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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1935
Page
2
Viewpoints clash over spring downpour value as Virginia soil finally soaks since 1929. Some say beneficial for planting and crops, while persistent rain threatens fruit set and favors fungi like scab and cedar rust, with tobacco down mildew and plant diseases likely unless rain subsides.
Paris reports say France Italy and Great Britain debate a joint plan to frighten the Reich while Europe watches Stresa talks. Foreign Minister Laval may seek mutual aid pacts with Russia and Czechoslovakia if Italy and Britain balk. Britain awaits Eden’s return to draft a compromise.
A Paris communique says conference delegates are united on maintaining peace. Valav's proposals seek armed aid against aggressors, while Germany rejects joining a complex security system. Austria plans to increase its army without submitting to Stresa, and Switzerland signals continued diplomatic pressure to compel Germany to release a kidnapped person, potentially via arbitration.
A 1934 disclosure shows 600 executives across American industry received a total of 10 million dollars in pay envelopes. Salaries ranged from a few thousand to a 125 thousand top, with 119 presidents averaging 36 thousand and four above 100 thousand. Francis B. Davis led with 125 thousand for United States Rubber Company. Edward G. Seubert headed Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
The document notes second place with 117,900 and Ian H. as chairman of the Saturday Evening Post tied for third with an even 100,000. Reports to date are fraction of expected totals as 3,500 to 4,000 more companies are anticipated to report.
Washington debate on McSwain anti war profiteering bill centers on labor draft risk and price ceiling plan. House and Senate rows clash over amendments as Chairman Connery challenges the authors claim that labor cannot be drafted. A separate McSwain measure hearings push a department of aeronautics to unify army air corps and civil aviation with Jimmy Boolittile urging approval.
A claim in the piece describes a beetle nicknamed Lucky Beetle that allegedly can go three years without consuming any food.
In Richmond Virginia a hosiery patent case sparked a risqué courtroom demonstration. Miss Sally Blue showed a needle and egg-holder trick to illustrate the alleged method, with Justice Reynolds and colleagues watching as observers applauded the unusual presentation during oral arguments between Steles Company and Hosiery Motor-Mead Corp.
The Justice Department moves to file a new NRA constitutional case aimed at a Supreme Court ruling before the act expires on June 16. It selects the Schchter poultry case on wage hour and sales provisions as the strongest vehicle. The court has recently dealt with New York City poultry market matters.
The two day Winchester Shenandoah Valley celebration plans a peace centered pageant featuring the Pipe of Peace scene with natives and settlers, Civil War soldiers, and a final float with Uncle Sam and John Bull envisioning international goodwill in a historical context.
The greatest stellar eruption occurred in 1572 in Cassiopeia when a new star appeared and was visible at daytime, outshining Jupiter and Venus. Its light faded gradually but the spectacle lasted about sixteen months.
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