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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1937
Page
4
A devotional verse emphasizes love as divine kinship, stating that those who love are born of God and know God, echoing a biblical exhortation from 1 John chapter four verse seven. The text centers on spiritual unity and the definition of loving as a sign of divine connection.
The Anglican Church faces renewed debate over remarriage after divorce as a commission proposes extending church sanction to divorces civilly granted after a year, with bishops assessing suitability. Cincinnati delegates delay action to at least 1940 Lambeth discussions amid wider lay interest in speeding reform.
Bristol News Bulletin assesses Japanese air and ground power in China noting that despite claimed superiority in material and leadership the Shanghai operation bogged down and North China drive underperformed, challenging the notion of an unbeatable military colossus.
The Cuyahoga county coroner reports that 56.5 percent of auto fatal victims were under the influence of alcohol in the first eight months of the year. Among pedestrians, six of ten killed were drinking, with 74 percent of total deaths being pedestrians.
In Capt Heard’s Endeavour narrative the cooks lash pots and pans to the stove to serve meals amid a storm. Tea at four stands as a ritual with bread butter jam a currant cake and occasionally tomatoes and sardines. The piece underscores tea’s endurance as essential comfort for British sailors.
Syndicated piece by John T. Flynn argues Congress dodged tax reform and taxes are unfairly levied on the average worker. He criticizes the soak the rich policy and cites federal state and local tax totals and hypothetical confiscation scenarios to show the tax burden on low to middle income earners.
National fruit and cider companies operate as harvest cools while Spain seeks concessions from rebels for surrender. Melvin Dunlap and Rev. Allen Jones join Lions Club as new members. Mrs. Howard M. Hoge of Lincoln is reelected state head of the WCTU at a convention in Charlotte.
Five years ago Mabel and Esther Winesburg of Edinburg were killed in an auto crash near Toms Brook. Sheriff Pannett, a Democratic campaign manager, says he will soon start a stump campaign for national candidates. The Sarah Zane Fire Company reports plans to organize a drum and bugle corps under Arthur Rowles. State convict camp 32 is being set up on the Berryville Winchester road with highway work to begin soon.
Ruth Elder and co pilot crash when oil line breaks during nonstop New York to Paris flight. Coast guard and ship rescue followed with the aircraft landing beside a ship at sea.
Judge R. T. W. Duke of Charlottesville speaks to Middletown voters. Dr. William C. Moore of Berryville joins George Washington University medical school faculty as Adjutant General orders Virginia militia mobilization for possible conflict with Mexico. First wild ducks sighted on Abrams Creek by two schoolboys.
The article notes a new football team being organized to represent Winchester with candidates to be listed tomorrow. It mentions the South End Fire Co hall bell ringing for the first meeting and shows Ralph Sapy with peaches preserved in Kernstown rye whiskey. Editorial advice urges parents to allow city kids to play in downtown streets at all hours using shocking language.
Napoleon Bonaparte embarked on his exile to St Helena on October 13 1815 marking a definitive halt to his rule in Europe as allied powers forced his removal after the final defeat at Waterloo earlier that year and he began life in distant captivity on the island.
The speaker highlights a $100,000 executive and about $60,000, arguing current tax levels are far too low to cover government spending or reduce the $40 billion federal debt. They claim the burden falls on the poor while the rich would not supply enough if fully taxed.
A Covington Virginian piece cites Dewitt Mackenzie on how Orientals view death differently from Westerners. It recounts Chinese wartime carpenters in France who killed themselves to avoid debt, suggesting honor over life, and notes that air raids still grieve families and cause pain, despite stoicism.
Safety experts at a Washington conference warned homes are riskier at night than by day. They recommend gentle automatic lighting and bedside night illumination to aid movement without disturbing sleep, plus light at phone rings and door bells. A humorous note questions civilization’s impact on instinctual navigation. A separate item notes an Ohio farmer seeking a V-notch pig ear cut transfers from Chicago Street Car Co to identify pigs.
A reader asked many general knowledge questions answered by Frederic J. Haskin and staff. The column covers weights for a fashion model, reasons for sense loss during colds, tobacco netting, Cantango Day, postal uniforms, toll road mileage, Bible languages, Legion trailer camps, a coloratura soprano, Chinese political sisters, New Harmony Colony history, Dr Hrdlicka's Far North work, time span of The Merchant of Venice, James W Gerard’s current position, temperance instruction in schools, barratry, diamond polishing history, and White House entrances.
Dr Logan Clendening argues football is far more dangerous than wrestling and basketball. He cites injury patterns by play type and zone, and urges rule changes, longer rest periods, and better medical support in secondary schools to reduce injuries and improve player safety.
Columbus council votes to turn over over 150000 creosote impregnated wooden blocks torn from a street where an old bridge was replaced to relief headquarters for fuel this winter.
Mari Barat and Tony Castle clash with unspoken longing as a luncheon kiss of fate ends in distance. Tony, restless and seeking a next chance, drifts toward a quiet future in America while Mari faces emptiness at sea and resolves to redefine her life in Paris.
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