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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
4
A fragment reports a Winchester company connected with sea transport facing a fee dispute. Details unclear in OCR text but mentions a coastwise or maritime charge and a related business action. Authorities or parties unnamed.
Fragmentary OCR shows an in advance price line likely for a mall year and monthly rate with a mention of The Associated Press rights. The readable text is incomplete and does not provide a complete event or clearly identifiable entities beyond AP rights.
A religious excerpt presents a Psalm verse about offering praise to glorify God and receiving salvation. The text emphasizes worship and orderly conduct as pathways to divine salvation.
Franklin T. Waltman Jr of the Washington Bureau of the Baltimore Sun wins the $1 000 Chester D. Pugsley prize for most noteworthy work by a Washington correspondent in 1930 His Haiti dispatches during the Hoover commission inquiry are cited as a key reason for the award He is noted for vigour clarity and pursuit of facts with prior Virginia political coverage and multiple tours with Governor Ritchie of Maryland
The drought fear eased in Virginia as recent rains refreshed the fields. Farmers report corn looks better with ground soaking to the roots after a warm dry spell, reducing the winter unemployment worry by boosting rural food supplies and easing urban jobless strains.
Washington Post summaries indicate a rise in infantile paralysis last month, with efforts in New York to aid afflicted children through visiting nurses and better hospital care. Despite alarm, the death rate is down to about 10 percent, and physicians have been mobilized to strengthen the campaign.
Kernstown Va August reports a fishing party that includes Mr and Mrs Harry Steele and others from Dayton Ohio and Washington. Mrs Steele claims the largest catch a hard head while stories of missed reels broken poles and fish care fill the tale. Members like J B Sargent Clarence Robinson and others are noted for their roles and antics during the trip.
Miss Louise Widmyer returns to Washington after month in Reliance. Numerous visitors from Winchester Strasburg Woodstock and Bluefield join local residents for social visits and a Women’s Missionary Society meeting. The Grover reunion planned at Reliance on Saturday August 15 with families attending.
Warner Brothers previews Night Nurse praised for its human hospital drama and the nurse heroine who captivates viewers. Eddie Dowling stars in Honeymoon Lane, premiering tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre for one day only.
Mr. B. A. Roland of Stephens City returns home from Martinsburg West Virginia where he tended A. C. Painter who fell ill at the home of his daughter Mrs. Frank Martin. Painter of Edgewood Maryland was feverish but improves and will return home this week.
Charlottesville based volunteer band, led by Chief L. R. Payne, has gained wide recognition as the Confederate veterans of Virginia’s official band at reunions in Dal- Tampa and other cities. The drum corps formed about two years ago debuted in Lexington in 1929.
The Pleasant Grove Sunday School will hold a picnic at Pleasant Grove Church on Saturday evening August 29 starting at 5 o clock. Food will be served and a speaker may be secured to address attendees. Rev J H Parlett spoke at Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church Sunday at 3 pm. Ira T Miller returned home from Memorial Hospital Winchester after weeks there for a broken limb. Mrs Robert Catlett also left Memorial Hospital after gallstone treatment. One trouble seems to be that too many people are above the law and not above lawlessness.
Shortly before adjourning the association adopted resolutions via L. E. Lockabill of Roanoke. They thanked Mayor F. A. Shryock, Andrew Bell, C. Lee Barr, Winchester fire chiefs and companies, Herman Hable and the entertainment committee, the Winchester Evening Star, local hotels and hosts, the ladies auxiliaries, retiring president C. E. Woodward and other officers for their services over the past year.
The text references medical topics and a vague discussion of internal causes and remedies. It also mentions racial terms and a store claim about money back. The passage is incomplete and unclear, with stray fragments about health, payments, and ethnic groups.
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