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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1936

Page

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Prospects Of Power Report Bitter Fight Submits Tax Bill

Senate finance committee approval of a rewritten tax bill sparks foreseen floor battle. Byrd deems the measure less harmful than the House version, while administration leaders hint at floor substitutes and continued tax debate.

Byrd House Washington Senate Finance Committee Senate Committee Treasury Roosevelt King Utah Finance Committee Senate D-Va

Encouragement for Graduates Entering the Job Market

Winchester urges employers to support new graduates as they leave college with diplomas. He notes many will face discouragement and scarce openings but promises they will not be denied. A kind letter or gesture can aid their progress and costs nothing.

Wanted settled couple cook and chauffeur near city

Wanted ads seek a settled couple to work near the city with living quarters board and $50 monthly. Apply Skull's Lodge Berry's Ferry Route 50.

Skull's Lodge Berry's Ferry

Reproductions and Upholstery Services Advertised

Reproductions in upholstering refinishing and repairing own furniture offered. Reasonable rates. Cook's corner Valley Pike contact via Phone 1446. May 1986 classified item listing.

Cook's Corner Valley Pike

Winchester Park Association Meeting Rescheduled for Monday

The Winchester Park Association moves the meeting to next Monday night at 8 o'clock to finish work for opening playgrounds after school. Members and citizens are urged to attend as tennis courts near completion and softball diamonds and other facilities require further effort.

Winchester Park Association

Miss Barbour to Speak at North Braddock Street Church

Miss Evelyn Barbour of New York City will speak at the United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street during the 11 oclock service tomorrow morning. She has spoken in the local church on two prior occasions and was well received. The public is invited to attend.

Evelyn Barbour New York City United Brethren Church North Braddock Street Miss Barbour

Memorial Day Rites For Soldier Dead Observed

Memorial Day services at the National Cemetery honored veterans from all wars. Rev. Charles W. Caulkins urged dedication to democracy and peace as flags and flowers graced graves under Capt. D. M. Sprinkle’s supervision with help from the Ladies National Memorial Association and Boy Scouts.

Charles W. Caulkins Civilian Conservation Corps National Cemetery Ladies’ National Orial Association D. M. Sprinkle Coopery Memorial Association Boy Scouts

Memorial Day Program for Confederate Services in Stonewall Cemetery

Invitations go to city military groups and fire companies for the Confederate memorial in Stonewall Cemetery on June 6. A morning parade forms at City Hall at 10 o clock led by marshal Dr George H Heist with J William Stryker assisting. Colorful tributes include grave decorations, Boy Scout help, and a program at Stonewall Cemetery with band, prayers, address by William W Glass, and benediction.

Stonewall Comery Cameron Street George H. Heist J. William Stryker Stonewall Mount Hebron Stonewall Memorial Association Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Stonewall Cemetery Handley High School W. H. McIlwee E. T. Clark First Baptist Church William W. Glass Emmett B. McGukin Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Mr. Clark Volley Company Tr. Taps. Bugler Jefferson Davis Confederate States Virginia South

Rexall One Cent Sale Continues at Brooks Pharmacy

Brooks' Pharmacy runs a Rexall One Cent Sale with low prices through Monday June 1 offering super values and savings opportunities for shoppers. The notice highlights ongoing deals and urges customers to visit for discounts.

Rexall Brooks’ Pharmacy

Mrs Young Injured in Zioncheck Apartment Scuffle

Mrs Benjamin Scott Young, 92, was carried to a hospital with a fractured right hip after a scuffle in the apartment she leased to Representative Marion Zioncheck. She accused Zioncheck and associates of forcing her from her home and vowed to press a warrant. Police questioned her age and details as events moved quickly after Zioncheck returned to Washington.

