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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
4
The notice shows pricing for subscriptions with upfront payments: one year four fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, and one month in advance. A weekly option is partly illegible.
A devotional line from Galatians 6 1 emphasizes moral cause and effect. The phrase warns that actions 반환 reap consequences and urges careful conduct aligned with faith. The quotation underscores personal responsibility and divine judgment.
The article argues that in Sino-Japanese conflict a practice of no quarter is common on both sides. Pearl Buck contends Western civilization lacks humanitarian development and that East Asia values group power over individuals, explaining callous treatment of noncombatants.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes a promising sign at the Washington peace conference between Federation and CIO leaders despite two years of bitter labor clashes. Weakened stock markets and business uncertainty press the administration to restore confidence, nudging rivals toward a settlement of labor disputes.
The piece notes that labor's internal divisions persist in speeches while the economic situation offers a potential, if limited, basis for stabilizing peace delegates in Washington. The outlook remains cautious with little substantial progress.
The New York Times reproves citizen neglect of registration and voting, arguing that a citizen who fails to qualify or vote forfeits voice in government and risks tolerating dictatorship. It emphasizes local office importance and moral obligation in a period without national campaigns.
The London Non-Intervention Committee opening features Italy insisting on proportional withdrawal from Spain. Estimates place Italian troops around 80,000 and volunteers from other nations about 15,000. Britain fears a future mortgage on Spain while Italy accuses Britain of similarly aiming to control outcomes. the poker game continues with no one laying all cards on the table.
The Trinity general convention in Cincinnati elected Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker of Richmond as spiritual and temporal head of the Episcopal Church in the United States. He will begin duties January 1 for a seven year term, marking the first Virginian to hold the post.
Mayor C R Anderson returning from Europe is expected home tomorrow. Dave Satterfield former Richmond commonwealth attorney will speak at a Clarke county Democrat gathering tomorrow night. The seventh annual Stephens City F F A fair opens with Ross Lillard as superintendent. Miss Mary Lee Burchard and David Mauseby wed on September 13.
A news snippet notes York county apples bring $3.15 per barrel overseas. A marriage in Washington ties Noah E. Tipton to Miss Fannie O’Neal of Stephens City. Henry McVicar writes from Mexico City about conditions amid the present revolution. A Greek victory drives Turkish forces back within their borders.
Several persons narrowly escape injury when a third floor sash from Dr. Love’s building crashes to the sidewalk below. The incident disrupts a busy street scene and prompts safety concerns.
In a Baltimore scene on October 21 1879 Policeman Otto Leyhe rushed to assist nearly 20 trucks trapped by mud on a street under repair. His car bogged down then he waded through mud to set detour signs as tow cars struggled to free the fleet.
Howard Odell of Lisco tied thread from his wallet to his belt while in Scottsbluff to deter theft. When the thread jerked he alerted police, who then seized two black women on pickpocket charges.
A Virginia regional history notes the Northern Neck’s notable figures from Washington to Bishop Tucker. It highlights the Tucker family's long service in law, church, and state, predicting Bishop Tucker will serve with fidelity in his new post.
A reader can get the answer to any fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C with three cents. The column provides concise responses on topics from charity giving by Rockefeller to Mohawk Trail origin and public figures like James Fisk and Edna St Vincent Millay.
Hamilton Fish plans to use a Friday radio address to spur a neutrality drive aimed at forcing President Roosevelt to keep the United States out of a potential world war. The piece notes a pending House petition to discharge the committee handling Fish's neutrality bill and outlines implications for China Japan talks and Nine Power Treaty negotiations.
Tim Kennedy, a 49 year old dentist in West Shilston, is depicted as a self centered egotist with charming manners and meticulous grooming. The piece traces his early career, social ease with townsfolk, and steady rise from a modest practice to local respect, noting his lack of convictions and mastery in winning agreement.
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