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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
4
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A religious quotation from Jeremiah 31 33 about God's law written in hearts and the people becoming his. The passage emphasizes inwardly written law and a personal relationship with God.
Dr. Thomas H Parran urged the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in Richmond to join local state and national campaigns against syphilis. He warned of high transmission and costs and called for a sound child health program and a broad educational crusade to control the disease. The Surgeon General stressed the need for cooperation among health authorities newspapers and the public to meet the challenge.
The Washington Post notes the annual Pulitzer Prize awards trigger ongoing discussion in literary and journalistic circles. Critics question the criteria for distinction as judges defend the board’s selections amid the complex task of defining prestige.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch earns a merit for meritorious public service tied to exposing wholesale fraudulent registration. John W. Owens of the Baltimore Sun wins for the most distinguished editorial writing. The Sun marks the paper’s centennial since May 17, 1937.
The State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission favors two rest days on Wednesdays and Thursdays during eastern Virginia's hunting season. Sunday closures remain, creating three days of protection weekly. The plan includes new restrictions on trapping and muskrat hunting, plus higher deer bag limits in eight eastern counties.
Marvin Creager of the Milwaukee Journal told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that Roosevelt's 1932 reelection showed a defeat for editors would not grant the press power to sway elections. He argued the public power of newspapers rests in information, not in attempting to control votes.
The note states readers can get factual answers by writing to The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin and to enclose three cents for a reply. The service invites inquiries on any question of fact.
A compilation of trivia items answers questions about the oldest living thoroughbred, Mussolini’s height, college courses on marriage, and more. The questions cover notable people, places, and events with concise facts and dates.
Anthony Eden says the League of Nations must continue after Ethiopia's fall to Italy. City Council passes an ordinance banning the use of certain wagons and certising. Rev Wallace Brashears reports a 7 lb catfish catch at Market Street M E Church. Apple Blossom week traffic shows over 100000 cars with no fatal accidents. Five years ago Mrs. R T Barton hosted a festival buffet. Tulip gardens of Mr and Mrs Hodgson bloom on East Clifford. Brucetown pupils stage a Tom Thumb mock wedding with Jack McAboy minister. Marie Dressler stars in Emma at Palace Theatre with festival newsreels.
Ten years ago plans for Commander Byrd to make a non stop flight to Paris were halted by an accident. The record mentions testing gasoline motor engines on the Harpers Ferry Strasburg run. Work began on widening Main Street and installing an underground sewer. Cecellia Gilbert a respected elderly colored resident dies after a brief illness.
A train carrying Confederate veterans to a Macon Georgia convention derails, killing six or more men. In Washington, George S. Hietz dies after being struck by a baseball during a Sunday School league game. The Cunard liner Altana strikes an iceberg near the Titanic site but reaches port. Elsie Nicholas, missing two months from a New York hospital, is found intoxicated in a tenement hallway.
Forty years ago Dora Lee driving mare of Hugh Grant spooked by a dog with no injuries. Delegates meet President McKinley about joining Masons in Hiram Lodge on Main Street. W C T U staging two temperance dramas at the Court House, The Drunkard's Warning and The South End Hose Co. receives city funds to build hose and engine house on Monmouth Street. Historic note recalls first telephone conservation with ship at sea.
The passage asserts the paper functioned to inform voters in the last campaign by presenting facts. It claims voters responded based on those facts with no detente or shadow of doubt.
In Boston James Roosevelt urged that job creation be a state duty, not a federal one, arguing that Massachusetts and the commonwealth should lead in relief efforts. The remarks drew Capitol interest, with senators seeking copies as critics note the administration’s evolving farm and budget policies.
London lawyer Charles Stuckey joins a plot to steal a $1.5 million American inheritance from Jacqueline Smith. Col Lutman and Jim Asson push a rushed marriage via a forged deed while Mrs Smith seeks a speedy wedding, with Jacqueline observing and weighing her options.
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