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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription options with annual, semi annual, quarterly, and monthly rates for mail and carrier delivery. Pricing includes 3.50 per year in advance by mail and 4.50 by carrier, with shorter terms shown for six months and three months.
Tenney Woodward and Company, Inc. is identified as national advertising representatives with offices in New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles.
The piece argues that privileging certain classes or setting wages by force harms the general welfare. It contrasts miners and capitalists over fair wages, warning both extremes threaten industry stability and long term prosperity. It stresses that the welfare of all depends on just wealth distribution and balanced collective bargaining.
Twenty three states plus the District of Columbia and Alaska now allow women to serve on juries. Connecticut and New York move toward equal obligation while several states let women choose whether to serve.
Danville Register quotes John L. Lewis arguing that a proposed wage hour law defining a fair wage would disrupt collective bargaining. Lewis warns that administrators could reduce pay in industries like mining, undermining bargaining gains. He notes incompatibility of a fixed fair wage with collective bargaining goals.
Representative John Ridley Mitchell of Tennessee again introduces a bill to abolish the 20 cent per mile travel allowance Congress votes each session for trips to Washington. The measure is pigeonholed in committee but supporters urge passage, arguing actual costs are far less than the current $220,000 annual travel outlay.
The article notes likely Virginia General Assembly action to expand state functions with millions in school appropriations and at least 2.5 million annually for old age assistance. Tax Commissioner Morrissett urges consideration of funding methods, avoiding debt, as expenditures rise. A plan suggests about 6.5 million more for teacher pay every two years.
Former Democratic New York governor Al Smith calls for New Deal critics and discontented Democrats to join the Republican party amid postwar era tensions.
Twenty five years ago J. B. Haldeman is elected president of the Alfalfa Club with Lucien Lupton as secretary. The Cadwallader store in Vaucluse is robbed of stamps, checks totaling 120 dollars, and 90 dollars in cash. Roosevelt considers heading an independent Progressive party in the presidential race. Ethel Lovedy Athey wed Grover Carson Cooper in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacey.
Forty years ago a trio of young ruffians failed to hold up J W Athey near the pumping station as the revolver intimidated them into fleeing. Mrs Barr and Miss Alsdorff are thrown from a trap when harness breechings break and the horse bolts. The Hotel Evans opens publicly as a modern, well equipped hostel. Henry Jackson, a city cleaner, escapes from jail with the entire police force in pursuit after failing to pay fines.
The United States Justice Department was established on June 22 1870 as a federal law enforcement and legal oversight agency joining the executive branch. It marked a centralized federal approach to crime prosecution and legal administration in the post Civil War era.
A plan combining higher salaries with free textbooks and a teachers pension would add about 5 million dollars, plus old age assistance. Analysts say the only practical revenue source appears to be a sales tax, despite Virginia's hostility to tax increases. The piece warns Virginians to expect tax hikes as the legislative program moves forward amid the political campaign.
The Worcester Gazette notes that the government cannot readily rebate 993 million dollars in processing taxes. It argues the administration struggles to locate new taxes and should not be forced to chase old ones.
In Grand Island, a board of censors rules a certain play "within the law" bringing rare good news to a playwright facing prolonged trouble. The ruling is described as the worst break the writer has had in some time, highlighting the tug between artistic risk and regulatory clearance.
Suburban readers are urged to equip lawn mowers with radios for up to date weather and alerts. The piece promotes practical accessories for home yard work and safety.
An Eastern optometrist notes visibility and color perception may affect driving danger. He asks why statements about blond drivers include the phrase at the wheel of a motor car at night and questions the need for that qualification.
A reader can get the answer to any fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau. The page lists Q and A on topics from poster design by Norman Rockwell to population in Paris, Norway temperatures, books without E letter, Hawaiian leis, U.S. cattle, Westminster Abbey burials, and more with authoritative brief explanations.
Washington notes quote Secretary of Labor Perkins saying there will be no more penalties if business cooperates with the current labor standards plans. Three unofficial notes: no modification to NLRA appeals. full hearings under wages and hours bill. unions to craft ethics codes without government regulation. Also features anecdotes on Senator Glass and a court bill fight with costs to opponents.
Charles coolly dismantles Lutman’s blackmail via poisoning and theft, freeing his future wife Jacqueline. Lutman is dumped to river via Allwright, while Charles knits an alibi with Jacqueline and her mother, ending with Lutman’s exposure as a petty fraud.
The Wakeeney Kansas wedding chain joins Arvilla M Bell to Harold F Hillman in a fourth sister to Hillman brothers union. Earlier marriages include Jessie Bell with Edgar W Hillman in 1927 and Ula Bell with Ernest H Hillman Jr in 1929, followed by Oakie Bell with Arnold Hillman in 1931. In Buffalo Missouri Izzaak Walton’s compleat angler is challenged as E S McCurdy remarks his dog is not a fisherman though he plans to fish.
A dog goes outside and digs in the ground to find worms. The simple yard activity shows a canine routine as it searches the soil. No person or organization is involved.
Three day old Ernest Stacey waves a splint at his nurse after doctors say he was born with a broken arm to Mr. and Mrs. W. Stacey in Wapato Washington. He is the son of the Stacey family and his condition is described as a birth injury.
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