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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday with mail and carrier subscription options. Rates show yearly and multi month advances for in town delivery.
Advertisement rates listed include 2 cents per word with a minimum 25 cent charge and a memorial four stanza notice at $1.50, plus 75 cents for Cards of Thanks. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch with contract rates on application. National representatives are Devine-Tenney DOTP in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.
A fragment quotes Jeremiah 9 23 urging humility over wisdom strength and wealth. The text appears alongside a religious devotion style line about all for Christ and scripture references. No clear event dates or locations are present.
The French Cabinet’s decision to oppose sanctions on Italy is viewed as destabilizing to the League of Nations and threatening to European peace. Observers warn that France may provoke a German Austrian advance if Italy remains occupied in Ethiopia, risking broader conflict and shifting alliances.
W Nelson Page proposes a city pool at Rouss Park to provide recreation and exercise for residents. He argues Winchester lacks adequate facilities and that the project could be financed at a small city cost.
The piece profiles A. B. Happy Chandler and Thomas S. Rhea in a September 7 Democratic primary runoff. It notes Chandler as a key opponent to Governor Laffoon and urges voters to reject machine politics in favor of honest governance.
The piece endorses a strong Democratic candidate as a hard fighting figure and honest governor and urges friends across the border to support "Happy" Chandler, a man Kentucky can point to with pride.
Alexandria Gazette reports Mr. Hopson answering the Senate utilities committee about publicity. He says advertising harms credibility when newspapers accept corporate money yet publish biased editorials. He argues advertising loses value if a paper lacks honest news and an honest editorial page.
The Senate rejected a thirty hour week for interstate labor by a wide margin and the piece argues against extending the rule to industry. It contends the policy is a temporary fix during a job famine and not suitable as a permanent standard.
Indiana will start a state wide two year traffic safety drive led by Don F. Stiver. A safety car with two troopers will visit every city to educate the public on traffic rules and enforcement. The plan emphasizes learning regulations before obedience and seeks press and public cooperation to reduce fatalities.
Fifteen members of Congress are forever barred from becoming president due to foreign birth, per the Constitution which restricts the office to natural born citizens. Among them four are named in the report.
The article lists foreign born Senators and Representatives by birthplace, names several individuals and their birth countries, and notes age and citizenship requirements for Senators and Representatives. It cites Rush D Holt’s age issue delaying seating and recalls presidents born abroad, with several early presidents once British subjects.
A student page lists three Q A items: flour gold defined as minute placer particles. impeachment charges against President Andrew Johnson. and the selfowning white oak tree in Athens Georgia.
Robert Underwood plans to launch a specialty pastry shop in the area, signaling a new culinary venture for local shoppers.
Obituaries include Mrs. Margaret R Harman 68 of Clearbrook and Mrs Lewis N Peer 70 of Kernstown. Also notes on the Winchester 1930 fair success and a San Antonio plane incident with Col William Mitchell. A Chicago crystal gazer Christ Walles is stabbed, and Adam H Bohrer 63 dies after an operation. Ten years ago over 1 million in horses shown at the fair. Margaret Leola Braithwaite and Paul Hunter Snapp wed. A Frederick county brouth committee heads and a drop in US tax returns.
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Elizabeth Sinclair Kown slar dies at Berryville home. William Rutherford dies from sunstroke in Cumberland. Md Charles Broadway Rouss helps Confederate Battle Abbey in Richmond. Frederick County apple growers show no haste to sell crop.
About 500 members of the Frederick County Farm Bureau and guests gathered at Jordan Springs for an all day picnic. Speaker Chester H Gray discussed Congress actions affecting farmers including AAA amendments while Virginia Farm Bureau President G F Holsinger and Shenandoah and Warren county officials spoke. Afternoon games followed a spread of food and entertainment as free brick ice cream vanished quickly.
Corpus Christi Texas August 31 Pi Lewis W Douglas former director of the budget in the Roosevelt administration said today he would not even consider becoming a candidate on a Jeffersonian Democratic presidential ticket in 1936. I am not going to run for anything.
A mix of light local vignettes and odd incidents from several places. Mrs Appiano in St Louis fights to care for her mongrel pup before hospital treatment as a social worker helps. In Houston a youth yawns through court while a hatchet threat is discussed. James Brad dock in Dallas clashes with a taxi, Bristling Oppositions in Missoula report porcupine skirmishes. Bristling Opposition in Missoula.
Mr and Mrs James Williams forgot their three year old son after leaving him in a car. The boy wandered into the post office and was taken to the police. They realized the lapse after driving 12 miles west and returned to claim him. The incident ends with safe reunion.
Berge Simonson of Ortonville Minnesota defeated Kottwitz by 58 to 57 ears to win the title champion corn eater. Simonson said he felt fine and planned a steak supper, while Kottwitz claimed a heavy breakfast and light dinner.
A World at a Glance profile by Leslie Eichel examines Alfred M Landon as a potential Republican presidential nominee. The Kansas governor blends oil industry heft with farmer-friendly appeal, though labor and party insiders may oppose him. Born 1887 in West Middlesex Pa Landon rose to prominence as Kansas governor and oil operator.
Washington discusses America's temporary neutrality act in effect until March 1, 1936. Senator Nye criticizes it as hurried and insufficient while President Roosevelt seeks flexible authority. The piece notes potential paths to involvement in Italy versus Ethiopia and the impracticality of smuggling arms to landlocked Ethiopia.
Al Capone now in Alcatraz for income tax evasion faces an assessment of nearly 120000 for unpaid liquor taxes. The levy targets other Chicago syndicate members connected to Capone during Prohibition as Treasury moves to collect the amount in civil court.
Janet wanders through a dim house with a candle seeking Blair Rodman. Miss Boisevain awakens and counsels restraint while Nita returns. Janet learns she may flee in Rodman’s car within a half hour if she can drive it.
Janet guards Blair Rodman as Miss Boisevain urges a quiet exit. A mysterious car vanishes into the night, and Boisevain hints at a hidden resident who governs Rajan. Janet suspects a second occupant and a looming threat in a house of fear. The scene ends with a cliffhanger.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a m. August to date totals 2.59 inches, year to date 24.08 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches with monthly averages listed for each month from January to December.
A historian describes Pompeii's urban landscape formed largely by gifts from private citizens to public buildings. The pattern highlights philanthropy shaping civic spaces in ancient Rome.
Rich mond Va Aug 31 State Tax Commissioner C H Morrisett said the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may face unsatisfactory consequences if given control over 3 2 per cent beer now licensed by the tax department He warned of possible licensing complications since 3 2 beer is legally a soft drink in Virginia and urged thorough study before any action is taken.
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