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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1933
Page
4
Public notices detail pricing for subscriptions by mail and weeklies as well as classified and display advertising rates. Memorials and cards of thanks are priced, with a deadline for bordered display ads and regional national reps listed.
A brief religious meditation on first John chapter four verse eighteen, noting that love casts out fear and that fear stems from imperfection in love, urging readers to pursue perfect love to overcome anxiety.
Charlottesville Progress warns of winter road dangers including wet leaves ice and snow plus blind drivers and uneducated pedestrians. It urges careful driving and vigilance as children travel to school and traffic conditions worsen with the season.
Staunton News Leader notes the Christmas seals featuring the two barred red cross promote the fight against tuberculosis. Public response funds chest clinics and nursing services while aiding early case discovery, underscoring rising public knowledge that TB is curable with early treatment.
The piece reflects on talebearing as a universal vice affecting villages churches schools and social circles. It cites biblical wisdom from Proverbs and questions which forces within nations act as talebearers, arguing responsibility lies with individuals rather than distant groups.
A wartime era review analyzes Henry VIII and his marriages, weighing love against succession. The piece discusses Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard, citing letters, past relationships, and historical debate, and presents Laughton’s film being shown for a charity at the Capitol Theatre.
Text notes long standing hostilities in Asia with wars among Indian states, Chinese regions, and border clashes involving Burma and Siam, marking a pattern of bloodshed across eras.
Lipppman argues the Eighteenth Amendment failed because it ignored the public conscience and fostered lawlessness. He condemns Governor Rolph over the San Jose lynching while urging drastic criminal justice reform and deeper cultural change to curb mob violence.
The passage advocates a broad civilizing program including dikes new channels reservoirs and forest planting to stabilize the ground. It emphasizes faith and understanding in sowing seeds and managing headwater slopes for soil firmness.
Shenandoah County School Board bought five acres on the P. W. Magruder estate at Woodstock’s north end for a new school. Construction may start soon after plan finalization. The $45,000 project will be funded by $33,000 from a state literary loan and $5,000 from the town hall fund for the auditorium, plus additional funds from a Main Street lot donated by the late James B. Logan.
The Warren County bass season ends on November 30 per game warden C N Shepherd. Elk season runs December 15 to 31 with a one elk bag limit and horns visible. Hunters report plentiful birds and scarce rabbits. Shepherd and Hawley released 6000 bream and flyers at Gooney Lodge near Gooney Run.
A hunting ban for elephants has been enacted across Mwanza territory and the Tanganyika region, aiming to protect wildlife. The move signals strengthened conservation efforts by regional authorities in Bel.
Lizetta, overwhelmed by sorrow after Terrance and Patricia’s happiness, imagines Stuart Logan at Virginia’s party on Long Island. She recalls his voice and dreams of a past love, then contrasts it with his flirtation with a bold green haired dancer. The scene ends with a wistful lead toward a continuation.
Present and past rainfall data show 0.15 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. December 15, to date 18 inches for December. Year to date totals reach 36.46 inches. Winchester Research Laboratory notes an average annual precipitation of 84.53 inches and a monthly average around 3.6 inches.
Canterbury Notes records a sequence of visits and callers around CANTERBURG Virginia with mentions of residents and guests. It notes birth congratulations for Mr and Mrs Harry Cave of Cumberland on November 20 and lists social calls involving the Hale, Shyley, Fogle, Painter, Rowland and Glover families.
The Supreme Court overturned Virginia officials by invalidating a 1930 statute that let highway commissioners order railroads to remove grade crossings without a prior hearing. Southern Railway sought relief after being ordered to eliminate a crossing near Anderson on Route 12 in Mecklenburg County.
In Shetland there are 9,000 hand knitters, comprising 75 percent of the islands' female population. The figure highlights the strong knitting tradition and the role of women in local craft production.
Public auction to sell an 18 acre tract near Stephens City Virginia with an eight room frame dwelling and bearing apple orchard. The sale is set for December 30 1933 at 11 am in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia. Terms require one third cash and two thirds via two bonds due one and two years after date with six percent interest secured by a deed of trust and fire insurance. The principal debt is 3500 dollars to Loan and Building Corporation of Winchester.
Deputy Sheriff Howard Buffington of San Jose County is shown in a San Francisco hospital after injuries from a clash with a lynching mob that overpowered authorities at the jail and lynched the Brooke Hart kidnap slayers. Buffington was among officers trying to halt the mob.
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