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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery, advertising rates, memorials and cards of thanks fees, display ad timing, and national ad reps. It notes Associated Press rights and the paper’s publication day Wednesday, Sept 29, 1937.
A local column laments early use of strong drink and notes the inability to obtain coffee from outside sources. It jokes that if Uncle Sam allowed it, they could make corn whiskey and manage without coffee.
A Fredericksburg columnist calls the Atlantic City pageant a normal yet harmful beauty contest. The piece argues the queen show breeds artificial glamour, social stress, and commercial exploitation, warning it damages girls and defies American democratic values.
Ambassador Daniels lauded Mrs Masaryk at a celebration for the late President Masaryk. He highlighted her influence on his career and described her as mathematical, religious, forthright, and uncompromising. Garrigue Masaryk’s name became part of his own, linking American and Czech efforts toward emancipation and a republic.
A Richmond reader sends his yearly buckwheat flour order from the pristine New River area in Southwest Virginia. He adds a long satirical tribute praising the Garden Spot of Virginia and the region’s unpolluted beauty, urging editors and locals to appreciate the area’s rewards and resources.
Governor Earle announced Pennsylvania will receive 13.3 million from the Mellon inheritance tax settlement and allocate 2 million annually for state employee pay raises. Taxpayers get no direct benefit as the windfall goes to salaries while employees are exempt from federal tax.
In Denver on Sept 28 union leaders awaited William Big Hutch Hutcheson president of the carpenters union to open a conference. They hope to avert a renewal of a split in the building trades department as a prelude to the national AFL con clave starting Monday.
The piece rails at contradictory official denials over Italian and German aid to the Spanish rebels. It notes repeated promises and denials about volunteers and naval involvement while arguing that open diplomacy fails to move Europe toward a resolution.
War correspondents question Tokyo's aim of breaking Chinese morale and securing a quick victory before Russia enters. Japan risks retaliation on civilian centers and global condemnation if neutral property or lives are harmed. Attacks may not shorten the war, but would intensify world revulsion against Japan.
Pasadena officials announce that overparked vehicles will be towed and impounded. Owners must pay a $2 fine in addition to regular fees to recover their cars.
Dr. B D Tillett superintendent announces curriculum expansion to include commercial classes. Day and night typing and shorthand courses are organized with over a dozen cadets enrolled and expected to grow with a crowd from Winchester. Additional classes in business administration secretarial science and related fields will form as demand warrants. Mrs J William Hollis will head typing and shorthand with the Hollises housed on campus.
Lawrence J Connery of Lynn won a special election in the Seventh Congressional district to succeed the late Connery. He totaled 40 456 votes to Edwin Devlin 27 205 with 933 for Dr Fred G Bushold. The result held for the Democrats in a district long aligned with the party and viewed as a Roosevelt administration barometer.
The Polo Grounds hosts the first game as the Giants defeat the Yankees 6 to 1 amid a muddy field. Also noted are Earl Browder’s arrest in Indiana and denial of speaking rights in the fall campaign. Water bond referendum fails by 165 votes with Rouss and Sarah Zane precincts backing it. Julian Everley addresses over 100 FFA boys in Clarke and Frederick counties at Boyce.
Valley pike reconstruction to start next week will create a three lane link between Winchester and Staunton. Handley football regular Mike Garber suffers a broken jaw in a game with Alumni and will miss the season, while substitute Robert Baker breaks a collar bone in practice. Mr and Mrs Thurman Ritennour welcome a son named Douglas Burnett.
A list of trivia Q and A items covers topics from mountaintops in Russia to Williamson football ratings, Rotary clubs in Germany, Met opera doctors, Kipling’s U S leave, and prehistoric giants. It notes figures, dates, and names, including Paul Williamson, Vincenzo Fanoni, Elma Reed, and Bergonzi, with brief explanations for each answer.
Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming sails for Hawaii on October 1 with fourteen representatives and seventeen children to survey conditions. He holds explosive documents alleging peonage and control by the big five firms, calling for possible congressional hearings. The trip also touches on sugar imports and labor standards, while the President continues a restrained campaign stance.
The display in Baltimore wins praise with a motorcade led by Commerce chairman Haldeman. Philip R. Fowle enters the local bar and will practice here, noting his World War honors. Wheat sells at 1.28 per bushel, eggs at 42 cents per dozen as prices rise nationwide. W. C. Alexander of New York speaks at a joint civic clubs luncheon, former local citizen and Kiwanis International vice president.
Twenty five years ago the Inwood West Virginia telephone company begins installing Western Electric equipment to operate its own exchange. Major John Randolph Tucker, nephew of Mrs. W P McGuire, is offered a position on the officers staff of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues. Water pressure forces opening under concrete at Mill dam, slowing turbine operation, is under repair.
Forty years ago John Logan a colored frequenter of the police court and a bully is beaten by Joe, a colored employee of J P Silers. The city water committee awards trench work contract for new water lines to William Copenhaver. Two Scranton executors of Judge Handley’s estate leave for home after talks with local business men.
Mari Barat prepares to launch Maribarat in Paris fashion, travels to London to dine with Ellen, Viscountess Verlaine, and charm high society. She adopts a queenly persona, schedules fittings, and steps into a world of publicity, secrecy, and costly obligations as her career rises in Paris.
A Pagosa Springs couple narrowly escaped a rockslide near Wolfe Creek Pass as 12% tons of dynamite blew a road cut. A house-sized boulder slammed down and rested 12 feet from their car before they drove away, unseen.
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