Washington Benjamin Scott Young Marion Zioncheck Seattle Wash Goutend Young Zioncheck Pittsburgh

Open Air Concert Draws Large Crowd at Handley High

In front of Handley High School the Winchester Public Schools presented their first open air concert attracting around 2,000 attendees. Directed by Mrs Hoye Riley the event featured a 500 voice chorus and included performances by fourth to sixth graders, high school glee clubs, and the grand finale with the entire school as darkness fell under floodlights.

Winchester Public Schoos Handley High School Hoye Riley

Hopewell Meeting to celebrate 200th anniversary at Clearbrook

On Saturday June 20 Hopewell Meeting members will gather at Clearbrook to mark the 200th anniversary of the congregation. Four children will unveil a monument as national and international Friends attend, with J Passmore Elkinton Anne Griscom Elkinton and Dr John W Wayland among those invited to participate.

Hopewell Meeting Clearbrook Society of Friends Elkintons J. Passmore Elkinton Anne Griscom Elkinton Philadelphia London John W. Wayland Harrisonburg Hopewell

Pope Pius XI to Birthday Mass Welcomes Pilgrims

Telegrams and thousands of pilgrims arrive in Rome to greet Pope Pius XI on his seventy ninth birthday. Pilgrims from Europe the Americas Asia and Africa gather at Vatican City for the birthday mass at St Peter's and a planned audience. A semi jubilee year begins with many pilgrimages and the pope is expected to speak on lay activities of the church and grant an apostolic blessing.

Vatican City Pope Pius Rome Europe Americas Asia Africa Pope Pius XI St. Peter's

Democrats Hold County Conclave in Norfolk

Frederick county Democrats met this afternoon elected 15 delegates and 15 alternates to the Virginia State Democratic Convention in Norfolk in June. They endorsed President Roosevelt’s administration and pledged efforts to secure his reelection. They commended Harry F. Byrd and Carter Glass in the Senate and backed Rep A Willis Robertson Governor George C Peery T Russell Cather and E Blackburn Moore.

Frederick County Virginia Norfolk Roosevelt Harry F. Byrd Carter Glass United States Senate A. Willis Robertson George C. Peery T. Russell Cather E. Blackburn Moore

Confederate Veteran to Attend Antietam Memorial in Hagerstown

George W. Dellinger, 90 plus, veteran of Company I, 23rd Virginia Cavalry, says Yankees Didn’t Whip Us and plans to carry Confederate colors at memorial exercises for North and South sons at Antietam. He travels from Winchester to Hagerstown where locals warmly welcome his appearance as an “un reconstructed” rebel amid a century of memory.

George W. Dellinger 23Rd Virginia Cavalry Confederacy Potomac Sons of North Hagerstown Winchester Dellinger Antietam

Pershing Warns America Against Dictatorship Risks

General John J. Pershing, at Arlington Memorial Day ceremonies with President Roosevelt nearby, urges preservation of democracy and vigilance to avoid dictatorship. He warns against appeasing minorities and stresses a strong, law-based government and national unity to keep world peace.

Washington John J. Pershing Arlington National Cemetery Americar France United States Roosevelt Pershing

Voting Lists Ready For Printers In Frederick County

Frederick county voting lists are complete and will go to the printer next week. About 3,000 voters have paid capitation taxes and are eligible for the November general elections, with occasional years reaching 3,500. City lists are prepared and ready. June 8 councilman election list matches the April Democratic primary. Minors may qualify by paying poll tax and registering before the election.

Frederick County Roberts. Smith Smith W.W. A. Baker Aia

Prisoner Taken by Striking French Workers

In Carnaur factory west central France striking metal workers held the chief engineer prisoner while other strikers negotiated independent agreements with owners. Meanwhile in San Pedro California two U.S. Navy battleships crippled during secret maneuvers near the Panama Canal moved toward the base with mine sweepers as escort. In Kiel Germany high officials led by Adolf Hitler celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Jutland with the revived Nazi Navy flying the imperial war flag.

