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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1935
Page
4
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The text presents a religious exhortation with Psalm 121:8 lines praising eternal protection. It reads as a devotional snippet likely from a church or religious bulletin. The wording repeats phrases and includes a Bible verse about safeguarding journeys and daily life.
The Senate Finance Committee raised surtaxes on incomes as low as 1 500 with rates from 4 to 15 and cut exemptions to 800 for a single person before reversing to keep rates under 1 000 000. The piece urges universal taxation to curb vast public spending and debt.
Music Guild Productions plans Faust as its first feature and first full length opera in color. Fritz Reiner leads the musical direction and aims for an authentic orchestral and vocal presentation, with color usage potentially throughout. Future productions remain undecided as the company pursues a premier in opera cinema.
The piece argues that opera offers ready plots filled with action tragedy and intrigue unlike movies which fail to portray romance with convincing singing. It notes synchronization issues between voices and visible actors and predicts Faust will keep Marguerite’s fate traditional without modern movie happy endings.
Robert Underwood Johnson urges ratification of the international copyright convention through the Duffy bill, Senate action awaiting. The measure would align American practices with the convention, offering authors home and abroad protection, with support from Johnson and Solberg. delays persist as Congress nears adjournment.
The piece argues Johnson's dismissal as Cleveland manager shows lack of initiative and Babe Ruth's misfit for leadership. It likens sports stardom to broader failures in directing others, noting preachers, teachers, jockeys, and economists fail when shifted into administration.
Waldron E. Dando of Waynesboro Pa has joined the Winchester office of the Consumer Utility Company as chief clerk and credit manager. He brings extensive accounting training and experience, having previously directed new accounting work in Waynesboro Ma and Pottsville Pa.
City police will warn drivers caught in minor traffic violations and refer offenders to the curb to hear about safety risks, under a August campaign announced by Mayor C R Anderson and Chief C W Hollis. Officers will issue arrests or summons for flagrant violations, with emphasis on brakes steering and regular car check-ups to prevent accidents.
A three man tractor party reaches Rear Admiral Byrd at his advance base and finds him weak from long exposure. The federal government buys food for fear of waste. The Star sponsors a trip to the World's Fair on August 25. Rival labor factions vote on representation at Tubize Chatilon Corporation Hopewell silk mill. A man believed to be Joe Palmer who escaped Texas death house is found napping in Paducah Kentucky.
A ceremony joins Miss Viola K Dick of Stephens City and Olen E Grove as their vows are exchanged. In front of the county courthouse a crowd prays for rain to end the drought while the Weather Bureau believes relief may come this week in the middle west. Sam Jenkins of Rappahannock County dies at Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Berryville hosts a silver jubilee show as Capt. Frank M. Wray of Berryville is elected department commander at the American Legion scene in Virginia. A Wardensville camp meeting starts August 21. Shenandoah National Park Association plans a drive for 2,500,000 to acquire mountain land. A model exhibition home opens for public inspection at 700 South Washington.
Twenty five years ago reports say doctors from the Seventh district met to organize an association. A sly check flasher is caught by local police. W T Au buys the house of the late E Holmes Boyd. Marion Parsons' house burns in the county. Construction begins on a cold storage plant at Berryville.
An Associated Press brief reports a Saint John tourist misplaced a wallet with money and papers on the St John St Stephen highway near Calais Maine. Police recovered the wallet after a 10.1 mile search. Captain Moore aided in response and was injured enough to rest at home. Captain Moore also helped quell an insurrection among Yuma Indians at Parker Aziz. In a separate local clash, darkness fell during a night battle after lights were turned out.
Bearded fish from a West Indian expedition joins the Academy of Natural Sciences collection alongside a lantern fish that glows with phosphorescent beads. The lantern fish is noted for its bioluminescent display deep in its ocean home.
Captain J. Moore, a special Indian agent, and police suppressed a riot at Capital Grande Indian reservation in San Diego California. The incident involved a large crowd and required urgent intervention to restore order.
A Los Angeles letter reports Raymond Paige fined $100 by the Musicians Union after slapping a man with a cello. Paige said he acted to show dissatisfaction with a performer named John De Metrio and his conduct.
In Frope Arkansas the judge freed three prisoners after declaring the county too broke to feed those held for misdemeanors. County judge H Stephens ordered release and criticized the county funding.
A typical whale yields about 40 tons of oil used for illumination and 70 tons of byproducts from flesh and bones. The article notes Canada’s bearing mammals produce 10 to 2 million dollars yearly in raw fur, funding income for tribes in the far north.
Central Press reports Rhode Island’s 1936 special election gave Republicans hope after a prior defeat. Charles Risk won the anti New Deal seat, with critics blaming the processing tax on cotton and other industries for economic strain.
Questions and answers cover key figures in world history and the Rotary Club origin. It notes the Rotary Club’s founding date February 23 1905 in Chicago by lawyer Paul P Harris. It mentions the cartoon Dropping the Pilot symbolizing Bismarck’s dismissal and drawn by Sir John Tenniel for Punch.
Past rainfall figures show 1.88 inches for the 24 hours ending 8 a m none to date and 21.37 inches year to date. The Winchester Research Laboratory records an average annual precipitation of 34.61 inches and monthly averages ranging from 2.30 inches in December to 3.88 inches in May.
Janet Lord answers a newspaper ad for companionship and stays in a vast house with a mute servant Nita, a dangerous dog Rajah, and Miss Boisevain who fears the house is haunted. Janet notes missing mirrors and a threatening floor message Nita leaves, then plans to leave but is warned by Rajah to stay.
In yesterday afternoon's police court session several individuals were fined. Lavenia Reid of Wolfe Street received six months for assault and battery. Daisy Ash of North Kent Street was fined $15.25 for drunken and disorderly conduct. Marie Thomas of Haddox Alley was fined $10.25 for the same offense.
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