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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class matter and published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co.
The notice lists annual and short term subscription rates by mail and by carrier. Prices shown include one year four dollars and fifty cents by carrier, with six months and three months terms also offered.
Advertising rates are listed at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials cost 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 0.75. Display ads with borders must be in by 10 A M for publication. Transient rate 0.42 per inch. National reps are Devine Tenney Corp in multiple cities.
A religious excerpt warns against boasting about tomorrow and notes that one cannot know what a day may bring forth. It includes a Pant 119 reference and a Bible verse citation urging humility and vigilance.
The Bristol Herald Courier rebukes Portsmouth publisher Norman R. Hamilton for misattributing a Bristol Herald Courier editorial to the paper and misrepresenting it as editorial stance. The Times Dispatch retracts, clarifying the disputed paragraph originated in a weekly news summary, not the Herald Courier editorial columns. J. H., editor of the Herald Courier, defends Byrd and his district, noting no quarrel with Byrd or his organization and praising the paper's long-standing support.
Elkton Maryland town lawmakers have removed all signs advertising marrying ministers. The ordinance aims to fit with perceived community beauty, removing a long standing tourist draw. Despite the change, couples can still wed and seek licenses as before.
Baltimore letter notes Thomas E. Dewey special prosecutor targets rackets in New York. He opposes jail by talk, favors prison for crimes, but would use income tax returns as a last resort. Capone case cited as precedent for tax charges delivering justice.
Gifts to charity totaled 28 133 226 in the first six months, up 104.64 percent from two years ago. A fund raising firm notes a steady decline since 1929, with last year's upturn continuing, signaling public faith in private philanthropy and a willingness to share before new taxes.
Windsor Star humorist recalls a Sunday School question to Jimmie about loving enemies. He answers he tries when they are bigger. The piece notes many adults show humility to superiors yet harshness to subordinates, causing fear in those below.
The passage counsels Jimmie to value early kindness as a foundation for future success in business and politics. It argues that universal fairness and friendliness toward others will yield long term respect and support as he grows.
One year ago Claude B. Stickley of the Winchester Skeet and Gun club won the Virginia amateur trapshoot by hitting 196 of 200 targets. Also noted are Hitler's pledge, U.S. unemployment, labor leader William Green, Shenandoah Valley letter carriers, Doylestown home sales clash, a 101 degree heat wave, Mrs Mary C Fawcett's death, a golf score by Logan Fay, bandit robbery report, and opening day plans for August 26 fair with schoolchildren invited.
The Washington Star praises a new road to Winchester via Ashbys Gap shortening the trip to Washington by 30 miles. The MacMillan Arctic flights unsettle Eskimo locals who fear impending disaster. Winchester hospital to be enlarged. Two Martinsburgers crash on a missing bridge under construction, machine badly damaged. The Tri County Odd Fellows Association is organized.
Col. E A Stevens sails to Europe and transfers all property to trustees to manage in his absence. Major Holmes Conrad speaks at Fishers Hill Confederate Veterans 18th annual event attended by 12. Commissioner Koiner proposes Frederick County fruit for a state agricultural museum in the Capitol. Scott Affleck builds a diminutive auto attracting wide attention. Wheat 94 cents a bushel, shoulders 14 cents, hams 15 cents.
Du Pont announces a new plant capable of 100 degrees below zero temperatures for manufacturing artificial rubber. The process uses a powerful refrigeration system to reach unprecedented cold, enabling separation of monovinyl acetylene from acetylene to form Duprene.
Seven of the eleven polio cases notified to the state health department today originated in Albemarle County. Greene Southampton Rockingham and Roanoke counties each reported one case. Poliomyelitis totals since July 1 reach 296 with 50 in the first five days of August. The State Guernsey Breeders Association postponed its South Hill picnic due to the polio epidemic.
In Philadelphia a patrolman chased a thief after hearing a squawk and found six chickens slaughtered with one head attached. A .22 rifle discharged, wounding a suspect named Flint as the neighbor and officer pursued the thief amid the dim shadows. In Idaho a family eagle grows to six feet wingspan while a dog and man share the bird’s diet in a separate note from Sacramento describes a chicken thief.
Dr. Thomas Richmond financed a 15 day trip for his wife's relatives from Colorado. He stated he liked them but rejected the common belief that living with in laws is hard.
In Chicago an art class used zoo lions and other man eating animals as nude models. Students, both sexes, reacted with nerves while the animals remained calm as part of a day’s work.
A seventh reminiscence by Charles P. Stewart recalls Henry Ford amid the Ford expedition drama twenty years ago. The piece describes censorship attempts on the Peace ship Oscar II, clashes among reporters, Ford's self isolation, and the management by Madame Schwimmer and Secretary Lochner. It also covers political commentary from New York about tax policy and Roosevelt era policies in Washington.
State health department advises delaying all public gatherings as cases rise. Three dozen infantile paralysis patients show recoveries. two released from quarantine. One death reported in the state capital. Five poliomyelitis deaths counted in Virginia in June. July statistics not yet compiled.
A light school page notes a George Washington quotation from June 26, 1775 about citizens and soldiers inscribed at Arlington Cemetery memorial. It also lists a trivia item on tobacco dealer counts in the United States and the correct pronunciation of Eyre in Jane Eyre.
Old-time seamen aboard the sailboat era scornfully nicknaming steel plated steamers as tin cans reflect a salty jargon and pragmatic view of new warship design. The term captures a preference for traditional craft over newer iron and steel vessels on deck.
One case heard in police court today. Ray Kern charged with being drunk and with illegal possession of liquor was fined $60.
The report shows the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. with none. August to date at 0.10 inch and year to date 19.59 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.96, November 2.51, December 2.30 inches.
Blair Rodman travels with Janet Lord to Boisevain in western Canada to the looming Boisevain house. Miss Boisevain accepts Janet as companion while Blair plans to stay and help, amid a rumored secret and a fierce dog guarding the mansion.
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