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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices by mail and carrier for yearly and shorter terms and shows advertising rates including classified pricing, display ads with borders, and national representatives. It also notes the paper is a member of the Associated Press.
A religious verse from the book of Habakkuk is quoted criticizing those who enable drinking. The wording warns against giving alcohol to others to entice them to sin or reveal private matters.
Detroit reports rising demand for automobile trailers and optimism about their future. A schoolteacher’s vacation in a trailer demonstrated low travel costs and broad educational and recreational opportunities, suggesting trailers are here to stay and will prompt social and legislative considerations nationwide.
The Shenandoah Herald comments on a Virginia General Assembly measure requiring a Master’s degree for County Superintendent of Schools. It claims 56 experienced superintendents would be ousted and questions the merit of degrees as a prerequisite, arguing practical qualifications matter more than academic letters.
A passage rails at signatures and degrees while mocking credentialed leaders. It cites Ben Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Forrest, Carnegie, Edison, Ford, Rockefeller, and Shakespeare as examples of supposed undereducated elites, arguing for practical merit over titles.
The Metropolitan Opera Company tours to the sticks drawing Cleveland audiences of over 9,000 nightly and shatters records. The piece notes Americans rarely attend grand opera, yet social interest and spectacle draw long lines of fans from far away towns.
Mrs. Mary Flanagan of Montrose West Virginia earned a contest prize and visited New York to see the big city she calls merely crowded by 200 Montrose residents and many more in Elkins. She raised ten children and defends her national issues ideas as ordinary readers understand through a local weekly paper.
Greenville readers learn from Dr Henry McIntosh editor of the Al Herald that woodpecker drilling on a Gainesville church cross is not food related. The editor explains that tapping on dead wood is a display call while foraging is quiet.
An observer notes the woodpecker’s preference for resonant surfaces such as a metal ridge pole or church steeple. The bird’s drumming on sound-making objects is described as its calling card and source of amusement, reflecting a playful character.
The Danville Register contrasts Ro bert W. Bingham's Court of St James attire with Charles G. Dawes prior refusal to wear knee breeches. It argues diplomacy favors conforming to foreign customs to gain goodwill, noting Bingham will represent America with restraint and good manners.
Twenty eight Lions Club members travel to Harrisonburg for a zone meeting. In Orange County a sheriff and two Black men die during a gun battle as officers attempt to serve a warrant. several others are wounded. Dr Hugo Eckener, citing a political rift in Germany, will not sail with the airship Hindenburg on its second voyage to the United States. Mayor and police declare war on speeders and reckless drivers after initial warnings are ignored.
Five years after the Lindbergh baby case Col Lindbergh reportedly faced ruin after spending over 200000 in the search and the child’s burial was found in New Jersey. Hansbrough and Carter celebrate their 50th year with no insurance loss disputes. John A Stuart, son of Dr and Mrs E C Stuart, dies after long illness. Red Tape, horse of Dr L M Allen, wins the hitter stake at the Capitol Horse Show at Bradley Farm near Washington.
A retrospective item recalls the Blue Ridge Hunt Club announcing a horse show for the week of May 21. It notes Capt H C Gray’s balloon ascent of 42 470 feet as a Bureau of Standards record and mentions ongoing transatlantic flight interest amid bad weather.
Forty years ago S V A students staged The Nephew s Uncle at the court house with Miffin Swartz in the lead role. Magistrate E L Hadison disposed of civil cases crowding the docket. Margverite Trenholm entertained cast at dinner in Judge William Atkinson s home. Edward Yeakley of J H Grier s sash and door factory was dangerously injured by a stray bullet through a factory window.
A read fragment notes a historic event dated May 15 1862 involving the United States and an agricultural organization. The readable text provides few specifics beyond the date and general topic.
For 18 days the Morgans ate a chicken daily hoping to drop a $100 diamond from Mrs. Morgan's ring while feeding birds. They ran out of chickens and the diamond turned up in the gizzard of the last rooster.
Reader can obtain factual answers by writing to The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin. Include three cents for reply.
A long list of trivia questions and answers covers ant carrying capacity, disguising tastes with syrups, tobacco use, alabaster molding, planetary orbits, the nth degree, Yale's name, burial sites, film rights to Hector Bolitho, Paris hotel rates, strikes averted by the NLRB, and more. It includes notable figures like Elihu Yale and Hetty Green, and ends with notes on the Rogers Memorial and Everglades Park.
Washington reports that the Bank of England purchased about 25 million dollars in gold, sparking talk of a Washington London arrangement over the U S gold price. Officials deny any formal pact while noting British stocks have fallen as markets weigh the U S price policy and potential future changes.
A series of Q and A items cover topics from floodlit towers to record sales and gold mined in the Black Hills. It notes a fixed light from the Shrine of the Sun tower, 125 miles visibility, three million records sold monthly, $300 million in gold mined since 1875, ammonia water origin from stags horns, 32 groves in Sequoia National Park, hair dye history dating to ancient Egypt, Button Gwinnett will dispute, and 3,000,000 tulip bulbs along eight miles of lanes in Holland Michigan.
In a London cafe, Charles Stuckey agrees to a scheme to defraud Jacqueline Smith, as Col. Lutman and ex-convict Jim Asson push a sham marriage to gain her American uncle’s $1,500 inheritance. Miss Harringay exposes the ruse, warning Jacqueline of the men’s true motives and of Asson's lack of funds. Jacqueline faces a tightened trap as plans unfold in Pimlico and Belgravia.
Miss Harringay accuses Jacqueline of stealing Jim Asson and vows to keep him. She asserts she waited three years, says Asson would not marry Jacqueline, and threatens to confront any plan to wed him. Jacqueline urges her to state facts and finish.
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