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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
4
Published day except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester. This fragment notes the newspaper’s publishing schedule and origin.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish and republish all news dispatches credited or not credited to AP in this paper and all locally published news. This notice asserts copyright control and reprint permissions.
By mail one year in advance three dollars fifty, six months one dollar seventy five, three months eighty cents, one month thirty cents. By carrier one year four fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, one month forty cents.
Advertising rates listed by word with 25 cent minimum and cash with copy. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks set at 0.75. Display ads with border must arrive by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 0.42 per inch with contract rates on application.
National Advertising Representatives for Devine Tenney Corp are listed in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta with regional offices across major markets.
The Virginia deficit for the year ending June 30 stood at 2.29 million, $400,000 less than expected. State income fell by 600,000 during the last biennium, yet rigid budget cuts under Governor Pollard kept finances balanced, with a forecast of full balance by the next biennium.
Roanoke World-News critiques Rex Tugwell’s speech mimicry of General Johnson noting dated style and flawed logic. It questions his claim that anti crop cutting and subsidies avert famine and food riots, and doubts his grasp of economic policy and political consequences.
A student quiz asks when bees first nectar in spring and notes elm trees bloom early. It identifies the Capitol dome figure as Freedom and Moses as the Jewish leader found among Nile bulrushes by Pharaoh's daughter.
The piece rails at Rex Tugwell arguing his postwar readjustment plan risks destroying crops to avert famine. It says his view misreads the 1932 Democratic mandate and finds no such promises in Roosevelt speeches or platforms. It notes the party aimed to cut spending and balance the budget, not overhaul all institutions.
Five years ago Richmond was reported chosen as the Graf Zeppelin home port of call. Three Kansas City firemen died in a fatal blaze. About 300 New York orchardists surveyed fruit trees in the area. John W. Garrett became ambassador to Italy, succeeding Henry T. Fletcher.
Ten years ago the Blue Ridge bus line receives a certificate to operate between Winchester and West Virginia. The first Yorks shipment leaves Rappahannock county via Front Royal for the English market. President Coolidge marks one year in office. Rev W L Dudley of Winchester presides over the marriage of his son H W Dudley to Leta M Fairbairn of Columbia Missouri at Mount Vernon George Washington home.
Twenty five years ago a council meeting centered on sewerage construction with lively discussion and public interest. Directions to hitching yard designated for visitors attend a related event. Miss Carrie Snapp wins a beauty prize at Mt. Airy school party. C E Ridgeway visits Winchester to discuss the Inwood fair details in West Virginia.
An ad touts B C as a pharmacist made remedy offering rapid relief from menstrual pains and common aches. It claims action within minutes and lists uses for colds headaches neuralgia muscular pain fever and nervous distress without habit forming drugs. Available in 10 and 25 cent packages.
In Manhasset New York a ten year old boy Stanley Kadlusboski was pronounced dead after being pulled from Manhasset bay. Police officer John Symes demonstrated life saving techniques which restored the boy’s pulse and breathing, earning a handshake with the coroner minutes after the recovery.
Alligators vocalize loudly with a range of cadences from gentle mooing in smaller specimens under five feet to deep thunderous roars in sizable males ten feet or more, a noise distinctive among reptiles.
Mr Pleasant notes social visits as relatives and neighbors meet in Mount Pleasant Virginia. The United Brethren Sunday School picnic was held in the grove with a joyfully attended day, especially by children. Various locals are listed including Mrs Atha Dyke Miss Pearl Cochran and families visiting relatives. The Ladies Aid Society plans a meeting August 11 at 8 pm at Mrs Levane Barrs home.
Giles confronts Joan at her wedding gown fitting and reveals his heartbreak over her upcoming marriage to Hallam. Their reunion themes include memory, envy, and a dreamlike Parisian night as Amelie and Scripps glimpse a renewed youth while Giles sinks into a sorrowful reverie.
Present and past rainfall data show a 24 hour end at 1 a m none. August to date 0.40 inches year to date 18.76 inches. Average yearly precipitation 34.71 inches per year from 21 year Winchester Laboratory records. Monthly averages vary from 1.97 inches in February to 3.94 inches in May.
Harrisonburg officials consider local private abbatoir and a closed canning plant plus a new cold storage facility as suitable for a government beef relief plant if FERA reduces daily cattle intake from 100 to 50. Local plants can handle fifty cattle daily.
A classic 20th century advertisement promotes Kellogg s All Bran as a remedy for common constipation. It claims the cereal supplies bulk and iron, supports regular habits, and can ease most constipation with two tablespoonfuls daily while noting medical advice for serious illness.
Virginia Attorney General A P Staples announced a Friday court bid to obtain a preliminary injunction against milk interests to restrain violations of the 1934 milk control act. A further effort may seek a final test before the State Supreme Court at the September term in Staunton.
Valley Airways advertises a 3 passenger round trip to Chicago with a 2 day stopover for 25 dollars per person each way. Call 700-W for details.
Washington August 4 F G Awalt acting comptroller of the currency approved the sale of the remaining assets of the Guardian National Bank of Commerce Detroit to a liquidating corporation owned by depositors under a plan requiring shareholders to raise 5 040 000 as a compromise settlement on their stock assessments
Personal property and blacksmith gear to be sold at Gainesboro Pike four miles from Albin on Friday August 10 at 1 oclock. Conducted by C. F. Grim.
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