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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces its second class post status in Winchester Virginia. It lists subscription pricing for mail and carrier delivery with durations from one month to one year.
Classifieds rate structure and submission rules including word counts minimum charge cash with copy display ad deadline 10 A M transient rate per inch and national representatives list for major markets.
A garbled line presents a biblical proverb about wealth and oppression. The fragment includes Proverbs 22 16 and references a path or journey phrase. The text is partial and lacks a clear news event sequence.
Violinist Heifetz predicted that within years classical music could draw more stadium attendance than football. He noted a New York concert required 3000 extra seats, and compared to pro football's weak crowds, while several colleges like Notre Dame Army and Michigan draw large turnouts. He cautioned that music demands education not common to all attendees.
About 270 New York City relief workers quit work to protest the federal work relief wage schedule. Several thousand more may follow. Johnson offered two days to return to work or forfeit jobs, as rates ranged from 65 to 85 dollars for semi skilled labor and 93.50 for three weeks' skilled work. The move is framed as serious, not humorous.
Richmond editors discuss a surge in robberies across Virginia and debate proposals to widen state law enforcement. They note 100 current officers cannot patrol 40 000 square miles and consider creating a state bureau of identification to boost capability, arguing quality over quantity.
A fragment argues that with adequate support a Virginia company of 100 can, over time, reach the efficiency of federal Gmen, implying lessons for local personnel and organization.
A columnist cites William Green of the AF of L urging a broad boycott against Nazi Germany while warning that a universal boycott could deepen bitterness and isolation. The piece questions whether mass boycotts can truly save the world or merely deepen social strife.
The piece debunks the idea that eating fish or other foods builds brain power. It urges readers to stay curious, observe reality, and compare what they hear with their own experience to gain true understanding.
Fredericksburg Free Lance Star editorial cautions against altering the constitution to grant new federal powers. It defends the document as protector of home ownership worker rights and contractual sanctity while warning that changing it would erode liberty, democracy, private initiative, and state sovereignty in favor of a centralized government.
The remark argues that bureaucracy is growing into an unchecked field that diminishes powers of states industry and workers and affects every citizen. The statement frames a broad critique of centralized action at the expense of local governance and economic actors.
One year ago eleven county schools faced closure as part of a consolidation program. Silver priced at 50.01 cents per pound by presidential order. A liquor store opened last evening to allow clerks to learn their duties. The president, in Wisconsin, backed New Deal policies. Rain relief eases drought across many county areas.
The item recalls a flood in Arizona where twenty-five people died while the rest of the nation faced a drought. D. J. Howard is reassigned to Richmond for one year to oversee state vocational agriculture. Vera C. MacMillan of Winchester receives a Vail medal for catching a burglar at night. Cumberland Valley firemen plan a Winchester meeting next year. Baltimore and Ohio aims to reduce valley service.
Ten years ago John Gageby aged 21 dies from scalds on a threshing engine. Mrs E L Smith dies of a heart attack. A panjama parade highlights a firemen meeting. Mrs E W Jenkins formerly of Winchester dies in Staunton. A State Senate vacancy candidate will not be nominated by convention on August 27.
The Star publishes a list of persons securing city licenses. A hundred five applicants pass the state medical board and are qualified to practice. Margaret E. O Connell is noted. Hetzel Stewart, native of Hampshire County, dies. M. M. Lynch leads a school board meeting.
Harry L. Hopkins announced a federal withdrawal from the dole by November 1 with states and cities funding about 600 million dollars in the coming year for unemployables and work relief. He noted 550,000 jobs have been created so far across CCC and WPA programs and urged continued local support for those needing relief.
Senator Hill Montague prepared a petition seeking a recount of the Democratic primary in Richmond where Morgan R. Mills defeated him by 35 votes for a state senate seat. Montague cited possible election official mistakes and mislisted voters due to poll tax roll errors.
Chief Justice Hughes of the United States Supreme Court and Mrs. Hughes traveled by steamer on a lake cruise, docking briefly in Cleveland before continuing to Duluth aboard the Juniata on a vacation trip.
A sequence of quirky notes reports a 13 year old Girl Scout in New York passing a cooking merit test while on an RCA building terrace, a Justice of the Peace in Towanda reading aloud, a wedding plan interrupted by a bride, and three Chattanooga name-meanings debated by Creek officials. It also notes a police chief in High Point studying left foot wear marks on a concrete floor.
Chicago Leo Gasser, 25, sought since April 14 after a State Supreme Court ruling affirmed a prison sentence of one year to life for robbery. Officials said he might be in Joliet prison where he was serving two concurrent one year to life sentences for burglary under the alias Leo Trapiz. Helena sheriff Dallas Brown of Decatur Ind urged Pratt to leave town but not in his father in law’s car. Gov Frank H Cooney approved a warrant for Pratt accusing theft of the sheriff’s machine. Pratt is held at Anaconda.
Leslie Eichel reports on the Ford peace ship episode, noting tensions between the “peacers” and correspondents who sought influence with royalty. The piece recalls a forged royal audience request to King Haakon, the Norwegian controversy, and fallout as reporters claim motive was to steal their thunder.
Questions and answers from a school reader. Reformer Martin Luther allegedly threw an inkstand at the devil. A cow can eat 218 pounds of green grass in a day. The City of the Peaceful Waves is Nig-Po a walled city in Chekiang province China on the Ning-Po river.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m shows none. August to date 1.00 inches, year to date 20.49 inches. 22 year average total 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 32.35, 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 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
Blair Rodman travels with Janet Lord to Boisevain where a stormy night leads to a harsh welcome at a large eerie house. A recent arrival hopes to meet Miss Boisevain while a servant and a protective dog guard many secrets. Janet fears the house as unseen forces loom.
Janet endures a bleak room with Rajah the dog and a slaking candle as she plans to leave Miss Boisevain’s eerie house. She recalls Blair Rodman’s image in the crystal and questions truth about her father, while the clock nears eight or darkness falls. The scene hints at upcoming confrontations as she awaits help or a way out.
Janet and Nita ascend to a door where Rajah guards the threshold. Nita vanishes into darkness as Janet confronts a bare room with a lone army cot and open suitcases. Rajah snarls and blocks exit while Janet calls for Nita, finding no answers.
Charles Town meets near end with favorites and long shots split wins. Lampoon took the first race and Hraight the third to yield a daily double of 41.40 for 2 dollars. Barce paid 14 dollars on the nose in the fifth, and Jon Pete also figured in the day’s action.
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