Paris Carnaur France San Pedro Calif United States Navy Panama Canal San Pedro Naval Base Kiel Germany Adolph Hitler Jutland

Naval Academy June Week Opens With 263 Midshipmen to Graduate

Visitors from across the nation gather in Annapolis for the opening of June week at the naval academy. The event concludes Thursday with about 263 midshipmen receiving their diplomas.

Annapolis Naval Academy

Memorial Day Flood Rains Wash Out Granada Roads

Granada Colorado faces severe flooding with 18 inches of water as two people are reported missing. Highways and rail lines are washed out in the aftermath of a cresting flood on the anniversary of last year’s disaster.

Granada Colo Colorado

Winnipeg Grain Exchange Sees Continued Upward Trend

Winnipeg on May 30 saw the grain exchange operate independently as outside markets closed. Wheat prices rose with May at 76 1-4, July at 77 7-8, and October at 77 7-8 cents, reflecting a sustained upward trend.

Winnipeg Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Crowds Attend Potato Blossom Festival Parade

Crowds in Keller Virginia gather for the second annual Potato Blossom Festival as threatening clouds clear, raising hope rain will not interrupt this afternoon's parade despite drought damaged crops needing moisture.

Keller

Church Rift Flares as Assembly Approves 1936 Budget

In Syracuse on May 30, 148th Presbyterian Assembly moved to adopt an $8,000,000 budget for 1936-37 despite protests from Fundamentalist followers. The Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy flared anew within the church.

Syracuse Presbyterian Church One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Assembly

Hindenburg Flies From Rio To Home Port

The German airship Hindenburg lifted off at 6 40 a m today en route to its home port of Frankfurt am Main Germany marking a notable departure from Rio de Janeiro.

Hindenburg Rio DE Janeiro Frankfort-Am-Main Germany

Anti Japanese Display Shines in Shanghai Parade

Two thousand Shanghai students marched through the streets waving banners and shouting anti Japanese epithets, in a demonstration echoing Thursday’s Tientsin student protest.

Shanghai Japan Tientsin

Queen Mary Breaks 25-Hour Record En Route to New York

The Queen Mary on the May 30 voyage en route to New York broke the 25 hour single day speed record set by the Normandie but did not reach its 24 hour maximum speed. The British liner exceeded the Normandies 25 hour mark by two minutes.

New York

Memorial Day crash near Richmond claims six lives

A late night collision on U S Route No four lanes near Richmond killed eight occupants of a sedan. Melville Partin 20 Matoaca and Ruby Patton 14 Hopewell were among the dead. Two others died later at Memorial Hospital and Johnston Willis. Injured include Robert Barron Matoaca and David Skinner Matoaca. Driver C H Dubose 18 Roseboro N C facing charges as investigators piece together the wreck at the Angle Inn turnoff.

Richmond Melville Partin Matoaca Here Sam Redding Ruby Patton Hopewell Robert Barron Memorial Hospital David E. Skinner Club Dominion Petersburg Turnpike C. H. Dubose Roseboro N. C Angle Inn Joseph Barron Misses Lane Patton Johnston-Willis Hospital Lewis Harrell Redding O. M. Lohr Dubose Chesterfield H. Lewis Salemburg

Ted Horn Dominates 350 Mile Speedway Race in Indianapolis

Ted Horn of Los Angeles, a new entrant, grabbed the lead at 350 miles in the 350 mile automobile race at Speedway Indiana. William Shorty Gant of Detroit moved into second place as Louie Meyer of California dropped to third.

British amateur gold champion crowned at St Andrews

Hector Thomson won the British amateur gold championship at St Andrews as crowds gathered in Scotland. In Indianapolis, 106000 spectators filled the speed classic venue while Keller Virginia prepared for the Potato Festival opening after clearing threatening clouds.

Indianapolis Ind Keller Foreign St.anndrews Scotland Hector Thomson

South End Hose Co. Regular Meeting Notices

South End Hose Company announces its regular business meeting on Monday night June 1. The notice provides no further details beyond date and attendance call.

South End Hose Co Abe Ae

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