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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
4
The ad lists subscription rates for The Winchester Evening Star by mail with options from one month to one year in advance. It also shows political ticket prices for John N. Garner for Vice President and Carter Glass for U S Senate with respective amounts.
The verse notes Jonadab son of Rechab instructed his descendants to drink no wine forever. Jeremiah 36 6 records the prophet receiving this command and relaying it as part of the biblical narrative.
A Vir ginia Travelers Protective Association committee proposes issuing 100 million dollars in highway bonds to be repaid from the gasoline tax, aiming to fund 7 000 miles of roads in two years with expected federal aid. Critics favor a pay as you go plan, noting Virginia's progress under debt free funding and better farm to market roads.
Editor George Lorimer will retire from the editorship, with the Richmond morning paper’s Saturday Post noting his departure on the first of next month. The move ends Lorimer’s long tenure guiding the Richmond press.
The Saturday Evening Post under Lorimer’s 36 year leadership grew into a three million circulation and shaped public opinion, drawing praise for material success and criticism for political conservatism. Lorimer remained a strong, controversial voice as U.S. thought shifted left.
In the Richmond Leader the theater scene shows applause and hisses for Roosevelt and Landon after film clips of Roosevelt Wilson Mussolini Hitler and Edward VIII. The piece questions why audiences reacted and what it reveals about public sentiment toward peace, tyranny, and leadership.
A Lunenburg Press reflection notes the clash between thrift and public dependence. It argues that while many prefer spending money now, lean times test this habit and banks offer security, unlike government aid. The piece highlights racial undertones and broad social attitudes toward wealth and communal support.
A humorous Will Rogers piece recalls American tourists overvaluing guides tales in England. One guide touts a two thousand year old bridge, while the traveler quips it is only 1930 and seventy years short of two millennia, highlighting American skepticism and humor.
The piece argues American labor bears more uncertainty under Roosevelt than business, noting higher current unemployment than in 1932 while business remains better off, and claims business fears the president while labor supports him.
In a domestic crossfire Miss Unwed accuses Exchange party of lying about a baby’s weight. The exchange mentions twelve and sixteen pounds, prompting Mrs Youngmother to joke he grows quickly.
An item lists questions and answers from the Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Washington. It covers geography, history, language, and science queries with concise responses. Topics include Africa's territories, submarine torpedoing, radio announcers, Army ranks, vocabulary size in children, plant seeds, naval searchlights, Printers' Ink, national debt, complete games, NYU radio studies, and 1935 matches used in America.
The Bristol Herald-Courier quotes G. O. P. Chairman Hamilton saying Landon will win and implies the safest strategy is not to bet. The Roanoke Times notes the comment and frames it as advice on political betting risk.
Readers ponder the future of sunflowers amid emblem debates in Norfolk Virginia. The piece reflects on symbolism and community concerns linked to local politics and historical imagery.
One year ago Queen Astrid of Belgium was laid to rest in the royal crypt at Laeken. Trial Justice A J Tavenner fines two individuals for lacking fishing permits. The Frederick County Council of Religious Education holds its 27th annual convention September 5-6 at the United Church. Mrs Kenneth Gilpin to discuss Evergreens at Shawnee Garden Club meeting Thursday. Miss Edith Jones marries Mr Nacy Dorsey at Grace Lutheran Church.
A Washington dispatch argues the United States must expand its auxiliary merchant fleet to support a growing navy. It notes the current halt in merchant shipbuilding, compares U S readiness to World War I, and warns that without timely construction, global conflict risks rise as the nation arms and modernizes its fighting ships.
A .70 car sidetrack was completed by the Baltimore and Ohio to handle apple traffic. Lt and Mrs J B Lindsey prepare to move to Fort Benning Ga. Virginia Rehill attends a friends dinner at Tokes Inn. Ann Snyder of Berryville marries James William Stockton of Roanoke. The Lindberghs plan a visit to Mt Asama volcano in Japan.
Lt. Cyrus K. Bettis, famed pilot, dies at Walter Reed from meningitis after injuries in a crash. Clark T. Fawcett locates a receipt his great grandfather gave to Thomas Lord Fairfax for 40 bushels of wheat. Miss Helen Perry and Mr. Fred E. White wed in Hagerstown. Rev. C. D. Lambert of Mount Jackson recovers from illness at Memorial Hospital.
Rainfall from Tuesday to Thursday reached five and three-eighths inches, the heaviest in 45 years. Col W T Woodworth buys 56 acres near Kernstown for 143 dollars per acre. Brannon's horse is frightened by a boy and a buggy overturns onto a barbed wire fence in front of H C Whitacre's home. Miss Jennie Ophelia Ensminger weds Mr Thomas Woodstock in Manheim Pennsylvania. William A Jones Candidacy to succeed Senator Thomas Martin to speak Saturday September 2 at the Auditorium.
Chronicling September 2 1666 as the start of the Great Fire of London, a devastating urban blaze that consumed numerous buildings and reshaped the cityscape, with authorities coordinating firefighting efforts and evacuations.
A collage of wry observations on global affairs American politics and culture. The piece lampoons India gas discoveries Illinois water wells European peace hopes and American celebrity names while poking at the Spanish revolution New York baseball standings and a beer-loving poodle.
Gay Elwell mingles with social elite at a dinner party arranged by Dr. Wilson. Wayne Adams warns her to keep away from Breck Carter, then invites Gay to his Devonshire Arms penthouse. A late-night confrontation ends with a kiss and new romantic tensions as Gay enjoys a brief respite at Tabb’s tea room.
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