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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
4
Local notice indicates consolidation of The Morning News Item with The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror under a joint publication plan. Authorities schedule committee reviews and set a timeline for integrating editorial staff and masthead branding.
The notice lists subscription prices for one year three months and six months in advance with baggage of 3.50 1.75 0.90 and 0.30 and carrier rates at 4.50 2.25 1.20 and 0.40 with a weekly line indicating additional charges.
Advertising rates listed include 3 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps Divine Tenney Corp in several cities.
Gospel record notes Jesus travels through Galilee teaching in synagogues preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people in Matthew 4 23.
The proposal envisions a 100 mile wide by 1 000 mile long forest belt from the Canadian border through the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas to the Texas panhandle to restore soil and reduce drought damage. Costing about 75 million, the project would create wind breaks covering fourteen acres per square mile and aims to prevent topsoil loss seen in the West.
A school quiz lists three questions about constitutional amendments in Congress, Andrew Jackson’s governorship of Florida, and Woodrow Wilson’s pre gubernatorial vocation.
A fragment notes that a certain measure would align grain production costs of farms in the East and West closer to one another than at present. The context suggests policy or market considerations driving convergence between regional agriculture costs.
Virginia mourns the death of State Senator Samuel L. Ferguson at Appomattox. At 65 he spent a lifetime in public service and helped lead reforms including the road law that shifted county maintenance to the state. His passing is described as a great loss to Virginia government and its people.
The Chicago Daily News notes Mississippi votes to end prohibition, with other dry states likely to see reduced support for legalization. It cites rising liquor related crimes, tavern brawls, and alcohol related auto accidents as warning signs urging continued restraint on John Barleycorn.
An advertisement touts a product named Klutch that forms a comfort cushion and holds a denture plate snugly to prevent rocking or chafing. It claims wearers can eat and speak normally and notes pricing at 25 cents in drug stores.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. shows none. July to date totals 2.88 inches, year to date 18.36 inches. The 21 year average is 34.71 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34 inches.
Governor Pinchot orders troops in Fayette county to curb miner disorder. Richmond buzzes over wedding date of Gov Pollard and Miss McDougall. Rites held for Jesse F. Bly at Lebanon amid a December Charles Town race meet scheduled.
A Washington columnist critiques President Roosevelt's public survey asking citizens if they are better off, noting most responses to several questions were negative. The writer argues the poll's sixth question undermined the effort, calling it impudent and poorly expressed.
Liberal fears rise over a rightward shift seen as fascism to counter a leftist surge. Nathaniel Peffer’s Harper’s Magazine article is cited as provoking liberals allied with Roosevelt, criticizing the New Deal and NRA while warning democracy may not endure without concrete policy rather than generalities.
Joan Dudley surprises Nancy by arriving with Drew Hallam in Paris and rekindling a bold romance amidst a cosmopolitan dining room. Drew admits his love, vows to keep Joan, and they plan to marry in April as Farley weighs the seriousness of the step.
Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh survive a trans continental flight after their plane enters a ground loop at Newark New Jersey. No injuries reported.
J. M. Steck is reelected chair man of the city school board. Frank B. Robinson is chosen by the Republicans of the 15th West Virginia district to run for the state senate. The American round the world fliers are reported at Kirkwall Scotland homebound. Hog prices rise to 11.25 at Chicago. A Davis Bryan club is organized at Boyce. Plans announce the State Farmers Institute at the center of Virginia August 10.
Twenty five years ago the Staunton local option election was won by a margin of 20 votes and challenged by veterans. Betty Taylor Dandridge, daughter of President Zachary Taylor, has a probate with a 14 word will leaving property to Betty Taylor Stauffer and Sarah K Wood. Spain faces a revolutionary upheaval while Winchester wheat sells at 1.08 per bushel.
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