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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as a second class Consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News per Times The Weekly.
Notice states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use and republish all news credited or not in this paper. It also asserts rights to all local news published herein.
The text lists subscription terms by time in advance including one year six months and three months prices, plus weekly rates. It names National Advertising Representatives Prost Landis and Kohn with offices in New York Atlanta Chicago and Detroit.
A religious item echoes 1 Samuel 12 74 urging faithful service and gratitude for divine deeds. It presents a concise exhortation to follow the Lord in truth and remembrance of his great works.
Winnie Ruth Judd will be confined for life in the Florence hospital for the insane after a jury found her insane. If she regains sanity she would be returned to the prison warden for execution, a prospect the Roanoke Times notes as a grim alternative.
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch comments on British actions defending British nationals held in Russia. It argues the British government imposed an embargo on some Soviet goods after imprisoning two Metropolitan Vickers engineers, viewing them as scapegoats, with caution about trade retaliation.
President Roosevelt asks the nation to observe May 1 as Child Health Day. He stresses healthy kids need active life and iron in their tissues. With few playgrounds, vacant lots can serve as spaces for boys and girls to play, dirt on shoes is better than weak muscles.
One year ago Shenandoah Valley Inc. mailed over 100000 booklets for the section. Miss Sarah Kendall Baker crowned Princess of Frederick County for the apple fete. Ambassador Paul Ude of France to crown Miss Helen Ames Washington as Queen Shenandoah the Ninth. Fire destroyed high school at Capon Bridge West Virginia. Original Lovett Shoe Store to open this week. Hotel Jack adds coffee shop under new management. Herbert Hoover seen as strong GOP presidential nominee chance. William E. Cooper runs for mayor of Winchester on independent ticket. Lon Chaney in Laugh Clown Laugh featured at Empire Theatre. Sweeping rally in security prices on the New York Stock Exchange. Sleeping cars Winchester to New York planned by Pennsylvania Rail. Pippins near Crozet bloom abundantly. Ranks of Grand Army and Union veterans dwindle. Shenandoah National Forest opened to campers. Orchards near Winchester expected to bloom day after tomorrow.
At the Capitol Theatre Warner Bros. presents a remote island tale where explorers seek the dawn of man and discover King Kong. Fay Wray is captured by natives to appease the ape ruler on a brutal primeval landscape.
Irene Dunne leads the cast in No Other Woman at the Colonial with Jim Stanley announcing steel as his duty. Anna, his wife, seeks a life beyond the grim steel town as success and riches appear on the horizon.
An upcoming gubernatorial election frames a tale of a corrupt political boss seeking to crush the opposing candidate. Lydia Johnson, the town’s smartest blonde, challenges society and politics through reform sparked by love and faith. Noel Francis Skeets Gallagher Dorothy Peterson Hale Hamilton star in Reform Girl at the Palace tonight and Thursday.
European scientists say it would take 50 moonsized bodies to form a planet as large as Earth. The Los Angeles Times notes about 60 percent of public schools are one room, with 148,712 such schools in 1980. A blunt adage about cash dreams remains unfulfilled.
Precipitation data shows 24 hour total of 0.05 inches ending 8 a.m. April to date 4.27 inches year to date 12.54 inches. Twenty year average annual rainfall is 34.63 inches with monthly averages listed for January through December, including April at 3.11 inches and other months.
The Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South youth department plans an 8 pm program in the church hall featuring the Handley quartet, readings, vocal and instrumental solos, and four 15 minute comedies. Cast lists include Miss Bliss Eunice Hammond and others in Roses and Romances An Exciting Time A Disturbance in the Family and The New Hired Man with a full lineup of characters.
In a spring night drive, Sue and Philip confront hidden lives and a rising love. He declares his love but must protect Merta Morris, while Grace and Pinky begin a pragmatic path toward a shared future. The scene ends with plans to return home as dawn nears.
The neighbor Rue Sguderback and Bly the farmer sponsor a local event with a 10 cent admission. Donald Clowe and Misf Clowe are noted among participants as organizers. Attendees are urged to come and expect good value for their dime.
A public sale of Farmers & Merchants National Bank stock ten shares is set for Saturday April 29 at 11 00 a m in the Court House Written bids are accepted to sale date Inquire for terms and details Dunn and Duvall are the contacts.
A proclamation by President Roosevelt designates May 1 as Child Health Day. Vernor Pollard releases a statement urging protection of children from physical dangers and moral hazards. The goals include ensuring right care from birth and guiding expectant mothers to make child bearing safer with rural and urban access.
Central Press reports heated debate on whether Roosevelt forced controlled inflation through Congress or Congress imposed it on him. The piece notes White House backing and moves toward a joint gold standard with Britain, while observations about Maude Adams return to New York stage appear alongside questions on looted banks prosecutions and justice department investigations.
Railroads announce daylight saving time change will cut trip times on key routes. The Twentieth Century Limited New York to Chicago will average 64.3 mph over 961.2 miles, finishing in 17 hours 45 minutes. Broadway Limited also improves to 17 hours 45 minutes, while other trains drop from 21 to 20 12 hours.
National Education Association reports 1,000,000 pupils would lose classrooms if schools shut while teachers are unpaid. Vets cite a 17.5 percent rise in beverage industry jobs in March, and drys note a 4.2 percent fall in general employment, blamed on the bank moratorium.
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