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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1932

Page

2

Tarzan the Ape Man at Palace for three nights

Tarzan the Ape Man directed by W. S. Van Dyke screens at Hable's Palace for three days starting tonight. Johnny Weissmuller stars as Tarzan with Neil Hamilton Maureen O Sullivan and others in a jungle adventure famed for fights with lions apes and a gorilla pit.

Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs W. 8. van Dyke Trader Horn Johnny Weissmuller Neil Hamilton Maureen O’sullivan C. Aubrey Smith Smith Dorish Forrester Harvey Ivory Williams Baltimore East Loew Columbia Theatre Washington Winchester Attracon

City eyes Cedar Creek Shenandoah water supply plan

The Water and Finance Committees hired Whitman Reynardt and Smith of Baltimore to study Cedar Creek and the Shenandoah for a pumping filtration and softening system. Estimated costs, routes, pumping head, and potential sales to nearby towns are being evaluated for a multi‑decade water supply.

Cedar Creek Shenandoah River Water Committee Finance Committee Whitman, Reynardt and Smith Baltimore Shenandoah Strasburg Marlboro Millwood Earby

Broken Lullaby at Capitol with Barrymore in drama

Warner Bros presents Maurice Rostand’s The Man I Killed retold as Broken Lullaby by Ernst Lubitsch. Lionel Barrymore plays the father with Nancy Carroll and Phillip Holmes in key roles. Capitol touts four star triumph and a special Ole Virginia Possum Hunters radio show added for evening performances.

Barrymore Capitol Maurice Rostand Ernest Lubitsch Lionel Barrymore Nancy Carroll Phillip Holmes Edgeworth WRVA Richmond

Water Supply Debate for Winchester City Power and Water

The plan weighs options for water supply and power for the city. Costs include bringing water from distant sources at $500,000 to $600,000 and raising water rates or tax rates. Projections compare current 74 1/2 cents per thousand gallons and possible rate adjustments to fund retirement of debt and maintain low per capita costs.

Shryock Winchester

Leftover Ladies headline at Colonial Theatre with star cast

The Colonial Theatre features Leftover Ladies from Tiffany Productions starring Claudia Dell Marjorie Rambeau Walter Byron and Alan Mowbray based on Ursula Parrott material from Mentor Magazine. Also tomorrow is the third Country Store night with over 5044 dollars in merchandise awarded weekly to audience patrons.

Colonial Theatre Tiffany Productions Claudia Dell Marjorie Rambeau Walter Byron Alan Mowbray Mentor Magazine Ursula Parrott the Colonial

Civic duty urged on Winchester voters

A civic editorial urges broad citizen participation in a future vote on city matters. It notes population growth, good streets and public works, and strong finances, calling for confidence and fair action by all residents. The piece stresses politics aside, framing the issue as a vital civic question requiring conviction and collective responsibility.

Winchester

Port man sues for divorce claiming marital restlessness

Capt. Henry C. King, 92, of Portland Oregon, filed for divorce from his 60 year old wife claiming she ran around too much. The suit highlights a failing marriage with a request for dissolution.

Henry C. King Portland, Ore

Local Wholesale Feed Prices and Dairy Products Listing

A market report lists wholesale prices for cracked corn shelled corn middlings and screenings plus creamery butter at several price points. It also shows live poultry and livestock entries including hens geese chickens and cattle with given quotes. The Baltimore wholesale section notes closing day prices for wheat and corn.

Owen

Mrs Fosdick Kills Children Then Herself in Montclair

Mrs Raymond B Fosdick sister in law of Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick shot and killed her two children Susanne 15 and Blaine 9 and then herself at their Montclair home police said she had been nervous and under a physician care husband a lawyer away in New York Fosdick former League of Nations under secretary general trustee of Rockefeller Foundation and Princeton University Winifred Finlay before marriage from Montclair A California detective assists in unrelated bomb probes at Saxon Pennsylvania mentioning Tom Mooney per Dunbar's Weekly

Byv Rassoetted Press Montclair N. J Raymond B. Fosdick Harry Emerson Fosdick Susanne Blaine Fosdick League of Nations Rockefeller Foundation Princeton University Winifred Finlay

Public Sale of Filling Station Near Hayfield Virginia

Trustees offer for sale at public auction a 10 acre tract west of Hayfield on Route 50 with a four room house, camp cabins, tent, outbuildings, a Gulf station, good well, and option for tourist camp. sale at Winchester County Court House on April 2 1932 at 11 A M. postponed to April 16 1932 at same time and place. Terms include one third cash and balance secured by two bonds payable in 1 and 2 years with interest and insurance required. Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.

Winchester Hayfield Gulf Gas Service

Frederick County Council of Religious Education Meeting

The finance committee of the Frederick County Council of Religious Education will meet at 3 o clock Thursday afternoon April 7 at Handley Library. The committee includes the county council treasurer and district council treasurers. The president and secretary of the county organization and district councils are invited. Rev. Minor C. Miller of the Virginia Council of Religious Education will attend.

Frederick County Council of Religious Education Handley Library Minor C. Miller Virginia Council of Religious Education

Natex triple strength advertised for stomach relief in Roanoke

A Roanoke man credits Natex with restoring his stomach health and sleep after chronic indigestion and constipation. The ad from People’s Service Drug Store promotes Natex as a tripled strength tonic with nine grains of tonic and 60 grains of other ingredients, claiming quick relief for stomach, liver, kidney and bowel issues.

People's Service C. C. Ferguson Virginia Iron & Bridge Co Tazewell Ave S. E Roanoke Natex People’s Service Drug Store

Harvard Astronomer Sees Mars as Intelligent Beings Signaling

A Harvard astronomer argues Mars hosts intelligent life and is signaling Earth. He quips that they may try to sell bonds, urging readers to pretend not to notice.

Harvard Mars Detroit News

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