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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1934
Page
4
A joint consolidation combines reporting from The Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly. The merger bundles crime sports weather and community notices into a single dailies-like feature for readers.
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A devotional line from Psalm 51 asks for a clean heart and a renewed right spirit within. The verse emphasizes inner transformation and spiritual renewal.
Attorney General Roebuck of Ontario proposes a provincial bill to block ransom payments, seize suspects’ assets, and empower a unified police force to pursue kidnapers. The plan mirrors U S ideas but faces questions about legal risks and enforcement.
An English paper publicized Irish Hospital Sweepstakes winners while omitting losers, criticizing the spectacle of quick riches. Representative A Willis Robertson praised 4 H and FFA youth for inheriting thrift, industry, faith, and fair dealing at the county fair amid debates on speculation and betterment.
The race opens October 20 with America leading entries. Sixteen Americans participate, including four women.
The remark envisions global harmony if ships of life could be implanted worldwide, suggesting widespread relief from misery. It frames a utopian concept where such implants eliminate suffering and improve human conditions on a global scale.
Staunton News Leader reports Homer Van Meter, a Dillinger lieutenant, is killed by a police officer bringing the total Dillinger gang deaths to five. The editorial warns that the Brooklyn armored car raid shows criminals face inevitable punishment and crime never pays.
A Standard Statistics Co survey contests the view that drought will heavily depress next winter's business. It cites grains damaged by drought as a small part of gross income and estimates farm income at 8.25 billion dollars, up 29.3 percent from 1933, though farmer living costs rose about 13 percent.
An unusual exhibit in Washington features a clay ear of corn displayed for twenty years at the Omnitheonian Institution. The artifact draws curiosity from visitors and scholars researching agricultural history and ceramic replication techniques.
Prosecutor Thomas M. Lewis has not indicated whether he will seek the death penalty for Robert Edwards in the Slaying of Freda McKechie at Harvey's Lake Pennsylvania. The trial is set to begin September 10 in Wilkesbarre with national attention drawing parallels to An American Tragedy.
Scientists debunk a fossil ear believed to prove maize origins in the western hemisphere. The object is a clay replica of Peruvian maize with a baby rattle inside. The find shows corn was grown in Peru long before Spanish conquest and highlights careful examination in science.
A compact item from a period page shows trivia prompts and answers. It notes the bone supporting the tongue as the sole nonarticulating bone, identifies painter John Singer Sargent, and traces tariff origin to the Arabian Ta Rifa meaning inventory.
Inspector Lee investigates the Reeves death in the Center City University English department. Miss Edwards accuses Reeves of cruelty to students while Wilson and Jamieson defend him. A gun vanishes as Lee questions professors, the widow is to be informed, and the attic room yields new clues. TO BE CONTINUED.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. August totals 4.62 inches for the month to date 22.61 inches year to date. The Winchester Laboratory records 34.71 inches as the 21 year average monthly total across the year with monthly means ranging from 1.97 inches in February to 3.94 inches in May.
A severe Atlantic gale killed 47 and disrupted crops with apple growers estimating about three million dollars in losses across the belt. Morgan Anderson fights eviction ordered by the court while Warrenton hosts opening day wins as Clifton Farm takes three blue ribbons. Other items note governors hosts fruit growers five years ago, Virginia Shriners meet October 25, and local political shifts including Charles M. McCann chairing the Democratic committee.
Twenty five years ago twelve thousand Confederate veterans and widows began receiving Virginia pen sions. Over 200 Winchester firemen leave by special train for Carlisle Pennsylvania for the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association convention. Howard Hite of Grafton West Virginia marries Pearl Orsi, once his nurse, who had been widowed. Miss Mamie Humston weds W. E. Coffman at her father E Linden Humston’s home. Butter famine threatens Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys as grocers pay 23 to 24 cents for butter locally.
Virginia's corn crop is expected to exceed 1933 results despite an 8 percent acreage cut. Henry M. Taylor, crop statistician, says statewide output will rise while the national crop runs to about 70 percent of 1933 production. Hog prices react to the Virginia shortage as August forecasts improve from 35 million to higher due to favorable weather.
Today I will not confer with sorrow Till tomorrow for life hope and love shall have Their fullest sway This wondrous day Let doubt and fear woe and hate And all their kindred wait Outside the gate. W. W. Ritter Rickly Memorial Springfield Ohio.
W L Adams suffered heart palpitations after eating as his stomach filled with gas. Adleri claims to have relieved all gas, enabling him to eat freely. Baker's Drug Store advertises the remedy from Stephens City at Steele and Brother druggists.
An ad touts Conoco Service as the best place in Winchester for greasing cars. It highlights JACK & BOBBY RILEY'S SERVICE STATION at the corner of Market and Gerard Streets as a top option.
AP reports a Reading Railway express nearly struck three boys in Pottstown Pa as they lay on the rails and fled after a mock salute. In Arkansas three 15 year olds were fined for disorderly conduct after peppering a theatre suction fan causing patrons to flee. In St Louis a birthday party is missed for the first time by Mrs Helen Van Amburgh who has had 102 parties before. In Nebraska police investigate a theft of a raincoat from a parked car amid drought conditions stressing preparedness concerns.
In St Louis postal inspectors withhold three thousand letters pending proof of lottery ties. The postmaster cannot open mail, so residents are urged by postcard to claim their mail at the office. Officials prepare for potential snow conditions.
A three day Page Valley field trials meet is planned October 15 to 17 at Atwood and Helston farms near Luray with Derby All Age and Shooting Dog stakes and a beach show. Headquarters at Skyland, weather permitting, with Mimslyn as fallback. Wilbur Vaughan marshal. M J Menefee G F Pollock on reception. dogs photographed.
Shirley Temple stars in Baby Take a Bow with James Dunn and Claire Trevor. Director Harry Lachman used a duck call to recall the young star during filming, finding her playful nature both a challenge and charm of the production. The film opens today at Hables Palace Theatre and runs through Tuesday.
A young group called the Institute Hill gang, aged 6 to 12, raised funds and sent a committee to City Hall after the dogcatcher took Pal. Appeals to City Treasurer Fred Leech and City Controller Willi J. Schneider secured Pal's release, with six checks totaling enough for the downtown trip.
Olive Edith Reynolds of Grays Landing files for divorce from Clarence Reynolds of Indianola. She recounts a day by day married life with events including burns, beatings, threats, and disfigurement from 1924 to 1930, culminating in being forced to leave.
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