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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1937
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for the Winchester Evening Star printed in Winchester Virginia. It includes prices by mail and by carrier for one year six months three months and one month with advance payment terms.
Classifieds priced at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and cash accompany copy. Cards of 5c. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps Tenney Woodward in major cities. Associated Press rights noted for republication of news and local items.
A verse from Luke 16 10 cites faithfulness in small matters as a guide to greater trust. The fragmented text references predecessors before the 1914 18 war and the Spanish American War, suggesting a historical reflection on prior generations.
The indictment argues Mr Black lied about Klan membership and oath sincerity. It claims he sought Klan influence for political gain, concealed his past to President and senators, and betrayed frankness, harming the Supreme Court’s dignity and integrity as he takes the bench.
Anna O’Hare McCormac reports from the Middle West that Americans show growing concern about wars abroad. A Detroit auto maker says he would sacrifice China markets to avoid war, noting 90 percent prefer economic loss to war dragging in the United States.
The Cumberland Times discusses a claimed medical finding by Dr. Sherwood Moore on a condition he calls hysteresis in women. Symptoms include fatness and thickening of skull bones, reportedly reaching a half to three quarters of an inch, theorized to result from insufficient childbirth limiting calcium use for strong bones. The piece ponders whether women face boneheadedness or larger families as a social dilemma.
Wenatchee Daily World notes a small crop of high quality late keeping boxed apples this fall. State yields unlikely to beat last year, with weather possibly reducing higher grades. Shortages could make extra fancy varieties scarce, while price effects depend on marketing and middlemen profits.
A Chicago dispatch reports Irene Castle McLaughlin sues her husband for divorce claiming cruelty. She seeks $1,500 monthly alimony, but he offers only $750. she lists eight and twelve year old children and shows sparse funds after expenses leaving $30.75 for personal care. The piece laments the children’s plight and hopes a judge will grant relief.
Winchester citizens and industries consume nearly two million gallons of water daily per a council report by Arthur M. Field. A record 70,000 attend Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees beat the Giants 2 1 in game three. Claude M. Henkel, Shenandoah county native, dies at city hall after a Masonic meeting. Clyde Jackson of Front Royal High School injures his nose in a game with Strasburg.
Forty years ago three public sales were held in front of the Court House on the same morning as visitors and buyers filled the town. Harry Stephenson served as foreman of the county grand jury now in session. Local Democrats backed E. C. Jordan for the House of Delegates. Four Winchester ministers were seen riding bicycles down Main Street.
The piece mocks the idea of penury and inequality in October 1822 born President Hayes by claiming the notion consoles and provokes laughter, contrasting poverty with a monthly income of 1500 dollars and deriding the sentiment.
A columnist critiques federal spending during a president’s western trip. The writer notes voters’ demands for more funds while urging government to cut costs and balance the budget, arguing the nation must begin reducing the postwar recovery debt.
A Winnipeg report claims Dr. Alfred Savage of Manitoba University’s Agricultural Faculty conducts sleeping sickness research on guinea pigs. Inoculated pigs, expected to die, instead scampered about and emitted cheerily canary like notes. The piece suggests caution in taking the science at face value.
A closing year 1937 Washington column notes Justice Black will share a courtroom moment with Max Spelke, the Connecticut lawyer who exposed the Ku Klux Klan in 1923 and later seeks admission to the Supreme Court bar. The piece also surveys British abstention, Japanese trade, and new deal politics amid ongoing international tensions.
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Mari arrives with Alec Garland and Miss Higgins. She secures Villa Mimosa, a sunlit haven with a blue Mediterannean view, gardens, and Pancho the singer. Reginald Venable helps locate the villa. Mari longs for companionship beyond Letitia as she settles into art and life.
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