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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. Subscriptions are $3.50 yearly $1.75 for six months 9 cents for three months and 30 cents for one month in advance.
Classifieds at two cents per word with minimum charge and cash required. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 A M. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. National representatives listed in multiple cities.
A brief devotional message quotes Numbers 6 24 26 blessing readers with a prayer for God to bless keep shine gracious lift up countenance and give peace in a solemn benediction style.
The piece quotes U S Senator Joseph T Robinson criticizing the growing debt and federal spending. It notes April added 6 066 federal employees and urges Democrats to pursue a balanced budget and curb wasteful expenditures.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot reports New York's Fifth Avenue hosts the world's first class office building nearing occupancy. Officials anticipate readiness may be achieved soon amid preparations for tenants.
An article discusses a six story New York building using glass brick panels at street level and fibrous glass insulation. It explores cost cutting amid lumber scarcity, potential broader use of glass in walls floors and ceilings, and how such structures could influence materials, labor, and building codes in coming years.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports Hetty Green left about 1 000 000 in rare US currency to collectors but executors turned over only 198 176 at face value to the Treasury and burned the rest. Officials say destruction boosted the value of remaining pieces as a lesson in scarcity.
The Richmond News Leader notes broad national confidence despite scattered pockets of radical industrial rule and signs of fascistlike sentiment as the CIO wins wage battles from Flint to Youngstown and tests public patience.
No local boys placed in F F A rally at Blacksburg. Harold G. Brown of Shenandoah Valley Bank chosen to serve on a state bankers executive committee. Mothers of World War II soldiers visit Woodrow Wilson birthplace on the first pilgrimage of its kind. E A Crown urges electric razor owners to install eliminators to cut city static. In a past era, federal tax on checks was proposed to balance budgets.
Twenty five years ago Morris Shanholtz, seven, killed a huge copperhead snake near his home in the Enon area. C L Hawkins was struck by lightning while seated at his door in a recent storm. The council debated using electricity to run spring water pumps. W H Baker chaired the meeting. Many expect Taft to be renominated by Republicans while Roosevelt adherents remain in contention.
Edgar A. Arnold hosts a picnic for boys at John Kerr High School. A group including James B. Russell and others depart by train to Nashville for the Confederate veterans convention. Dr. John S. Lupton showcases a branch to indicate a large orchard crop. City leaders condemn county supervisors for rejecting a land donation proposal for Market square public building.
The entry notes a historic event dated June 19 1884 proclaiming Texas joined the United States. It marks annexation as a major national development.
Monroe Michigan faces a tense standoff as CIO agitators threaten to return within days. Mayor Knagg vows citizens will defend their community against armed invaders while ex servicemen enlist in local Vigilantes. About 5000 citizens are believed ready to prevent outside intervention at Newton Steel Plant. The piece draws a parallel to Milan's 1919 Fascist mobilization actions.
Kathleen Norris, arriving from Europe in an indignant mood, targets the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and predicts the Sweetest Story Ever Told will end in less than two years. She says Edward missed his chance to serve and the royal couple must stay together, as love and monarchy endure.
In Seattle Washington Boyd Southern a zoo attendant got chest and shoulder injuries after an elephant named Wideawake leaned toward him and he moved between the animal and a brick wall. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
A reader seeks facts from Frederic J Haskin in Washington D C. Topics cover Chinese tongs in New York San Francisco sights Old Gold contest spending steam power milk pasteurization and more. Answers list dates figures and places such as Lusitania Memorial at Cobh Ireland America s Cup races Nantucket August.
Washington notes recount John Nance Garner’s 1930 call for Treasury tests and his 1932 stance as Speaker against undermining confidence in tax collection. The piece tracks the La Follette committee hearings, cinema as testimony, and the vaulting of archives for film records amid Mellon donations and the Lafayette Square landmark area.
In a tense dialogue Jacqueline learns Lutman planned to marry her mother for the money and the will. Charles Stuckey admits he staged the kidnapping with Captain Allwright to protect Jacqueline and foil Lutman’s scheme as a midnight confrontation looms.
Portland Oregon Mayor Joseph K Carson coord id de lousing bust as 160 California and Nevada Kiwanians en route to Indianapolis convention pass through. Station reception sprayed with rose water aim to rid crawling bugs and travelers claim they were planted on them. In Columbus Ohio William Safford 16 fell through a theatre roof crash landing on feet head and clothes stained crimson. later found to be red paint from marquee bucket and he escaped injury.
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