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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices and legal notices for mail and carrier delivery. Rates include one year mail 4.50, six months 2.25, three months 1.20, and one month 0.40. carrier prices mirror these terms. Classifieds cost 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. memorial poems 1.50 for four stanzas. display ads with border due by 10 AM.
A religious notice quotes Romans 10 13 affirming salvation through calling on the Lord. Interprets the phrase whosoever shall call as universal invitation and blessing.
The article criticizes Rexford Tugwell during an Agricultural Committee hearing on his confirmation as Under Secretary of Agriculture. It notes evasive replies to Senator Boehme’s letters about furniture factories and hints at Tugwell’s advocacy of planned economy and government control of business. It argues he may fear disclosure of his philosophy.
The state laments Major Tyler's resignation from the ABC Board and urges Governor Peery to appoint a successor of high character and ability. Support cites the system's success credited to Tyler and colleagues R McC Bullington and T McCall Frazier, urging careful selection to continue smooth operation.
A Baltimore Evening Sun note reflects on the U S pension system recalling Corporal Tanner who in 1899 was named Pension Commissioner and pledged a vivid image of driving a six mule team as a symbol of reform and progress.
The piece argues that U S pension policy swings with economic mood. It notes after Revolu tion era veterans and sutlers faced rising costs, and that the World War I reform to pension on an actuarial basis failed. It fears a return to the old system as recovery grows.
The Cumberland Times discusses Elsa Maxwell's list of the world's ten greatest gentlemen and finds her criteria clash with basic human conduct. It argues gentility often comes from family life and steady courtesy, forbearance, and generosity rather than status or vanity.
The August forecast predicts 1935 flue cured yield at 745,000 pounds, with Old Belt at 244,100,000 pounds, up about 22 percent from last year. Martinsville could exceed 6,000,000 pounds in sales, worth around $1.2 million at 20 cents per pound, as stocks remain tight but demand grows. North Carolina maintains its lead in production.
The text notes Kentucky as second and Tennessee third in production within the national context and cites an overall production estimate of 511,810,000 pounds with a small portion of barley included in the mix.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board analyzes Virginia liquor store sales and reports Virginians favor strong straight whiskey and low priced bottles. Virginians drink 85.58 percent straight whiskey, 13.55 percent blended, with hard whiskey comprising 92.57 percent of alcohol sold. cocktails are 0.20 percent.
The text lists quiz answers: Judas Iscariot as arch traitor, John Paul Jones as first great American naval hero, and defines the difference between a criminally insane person and an insane criminal.
One year ago an explosion released more than 100,000,000 gallons of motor fuel at Campana Argentina. National Fruit Products Company expands production. Mrs Mildred B Janney age 80 is dead. Council defeats slaughter house ordinance. President caricatured by FERA worker in New York.
John I. Brown Jr. accepts position as director of physical education at Easton Pennsylvania High School. Far larger topic notes coal mine maintenance costs at $5.7 million monthly. A large audience hears Rev. J F Morgan deliver farewell sermon at the First Baptist Church. Local hospital nurses’ home to be enlarged. Daniel Dorman Greene, 84, dies at Fort Loudoun.
Daniel E. Stuart, 13, dies of pneumonia in town. Rev Dr George S Bowers reelected president of the Evangelical Synod of Virginia. Russian noble exile escapes and meets her lover by chance in this country. Front Royal Masons plan to erect temple.
The Fairview Christian Church in Shenandoah county hosts a homecoming on Sunday September 15 with morning and afternoon services and a noon luncheon. Rev D H Rhodes of Toms Brook preaches in the morning. Fred Maphis of Strasburg and Rev George Earle Owen of Winchester speak in the afternoon. Attendees are asked to bring basket dinners and help host visitors. Special music is planned.
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opens its fall term on September 10 to consider writs of error for two black defendants condemned to die and to hear Major Robert C. Kent Jr. v Commonwealth among other cases. The docket includes local appeals from Shenandoah and Winchester and corporate disputes in the Ocean Accident case.
H E Ketner commerce counsel for the State Corporation Commission will attend a south wide conference in Atlanta September 3 to discuss allegedly discriminatory class rates in southern territory. He notes rates in southern territory are about 30 percent higher than in official territory and the meeting aims to protest the differential and explore remedies.
Iowa Senator Lester Dickinson, a longtime Republican spellbinder and 1932 convention keynoter, remains a major contender for the 1936 nomination. At 62, born Oct 29, 1878, he campaigns actively on Hooverism and anti Roosevelt themes, facing questions over AAA support as re election nears.
Washington central press reports that many new laws will face a constitutional gauntlet in federal district courts and courts of appeals before reaching the Supreme Court. The piece notes three major New Deal cases tied to slum clearance, taxation, and TVA, with Fortune magazine offering mixed assessments of constitutional status.
Blair lies bound in a dark room after a brutal head blow as Janet watches from Miss Boisevain’s living room. A hidden occupant in the house remains unseen while Rajah the dog guards the corridor and Miss Boisevain drifts toward sleep.
rainfall past 24 hours ending 8 a m none august to date 2 59 inches year to date 24 08 inches average annual precipitation 34 61 inches based on 22 year records monthly averages january 2 35 february 1 94 march 2 81 april 3 16 may 3 88 june 3 60 july 8 39 august 3 35 september 2 43 october 2 90 november 2 51 december 2 30
The National Gallery of Art in the Smithsonian holds a varied assortment of old masters American works ancient ceramics and jewelry. It includes the famous Joseph Gel and newly acquired objets d art in its latest display.
Albemarle county farmers disposed of the entire 1935 peach crop, with about 450 carloads sold. Prices started near 2.50 a bushel, fell to 2.00 at the peak, then dropped in the last ten days. Continued rains damaged the crop, though many orchardists had contracted for their white crop at 2.00 a bushel.
The largest moose herd on the continent is believed to be at Isle Royale in Lake Superior. The National Park Service estimates over 2,000 moose with the herd steadily growing.
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