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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia with H F Byrd Jr as editor.
Classified rates set at 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents and cash with copy. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 AM on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contract rates available.
A religious quote from Micah 6 8 emphasizes to do justly love mercy and walk humbly with God. It is presented as a concise extract of a scripture verse. The item notes moral guidance rather than news events or individuals.
The piece rails against a new tax bill as an absurdity with unclear benefits. It cites Treasury Secretary Morgenthau’s evasiveness before the Senate Finance Committee and quotes President Roosevelt on tax burdens. It argues the $270 million measure covers little deficit and expands the broader deficit debate.
Bedford Democrat argues against the belief that hard work shortens life noting farmers die of cunstroke and golfers collapse in play. The piece contrasts labor and leisure and ridicules the notion that work is inherently deadly and play is harmless, urging a balanced view of effort.
The author argues long, steady work supports health while illness often stems from disease or dental issues rather than exertion. They challenge the idea that work is harmful and promote a balanced view where rest and play are not the sole focus and health problems may preexist before labor.
The Taiping era style of crime and allegiance lingers as former war lords like Sun Chaun fan Wo I Tang Tsao Ju ling and Shi Yu san reside in British and Japanese concessions near Tianjin. The piece notes their wealth from banditry and selling out to Japan and contrasts Chinese honesty in America with distrust of Chinese servants.
Nassau County police authorize warning cards for minor traffic violators in a bid to cut accidents. One side shows a 6 year old killed and a burned man to illustrate consequences. the other explains the aim and urges heedfulness and road courtesy.
Washington inventors design a reversed spring safety pin that snaps shut to prevent swallowing hazards. The device tightens automatically if left idle and promises to reduce infant emergency calls by keeping pins firmly closed during use.
A heavy truck from Maphis and Chapman Inc of Woodstock Va carrying 1800 gallons of gasoline burned on Goose Creek Bridge near here. Sparks ignited the fuel when the truck scraped the bridge as it traveled west. The driver Mr Knox escaped injury. The fire lasted about two hours and traffic was halted while flames subsided. A passing truck was blistered by the heat.
In St Louis on August 3, 7 month old Simba the timber wolf is described as a family pet by Mrs Moody Lentz wife of the reptile house assistant curator. She says Simba is playful with children, sulks when scolded, and resumes affection after apologies.
One year ago a roaring lion was sighted near Sperryville prompting alarm among mountain residents. The same issue noted church assignments with Father Paul V. Heller and Father Charles Comasky. Elks Club sponsored a Red Cross first aid station at Middletown and teletypes were installed at The Star.
A summary of past events lists a V I I institute address on tariffs as farmer woes. Civil notices include the death of Dick Ashby, 85, noted as last local colored porter, in a hospital.
A rapid dispatch notes multiple heat prostration calls in St. Louis with animals including 11 horses, 2 canaries, 1 sparrow, plus white rats and rabbits. It also reports dental misadventure in Rochester, a fatal wedding accident in Louis, illinois, Amish farmers lobbying for a horse trough, and a playful brick strike causing a bridegroom’s death. It concludes with fire chief indecision over a mayoral letter about firefighter fitness.
Central Press reports Alaska’s Matanuska Valley colony facing renewed turmoil as colonists decry hardships and Dimond labels pioneering as luxe. In New York, Roosevelt strategy to counter attacks emerges with utility, banking and PWA probes, noting millions spent by holding companies and faked telegrams influence policy.
Mabel Shackleford of Norfolk Virginia would have turned seven today when a fire swept through her aunt Mrs Patrick Mahoney’s one story bungalow in EASPORT Maryland. Mahoney a sailor with Academy Annapolis aviation section and his wife and four children were rescued. The Shackleford girl’s body was found beneath a bed after the blaze was quenched.
An article presents quiz questions about the U S flag history thread length of cotton and aard vark. The flag in 1788 had thirteen stars in a circle while today’s flag has forty eight in rows. A single pound of cotton yields more than 4700 miles of thread. An aardvark is a five foot ant eater found in South Africa with a hairless tail.
In New Market Maryland a circular saw jammed and broke while operated from a car rear wheel. Dorsey O Sier 27 was killed and his sister Daisy Yeager was badly injured. Sier was married and a father of several children. Dr E P Roop pronounced him dead at the Yeager farm where the accident occurred last night.
Report of rainfall figures ending 8 a m with August to date 0.10 inches and year to date 19.59 inches. Winchester Research Laboratory notes 34.61 inches average annual precipitation over 22 years. Monthly averages listed from January to December with values such as January 2.35 and August 3.35 inches.
Blair Rodman, stranded by a storm, joins Janet Lord on a journey to Miss Boisevain in a remote home. Janet, young and exhausted from city work, seeks a new life while mysteries loom around the pale, elfin woman and the ominous house as they travel with McClure toward fate in Vancouver's ad world.
A wallpaper cleaner is described as suitable for cleaning soiled artificial flowers including crepe paper and wax varieties. It is presented as an effective and safe option for preserving decorative arrangements.
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