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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
9
Washington August 6 Congress members grow finicky amid heat and months of work. Ernest Zahn chef of the House restaurant notes members demand simple dishes and special diets while beer arrives with porters.
In ALGOOD Tennessee oral Bilbrey’s wife replaced their beds with straw causing a mattress fire. She burned the old straw to heat new stuffing, while Bilbrey’s hidden wealth in cash stocks and notes in a mattress burned along with the bedding.
Delegates from Winchester and Timber Ridge churches travel to Leaksville for the eighty seventh session of the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference at Leaksville Christian Church in Page County. The program runs Wednesday to Thursday with speakers from Lynchburg Durham Elon College and Rockingham County.
Miss Catherine Suit, 15, died at My Hospital in Annapolis after severe second degree burns while trying to beat out a bedclothes fire at her home in Birdsville. Her grandmother Mrs Sara L Tucker was burned on the hands as she fought the flames. The fire began when a candle toppled into the bedclothes. Cecil C. Knighton, working nearby, smothered the flames and helped rush her to the hospital.
A fragmented report notes a serious heart malady prevalence among sitters and women, suggesting higher risk for women and those with limited activity, with unclear contributing factors.
The AAA announced 27,600,000 acres taken out of basic crops this year with 27,500,000 shifted to other crops. Soybeans rose to 5,463,000 acres, alfalfa hay up 1.75 million, and total hay at 66,096,000 acres. Government rentals include corn 11,960,000 and cotton 10,293,000 acres. Cox praised the shift to legumes for soil building.
The Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opens October 9 at Staunton Virginia in Central Church. Bishop Edwin D. Mou to n presides with daily devotional talks and 3 pm sermons by Rev Dr G Ray Gordon. The conference features love feasts memorials and ordinations ending October 14 with appointments read.
Hable's Palace featuring Gene Stratton Porter's The Keeper of the Bees with Neil Hamilton and Betty Furness rounds out its last showings today. Karloff and Lugosi star in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven with Irene Ware and Lester Matthews. a Fox News Reel and Bing Crosby in Dream House accompany the program.
Additional highway maps from the Mid West Map Company of Aurora Missouri have been received by the Chamber of Commerce. A prior shipment from the same company previously arrived and each map contains Winchester advertisement and Chamber branding in large red letters.
The Knights of Malta are the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem founded around 1113 by Gerard the Blessed to aid the poor and strangers in the Holy Land. From 1309 to 1522 they were known as the Knights of Rhodes.
Hall of fame pitcher Walter Johnson ends his on field career and returns to his Maryland farm amid speculation he may manage a minor league club again. Johnson’s career includes long runs with the Senators and a major league award, with later attempts to buy a California club and memories of his strong early days.
The Coca Cola softball team and Friendship paused a protest game in the sixth due to darkness with the score 9 all. It will be completed later. Perry hit a Coca Cola homer and Kennedy homered for Firemen. Coca Cola now stands 7 wins 5 losses, .710 percentage.
Yesterday's Stars recap highlights Hank Lieber and Dick Bartell driving in three Giants runs in a 5 4 win over the Dodgers. Al Hollinsworth and Don Brennan combined to hold the Cubs to one run as the Reds beat Chicago, dropping them four games behind the Giants. Ralph Winegarner and Earl Averill led Cleveland with strong hitting as Steve ONeill began managing, while Earl Whitehill out pitched the A’s to a tenth win for Washington. Orville Jorgens’ Phillies shut out the Braves, and Red Ruffing ended a four game skid with a Yankees win over the Red Sox.
Miss Mildred Shell of 303 East Piccadilly Street states she was not fined in police court last Saturday on a charge of intoxication. The Star presents her clarification as a reader notice.
A fragmented opinion piece labels a public figure with mocking language and references a Chinatown setting. The text implies skepticism about the subject’s authenticity and future success.
The first annual sport flying regatta will be held at Admiral Byrd Airport on Sunday August 18 drawing local and visiting sport fliers from Hagerstown Cumberland Washington and Roanoke. Nine pilots have entered to date including Frank Forsythe Ace Hockman James Anderson M E Gano R B Talbot Dick Crenshaw Dusty Rhodes Paul Rosenberger Burr Porterfield Jr. Martinsburg and Winchester pilots will fly Aeronca and Taylor cub aircraft with no admission or parking charge.
The brief notes cite Ben Eastman beating the world 500 meters mark in Oslo a year ago, Jim Bausch’s Olympic Decathlon record total three years ago, Walter Hagen missing a championship five years ago, and Gene Rye of Waco hitting three homers in one inning for a Texas league club.
The word tariff derives from Tarifa a southern Spanish port once a pirate stronghold. The name means the reckoning and historically pirates levied tolls on merchant ships along the coast. Tarifa is described as a barbaric town with barred shuttered houses visible to passing ships.
The Luttrell clan schedules an August 10 home-coming in Collinsville Virginia and an August 11 event at Berkeley Springs West Virginia State Park. The program features addresses by J Luttrell and Howard Luttrell, musical performances by the Burnt Church quartet and Winchester Orchestra, and loudspeakers for Sundays events. The reunion, started 14 years ago, has grown into one of the nation’s largest family gatherings with ongoing leadership from Howard and Ford Luttrell.
The historical figure Lafayette traveled widely among English speakers yet his command of English was limited and he relied on others for language. This remark highlights the linguistic gap despite broad exposure to English-speaking audiences.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1723 B shows a one piece dress with center front seam and pleated short sleeves. The cowl collar features two large flowers and the pattern offers sizes 14 16 18 20 40 and 42 with busts 32 34 36 38 40 42. Send 15c for the Barbara Bell Pattern book.
Hog prices surged on August 5 in Chicago and Indianapolis with choice hogs at 11.35 per hundredweight, a seasonal peak since 1930. Dealers cite short supplies from drought and crop cuts, while July receipts in Chicago hit the lowest since 1882 records.
Property in Frederick County Virginia near Hogue Creek totaling about ninety acres was sold January 23 1933 for delinquent taxes. William J Cooper plans to obtain a deed January 10 1936 and interested parties must appear within four months to protect their interests as recorded.
The Senate faced a split over amending a revenue bill as Lafollette signaled a broadening of the income tax base. Democratic leaders planned to block the move with some Republicans open to cooperation for early adjournment. Initial estimates projected the surtax and corporate levies could raise about 270 million dollars, while a Roosevelt amendment would permit corporate deductions of up to six percent.
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