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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1937
Page
4
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A biblical proverb notes that riches profit not in wrath but righteousness delivers from death. The line underscores spiritual ethics over material wealth and highlights divine justice.
The Virginia Department of Health, founded in 1908, has grown to an appropriation of 1.25 million dollars reflecting major state progress. Records show declines in typhoid fever, diphtheria, malaria, and tuberculosis compared with earlier years, with alarming death counts from epidemics in the early 20th century.
A note on Margaret Sanger, founder of the first birth control clinic, and the 1914 ban on her monthly magazine Reform Rebel, reflecting early militant advocacy for birth control in New York City and its public reception.
The article recalls Mrs. Sanger's imprisonment and the 1923 founding of the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, now a leading clinic with about 56 000 patients. It notes birth control as vital for Negro women, cites health and social impacts, and urges information delivery to mothers in need through welfare programs.
A Nebraska farmer stores crop surplus in good years to augment short yields, keeping oats and rye for stock feed. He compares his method to Joseph in Egypt and notes public figures like Secretary Wallace advocating a national Ever Normal Granary. The idea warrants study rather than dismissal.
A Cumberland Times item notes a physiology professor at the University of Chicago suggests chewing sticks or straws to dull hunger. It recalls a horse fed sawdust and warns such tactics may backfire as the creature dies. The piece also cites quips from the Alexandria Gazette on prosperity, Fiorella La Guardia, and a book titled The Pattern of These Times.
Fragmented OCR prose describes a stamp issue linked to French Congo disfigurement and tribal warfare, claiming the USSR officially recognizes a diplomatic tongue. It mentions the stamp commemorating an international language and the phrase 16 tiki tongue, with references to wives and warring tribes.
A terse notice records the selection process for West Virginia’s Great Rhododendron honor. It notes the 15S event during the SRE era and credits R. J. Scott as the author. The fragment confirms the plant’s selection but lacks full context.
A reader can get answers to any factual question by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Enclose three cents for a reply.
A long list of trivia and quiz Q and A items covers topics from the National Labor Relations Board to weather forecasts, postage stamps, aviation, and famous historical figures. The entries note organizations, places, dates, and notable names with concise factual prompts and answers.
Handley Public Schools superintendent Garland R Quarnes will address Woodstock High School graduates. Hoye Riley, festival finance chair, urges payment of all unpaid Apple Blossom pledges as business is wound up. General Hapgood retires from the army and plans to tell taxpayers about government excess. Claude Stickley to preside at the I O O F Grand Lodge of Virginia meetings.
Five years ago twenty-five thousand watched as Queen Helen Washington ruled Shenandoah land for two days. Firemen of the city and visiting guests planned a parade to be one of the funniest ever. G G Hughes of North Carolina tried to steal a local airport plane but was stopped by aviators. The queen chose Let Me Call You Sweetheart as the festival song at lunch with the Kiwanis Club.
Ten years ago the City Council chose James P. Reardon for city solicitor. Five young girls narrowly escaped injury when crossing the Neffstown railroad crossing in front of a train. The University of Maryland Glee Club with over thirty voices planned a Friday concert here to benefit flood vic tims. Judge Philip Williams began his first official Wood stock circuit court visit for this district.
Twenty five years ago the Winchester German Club held a dance in Reuss Hall with many young attendees from the area. William E. Carson of Riverton advocated banking reform in a speech to Winchester and Frederick and Men's Association. Berthis Pannett is stopped for driving through Middletown by the town's newly elected mayor. William D. Hockman, 80, dies at his Canterbury home from old age complications.
Mrs. L. W. McIntosh reports discovering an infant corpse buried in the alley behind her home. Miscreants steal large branches from the shrub in front of J. Telzer’s Main street residence. A Shenandoah Valley Agriculture Association committee asks President McKinley to attend the annual fair. Historic event notes Napoleon’s Elba arrest on May 4, 1814.
Charles Stuckey, a London attorney, coldly schemes with Col Lutman and Jim Asson to exploit Jacqueline Smith and her mother for a $1.5 million American inheritance. In Cobenzil the scheme unfolds as Jacqueline questions Jim’s motives while Charles enjoys the hotel terrace and a chance encounter with Jacqueline.
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