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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists annual and short term rates for mail and carrier delivery. Prices shown include one year mail $3.50 and carrier $4.56, six months mail $1.75 and carrier $2.25, three months mail 90 cents and carrier $1.20, and one month mail 30 cents.
Advertising rates listed by word and minimum charge plus memorials and display ads. Transient rate 42 cents per inch by 10 A.M. per day, with contract rates on application. National reps Tenney Woodward and Company listed. Associated Press note states exclusive rights to republish dispatches and local news.
A religious verse echoes Psalm 23. The lines affirm guidance, mercy, and dwelling in the Lord's house forever.
The text criticizes Pennsylvania Governor George H. Earle for ordering steel plants to close amid John L. Lewis’s threats, arguing the move erodes state sovereignty, harms workers, and reflects political calculations. It condemns the suppression of lawful labor and praises workers whose wages are affected.
The Richmond Times Dispatch says Senator Robert W. Daniel mischaracterizes its report that board members could use their positions for political advantage. The paper notes it referenced the word could and reiterates it meant no insult or resignation request, despite Daniel’s charge of false and indecent insinuation.
The Times-Dispatch debate centers on Governor Peery and Senator Daniel with no formal resignation filed. The paper defends its prior stance on holding a seat on the State Board of Education as inconsistent with public policy and rejects insinuations about its reporting.
In Bristol court, Aldrich Simpson swore he received no money to abstain from defending his divorce action. He accused Joan Sutherland of spreading rumors she later apologized for, while she withdrew her slander claim and reportedly paid court costs near $3,000.
A machine has been perfected that marks examinations. The piece contrasts the machine’s precision with the concern of anxious parents regarding exam outcomes.
A Frederick county reader objects to local officials pushing a Prohibition revival by labeling beer and spirits as illegal. The writer notes residents voted to end Prohibition and to legalize beer and liquor, arguing that legal status should guide regulation without renewed Puritanical pressure.
Mayor and Mrs. Anderson will convey city greetings to Winchester England later in the summer. A salute to Winchester will be broadcast over the C B system as official writes Andrew Bell for historical background. The page also notes a 5 year old licensing drive for automobile drivers and local civic notices.
James Cather longtime County Board of Supervisors member dies at his home after a lingering illness. Roosevelt, defeated, leaves for home in despair and denounces former allies Senator Elihu Root and William Barnes. Rev D G Bramlow of the M E Berkeley Circuit elopes with Mabel B Barbour to Hagerstown. Russell L Steele buys half interest in Old Dominion Academy from William R Kline.
Forty years ago Commonwealth Attorney Holmes Boyd Jr arraigned three youths for taking pictures without a license. Leslie Anderson cuts his toe with an axe at his uncle's country home. Gray Beverley falls from a bicycle into mud on West Water street, uninjured. Front Royal defeats Winchester pall team 15 14 in a hard fought game as visitors tally 19 hits on Nicholls. Historic note records June 23 1868 first practical typewriter invented.
Alfred Luttrell argues that no administrative board may exercise legislative power to ban Sunday beer without explicit legislative delegation and cites Virginia and U S constitutional structure. He maintains Frederick County voters retain constitutional right to decide on Sunday alcohol sales and notes prior rulings deeming bans unconstitutional.
Reader can get factual answers by writing The Evening Star Informal Bureau Frederic J Haskin director Washington D C Enclose three cents for reply.
A compilation of Q and A items covering insurance rates for baseball players flight history at Barnum's Bridgeport quarters the first U S Army plane and other curiosities including reading plans for the Bible clocks stockings and T S Eliot nationality.
Washington in June sees Treasury tensions as Under-Secretary Roswell Magill faces internal strife with General Counsel Herman Oliphant amid tax policy debates. Across agencies, housing projects funded by PWA face scrutiny and a quiet social shift occurs as Washington diners adapt to a color free cafeteria in the Interior Building.
Charles Stuckey uncovers Lutman fraud and secures a large inheritance for Jacqueline. Mrs. Smith seizes the moment to plan a move to a hotel as Lutman is ousted and Stuckey contemplates selling the practice.
A jumble of short items from various cities describes a loaded back seat incident with two women in Columbia South Carolina, a dog bite in Indianapolis, a goat sought by a patrolman in Newport News, a pig causing traffic in Pocatello, and lighthearted notes on Chicago barbers raising prices and John L. Lewis linked to fishing via the picket line.
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