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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class matter. Publication occurs daily except Sundays with subscription rates listed for weekly and semi weekly editions.
The Associated Press announces consolidation of its News Item and The Weekly News Morning Weekly editions into a unified service. The move centralizes content delivery and pricing for subscribers and affiliates.
A newspaper card notes a verse quote from Psalm 56 11 about trust in God and fear of man. It includes a stray OCR fragment about a lamp and water present in the text. No clear event or person is described.
Magistrate Adolph Stern of New York Citys Family Court explains in Woolworths Home Magazine that most early married life squabbles revolve around six petty topics. The list includes baby names purse control visits from relatives and religious differences. He notes disagreements often stem from opposing opinions rather than the topics themselves and that such petty disputes stir the peace between partners.
The New York Times compares British police cases to Conan Doyle tales noting a rare violent death in Britain. A Lieutenant at Aldershot dies from strychnine after dining with his wife amid a possible fox-bait poisoning. A mysterious telegram to the father adds a chilling, Doyle-esque twist set in Boscombe, Hants.
The article reflects on how little people understand the vast undiscovered world around daily life. It emphasizes marvels in stars, birds, flowers, rocks, and landscapes as volumes in Nature’s grand book.
The article extols nature study as a lifelong, accessible pursuit. It urges everyday observation of birds, flowers, trees, and animals, noting personal enrichment and happiness from close contact with nature without wealth or costly leisure.
Virginia and West Virginia growers anticipate record sized harvests with many apples larger than usual. English markets prefer smaller red sizes while U S No 1 grade from Virginia goes to Liverpool and London. An English representative will promote Virginia fruit abroad, funded by two cents per barrel from growers.
The Virginia apple trade shows stable prices as quality improves and storage capacity expands with Winchester plants totaling over 900 000 barrels and 300 000 more elsewhere. Factories will rely less on out-of-state apples, boosting operating efficiency, while barrels remain dominant though baskets gain ground in American markets and efforts to push baskets online England and Europe continue.
During a Jubilee celebration for Frigidaire's fifteen years, customers can pay $5 down and have a Frigidaire installed immediately. The deal includes a free ivory-finished Westinghouse Fan worth $13.50. The ad urges visiting now for full details before the offer ends.
Warner Brothers drama Night Nurse screens at the Capitol Theatres today and tomorrow starring Barbara Stanwyck with Ben Lyon Joan Blondell Clark Gable and others. The feature profiles a young nurse’s trials temptations and city hospital life as a modern girl seeks her place in society.
The description notes a 150 pound, not particularly robust man who enjoys hazardous sports. He has grey eyes, brown hair greying at the temples, and a distinctive left eyebrow lift associated with the Drews. He prefers English clothes from London, grey and blue colors, and lists recent Warner pictures The Man From Blankley’s Moby Dick Sven gali and The Mad Genius. Kay Francis debuts in The Rich Are Always With Us.
Pettit forecasts a Warner Brothers film to feature a rising star who will deliver outstanding work. Capitol Theatre continues its policy of presenting only current top productions with familiar screen actors in their first starring roles.
A plot full of danger unfolds as Gomez and the Lamovits are arrested on jade theft charges after a sting by Cho Benn Ling. In England Ann questions Roy Burney while contemplating marriage and loyalty amid competing love interests as their Hawaii mission nears completion.
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