Mr and Mrs C Grattan Crawford, earns a medical degree from Johns Hopkins. Miss Vera Lynch earns a Mount de Sales College degree in Baltimore. Mrs Anne E Marks, 80, dies in Roan County notes conclude the column.
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Rosalie Lawrence McCormick
Berryville
Horace Gilbert Smithey
Washington, D. C
Francis Randolph Crawford
C. Grattan Crawford
Johns Hopkins University
Vera Lynch
M. M. Lynch
Mount de Sales College
Baltimore
Anne E. Marks
County
Roan
Landon Nomination Splits East and West in GOP Struggle
The article outlines how eastern financial interests back Landon as a presidential candidate to win the East and West, while western managers promote a radical image. It discusses Supreme Court power, New Deal critique, and partisan arguments over waste, relief, and fear in commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Prairie State
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Federal
Supreme Court
New York
Landon
Roosevelt
Wall Street Journal
Monument and burial site at St Pauls Cathedral NY
A colonial memorial authorized by Congress in January 1776 marks the grave of Major Robert Montgomery in the portico of St Pauls Cathedral New York City. The Major was killed with Wolfe in the attack on Quebec on December 31.
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Congress
Robert
Montgomery
ST. Paul's Cathedral
New York City
Wolfe
Quebec
Dec
Murderous Jealousy Nexus in Gribble Case
In a tense confession during a police interview, Edith Bryce acknowledges jealousy over Dow and Joyce Van Every, contemplates drastic acts, and directs attention to Ward Van Every as the key witness. The scene shifts to a hotel corridor where Ward reveals his observations of Bryce moments before a murder probe continues.
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Don
Edith Bryce
Joyce
Mrs. Bryce
van Every
Gribbel’s
Dow
Margalo Younger
Laura Randall
Joyce van Every
Ward van Every
Warrington Hotel
Keyes
Ward
Devil
Allan
Van
Mr Ward
Don van Every
Edith
Flashes of Life and Minor Mishaps Across Cities
Atlanta Martin Locke drew a pistol during a fishing trip after a snake warning, wounding himself in the thigh. In Roanoke a railroad crossing riddle prompts legal-bell whistle debates. A Church of the Good Shepherd fire ends with a bee sting incident. In Kansas City a farm cat disrupts milking, injuring a farmer and himself.
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Atlanta
Martin Locke
Locke
Auto lesson ends in station crash in Salt Lake City
John McNeil a cook tried to teach Helen Glenn a pantry maid to drive an automobile. Missing a right turn the car struck two filling station pumps jumped a sidewalk shattered two display windows and an electric sign and stopped amid scattered merchandise. Damage was estimated at 750 and both persons were charged with reckless driving.
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Salt Lake City
John McNeil
Cook
Helen Glenn
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