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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1936
Page
4
An American tourist story recounts a British M P showing a parliamentary house with jokes about low pay. The M P laments a four hundred pound yearly salary, prompting an American comment about tipping. The tale highlights cross cultural humor over government wages.
A devotional snippet quotes Psalms 130 verse three asking who may stand if God kept tally of sins. It echoes penitence and faith in mercy, inviting quiet contemplation.
Governor Alf M Landon abandons plans and will travel to Portland Maine to close the state campaign with a speech Saturday night Friends say the move adds needed punch His statement appears more militant than prior remarks and critiques the Republican campaign as lacking concrete proposals.
Premier Leon Blum faces a civil war risk as radicals push France into supporting the Spanish government. Non intervention remains official policy but strikes by tens of thousands threaten order, with fears of bloodshed if the government yields to demands.
The text warns radical elements could spark a continental war and notes Germany and Italy may aid the Spanish fascists. It questions the accuracy of French dispatches and urges Leon Blum to show courage and resolve to act decisively.
The Newport News Daily Press criticizes the Resettlement Administration led by Rexford Tugwell. It cites rough handling, mismanaged records, and cost concerns in the Aberdeeen resettlement project amid plans for model homes for local African American residents.
A Bristol Herald-Courier excerpt notes Russia debates restoring a seven day week with Sunday as rest day after ten years of a six day cycle. It alleges Bolshevik moves to abolish the Bible and God, while rural areas keep the Sabbath. Indications arise they may finish calendar tampering to remove the Sabbath.
A long reader quiz page covers religious views of Earl Browder and other questions. It includes origins of expressions like almighty dollar, Bar num homes, Staten Island naming, and various historical facts from 1837 to 1936. The piece cites figures such as Henry Hudson, Kalamazoo, and Charles Vance Millar with multiple anecdotes.
The author argues that despite attempts to mold Russia into a nation of infidels through aggressive atheism and mockery of God Christ Bible and the soul the Russian people will not surrender their faith. He asserts the nation’s heart remains devoted to religious belief despite state efforts.
Lynchburg and Raleigh papers compare Roosevelt and Mussolini as they weigh war’s costs. Roosevelt’s vow against war contrasts with Mussolini’s imperial claims and rejection of eternal peace. The question remains whether world opinion will act on Roosevelt’s plea.
One year ago all Italian consuls in Ethiopia were withdrawn on orders of Mussolini. A bald eagle was electrocuted after alighting on power lines at a sub station. Infantile paralysis in Virginia and North Carolina shown to be on the down grade stage. Federalsburg Maryland suffered heavy damage from torrential rains. Bodies of Florida Keys hurricane victims were burned to prevent pestilence.
Five years ago Mrs. Don S. Mattison was elected president of the local W C E. George A Fuller 32 dies suddenly in New York Miss Edna Neville of Washington DC in Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull after a bee enters an automobile and upsets it Mrs Bernie Harris Sperry wife of E R of Middletown merchant is dead Miss Elizabeth Shall Stuart and R Maurice Trimble Jr marry at Hawthorne in a colorful ceremony Ten years ago Germany joins League of Nations amid applause Mrs Minnie Gill Arnold 55 of Trone dies from burns MacMillan Arctic party helps museum funds W F Pingley runner up for state trapshooting champion.
Miss Agnes Bell and Miss Mary Hack compose the song Apple of the Valley. Senators T S Martin and Claude A Swanson win the Democratic primary by large majorities. Blackburn Smith defeats B W Catlett for state senate in Clarke County. Actress Clara Joel garners 116 marriage proposals in a year. Millwood citizens organize amid local developments.
The historical record notes California's admission to statehood on September 9, 1850, marking a pivotal expansion of the United States. The event added a new state to the Union and reshaped territorial and political balance during the era.
The piece argues Roosevelt could be reelected even if New York and Pennsylvania swing away. It notes Republicans rely on New England and Ohio, but a solid southwest and especially the South plus a western bloc could offset losses. Pivotal states, including Illinois Indiana New Jersey Missouri and others, shape the outcome beyond the big states.
A satirical collage mocks Spanish Civil War dispatches noting Irun as a stand site. It lampoons vacation jokes and a Woosier crowd scene while jabbering about whiskey stock headlines and political vanity with a final quip on admiral portraits.
Gay Elwell attends a lavish dinner at a millionaire Tim Keenan's estate where he confesses a love interest in Eleanor Randolph while openly admitting he uses women as pastimes for money. Gay rejects a purely financial union and resolves to marry for love and security, aiming to own a life of luxury through marriage.
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