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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces daily publication with Friday October 1 1937 date. It lists subscription rates for one year six months and three months by mail and carrier, advertising rates including classified memorials display ads and deadlines, plus national advertising reps and AP affiliation.
A biblical proverb admonishes against winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh warning that the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. Drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. The verse from Proverbs 23 20 21 reflects moral caution.
An unusual decision follows Daniel F Dutton a 39 year old New Orleans citizen who after 17 years as an engineer enrolled in Tulane University’s pre med program He hopes to graduate in medicine and start practice at 45 His bold move draws mixed judgments about risk and timing in midlife career change.
The Dallas Morning News argues that idleness is overestimated and Americans misuse leisure. It notes vacationers return to bills and payrolls, while suggesting better use of leisure without high costs and condemns spending on entertainment over open-air activity.
The New York Times notes a corn market squeeze as September futures spike to 1.16 3 4 dollars per bushel while October and December prices lag. Experts cite an unharvested 1937 crop and a Board of Trade grade delivery rule, with prior drought and small crops increasing demand.
The Chicago Board of Trade halted all trading in September corn after reports of a looming shortage and inflated contracts. Officials set an arbitrary settlement price amid suspected manipulation, citing Commodity Exchange Act requirements and the need for an impartial investigation of market irregularities.
A Chinese embassy counselor and a Japanese boy discuss motives behind killings in wars. The Chinese perspective frames it as retaliation for Japanese killings, while Japan claims conquest to gain love and markets. Resource needs and population dynamics are also cited, yet the reasoning appears illogical. The piece questions whether such analyses ever yield sense across conflicts.
An American claims six British peers listed in Burke's Peerage will appear in a Broadway musical chorus and serve as escorts in their spare time. A bright entrepreneur says the arrangement aims for excitement, praising American men as glamorous, well dressed, and peppy, while urging readers not to overlook home talent.
President Roosevelt proclaims National Fire Prevention Week set for October 3 to 9 urging citizens to observe the week by reducing fire hazards. He calls on public authorities to maintain detection and firefighting equipment and on individuals to inspect homes for rubbish, matches, chimneys, inflammable materials, and other dangers.
Crowl announces sixty locations still fail to meet the static ordinance. Winchester Presbytery discusses Rev. McGukin resignation amid congregation desire. President Roosevelt speaks at Davis and Elkins College amphitheatre during Mountain State Festival. Jonas Chamberlain presides at Handley FFA initiation at Jack Larrick home. Gilbert DeHaven dies of heart attack on Clarke county farm near Swimley Station. Orndorff departs for Richmond to begin 38 year state prison term for wife murder. funeral set for Mrs. Orndorff. Girls Athletic Association stages mock wedding at Capitol Theatre. Virginia Pangle bride. Emma Gina Baker, Little Theatre president, calls first fall meeting.
Louise Largent is struck by a car while walking home from school and sustains painful injuries. A conference in Roanoke discusses rebuilding Randolph Macon Academy after a winter fire at Front Royal. An infantile paralysis case is found in Berkeley County, W V with no city cases reported. Babe Ruth hits his 60th homer to break his 1921 record of 59.
Twenty five years ago H D Fuller of this city and George S Hill of Martinsburg West Virginia met for the first time in Martinsburg. Pay for rural letter carriers is advanced to one thousand one hundred dollars per year. Four trains on three tracks in the Martinsburg yards are wrecked when an incoming freight crashes into a stationary one. Council meets and for the first time in months there is no heated debate.
Forty years ago Charles Emsweller, an engineer, was inspecting a new traction engine at the B and O depot and became trapped for more than an hour in the firebox. A memorial fund was begun to buy markers for Confederate graves in northern prison cemeteries. Frank Eddy, an agent, toured Bruce town to instruct workers on operating a Victor gasoline engine in a mill. Henry Baetjer and Co. advertised a new American Lady corset line with prices starting at one dollar.
A fragment notes people burning their pay checks and belongings in a bonfire as an act of folly, likening it to burning horses or other possessions. The text reflects caution against wasteful actions and misplaced priorities.
A Richmond News Leader piece laments Patricia Maguire known as the Chicago sleeping beauty. It muses on a five year plus sleep and recalls world events from 1932 to 1937 that would have confronted her upon waking, noting dramatic political upheavals and shifts.
Eight new members were inducted into the Winchester Rotary Club at yesterday afternoon’s meeting. President Pinckney Arthur presided and Past President Frank Armstrong led the induction ceremony. New members include Charles Baker George Barnsley Hunter Gaunt Paul Haldeman Dr J B McKee Dr George H Smith Edmund L Walton and the Rev Ronald S Wilson.
Washington reports a government crackdown on marijuana starting October 1 after three years of rising police attention. The new law targets unlicensed production and sales without prescriptions, while experts question medical value.
In a year of rising fame Maribarat faces emotional fatigue and a widening circle of admirers. The designer grapples with emptiness as backers steer her toward conservatism and public sponsorship while she longs for vibrancy. A Vienna doctor warns her that art needs life to sustain it, prompting a Riviera trip with trusted aide Letitia Higgins.
Richmond News Leader reports that many American correspondents who heard both dictators rate Hitler as the greater orator. They describe Hitler as technically skilled and psychologically effective, though long winded and conceited. Mussolini is forceful with crowds but unpolished. Experts say his exalted position amplifies his renown.
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