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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1936

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star Advertisement Directory Listing

The Winchester Evening Star lists Keeney Woodward National Advertising Representatives with offices in New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles and subscription rates of $4.50 and $2.25.

Keeney Woodward & National Advertising Tenney, Woodward & Company, Inc New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta Los Angeles

Voting the Democratic ticket in a key editorial

The column urges support for Franklin D Roosevelt and Garner for national office and cites strong free press principles. It argues against press gag orders, defends public access to criminal trials, and notes concerns about sensationalist journalism while referencing various editorials and a joke about a prisoner’s marriage.

Tracher

Small Nations Back Britain in Africa Stand

European allies back Britain's policy in Africa as a council votes 5 500 for widening Boscawen street. J W Conners stolen horse recovered near Cairo Wadden County and Tom Carr charged. Evelyn Hoey 25 actress shot dead at farm home Downingt on Pa. Iron workers strike in Minneapolis leaves two dead and 30 wounded.

Britain Africa Council Boscawen Street J. W. Conner Cairo Wadden County Tom Carr Evelyn Hoey H. H. Rogers, Jr Downington Minneapolis

Parables on Unrighteous Building in Jeremiah Verse

A religious quotation condemns exploiting workers and using neighbors without fair wages. It cites Jeremiah 22 13 about building a house with unrighteousness and chambers by wrong, warning consequences for injustice.

Landon attacked by Roosevelt allies over free competition

In a Portland address Roosevelt supporters condemn Landon and the Republican record on trade and price fixing. They argue GOP policies subsidize monopolies, hinder free competition, and undermine Secretary Hull's freer trade efforts. They insist tariffs and protectionist planks worsen markets.

Portland Landon Republican Party Hull Congress Roosevelt

Two-tooters rise as danger grows in Fredericksburg roads

Fredericksburg motorists adopting two-tooter signals increase on streets. The practice, used by drivers who insist their two brief horn blasts override others with right of way, leads to tense encounters and frequent braking tests.

Fredericksburg

Driving manners and road safety lessons from a two-footed driver

The piece discusses aggressive driving by two-footers and corner cutters who urge others to yield and keep to lanes. It notes the danger to workers with rigid schedules and the risks posed by cutting corners into arterial highways. It also recommends refreshing state driving laws and considering other drivers’ actions.

Reid

The Greatest Governor Controversy and Al Smith

The Roanoke Times questions Father Coughlin's praise of Al Smith as the greatest governor, noting many celebrated governors across states. It argues Smith was great but not uniquely supreme, mentioning Grover Cleveland, Charles E. Hughes, Huey Long, and Virginians like Harry Byrd. It concludes Smith is American but should not be praised by Coughlin.

Roanoke Times Alfred E. Smith Father Coughlin New York al Smith Smith Grover Cleveland Charles E. Hughes Roosevelts Phil” la Follette Virginia Harry Byrd Claude Swanson Henry C. Stuart North Carolina

Press Liberty Drive Aimed at Curbing Publicity Evil

Former U S solicitor general Thomas D. Thacher launches a campaign with the American Bar Association to rid courts of publicity evil citing the Hauptmann case as a stark example.

Newport News Daily Press Thomas D. Thacher United States American Bar Association

Will Rogers Humorous Zoo Tale With a Boy and Monkey

A woman takes her five year old Bobbie to the zoo where he makes faces at a monkey. The child replies that the monkey started it, prompting a light hearted moral about not making faces.

Bobbie American News Features, Inc

Seven hundred dead in Belize hurricane memory

Five years ago a powerful hurricane struck Belize in British Honduras causing extensive loss of life. County schools reopen with enrollment over 2,800 pupils. Annual services held at Old Chapel in Clarke County. Heat wave pushes temperatures to 100 degrees in Huron South Dakota. Miss Mary Viola Havermale marries Ruel Percell Anderson.

Belize British Honduras

Assailant Attacks State Trooper in Martinsburg

Sergeant Walter Huff of the West Virginia State Police is viciously assaulted by a prisoner en route to jail in Martinsburg. J. George Baetjer leads the Common Council finance committee. Philadelphia firm to build a news plant at Moorefield. Apple pickers stranded as season runs ten days late. Ku Klux Klan plans to save America from alienism per imperial wizard Hiram W. Evans.

Walter Huff Martinsburg W. Va J. George Baetjer Common Council Philadelphia Moorefield Ku Klux Klan America Hiram W. Evans

Quicksand Incident Near Opequon Creek Attracts Crowd

Clark Wright narrowly escapes fatal quicksand incident along Opequon Creek near the Pidgeon and Wright crowd. About 12 000 people attend a local fair as a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad work engine crashes into a freight on the Middletown siding with one locomotive overturning. A film titled Girl in the Taxi plays at the Auditorium.

Clark Wright Opequon Creek Pidgeon and Wright Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Middletown

Quebec Captured by Wolfe in 1759 Historic Assault

Historic record notes Major General James Wolfe captured Quebec from France on September 13 1759. It also marks John Harvard’s death on September 14 1630s leaving a library to the college. The notes place these events in colonial American history.

Wolfe Quebec John Harvard

Answers to general knowledge questions from Frederic J. Haskin era

A compiled Q A list from The E Star Information Bureau in Washington D C. It covers topics from the National Zoological Park size to crab tagging in Chesapeake Bay and average movie admission prices. It cites figures for liquor consumption in 1935 and notable historical questions including Patrick Henry's last words and the oldest American home.

Coen Frederic E Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. C Patrick Henry M. BR. A

What's What at a Goance Washington World

The writer extols live theater over film praising Robert Taylor and Romeo and Juliet. He notes stage protest plays reflect a living nation and cheers civic theaters producing local plays as signs of cultural vitality.

New York

Youre Telling Me Funny Observations From William Ritt

A column notes three days left in the year including Halloween Thanksgiving and Christmas. It humorously compares dogs and humans, recalls King Edward VIII, and cites a Mussolini soldier as a child. It critiques electoral optimism and real estate boasts with tongue in cheek.

William Ritt Central Press Junior Hallowe’en

Gate Crasher at Wayne's Party Sparks Tense Romance

Gay Elwell attends a high society gathering at Wayne's Devonshire Arms penthouse. Wayne butts heads with jealousy from Mrs. Larrimore as Gay and Wayne confront their feelings amid a roomful of socialites including the Vances, Dodo Carruthers, and Mark Vance. The night crescendos with a pending kiss and unresolved longing.

Gay Elwell Petroit Dr. Wilson Cdub Neeber Andereck Carter Wayne Oae Christian Scott Tim Kenny Gay Gay Resents. T Im Talks Cs Engagement To Yy Ee Sadolpyan Eleanor Mark Vance Breck Wayne Doctor Wilson Charlie Pennell Vances Grace Larrimore Peggy and Tim Keenan Mr. Scott Dodo Carruthers Devonshire Arms Sweet Mr. Adams Miss Elwell Mr. Pennell Mrs. Larrimore Gayl Mrs. Vance Charlotte Vance Dodo Mark Charlotte

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