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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details for Winchester Virginia, including daily except Sundays, subscription rates, advertising charges, memorials and display ad rules. It notes national advertising reps and AP ownership of news dispatches and local news.
A biblical verse from Proverbs 3 5 6 urges readers to rely on God with all heart and seek guidance for life paths. The teaching emphasizes faith trust and divine direction.
Virginia reports a year end surplus of 321000 dollars due to retrenchment and economies without cutting essential services. National papers including The Wall Street Journal laud the commonwealth as a model of sound finance with low taxes and strong liquidity. Virginia bonds sell at the lowest rate among states, reflecting confidence in its fiscal health.
The common council will hold a city hall meeting tomorrow evening to discuss buying a new water system and choosing a supply source. Experts will explain the situation and the public is invited to learn all facts before deciding.
A St Thomas teacher missed class for a day and a half grieving the death of a pet dog. A doctor says teachers unable to bear such sorrow are not fit to teach, noting dogs are family members for many. The piece questions who should bear the absence cost and argues the impact of losing a dog on normal people.
The homeward-bound Japanese delegate to the London Naval Conference looked for souvenirs for his children. In Paris he planned to buy a miniature Eiffel Tower but noted it was made in Osaka, Japan. He also attempted to purchase toy elephants in India.
A traveler explains that buying trinkets abroad often fails to capture true essence. He notes the difficulty for tourists in selecting authentic items and suggests seeking gifts made by local craftsmen to reflect genuine culture rather than generic replicas.
The article quotes Gilbert Chesterton noting his observation that America lacks true villages with traditional charm. He recalls finding some well laid out, tidy, and green villages but criticizes many as in need of better design and management, suggesting lessons from Europe and England.
A Rio Grande Valley man, near Bracketville, pursues 14 mule loads of purported Santa Anna treasure from the San Jacinto era. He claims proof of the hoard but a mysterious group interrupted the planned unearthing the night before.
Southern Churchman lauds Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd for dedicating his time to world peace. The piece compares his courage to historical acts against dueling and portrays Byrd as a proven hero whose North Pole and South Pole exploits bolster the pacifist cause and Christian ideals in a troubled world.
A Paris museum tour tale narrates a French guide extolling Napoleonic links of a horse named Pet and a calf skeleton. The guide claims the horse Hapolen rode in great victories, then reveals the calf skeleton is Pet as a colt, presenting a humorous National pride anecdote.
A concealed wire is discovered in a courtroom in Trenton New Jersey. Miss Ewing's dancers perform their annual recital. Miss Mary Darden a Handley teacher departs for Franklin Virginia. Invitations go out for the July 2 wedding of Miss Jane Hasting Scully and Rev Rodney Thayne Taylor. Miss Mary Wilkins of Boyce is elected to Phi Theta Kappa at Blackstone College.
The Graf Zeppelin lands at Lake Constance showing this craft can touch down on water. The Commercial and Savings Bank will pay a 3 percent dividend. The season’s hottest day reads 97 degrees. Edward Presgrave of Boyce is injured in a fall from a truck. Rev and Mrs 8 J Goode are traveling to Ohio.
Governor Byrd asks that results from the gas price inquiry be turned over to the President without awaiting Congress. W. E. Carson will chair a newly formed Commission on Conservation and Development. Virginia congressman William A. Jones is commemorated by Filipinos with a War Saw memorial in War Saw Virginia. Grace Arénis, Virginia’s wealthiest woman, dies. A clue to the missing link is sighted in the Belgian Congo.
Miss Nena Gold Walter becomes bride of Mr J Erle Carter of Baltimore as reports note the marriage in city society pages. W Hietz attends directors meeting of the state Horticultural Society in Baltimore. A brief wheat yield forecast appears for Frederick County. H Clay Krebs is reported recovering from illness. Judge E Boyd Faulkner sells 180 acres of Berkeley County land at 165 dollars per acre.
The Star urges attention to Winchester water supply gaps and low pressure in high areas. It cites insurer warnings and health cautions about a potential epidemic and urges Civic League members to attend a 7:30 pm meeting of the Common Council in the city courtroom to address water issues.
A reader is told to write The Evening Star Formation Bureau in Washington D C to get factual answers and to enclose three cents for a reply.
A compilation of short Q and A items covers DOJ convictions rate at 94 percent, Chicago Century of Progress expenditures led by auto exhibitors at $9,009,000, and facts about the President's Cottage at White Sulphur Springs. Other entries include origins of phrases, baseball bases, Cyrano, Milwaukee as German Athens, Dreadnought sobriquet, time difference by latitude, Holstein cattle colors, California length, and notable older women's status.
Major George L. Berry leads a new cross party committee to compile a running, up to date inventory of unemployment using existing federal agencies. Members from management and labor coordinate, plus a construction sector appointee, aiming to sharpen definitions of employed and unemployed and address untrained workers.
Joan Spencer plans a weekend trip to the Connecticut Sound estate of Julian Sloane after receiving a misaddressed interview letter. She hopes to meet the celebrity author, expects lunch with him, and imagines an autograph as reward. Her sister Dorothy cautions against the scheme while Joan rationalizes it as a harmless adventure.
Joan faces Win’s abrupt engagement news and a cryptic letter from Beatrice. She travels to Julian Sloane’s estate to seek answers, confronting pride, romance, and the lure of a glamorous literary world as the summer unfolds.
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