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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1936
Page
4
A short note lists figures Hable Hawthorne and Miller associated with the First Ward. The fragment includes a biblical quotation about feeding enemies and giving drink to him who thirsts as a moral maxim.
For years Winchester has debated a new water source. Engineers and the city planning commission submit reports. A bond issue would require a city vote, possibly in the June general election to save costs, with the council urged to act now.
Agricultural experts assure apple growers cicadas pose little threat to fruit trees. The cicadas are not locusts and damage to young trees is considered remote. Leading entomologists nationwide support the view that planting this spring is unlikely to be harmed by cicadas. The loud noise hides a mild impact as the bark is worse than the bite.
The Brooking Institution studied economic recovery and concluded that rising prices alone will not bring recovery. Aimed at guiding policy, the analysis examined a broad set of statistics to argue for a different path to growth.
The report argues that cutting production costs and raising industrial efficiency should lower consumer prices. It warns that artificial price hikes via laws or regulation reduce purchasing power, harm employment and industry, and that reasonable prices enable more buying, boosting demand for goods and steady recovery.
Georgia railway official Tom B. Curtis sought to revive the old nightshirt with help from Clark Howell and Governor Richard Leche. In New York the garment is described as revived and in demand with department stores reporting improved sales and wholesalers noting strong business. The piece notes the late Calvin Coolidge wore one and suggests the nightshirt era may be returning.
A retrospective look at Samuel J. Tilden’s 1876 campaign argues centralism and corruption threaten civil liberties. The piece recalls his popular vote lead, notes his role as Democratic nominee, and contrasts reform calls with modern Roosevelt era state power debates.
Will Rogers relates a joke about a Scotchman at Atlantic City. The tale involves a long car stick and a mishap by the ocean ending in a drowning incident. The piece is attributed to American News Features, Inc.
The article reflects on the enduring strength of centralism as a concept, arguing it remains sound for American and Democratic ideals just as it did sixty years ago. It frames the idea as a stable political principle within evolving national discussions.
Washington reports Mrs. John Garland Pollard being mentioned for the Virginia Democratic national committeewoman post at the June 16 Norfolk convention, conditional on Mrs. R. C. Watts not seeking re election. The Lavish praise notes Pollard as a capable former secretary to four Virginia governors and suggests she would reflect credit on the party if chosen.
Punxsutawney resident Haven Mowry believed lightning strikes only once in a place. A thunderstorm struck while he dismounted from his tractor, the bolt hit the machine again, knocking him down and causing a minor burn.
One year ago Col. R. T. Barton of Richmond was named as one of four commissioners to negotiate sale of Swannanoa near Waynesboro Virginia. Traffic rose as limestone quarries near Strasburg restarted activity. Charles H. Harper urged council to back Route 7 construction. The Dionne quintuplets neared their first birthday and surprised skeptics.
Charles E. Vawter inventor died in a Philadelphia lab blast while recalling a cereus trial where he was acquitted. The report links the event to a 1927 slaying in Christiansburg of Stockton Heth. Other notes mention Dr Nolan Harman preaching a baccalaureate in Boyce and social happenings in Washington DC and local dinners. Cadet Harry Lewis sustains a foot fracture jumping for 8 V A.
Ten years ago Dr Hugh Clark and his bride the former Miss Claudia Jeane White of Henderson North Carolina returned from their bridal trip. Mrs P M Chandler and son Arthur sailed for Cherbourg. Minister and Madame Proch nie of Austria entertained Mr and Mrs Breckinridge Long at luncheon in the George Washington Hotel. Dr Frank T McFadden delivered the baccalaureate address to graduates of Fort Loudoun Seminary.
A compendium of trivia covering government costs per capita, Mauna Loa eruptions cadence, the 1935 US wheat crop, Lusitania memorial site at Cobh, Ab Jenkins’ accident record, the meaning of Muslin from Indian terms, Cecil Rhodes’ dying words, Browning’s Rabbi Ben Ezra inspiration, US lighthouse contributions at Cape Spartel, the early US greenbacks, Governor Lehman’s college attendance, Malchus’s ear, Zeppelin Hindenburg inaugural trip timing, hustings origin, and Margaret Sanger’s birth control focus.
Washington reports the Guffey decision signals a constitutional limit on major social legislation and hints at possible undermining of agencies like Social Security and Labor Boards. Critics warn even old agencies could be attacked, raising fear for broader regulatory framework and rail industry oversight.
Twenty five years ago Col. Jo Lane Stern inspected Company I, 116th Infantry. Richard Evelyn Byrd returned to Winchester from Richmond. Gardiner Hillyard won a contract to paint street signs and mailboxes. The Street committee ordered 35 barrels of oil for an experiment on Fairmont Avenue. C. M. Anderson of Shenandoah County surveyed 5,000 acres for a proposed remount depot at Front Royal. Historic events May 23 1788 South Carolina ratified Constitution.
In Spartanburg South Carolina Fred Gaden 23 fled on a minor charge but Richard Byers a 53 year old policeman chased him after a 100 yard start. Byers used a burst of speed to capture Gaden a few hundred yards from the jail. Also Norman Taylor once aided Edison on talking pictures is now an extra in the films.
Joyce Van Every denies sighting Laura Randall near the murder scene. Keyes questions timing and taxi details as detectives search Randall's room for the ruby diary and an address book. Miss Randall kept a forty-two year diary and suspected Soon, while Laura courted the ruby mystery.
George Andra hooked a city sprinkler truck to a water main and the tank neared full when an auxiliary motor governing sprinkler pressure caught fire. He summoned the fire department which used chemi-
In Mankato Minnesota the old car once driven by the outlaw John Dillinger is now used by Sheriff Frank Cords in official work. Abandoned by Dillinger’s gang, the vehicle reportedly “works swell” for law enforcement duties.
Tl John Semes woke with a sharp neck pain and later doctors at La Salle hospital diagnosed a fractured vertebra.
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