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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star based in Winchester Virginia is a daily except Sundays publication. It is published by the Evening Star Publishing Co and consolidated with the Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
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Partial newspaper boilerplate indicates Associated Press ownership of news dispatches and local credit rules. It notes republishing rights and attribution standards for local publication.
An editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, republished in Lynchburg News, critiques the fairness and usefulness of a 100000 ballot straw poll in Virginia. It argues returns may expose biases and low engagement, while acknowledging the poll sparked discussion and interest in the political questions and candidates.
Norfolk Virginia Pilot outlines Byrd backing a revised highway funding scheme favoring higher gasoline and motor license taxes to boost 1927 construction. Plan envisions 10.125 million for main highways from multiple sources, with projected receipts exceeding estimates and linkage to federal aid and legislature appropriations.
In discussing road finance, Byrd’s plan is praised for concreteness and realizability while Mapp’s bond issue and retrenchment are criticized as impractical or unlikely for the next Legislature. The piece suggests Byrd has chosen the line of least resistance, gaining advantage in the highway issue.
A provocative polemic mocks murder in mercy, deriding court and social norms. The piece imagines killers who harm loved ones over pity, laments rising violent rhetoric, and rails at laws becoming vague as moral authority erodes. Copyright material mars the excerpt.
In Richmond the Virginia Good Roads association heard Senator Byrd deliver a direct and businesslike defense of his road plan. He argues for eleven million dollars annually from taxes and convict labor, urging adherence to the will of the people and opposing bonds that would raise state taxation. Fellow candidates Lee Moore and G Walter Mapp offered differing views on highway funding and governance.
Samuel Goldwyn motion picture producer and Frances Howard McLaughlin film actress known as Frances Howard were married today by Judge Leo Sullivan in his office in Jersey City. After the ceremony they left for Los Angeles.
Two baby grand planes landed at Bolling Field aboard an 800 horsepower Sikorsky airplane, flown from New York with six passengers, in the first trial flight of the General Air Ways System. The pianos are bound for a Washington music store and one will be sent to a community center backed by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.
Announcement last night stated the Apple Blossom Festival parade will move promptly at 3 o'clock today. The route runs from Market and Piccadilly west to Main, south to Clifford, west to Braddock, north to Water, west to Washington, north to Piccadilly, and finally to Fairmont avenue for the southwest entrance of the fair grounds.
Paris April 22 In one of the stormiest sessions Edouard Herriot former premier was elected president of the Chamber on the second ballot 267 to 1 with himself as the only negative voter A clash followed when two Socialists charged double voting causing a general melee at the rostrum and a session suspension The cabinet trio Pai leve Caillaux and Briand face the Senate tomorrow seeking a vote of confidence amid tensions over Caillaux in the ministry and Franco Vatican embassy policy Blum Socialist leader praised Painleve for summoning Caillaux and backed the move as attacks mounted against Caillaux
Thousand high school contestants nationwide enter the second annual National Oratorical Contest to boost interest in the constitution. Seven zone finals will award prizes from 800 to 2000 dollars. The event, under national newspaper auspices, has drawn broad inquiries from the public.
A short literary item by Walt Mason titled Rippling Rhymes alongside a mention of The Executioners. The note presents a fragmentary entry likely advertising or cataloging poetry pieces for a column or collection.
A home made tarkroot paste mixed with lemon juice is claimed to erase wrinkles, bagginess, and age lines in under fifteen minutes. The ad promises a smooth, youthful look, with costs under three cents per treatment and druggists supplying tark root powder.
A dull Sunday at Winchester shows the long standing hitching yard empty except for one tethered old horse. The crowd from the surrounding country reflects on past times when the yard overflowed with horses and vehicles, noting the absence of the usual bustle and public use.
Classified notice lists rental options on South Main street store room and East Clifford street residence near Shea Valley Academy. Mentions applications with Cork Street and references Miss Vir Pitman of Memphis. Includes Dr George Kleiste from Washington town for Apple Aloean festival.
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