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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
4
A clipped header line references The Morning News Item The Weekly cunts The Weekly Times and The W Mirror with Associated Press credits stating exclusive rights to use re publication of all dispatches credited or not and local news published herein.
Rates listed for mail subscriptions by year six months and three months in advance with one month options. Carrier delivery shows annual and monthly rates with weekly payments and unspecified figures.
Advertising rates include two cents per word with heading name and address, minimum 25 cents, cash with copy. Orials 1.50 per stanza, Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads bordered must be in office by 10 AM on publication day. transient rate 42 cents per inch. contract rates available.
National Advertising Representatives include Devine Tenney Corp in New Jersey Pittsburgh Maines and Atlanta represented for regional agency services across multiple markets.
A religious quotation notes that confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in God raising him from the dead leads to salvation. The text is a verse reference from Romans 10 9.
The article rebukes General Hugh S. Johnson for a harsh approach in enforcing NRA codes. It notes an inflammatory cable to Harriman Hosiery and urges diplomacy and legal due process, arguing public rights to court resolution over executive penalties by a federal administrator.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports John Dillinger Sr obtained a permit to exhume his son’s body and plans to exhibit it for money. The story notes public skepticism and cites promoters who offered him sums, amid a wave of sensational postcrime tours.
Jupiter is the largest planet by mass and volume among the known planets. Iris is the Greek goddess of the rainbow. Melbourne is the capital city of Australia.
The piece argues against a proposed $10,000 sideshow exhibition of a gangster’s body, calling it morbid pandering, likely to encourage crime, and a national embarrassment that would resemble Nazi Germany’s purges in its uncivilized spectacle. It urges the Department of Justice to avoid eroding legitimacy by denying the display.
The St Swithin’s Day weather lore is questioned as unreliable with examples from 1928 1929 and 1933 showing poor correlation to the following forty days. The Weather Bureau discourages saints day proverbs and argues for studying weather maps instead of the calendar.
One year ago George C Pee carried Virginia in a landslide while E Blackburn Moorg of Berryville won the Democratic nomination to the House of Delegates from Winchester Clarke and Frederck. Charles P McVicar was renominated commissioner of revenue. H B McCormac joined the re employment campaign board. Mrs Cornelia R Pinchot joined textile strikers in Pennsylvania.
Five years ago the Frederick County Sunday School Association planned a meeting at Middletown on Thursday Aug 22. The Graf Zeppelin was reported one day out of Lakehurst en route to America. Nelson F Richards was named commander of the Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion. Apple raisers in New York announced plans to plant orchards in the Shenandoah Valley.
Mrs. Katherine Séal Giles of Winchester dies at her Washington home. A brief yet vigorous campaign is planned by John W. Davis. A man charged with horse theft is wounded by a Winchester officer during an escape attempt. State Senator G. Walter Mapp is named orator for the Fishers Hill reunion. New York apple crop is estimated at 50 percent of normal.
Twenty five years ago a mob in Woodstock hunted for a reported peeking black man at a hotel window. The Mann Tucker gubernatorial race drew attention with a predicted Mann victory. A tariff debate occupied the U S Senate. Holmes Boyd won a 26th term as city school board chairman.
Answers cover geography and trivia including near Africa’s coast for the distance across the Atlantic, New York to Liverpool about 3 166 miles, kangaroo habitat in Australia, and a Franklin quote about marriage. The piece presents short facts and a dated trivia style.
Giles, recalling Joan and their shared past, wanders Paris in spring where he buys a pair of silver slippers and envisions Joan’s memory. He fears she has moved on with Hallam while hoping for her happiness, and encounters Joan unexpectedly as he exits a high end shop.
The report lists rainfall data including the past 24 hours ending 1 a m and August to date totals. Year to date stands at 18.76 inches with a 34.71 inch annual average from 21 years of Winchester Laboratory records, plus monthly averages.
Bette Davis stars in Fog Over Frisco at the Capitol Theatre a First National murder mystery thrilling San Francisco settings and a band of international swindlers. Donald Woods Margaret Lindsay Hugh Herbert and Lyle Talbot lead with exterior scenes shot in the city. Vergie Winters with John Boles and Ann Harding opens the three day run.
Norton Virginia reports the state liquor dispensary opened with 360 customers making 414 purchases totaling 380 dollars and 25 cents. Bootleggers reduced corn whiskey to 50 cents a quart to compete with legal liquor priced at 1 dollar per quart. ABC inspector C R Pepper filed the report. The Appalachia store also opened with strong sales.
Colonial Theatre presents a two film program headlined by Fighting To Live and Double Door. Mary Morris stars in Double Door as a sinister aristocrat and tyrannical heiress, while Fighting To Live centers on a melodramatic tale of two heroic dogs. Chapter 5 of the Vanishing Shadow accompanies the bill.
Hable's Palace presents Bob Steele in South of Sante Fe with riding stunts battles and action plus Fighting With Kit Karson chapter No 10 and new Mickey Mouse Scrappy Cartoon. Wild Gold with John Boles and Claire Trevor opens Monday for two days at the Palace Theatre with a star cast including Harry Green Roger Imhof Ruth Gillette and Monroe Onsley.
Trustee gives notice of sale for Dolph White Land a 35 acre tract partly in Warren and Frederick Counties near Winchester Front Royal Turnpike The sale in front of Winchester Court House on August 25 1934 at noon Terms require one third cash with the balance in two yearly installments secured by deed of trust and insurance proceeds M M Lynch E C Brumback Dunn and Duvall Autoioneers
Mrs. Leah E Nossett of Relief is visiting her son in law and Mr and Mrs at Sunny Level. The brief item notes a family visit and location named Sunny Level.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor L L D known as The Woman Orator of America and the Georgia Cyclone will speak at Brad dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South on Thursday night August 9 at 8 o'clock. The event supports temperance with sponsorship by the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Local turnout praised by listeners who recall her past speeches as gripping and eloquent according to newspapers such as the Richmond Virginian and The Outlook New Zealand.
Special commissioners will publicly auction on August 22 1934 at 11 oclock A M in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia the property a modern dwelling with 50 by 150 feet frontage along Lee Street Frederick County. Terms include one third cash with balance in two annual bonds bearing six percent interest secured by a deed of trust and insurance. Debtor details and court decree cited.
A brisk discourse described as rapid fire and scientific in tone appears in the Toronto Globe. It emphasizes factual information and a measured approach to complex topics.
A nail marks a boundary between two English counties near Maidenhead bridge. Bucks side customers may be served half an hour later than Berkshire side patrons, illustrating local jurisdiction rules at the hotel bar.
Auction by attachment in Bursey vs Free State Poultry Co Inc and Oats vs Snapp includes a 1934 1 142 ton Chevrolet stake body truck Motor No T4146453 and a 1927 Buick coupe Motor No 860088 with cash terms. Deputy Sheriff J W Newcome announces sale for Frederick County Virginia.
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