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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star endorses John N. Garner for Vice President Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives.
A biblical verse urges repentance and return to God. It emphasizes God’s desire for life over death and calls individuals to turn toward righteousness for renewal and mercy.
The piece argues for Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket over Landon, blaming Hawley Smoot for wrecking apple exports. It cites Winchester as a leading apple port, contrasts pre and post 1930 trade, lists retaliatory tariffs by Britain and others, and claims Democratic reciprocal tariff treaties begun in 1933 improved foreign markets for farmers and business.
Newport News Daily Press reports political accusations of inconsistency aimed at President Roosevelt. Alfred E. Smith and Jim Reed challenge his campaign promises, claiming expenses rose rather than fell, and Walter Landon’s past statements are being revisited by Ickes and Hopkins to illustrate shifts since the 1932 period.
Will Rogers writes a humorous piece that underplays fault lines between wit and wisdom. The fragment hints at social pretensions and everyday missteps, suggesting a satire of public image and private restraint.
A woman frets over a proposed engagement ring and its opal stone birthstone belief. A passerby reassures her that her worries are minor and suggests she may avoid real hardship, framing the moment as a lighthearted, domestic moment from a human-interest slice.
A long string of Q and A entries covers topics from college football profits to the premiere year of Samson and Delilah in New Orleans. It includes details on Harry Elmore Hurd biography, Sears Roebuck founding, kaleidoscope inventor, and Venice of the North.
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot notes voters are tired of speeches from Roosevelt and Landon and questions remain on reviving the NRA budgeting relief and jobs. The paper argues the core issues are preserving the American system and whether the Literary Digest is right. It also mentions clothes may be made from Southern pine aided by its needles.
Famed for work on the Panama Canal, Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert dies at his Bowling Green Kentucky residence. President Roosevelt inspects the canal site and a Navy seaplane sets a new 3367 mile nonstop distance record. FP. FP. A. Fair draws crowds to Stephens City as the League of Nations bank proposal gains support.
Cordell Hull plans a southbound tour of the South American east coast to Buenos Aires with stops en route. The editorial stresses a need for mutual respect and polite bargaining, praising Roosevelt era empathy and urging U S adaptability to deepen trade and frontier development with Latin nations.
Five years past Dr. John W. Williams a former dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School died in Baltimore. The tenth Annefield Cup was won by Bulgold. Premier Laval of France was greeted with ovations in New York. Local theatres staged a show to aid the unemployed. J A Rudolph of Frederick County was run down and injured by a speeding car.
A major hurricane strikes Havana and southern Florida sweeping the region with heavy damage. A community card party sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary at Winchester Memorial Hospital is noted as a marked success. Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton and Mrs. Nulton host events at Annapolis for Queen Marie. Local officers seize many gallons of grape wine in a raid. Aviators held for a fatal shooting of southern veterans in Birmingham linked to a so called playful swoop aimed at intimidating Negroes.
Twenty five years ago Berryville hosted the seventeenth annual state convention of Daughters and Sons. “Bad Boy” appears at the Auditorium. A Henrico juror is fined and dismissed after a tiresome court hearing ends with the remark Ah, cut it out. The region reports its largest chestnut crop in many years. Shenandoah Valley Academy defeats R.M.A.5 in a tense game.
A historic New York scene records the opening of the Opera House on October 22. The event marks the city’s cultural expansion with performances anticipated to draw notable patrons and operatic talent.
A column by William Ritt surveys quirky ideas and jokes. It notes anyone can dominate chess, jokes about champagne lipsticks, and recalls a Poland lawsuit from 1820. It adds a wry barb about a silent British MP and a punchline on confidence and marriage.
Alix Carey arrives in New York to work in advertising and befriends Kathleen Crosby at a party. Alix navigates social anxieties among Kathleen's circle, admires John Sayre from afar, and muses on a future where he notices her. The scene previews Alix's longing and potential entry into Sayre's world.
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