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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1937
Page
4
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The notice announces W A Baker as City Treasurer and Walter M Shade as Clerk of Corporation Court. It includes a Bible verse from Isaiah 43 2.
Congress debate highlights how wage rules could raise costs for farmers. How ard W. Smith notes exemptions may fail for dairy haulers, noncooperative plants, and slate quarries, risking higher milk hauling prices and job losses for 200 families. He urges clarity in votes and impacts on independent workers.
The CIO submits a proposal for reconciliation with the American Federation of Labor. The Committee for Industrial Organization seeks a peaceful settlement to union tensions and aims to harmonize efforts with AFL leadership.
The CIO demands autonomous control within the AFL and exclusive rights to organize mass production workers in key industries. The plan would sideline machinists and electricians and could cement CIO dominance if adopted, risking industrial peace and provoking a fierce AFL backlash.
Hartchell Ford and S J Trainer were fined by Judge Benjamin Haden for assaults tied to whipping under court decree. Ford may serve jail time or be whipped by the victim, while Trainer’s wife whipped him with a rubber hose. Public reaction from Covington and Richmond reporters questions the revival of whipping as punishment.
Clarke county rally features former Gov E Lee Trinkle predicting Hearst influence if Landon wins. Hilda Orndorff of Bryarly 4 H Club wins county record keeping contest. Handley Judges prep for Fraley coached A M A eleven after last week's loss to Allegany.
Twenty five years ago the Servians fought the Turks at Kunanovo with over 20,000 deaths reported. The Star arranged with the telephone company to obtain nationwide election returns on election night. Vice-president James S Sherman, ill for some time, is said to be sinking with doctors expecting an end soon. Greek residents of the city plan to return home to join the army in the Turkish conflict.
Forty years ago the Emma Warren Company staged Too Much Married in the Court House Haiti area with Cooper Brothers receiving 25000 pounds of meat from Chicago. Baptismal pool repairs and heating facilities were added for winter use. Three county men visiting the Emma Warren show forgot to extinguish their lanterns, causing laughter. Historic note marks Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded on October 29, 1618.
The article argues a judge erred by offering whipping over jail to convicted men. It condemns victims administering lashes, noting revenge rather than society’s justice drives the sentence. It warns immunity invites further vendettas and undermines court dignity.
The piece argues South and Northern authors alike write about the South with no resentment. It imagines Southern writers traveling abroad to learn about the North and suggests Marie Mitchell might reveal more about Ohio if she lived there. The tone favors cross regional literary exchange.
Reader can get factual answers by mail from The Evening Information Bureau in Washington. Enclose three cents for reply and send to Haskin, director.
A compilation of short questions and authoritative answers on topics from parks and foreign service to astronomy and language origins. It includes figures on park sizes and college attendance, a note on the Italian Swiss Colony winery, and explanations of terms such as plenilune and the origin of the seasons.
A Seattle hunter, exhausted, drops to a log as a bull elk bursts from cover and dies at his feet. He affixes his game seal to the horns. A second sportsman arrives, rifle smoking, surveys the carcass and seal, then moves on muttering that his own elk may be nearby.
Washington gossip links Elliott Roosevelt with Fritz Lanham seat in Congress as talk swirls over Westbrook crop policy, Johnston clash, and Hopkins ties. Westbrook may address the Grange to press New Deal support while cotton lobbyists push for unrestricted production and world markets. A Japan produced pamphlet mocks Sukochino incident with dramatic Tungchow hotel tale.
In a small town near London Tim Kennedy, a successful dentist, loses interest in his wife Esther after a road accident deforms her. He schemes to host a tennis party and pursue Alma Shepherd, a new client, while arranging a meet with Alma and inviting Phillips Grantley’s wife Phyllis.
Esther endures a troubling nightmare after a night in the hospital as Tim plans a social gathering. A nurse worries about restraints, and Esther resists living arrangements while Tim assures she will join friends later. The chapter ends with a tease for the next installment.
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