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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1937
Page
4
The listing shows Tenney Woodward and Co Inc as advertising representatives with offices in New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles.
A religious message quotes Acts 20 35 highlighting Jesus words it is more blessed to give than to receive. The passage urges generosity and care for the weak as a guiding principle for believers.
Opinion argues the Supreme Court ruling on the social security act marks a turning point toward federal control over individuals and prices. It lauds Rockefeller as a rational, generous industrialist and cites his philanthropy and role in stabilizing the petroleum trade, urging caution about paternalism and the limits of government.
After John D. Rockefeller's death, a wave of negative myth and vilification persists. The piece argues that radical propaganda labeled him criminally responsible for broad progress, including the gasoline motor, and condemns the financial mogul as a generous philanthropist miscast by promoters of class strife.
Dr. Frederick Tilney, Columbia neurology professor, told a research banquet that human evolution will yield a large dome shaped forehead to house a vastly bigger brain. He cited frontal lobe growth and noted current brain use is limited, urging greater harnessing of brain potential for humanity.
A brief note from the Roanoke Times references a phrase associated with Roanoke coverage, attributed to a reliable source noted as As. The item signals a focus on a figure who rarely appears in games or public appearances.
The Evening Star Information Bureau offers readers answers to questions of fact. Readers send in questions to Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Enclose three cents for a reply.
The tale, likely a myth, credits Margaret Roper wife of William Roper with securing and preserving her father Sir Thomas More's head after his execution. The English woman famed for learning is described as the daughter and biographer in various legends.
Britain’s great ship Queen Mary is pronounced ready for her maiden voyage to New York. The item notes a historical look at anniversaries and local events from years past, including graduates and civic activities.
Forty years ago Sam Atwell's horse kicked the buggy dashboard. Washington and Lee University boat crew included R. T. McGuire and Jay Oberlin. City water tasted of rust from new pipes. Winchester Creamery set a one day butter record with 660 pounds churned from 17,000 pounds milk.
The piece argues that Tennessee's Senator George L. Berry and President Roosevelt illustrate the value of recreation. It contends that time for play refreshes the mind and body, preventing fatigue and improving judgment, warning against a life of constant work without relief.
A compilation of Q and A items covering Catiline on immigrants, Diesel engines by Caterpillar, island names on nineteen islands, Ralph Greenleaf’s billiards title, Congress sessions, popular picture magazines, Mars chocolate nicknames, rabbit fur names, German girls organizations, Abie’s Irish Rose cast, war medals totals and distribution, notable WWI figures, Isle of Pines location, and Choctaw term osapa for town fields.
President Roosevelt pushes a plan for nationwide labor standards while Congress shows sharp disagreement over hours and wages. Key figures Connery Black and legal staff clash on the 30 to 40 hour minimum and the scope of federal control.
Jacqueline confronts Colonel Lutman over a will clause that could divert an estate. Charles Stuckey ponders the plot while Jacqueline sneaks toward Lutman to secure a divorce preventing her marriage, as her mother endures hopeful yet weary constraint.
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