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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is listed as a daily newspaper published by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia except on Sundays, and entered at the local post office as second class matter.
The notice lists subscription options with advance payment: one year four dollars and fifty cents, six months two dollars and twenty five cents, three months one dollar twenty, one month forty cents, and weekly ten cents.
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports 21 states have strict procedures to guard against forgery in cigarette tax stamps. Many require a designated agent at printing plants, use decalcomania stamps, and enforce security such as locked production areas, water marked paper, and special inks. New York City plans large stamp orders as cigaretto tax starts May 1, with Ohio and Pennsylvania among top consumers in 1937.
The International City Managers Association reports four cities expanding parking by creating or requiring spaces near business districts. Flint Michigan plans a belt of lots around its central business district. Saginaw Michigan and Clintonville Wisconsin provide parking for nearly all city cars. Batavia New York proposes leasing large lots funded by a business volume assessment. Bronxville New York passed a zoning amendment mandating parking facilities for new private dwellings.
Raleigh News and Observer reports Leeds Moberly of Philadelphia speaking at a Charlotte meeting of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. He criticizes Southern misperceptions while discussing postwar poverty and Northern and Southern responsibilities, noting pensions paid to Union veterans and Southern tax contributions.
The piece argues that Northern policies and tariffs harmed the South after the Civil War. It contends humanitarian rhetoric in Reconstruction hid exploiters seeking subsidies and plunder, and that Northern actions helped fuel Southern decline. It asserts shared blame for national economic policies and cautions against blaming only the South.
Prices of general goods from the 1830s are cited from a 1902 Raleigh source. The piece notes needle costs, handkerchief prices, broadcloth, pepper, gunpowder, nails, sugar, coffee, flour, molasses and bacon, with wages then and now, and argues for economic methods to align wages with prices amid large-scale production and regulation needs.
News of Other Years notes Handley High School’s 1937 graduating class of 127 members with Mary Scully serving as class president. W. W. Glass is invited to serve as Memorial Day orator by U D C Chapter on June 6. House appropriations committee overrides pleas and recommends 1.5 billion dollars for work relief. Mrs. J W Rosenberger elected Regent of Fort Loudoun D A R at a meeting with Mrs. Cookus in Hagerstown.
Five years ago Company B under Capt Ralph Sum mel won an inter battalion drill at Handley. Final festival contributors are announced by treasurer Clifford D Grim and the financial report will be published soon. Mrs Henry B Gilpin hosts a small dinner party before the Winchester Little Theatre spring play. District Nurse Association reports many Scarlet Fever cases in April.
An official of Shenandoah Valley Inc praised a recent service at the Presbyterian church where he attended as a stranger and felt welcomed. John Green, Robert Barr, Joe Hodgson and Marcellus Anderson of Friendship Fire Co. Quartet will sing at the company's annual banquet. Lions and Elks Clubs attract large crowds to their inter club series opener. Mr and Mrs S C Brooks celebrate the birth of a son, Sam Jr., born Saturday May 12.
Twenty five years ago the Northern Virginia Power Co extension was planned after the Winchester and Washington City R A Co. Army officers in Washington visit Shenandoah Valley spots to scout cavalry camp sites. Evelyn Thaw returns to the stage reportedly earning 3000 dollars.
Forty years ago the Ladies National Memorial Association met at Mrs. W. R. Willis home to discuss Memorial Day activities. Charles Spellman, nephew of T. and M. Conway, wins first prize in the decorated bicycle division in Orlando, Fila. Martial law is declared in Spain amid nationwide rioting as the United States leads in the Spanish American War.
A collage of questions and answers covers topics from post office construction totals to George Washington’s smallpox, Diesel engines, Washington Monument height, veteran re examinations, dog products, tax history on tobacco, Floyd Collins funeral, unborn protection laws, largest advertiser, Salutation to the Dawn, pipe cleaning, Boston Tea Party value, and 1937 gasoline usage. Includes multiple named people places and organizations.
A 1930s opinion piece argues Justice Hugo Black shows insufficient legal skill and training, delivering solitary dissents and political tracts rather than sound rulings. It warns future Roosevelt nominees might worsen court efficiency and urges Senate scrutiny of qualifications.
Barbara Deeley and Garry Page advance a complex relationship amid theater plans. Barbara, wary of outside influence, faces Natalie's cautions while Garry pursues Wenda Ayer for a role and invites a tea meeting with the cast. The pair wrestle with trust, romance, and career pressures as the night ends with unresolved tension.
The Springfield Republican discusses predictions of a strong national labor party in 1940 and the constitutional risk of an Electoral College deadlock. It explores how a Democrat victory could hinge on the South's conservative orientation and the potential political realignments across regions.
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