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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1935
Page
4
The notice lists mailing and carrier subscription rates for one year to six months, three months and one month, plus weekly mail options. It also details classified ad pricing at two cents per word, memorials at 1.50, and display ads with a 42 cent per inch transient rate, requiring copy with cash and 10 AM deadline.
Huey Long pulls back from involvement in Mississippi race after Theodore Bilbo warns him to stay out. The two populist figures, Bilbo and Long, clash in style and influence as Bilbo asserts control over his state and Long retreats from intervention.
The article notes the Democratic push to reduce government spending leading to a series of repeal provisions. The final repeal removes the $46 million pension cut for Spanish American War veterans, signaling the disappearance of the Economy Act. While the sum is small compared to later appropriations, it recalls previous fiscal efforts.
Doctors say a 14 year old crippled boy Henry Spink could be cured by an operation funded by the state. He cannot move but supports his father Anthony Spink who refuses consent causing a New York court dispute. Henry expresses no view, deferring to his father’s decision.
Efforts to persuade Father Spink to approve a medical operation continue despite lack of success. The piece laments the absence of authority allowing doctors to follow judgment and experience against ignorance and superstition.
General Smedley D. Butler argues major cities resist real cleansing and prefer appearances. He cites police honesty, civic training, and public tolerance for dishonesty as barriers, urging improved citizenship and education to curb corruption.
Pierre Benoit, a French reporter, recalls Mussolini as a dominant force who dwarfed the room during a Rome interview. He chronicles Il Duce's vow to push Africa plans, defend Italian borders with a million troops if needed, and his bold stance against Ethiopia's Haile Selassie.
An Erie Pennsylvania newspaper hails Senator Carter Glass of Virginia as a good Democrat. The Roanoke Times notes his firm adherence to Democratic principles and platform fidelity, comparing him to Grover Cleveland and praising honesty, courage, and conservatism.
The Erie Times lauds Senator Glass for rugged honesty and steadfast public service. Virginians respond with gratification and admiration for his long Senate tenure, reflecting broad esteem across communities.
The narrator bids farewell to home and asks his mother to pray for his soul at sea. He speaks of storms and the ship’s danger as cannons roar and the crew fights, hoping for victory and a safe reunion on God's shore.
An air bladder in fish internally regulates height displacement allowing the fish to stay stationary at different depths. The bladder is described as the remnant of a lung or an extra breathing arrangement.
One year ago Miss LaVella Anderson married Jack Widmyer in a ceremony at the Reformed Church. Work resumed on the new bus terminal. Rear Admiral Byrd reported to his mother from an advance Antarctic base that he was feeling fine. Von Hindenburg had favored Hitler in his will. A forty foot road is planned for Berryville avenue. Former Western Conference football star Ken Meenan died of blood poisoning after a motorcycle crash.
Five years ago Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien set an endurance record over St Louis. Protests erupt as towns along the Norfolk and Western Railroad push back against removing two trains. Miss Mildred Gray Cooley marries A Stratton Ham mock at Reliance. Seeds profiteering charged at a farm market meeting in College Park Maryland. Annual Sunday School picnic held at Vaucluse.
Ten years ago the expedition faced a menacing iceberg while establishing an advance base north of Etah, Greenland, as part of the historic voyage led by MacMillan and Byrd.
Twenty five years ago a danger yet loomed over cave ruins in Staunton. A Sunday School Union for Opequon district was organized at Vaucluse. Miss Caroline Baker, 70, died at Baker's Mill. Phil H. Gold, clerk of county court, attended a state court clerk's association convention in Norfolk. Four Black men were arrested for inciting a riot at a Grottoes colored camp meeting and removed from a train.
Questions list notable figures: Henry Ward Beecher, a famed American pulpit orator born in 1813. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, author of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A note references Napoleon Bonaparte with a claimed altered birth date to align with a French national festival.
Unemployed woodsman Mike Yerkal recounts a camp incident where a man threatened to shave him for having a beard. He says police promised protection for his facial hair, after the assailant kicked his shin and warned him to leave town.
Two cars collide near Baltimode. Car B crashes into a horse pulling a bakery wagon. the horse injures James Dockey and William White before helpers seek medical care. Car A hits a lamp post and both hospitals report injuries. A separate event in Walkesbarre Pa shows a quarrel ending with two youths hospitalized as Oliver Deiter’s mother intervenes.
The survivors of Charles W. Davis who died at 101 years and 50 days are two sons four daughters five grandchildren seven great grandchildren one great great grandchild. The police court hearing is noted in this brief obituary style record.
At Fort Douglas the 38th Infantry shipped 40 mules to Fort Robinson Nebraska while the post band played old west tunes. In Chicago window washer George Krider fell 15 feet from a second floor porch after the railing gave way sustaining a probable skull fracture.
In Lincoln Nebraska a court hearing heard neighbor testimony from Mrs Ida Belle Betz stating she often saw Charles W Bryan the mayor of Lincoln working on a farm letters indicate he is a farmer despite contrary claims.
Central Press analysis argues that states will accept federal economic security subsidies much like highway funding. The piece notes a dollar-for-dollar federal match up to a $15 monthly pension, with states paying half, creating pressure to expand programs to avoid being financially subsidized by others. It also surveys political shifts via Senator Nye’s third party suggestion and the evolving stance of progressives amid ongoing unemployment and relief struggles.
In Norfolk Nebraska Erwin Lehmer reports a fish story from Beaver Creek. He says a turtle seized his bait from two lines and killed the fish. a catfish allegedly beat him to the third line. Authorities question the claim as the season opens.
Janet Lord arrives at a strange estate to work for Miss Boisevain, a strange woman who keeps a speechless servant Nita and a dog Rajah. A hidden foe, a chameleon and whispers of a past loom as Blair Rodman delays his westward trip to probe the house.
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