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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1936
Page
4
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The article notes growing European arms race pressures with Britain boosting air and naval forces and re organizing industry. It also cites Italy's Ethiopia campaign fueling Mediterranean tension and Mussolini's threat of war, plus a publisher courting promising writers amid looming conflict.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports lower mortality for married men and women compared with bachelors and single women. Married individuals show more regular habits and mutual health regard, suggesting marriage contributes to longer life and warning that singles face higher death rates.
The Richmond News-Leader notes the mutual struggle of travel, money, time, and seizing opportunities for young writers to publish. It argues that success comes only if one attempts to break into print despite early obscurity and the lure of market access. Public taste shapes the path for aspiring authors.
The Baltimore Sun recalls Ben Greet who died in England at an old age. He trained generations of American students in Shakespeare through the Ben Greet Players, staging As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with memorable scenes and lighting. The tribute honors a life devoted to cultural service.
Sixty bands from across the country competed in the ninth annual national high school band contest in Cleveland. Players numbered eighty to one hundred per group, with colorful uniforms and excellent music. The event showed orderly, respectful behavior from the young performers, who toured, shopped, and discussed music in a credit to their towns, schools, and teachers.
In Kentucky two stone and steel stories spanning a hundred by a hundred feet, a subterranean vault will guard six billion dollars in gold. The金 is a symbol, backing the country’s wealth in fertile lands, forests, mines, oil, and water power, though the gold itself cannot be eaten or used.
Will Rogers offers a humorous take on taxi drivers and honesty in a series of anecdotes. The pieces reflect his signature wit and observational style as he comments on everyday fairness and clever tricks in city life.
A New York beanery anecdote centers on a man who found a missing two thousand dollars and returned it after a week. He was paid two dollars as the reward, while the finder notes no interest was charged on the recovery. American News Features, Inc.
A compiled Q and A feature answers readers on topics from Lord Howe Island seeds to Nellie Bly's real name Elizabeth Cochrane. It lists figures on strikes, etiquette, and notable historical trivia with brief explanations.
The passage argues that while labor yields results, the original discoverers possessed it first and that some defend guarding it to preserve social balance and prevent chaos. It reflects on ownership, effort, and the role of invention in society.
The New York Daily News popularizes "foto" for photograph with captions and a column on "The Inquiring Photographer" while grammarians may object. The term has already become accepted in some European countries such as Spain, where spellings evolved with reforms.
A public notice condemns habitually honking cars as a nuisance. It urges restraint and warns impatient drivers to use horns only for warnings, requesting police intervention for those who push noise to push speed in traffic. The message paints honkers as self centered and dangerous to others on the road.
One year ago Mrs Beatrice Schmucker wife of Rev Roy F Schmucker formerly of Gore is to inherit 100000 dollars. Wild Flower Show at Monterey on May 25 expected to draw many. Charles Mort elected to Delta mere Epsilon at Brown University. Ansel Solenberger reports as Kiwanis Club president. Schneider Handley twirler leads club in batting.
Five years ago Mrs. Frank T. McFaden hosted U D C members. Wyatt H. Richard planned an England sale study trip. Albert Sidney Johnson, Newport News James River Bridge manager, was a guest. Senator Swanson anticipated Europe sail. D J Howard of Richmond also visited.
Ten years ago Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson from Lexington visits Winchester. Miss Martha Hopewell becomes the bride of Mr. Robert Gordon. Census reveals continued city influx. Western Maryland railway employees forced to invest part of earnings in oil stock.
Rev W J Meeks of Midland Md arrives to preach the baccalaureate sermon at Middletown District Agricultural High School. Ex Secretary of War Dickinson to speak at Confederate Memorial exercises in Front Royal. Pompanius stallion dies valued at 3000 owned by North Frederick Horse Company. A black snake tries to eat a stray calf on W H Keyser farm in Page. Delia Metz engages to Maddie Chamberlain. Historic May 25 delegates met to frame the U S Constitution.
The article profiles Senator James Couzens of Michigan as a wealthy, independent liberal who supports Roosevelt’s heart for the underprivileged yet opposes his advisers’ impractical theories. He plans to run for Senate as a Republican, citing seniority and parliamentary precedence, while Democrats seek his ticket. It also notes vigilance over a bankruptcy bill that could empower large inside creditors, spotlighting Hopson’s Associated Gas & Electric case and a near passage amid liberal backlash.
Laura Randall records Joyce Van Every’s life at her uncle Mr. Van Every's estate revealing a tense mix of devotion, distant servants, a guarded ruby linked to Ossining, and Joyce's boyfriends Allan Foster and Seon. The diary entries describe nuns, a mysterious safe, and growing journal tension as October unfolds.
A butterfly follows nine year old Robert Phillips to school fluttering around his face and posing for photos in class. Greenfield removes ten granite hitching posts ending long citizen protests. Robert J Bliss seeks marriage with Norma Pike from Bliss New York after license in Beaver. L J Soper jailed for mail fraud seeks refund on unused round trip ticket after Phoenix start.
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