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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is registered at the Winchester Virginia post office as a second class daily except Sundays. The Evening Publishing Company of Winchester issues subscription rate details.
The Supreme Court ruling invalidating the NRA did not trigger mass layoffs or wage cuts. In major industries employment and wages held, prices rose modestly, and farm prices rose most, aided by strong demand. Production expanded as confidence returned to employers and workers.
An All-Star College team, featuring All-Americans Lund, Larsen, Lee and Hutson, faces the Chicago Bears in a test of speed and youth against power and experience. The game at Soldier Field in Chicago is billed as a clash weighing college prestige versus professional might.
Cumberland Times argues truancy marks the start of criminal pathways. It says timely discipline and returning to school can spare youths from gang influence and better futures, urging authorities to act early to curb drifting toward crime.
The Daily Progress labels the Congress that adjourned as spendthrift for spending ten billion dollars amid wartime claims and veteran pensions. It applauds the tax bill and Roosevelt's veto of the inflation bonus but warns that rising deficits threaten future restraint.
Joseph Conrad argues that power resides in the right word and its accent more than in reason. He notes that sound can stir masses and alter history whereas reflection may hinder bold action. The true statesman understands language’s force while demagogues exploit it.
A fragment reflects on choosing the correct word or slogan in political life. It suggests a clever demagogue could mislead voters with a wrong phrase while a statesman could endow a word with powerful meaning, influencing next year’s struggle.
A reader quiz from a school page asks origins of snob from sine nobilitate, notes Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest US president, and lists Oak Park Illinois as one of the largest villages with about 63 000 residents.
A chorus of brief items recalls events from one year ago including a Front Royal garageman Harry M. Boyer dying from a head blow at Memorial Hospital, Catherine B. McVicar chosen to represent Winchester at the Orange bicentennial, 1 200 prisoners striking at Eastern State Penitentiary, a bandit killed during a post office robbery attempt in Dendron Virginia, relief work on county schools, plus other local notes and prices.
In 1608, the Mikado's court was in Kyoto while the Shogunate administered from Tokyo, 323 miles apart. The Tokaido road linked these two key centers and supported heavy traffic between them during Japan's feudal era.
A Memphis ordinance requires drivers to stop for pedestrians with a white cane at intersections. Only blind individuals may carry the canes, and the signal remains until the pedestrian crosses. Readings from other cities note diverse, humorous local happenings and oddities.
Republican strategists weigh Gerald Nye as a potential presidential candidate while fearing his progressive stances could alienate party organizers. Nye, a North Dakota senator, is viewed as strong in farm areas and cities yet feared as too liberal for campaign finance and policy. Born 1892 in Wisconsin, Nye’s career includes newspaper work, a 1925 senate appointment, and multiple elections plus family ties and fraternal affiliations.
Central Press reports many Democratic congressmen are unhappy with President Roosevelt and expect a new wave of must legislation next winter. Rumors of a broad program to preserve NRA gains have lawmakers wary during a looming election season. Each faction seeks political protection while fearing intra party conflict and personal blame.
Antigua Guatemala hosts ruins famed as among the most impressive globally though the city’s population has shrunk from about eighty thousand to ten thousand. D A R pins honor ancestors who rendered patriotic service in the American Revolution.
Janet demands a doctor for Miss Boisevain as Nita hides the truth about a fatal heart attack. Blair Rodman awakens bound and beaten at Miss Boisevain's house, unsure of how he arrived as Janet searches nearby.
The prison grounds grew from 22 acres to 27 acres. At times as many as 33,000 prisoners were crowded into the enclosure.
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