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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription costs and advertising rates. It details display, classified, memorial and card charges, with deadlines and address for placing ads and national reps in major cities.
Poem urging merchants to tout apples in ads to boost sales and temperance. It cites apples curing ailments and contrasts with tobacco and gum ads. Authored by B Stuart Hubbard as Apple Institute committee chair, promoting persuasive apple promotions.
A clipped article notes a religious message titled Christ for All and Sowing and Reaping. It cites Hosea 10 12 urging repentance and righteousness with a call to seek the Lord. The date referenced is Tuesday August 28 1935.
President Roosevelt signed the Drewry Bill to establish a national monument at the Appomattox battlefield. Virginia gains a new shrine with a $100,000 appropriation to restore the site and beautify the former capitulation house. The project marks lasting remembrance of the war ending and the unity of the United States.
General Motors announces a $50 million expansion for its plant and new machinery aimed at increasing output of cheaper models. The report notes 1934 national income rose 11 percent from 1933 to $49.44 billion, aided partly by relief funds, with wages up and capital income down. Recovery remains gradual until confidence returns.
The government grapples with a half hearted cotton policy tied to the 1933 plow up and acreage limits. It extended loans at 10 cents a pound on unsold crops and, with Bankhead plans, increased to 12 cents without recourse. Farmers could sell above 12 cents to gain the spread.
The piece argues government intervention keeps cotton prices high, boosts world supply, and weakens U S standing. It notes foreign buyers shifting to other cottons, rising exports decline, and fears a renewed Farm Board failure. It analyzes a proposed compromise loans at nine cents and possible subsidies to sustain cotton farmers.
The Cumberland Times comments on proposals for mandatory military service for women, arguing the idea reflects wartime fever and misguided patriotism. It cites a Turkish leader’s remarks and cautions against sending women to the front except in extreme emergencies.
Mrs Sara Lee Hollen of Keyser West Virginia becomes bride of Joseph B Newlin. Witness testifies Eva Coe asked her to keep quiet regarding the murder of Harry Wright. Donald M Nixdorff dies at 30. Texas coast battered by hurricane. Car of Ansel Sollenberger stolen from in front of Elks Club found in Lexington.
Miss Ida Zean Pierce aged 69 of Roa smoke killed in an auto crash near Upperville. Fire destroys a house owned by Clarence Lockhart at Ock Enon causing $8,000 loss. Raymond Mattigan, 34, dies of pneumonia. Dedication offering of 4735.10 received at United Brethren Church setting a new record.
Miss Clara Riffey of Strasburg lies unconscious after seventy hours at Memorial Hospital as police investigate a mystery. City work starts on a basin project to capture an extra five hundred thousand gallons of water daily. Joseph J. Jolliffe’s barn burned near Clearbrook causing about 2200 dollars in losses.
Twenty five years ago Miss Elizabeth Cutty married Benjamin Belle Clair, both noted on the stage. The Berryville Horse Show drew over 22,000 spectators across a two day exhibition. The American Union Telephone Company faces potential legal action for nonpayment of city franchise fees. The Lutheran Synod of Virginia gathers in session at Shepherdstown.
Present and past rainfall data show none in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. August to date 2.54 inches and year to date 24.03 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches with monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.29, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
A series of quiz style items covers Bedloe Island noted for the statue of Liberty. It cites Sir Robert Walpole as saying every man has his price. It notes the US first war loan to Britain on April 25 1917 at 3 percent for 200 million dollars.
A scattered collection of brief items reports a horse injured by a threshing machine pulley in New Castle Pennsylvania. In Yonkers a ferryman is paid with a pig after gypsies cannot pay. In New York a welfare island doctor case involves a deli loan and a hospital denial. Edith Hanson, 39, is arrested in Santa Cruz. A water main blackout hits Twin Lakes Seabright and East Santa for four hours, after a truck crash causes a melon to strike the driver and sever power lines.
An old Arkansas bullet carried by a boy 70 years ago pierced a man’s leg and remained embedded. While visiting relatives, the wound reopened and he collapsed on a sidewalk. Hospital attendants attributed the fatal injuries to the 1865 bullet.
The article discusses Mussolini's plan to seize Ethiopia and control Nile headwaters, provoking British defense moves at Gibraltar Malta and Port Said. It questions Italy's aims and explores possible German Austrian mergers, French interests, and risks to Russia and Japan amid a shifting postwar order.
Janet Lord travels to a storm scarred estate with Blair Rodman where a silent servant Nita and a dangerous dog Rajah guard a locked house. Miss Boisevain, wearing a live chameleon, keeps Blair away and hints at a planned separation as Janet fears for his fate. The dinner scene ends with Miss Boisevain collapsing as Janet frets over Blair's absence.
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