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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1936
Page
4
Analyzed speech at Nuremberg signals desperation behind Hitler's strategy as he portrays Russia as a foe. The sermon against Bolshevism and call for a holy war of German Kultur aim to rally a hungry nation, while risking intensified defense by Russia and the Franco Polish alliance.
The Washington Post frame warns that Hitler's speech linking German recovery to Ukraine and Siberia expansion signals a deliberate push toward war with Russia. It argues Europe risks another global conflict and urges America to stay out to avoid entanglement.
A humorous exchange in a shop features a customer challenging a handbag seller about crocodile skin. The seller insists on authenticity by joking that a skilled hunter shot the animal, with quips about the animal’s fall and the dealer’s honesty.
Will Rogers recounts a tale of a lawyer advising a patient to pretend illness to gain care from his wife. The humorous anecdote highlights a playful remedy involving wife attention and ice bags to lift spirits.
Mrs. Joseph B. Newlin received a second blood transfusion at University Hospital Charlottesville where she has been confined with arthritis for ten weeks. Mr. Newlin, a local attorney, supplied the blood. C. P. McVicar hosted the Winchester Shrine Club at Handley avenue with an old Dutch supper. A mysterious fire destroyed a large barn, 500 bushels of grain, and 10 tons of hay on the farm of Mrs. R Burton Snapp near Stephens City.
Glenn Seabright George F Miller and J P Blount qualified in the national rifle matches at Camp Peery Seabright and Blount were the only Virginians to place on the Presidents Hundred list of high scorers An annual campaign for Boy Scout maintenance fund is begun Clarke Garden Club met at Mrs H B Mc Cormac home to discuss home beautification
Arthur Seabright and County Game Warden F. W. Pingley led the trap shooting at the Winchester Gun Club. Mrs Mildred Summers of Washington was seriously cut by flying glass when a rock shattered her windshield. Rev J Luther Neff, pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was confined to bed at the parsonage due to illness. Mrs Howard Hoge of Loudoun county was reelected president of the W C T U of Virginia at Radford.
Col. B. M. Roszel announces Shenandoah Valley earner will open on September 21. The piece notes giant sunflowers at Stephens City, a Washington newspaper feature. Miss Maria Twigg wins verdict in Baltimore for a hug without consent with Mr. Colean Klein named as defendant. The 47th Battle of Winchester anniversary is set for tomorrow. Airplane speed 302 mph on Sept 18, 1925.
John D. Allen of Mercer University asks readers of The Evening Star to search for eight early poems by Philip Pendleton Cooke who lived near Winchester and Millwood. He lists titles and notes Cooke used pseudonyms such as Larry Lyle Frank Beverly Erroll Conway and L L. recovery would aid literature memory and scholarship on the Virginia author.
A collection of quiz style Q A items covers topics from war service of President Roosevelt to the carillon in Richmond and Walsh Heathley Act. It cites Frederic in Washington and quotes experts from J B Pennypacker to Albert Tangora. It also notes Jugtown pottery origins and the first equestrian statue in the United States.
Washington dispatch notes a clear uptick in industrial demand across the country and a belief that skilled labor shortages are forming. Experts from the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association and former U S printer George Carter discuss how many unemployed were never officially counted and may remain on relief rolls for years, possibly reaching millions.
A collection of light, satirical observations. Notes on aviators poets and the aging town clock, with playful jabs at laws speed limits Mussolini press exits and college football hopes. The piece blends humor and social commentary.
Gay Elwell, a check girl, attends a Tim Keenan house party at Lake Paradise with social elite. Tim schemes to win her, while Eleanor Randolph’s jealousy looms. Gay bonds with Breck Carter, Wayne Adams, and Doctor Wilson as she navigates fashion, money, and flirtations.
Moore told Federal Judge Alber Lee Stephens his chief witness is a horse follower. The trial on the Monte Carlo gambling ship robbery is postponed to Jan 28 after Santa Anita season opens. A photo shows parade spectators. one man is a husband missing six years with two children.
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