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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1933
Page
8
Lieut Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes launched from Floyd Bennett Field at 4.41 am aiming to set a distance record of 5340 miles. The French aviators planned to cross the Atlantic via Cape Sable and the Great Circle route and continue onward.
Closing quotations today showed Chicago futures for September at 9.85 and December at 10.114, May at 10.5. Baltimore spot priced at 1.004 with Winchester spot at 5. The data were supplied daily to the Star by Winchester Milling Corporation via Sticker Sales Corporation in Hagerstown Maryland.
Washington Aug 5 Flour millers must keep exact records of stocks and production under the July 9 processing tax. Every miller must have a July 9 record on unfilled flour contracts and stock and report monthly grind and exemptions, with provisions on exemptions for farmer exchanges and charitable distributions.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused a general reduction in railroad freight rates. It found existing rates not shown to be unreasonable and noted that a rate cut would not boost total traffic. Groups petitioning included the National Grange and American Farm Bureau Federation.
Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. with sermon by Rev M A Dawber at 11. No Sunday School or evening service. Rector Rev Robt B Nelson presides at Boscawen and Washington Streets.
Wild rice is described as a fresh water growing plant. The note highlights its aquatic habitat and cultivation context within natural water systems.
Rev. A. R. Van Cleave, a former Elon College professor and Union Christian College graduate, is set to speak at the Congregational Christian Churches of Winchester tomorrow at 11 AM and at Timber Ridge Sunday at 3 PM. He has taught psychology philosophy sociology and religious education and was active in athletic and student life. Citizens are invited to attend both services.
A short poem describing twilight over a mountainside as day ends At eventide. Birds sing vesper hymns and stars appear in a deep blue sky forming a chapel as the bell tolls. Written by Eugene Compton for Home for the Aged Gaithersburg Maryland.
In Chicago on August 5 a court case centers Sally Rand and police who arrested her for feather fan dances at the World Fair midway. Judge Peter Schwaba will rule on a petition to restrain police harassment as Rand fights to perform in minimal attire.
The Corporation Court of Winchester ordered P I Bumgardner to appear within fifteen days to protect his interests in a divorce action filed by Helen S Bumgardner on grounds of desertion. The notice requires four weeks of publication in The Evening Star and posting at the courthouse by August 7, 1933.
Mr. Robertson declares an experiment in social justice and wealth redistribution must succeed, praising Congress and the President for action. He urges Virginia farmers to contribute with honesty and industry as Taber previewed agricultural history and urged group effort to guide production. The talk links moral values with financial progress and stresses rural organization.
Public sale by special commissioners as directed by a Frederick County Virginia court decree to be held at the County Court House in Winchester on August 19 1933 at noon. Property includes 109 acres 1 rood 29 poles with improvements in Opequon District about three miles east of Stephens City.
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