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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1936
Page
2
The Automo Club of Virginia appeals to drivers to avoid fires in woods amid a severe drought. The campaign urges steps like extinguishing cigarettes, breaking matches, soaking campfires, clearing a five foot area, digging a fire pit, keeping fires small, and reporting any fires to a warden.
How To Save On Food Budget promotes winter savings by canning notes and a service booklet CANNING AND PRESERVING from the Washington Information Bureau. It cites over 100 tested recipes for fruits vegetables meats jellies jams preserves pickles and juices with a ten cent cover.
By order of the Cir Court of Frederick County Virginia in the chancery cause Eva Hiett Chamberlain v Effie M Hiett Administratrix et als I offer for sale at 11 oclock A M Saturday Aug 22 1936 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia the following stocks 50 shares Winchester Milling and Warehousing stock 91 shares Bell View Orchard Co cash sale terms.
National Guard troops near Allegan Michigan participate in west Michigan war maneuvers following prior exercises at Fort Knox Kentucky. The operation echoes larger Allied training patterns as troops rehearse assault techniques and coordination under simulated combat conditions.
A Luray citizen offered $1,000 toward operating expenses if the 1936-37 term is extended to nine months and promised to lend more at a nominal rate. The board rejected the gift citing the need to broaden funding to other districts as well.
Gustav Beran shot Myrtle the turtle after a prior botched attempt left him with a foot injury. In a later incident he sat in a wheelchair and used Myrtle as the target before serving the creature’s remains, weighing 32 pounds, to make turtle soup.
Glenda Farrell Brian Donlevy and Norman Foster star in the 20th Century Fox film High Tension at the Palace Theatre today and Thursday. Wired for thrills alive with laughs super charged with romance. Laugh as you thrill gasp as you guffaw at the daredevil pals in peril. Fox News reel and a screen snapshot supplement the feature.
Mrs. Florence Hunter testified that a man named Charles Snyder pretending to be a cowboy lassoed her twice on a city street. Snyder admitted the error saying there had been a party with the gang and some drinks, though he blamed corned beef and cabbage for the mishap.
New York bartenders react to King Edward serving a yacht cocktail in Dalmatia. The drink mixes gin, Dalmatian liquor, champagne and fruits to amount to over seven ounces, prompting disbelief and jokes about its appeal to New Yorkers and hotel patrons.
Reports from Rome say Premier Mussolini is prepared to openly aid Spanish Fascists if France continues to back the Madrid government. The comment follows tensions over the civil war and foreign intervention.
The Civil Service Commission announces examinations for Aerotransport examiner at 3800 dollars annually in the bureau of air mail and Interstate Commerce Commission, medical officers from 2600 to 3800 dollars, artistic lithographers 1440 to 2600 dollars, and principal traveling inspector at 4600 dollars in the bureau of marine inspection and navigation Department of Commerce. Full information from J Howard Taylor secretary at the city post office.
Handley high school vocational agriculture instructor V R Legge received word from Ashland Virginia instructor Harry D Seal that Hanover county F F A boys will visit Winchester next week on Thursday August 20. Chamber of Commerce secretary Andrew Bell offered cooperation to guide the tour through the city including visits to the National Fruit Product plant Winchester Cold Storage and local woolen mills before continuing down the Shenandoah valley.
The piece critiques nostalgia for the Old Time Religion and argues for a dynamic, action oriented faith as exemplified by Abraham Moses and Jesus. It promotes a religion of intellectual daring, social revolution, and sacrificing love led by Christ. Rev. H. E. Richardson endorses this view.
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