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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription rates and advertises Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for House of Representatives. It notes prices for mail and carrier delivery options and includes date placeholders for advance payments.
A brief biblical verse urges readers to practice hospitality without grudging. The instruction from 1 Peter 4 9 emphasizes welcoming others with generosity and warmth as a core value.
The piece contrasts Labor Day motor fatalities totaling 246 that weekend with 170 deaths the previous year, noting a rise of 76 and calling for vigilance and reduced carelessness. It cites 34 000 U S deaths in automobile accidents in 1934 and warns that perfection is impossible but reduction is essential.
Governor Ehringhaus pardons Gus Colin Langley who was sentenced to death for murder in 1932, escaped the chair twice, proved his innocence, and now seeks compensation for two years in prison and earnings. A petition circulates in Asheboro as Langley asks state to acknowledge the error and provide amends.
The state agrees Langley deserved compensation for a grave error. It notes the need for thorough study and adequate, just settlement to redress the wrongful acts. Had Langley been killed, rectification would have been impossible.
Tim McGuffey hands a rubber check to Charley the saloon keeper who endorses it to cover a debt chain. The chain links a publisher, a printer, a paper jobber, a handbook dealer, and a gambler, with six thousand dollars traced through indorsed checks before McGuffey tears it up.
Will Rogers recounts a rustic tale about a backwoodsman sending his son to learn and the boy teasing the teacher about geometry. The narrator jokes that the family has only one skilled shot in the clan, highlighting frontier humor and rural wit.
A remark quotes a dramatic claim that within an hour six men were paid off debt totaling one thousand dollars each, prompting the listener Watkins to comment on the surprising event.
A Cumberland Times excerpt notes women suing for breach of promise and a man in Painesville suing after rejection. It jests at gender equality in law and courting, then shifting to assorted quips from Milwaukee Journal, Washington papers, and Roanoke Times about public figures, advertising, and politics.
A Winchester and Frederick county delegation meets H. G. Shirley about Route 50 east of Winchester. County rains raise concern for apples. Forty airplanes from Cleveland air races pass over the city en route to Langley Field. Miss Mildred Clevenger becomes Mrs Edwin Shepard. County clerk’s office enlargement planned.
Miss Rebecca Eddy and Virgil R. Prince wed. Mrs. Stewart Elting exits in the semi finals of the Virginia Women’s State Golf Tournament at Farmington. William Mallory, retired Norfolk and Western employee, dies in Clarke. The Winchester Fair opens its 62nd annual exhibition with Troop E US Cavalry on scene. Don Moyle and C A Allen pilots seeking to cross the Pacific remain unsighted.
Ten years ago Rev. F R Casselman resigned as pastor of Centenary Reformed Church to become chaplain at Mercersburg Academy. Mrs C O Hersam was critically ill in a wreck near Bunker and Miss Grace Miley was crowned queen of the Hardy County Tournament by Adam Fisher. Miss Margaret Finfrock wed Mr J Howard Taylor as Brown Lovett welcomed a son William Odell.
Twenty five years ago the city treasurer George H Kinzel reports there is no delinquent realty in the city. The engagement of Miss Alice Osborne to Mr David H Allen of Rippon WV is announced. W H Baker is reelected president of the city council. Thomas Perry recovers $17 he lost through an advertisement in The Evening Star.
A historical note marks ships departing Plymouth on Sept 6 1620 by the Pilgrims and references Sept 7 1533 involving Queen Elizabeth I. The brief item ties early English exploration to royal reigns and migrations.
A reader’s questions cover deposits in national and all banks, trailer regulations, Tutankhamen coffins, spelling usage, origins of the Republican party, The New Yorker 1834, English radio tax, 1926 colored parent teachers, harvest moon versus hunters moon, Jefferson Hotel alligators, Chinese red meaning, LDS presidents, Mount Vernon house size, and Colon Panama history. Answers cite sources and provide concise facts.
Washington world analysis notes that straw polls reflect selection bias. A minority candidate denounces the polls but campaigns managers seek to influence or curb them. Sampling varies by voter access and methods, including phone directories and telephoneless outreach.
Analysts say straw ballots influence later elections as voters back the likely winner. Critics warn organizers could doctor straw results to tilt outcomes, noting about one in five electors vote for the candidate who seems headed to victory rather than on conviction.
The Yale football broadcasts have been sold to an oil company for 20000 dollars prompting talk of a name change from Blue to Long Green. Writers note the shift to commercialism while players' compensation remains unchanged and joke about the impact on Yale’s historic image.
Gay shares a speedy Sunday drive with Tim to his vast French castle like shack on Lake Paradise. Tim admires Gay while Eleanor Randolph is spoken of as his past, and Gay experiences luxury rooms, a pool, a French maid, and a exotic dinner as the pair grow closer.
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