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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
4
Drop the Supreme Court plan and rethink crime policy
The editorial urges dropping the President's court packing bill after Justice Van Devanter's retirement. It argues for a balanced court and notes pending retirements may shift liberal and conservative seats. It also quotes Leona Esch on crime causation, blaming childhood and societal conditions for criminal behavior and urging societal readjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Senate Committee
van Devanter
Congress
Divine Right of States Refuted by Prime Minister Bald
In his valedictory, Stanley Bald rejects both the divine right of kings and any new divine right of states. He warns that centralization and state worship threaten liberty, contrasting Britain’s democratic government with Mussolini and Hitler. He urges Americans to heed the 1776 principle of individual freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Mussolini
Criminals Are Weeds in Human Society
A Martinsville Daily Bulletin mulls cause and effect in human relation dynamics noting that crime and social ills follow predictable patterns rather than mystery. The piece reflects on societal defenses and lessons from observed behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville Daily Bulletin
Alumni consider bigger athletic scholarships at Virginia and Richmond
An editorial notes University of Virginia offers three four year scholarships valued at 2500 dollars each and questions why University of Richmond mirrors the move The piece argues against rewarding athletes over scholars and leadership potential suggesting alumni dreams drive the policy while highlighting the 625 dollar annual value per four year award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
University of Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond
University of Richmond
Virginia
Sutton arraigned on robbery charge in Chester office theft
Raymond Sutton, 34, was arraigned in Chester on a robbery charge after a witness testified $360 was taken from an office. He disputed the amount saying, That was $387. Magistrate M A Honan ordered him held without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Raymond Sutton
Sutton
M. A. Honan
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. Include three cents for reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Question and Answer Almanac Snippets Across Topics
Q and A style items cover count luckner status naval command, Greene rewards, Detroit races stakes and handicaps, Annie Laurie home lease, first public zoo in China, Jimplecute origin, Red Cross aquatic schools, Gus Gennerich burial, US egg forms, mud fence origin, Eutaw flag history, Diorama Corporation, Tyrone Power mother, broken glass use, Great Pyramid dimensions, Mondays holiday plan, citrus origin Florida vs California, Mint history, Titanic Lighthouse Tower, Rhodes scholar, Florida race wagering, Edsel Ford Jupiter Island estate.
State Attorney General Finds No Law Against Nudism
Staples reports no state law prohibiting Nudism in archives. Local Democrats elect delegates to state convention at Norfolk with Mrs Martin Wisecarver as the sole woman on the delegation. Turner Ashby Chapter officers host Virginia district meeting presided by Mrs Bruce Slonaker. Mrs Arbella Clark, 97, dies at Fairmont Ave home of Mrs S B Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staples
Norfolk
Martin Wisecarver
Bruce Slonaker
Turner Ashby
Virginia
Arbella Clark
Taylor
B. Price
Fairmont Avenue
Manana balancing budget and court packing amid Washington chatter
An array of Washington notes report on President R balancing the budget in the old Spanish way Ma n an a 1938 and pushing power authority proposals. Jim Farley's loose talk draws scrutiny while Congress eyes hearings on the Wallace granary plan and the Supreme Court bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manana
Washington
Mr. R
Jim Farley
Senator O'Mahoney
White House
Pat McCarran
Farley
Supreme Court
Congress
TVA
Eastern
Seaboard
Pacific Northwest
Colorado River
Wall Street
Huse Agricultural Committee
Hatton Summers
House Judiciary Committee
Winchester tennis courts ready for play at golf course
Ten years ago the Winchester Golf course opens its new tennis courts. A Michigan farmer destroys two school buildings, killing forty four people including children and teachers. The Winchester Kiwanis Club hosts a senior class luncheon at Handley in a hotel. The Winchester Gas Company showcases a gas powered ice freezing and food chilling device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Course
Michigan
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Handley
Winchester Gas Company
Roosevelt campaign heads to Ohio crowd as 25 years past
Twenty five years ago plans to organize a Young Men's Christian Association begin here. Col. Teddy Roosevelt who lost his voice addresses a 10000 strong Ohio audience in a campaign for president. The two wet candidates for county office win in Jefferson County and Charles Town. Capt Baltzell in charge of officers school for Vamintia near Winchester Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Teddy Roosevelt
Ohio
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Baltzell
U.S
Vamintia
Winchester Inn
Merchants Plan Early Summer Closing Hours
A report notes local merchants consider closing shops an hour early on hot summer days. The item mentions the Staunton to Martinsburg bicycle relay covering 118 miles in about 6.75 hours, and a farm foreman Jake Eberslie cutting a tree yielding rails, cordwood, and shingles. A Pennsylvania court holds that leaving a bicycle briefly parked at a curb isn’t negligence. Historic note marks May 19 1857 as the invention date of an electric fire alarm system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Martinsburg
Jake Eberslie
Pennsylvania
No Wedding For Jacqueline In Turbulent Family Crisis
Charles Lutman confronts Lutman blocking the door in a heated scene over a 1.5 million stake and a forced marriage. Jacqueline declares the engagement off to Jim Asson while her mother schemes shopping and credit. She contemplates working in England as the plot thickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Lutman
Mrs. Smith
Jacqueline
Jim Asson
Jim
Mother
Cobenzil
Colonel Lutman
England
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