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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia as a daily except Sunday issue. Subscription rates listed show one year in advance four dollars fifty cents six months one dollar twenty cents and other monthly terms.
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A religious note citing Psalm 107 verse 21 praising God for his goodness and wonderful works to mankind.
In Winchester a civic group plans to plant trees in Rouss Park this fall to enhance beauty and attract visitors. The idea echoes Joyce Kilmer and Virginia tree heritage, proposing a diverse selection indigenous to the state and staged over several years.
European nations test loan winds while debt default tops 12 billion. The American public bears anger yet demands action. Congress has urged repayment for years but no progress. both debtors and creditors are faulted as Britain France and others are pressed.
The piece argues that war debt negotiations failed as governments defaulted and Congress insisted on all or nothing terms. It urges a practical, businesslike settlement to secure goodwill from Europe, including France Britain and Italy, and to preserve reciprocal relations with the United States.
Idaho's Senator William E. Borah, famed for theater and politics, walks in public view as speculation grows about his stance on the London Knox Republican ticket. The independent leader's dramatic flair and stage presence have marked his career, with a climactic reveal of his political intents anticipated in due course.
An official from the Department of Agriculture urges greater milk consumption to aid both producers and the public. Despite efforts by health authorities and home demonstration agents, per capita milk intake remains low in the United States, and increasing daily milk use could improve nutrition and support the dairy industry.
A 1777 Brookfield Mass law allegedly allowed men to wear hats at all times except when speaking at town meetings. The piece muses on hat etiquette for offices and public transit, noting social pressures and the surprise of evolving hat norms for both men and women.
Will Rogers jokes about people's fatigue with truth saying they tire of hearing and forget what is told. He notes humor grows with the worse it gets, delivering a light social critique in his characteristic style.
A humorous exchange at a bridge party pairs a wife asking about her husband's health with a joke about a year without meals due to bad checks. The quip suggests the man was jailed rather than ill, highlighting light gossip and society humor.
In a theatre or lecture hall a woman removes a hat revealing a mass of permanent waves that obstructs the view far more than any hat. The image highlights fashion and public space etiquette as hair takes center stage.
Detroit investigator Duncan C. McCrea says the Black Legion membership claim is a dream far from reality. Most estimates place denunciations shrinking lodge numbers to about one hundred thousand across the Midwest as public scrutiny exposes un-American rituals and reforms.
One year ago Miss Lorraine French Brown climbed a tree to block highway workers from cutting it. Two workmen paid fines but trees were ultimately removed from rights of way. An application from Winchester to the PWA seeks 532000 for a new water supply development. Governor Guy Kump visits Timber Ridge homecoming. Dr. C. R. Anderson hosts guests. Miss Elizabeth Chew and Mr John D. Richardson announce engagement. J. W. H. McIlwee and Handley band depart for FFA rally at Harmony Hall Cedar Creek estate government block sale planned.
Five years ago President Hoover addressed the dedication of Warren G Harding’s tomb in Marion Ohio. The report notes a moth outbreak in Frederick orchards and mentions Dr Weldon M Harlee receiving a medical degree from the University of Virginia. Fort Loudoun D A R chapters plans a Peters at Berkeley Springs. June Fred J Thomas marks Capitol anniversary at Warner Brothers in Winchester.
Ten years after his initial 30 years of service M. M. Lynch is re-elected to the Handley Board. Marcus Ritter hooks a 5 12 pound black bass in the Shenandoah near Berry's Ferry. Descendants of Daniel Gano gather at the Gano homestead on Sleep Creek Valley while Opal Robinson hosts a G A A tea. Mrs Henry S Eley state president departs for Los Angeles for the Kings Daughters convention.
A historical note records the marriage of Edgar Walton Newman second son of Judge E D Newman Woodstock and Miss Helen M Price daughter of Mrs Berry man Price New Market. It also mentions travels of Senator Robert M Ward and Edward Grant selling orchard land near Clearbrook. Nellie Diffenderfer marries John Smith and William C Marshall Jr sails from Galveston to Europe.
On June 17, 1775 British forces and American colonial troops clashed at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Although the Americans retreated after exhausting their ammunition, the engagement demonstrated colonial resolve and tactical lessons for future actions.
A reader quiz from Frederic J. Haskin covers questions on horse race attendance in 1935, American chestnut extinction, office noise effects on efficiency, Akron meaning, School Patrol convention attendance, women TV announcers in England, milk and cherries, Peeping Tom, Marguerite Clark, primary emotions, true wild horses, nickel coins without cents, monthly postage stamps, and the Jubilee term origin.
Observers report the Cleveland convention was well run but predict a difficult race for Landon and Knox. They note intra party harmony and a strong push in key states such as New York Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and California with Democrats advantaged in the South and most farm states.
A narrator recalls a night near Edith Bryce where a quiver passed over her body as she stared into darkness. The account mentions Ward Van Every waiting near his teacher's house during the murder night.
In a tense confrontation, Dow Van Every's plan unravels as Ward and Edith Bryce are arrested. The killer, an expert with an air gun hidden in a flask, dies after a fatal clash with Don Van Every and Keyes, while the detective pieces together the Florence setup and the motive tied to Margalo’s murder.
A jumble of vignettes reports odd events including a Pine Meadow man spanked by a motorist whose car fire ignited matches, drought woes forcing mules to pull plows as cotton sprouts fail, and a Spokane father chasing a runaway son who has escaped juvenile detention again after a long journey.
At 9 p m a couple arrived in a hurry to the rear of St Luke s hospital and sat there for three hours according to witnesses in Kansas City.
Chicago golfer Earle D. Johnson angrily hurled his mid iron on the eighth hole at Brookwood Country Club after a half-topped 185-yard drive. The ball bound 75 yards along the hard fairway as Johnson roared for the green, ball rolling onward.
Nathan Sonenschein claimed his cat chased him into a fur store break in Chicago. Officers found a fox fur neckpiece inside the suspicious bundle.
Chicago caller claimed green snakes with yellow backs swarmed her yard. Detective James Coughlin filed a complaint noting the report was investigated and no snakes were found.
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