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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1934
Page
4
Classified ads priced at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and cash with copy. Memorials 1.50 for four lines totaling four lines per entry. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads due in office by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps Devine Tenney Corp in multiple cities.
A damaged OCR fragment includes a copyright notice from the Associated Press and a religious verse. The text references AP reuse rights and a Psalm 69:5 quotation, with no clear local event or report.
Winchester residents await the Reickhofer Container Company takeover of the local paper mill. If absorbed by local industry, 60 to 75 workers could return to employment as area firms like National Fruit Product Company Shenandoah Apple Cider and Vinegar and Sullivan Company consider expanding. A boxboard crate line could form a key future industry.
The piece cites Mrs. Roosevelt noting shocking conditions among high school students and argues such behavior stems from upbringing and tolerated adult conditions. It endorses wholesome activities by organizations to guide youth morality and conduct.
The text asks three questions about government spending and taxation. It notes that twenty five percent of government spending goes to public works and motorists pay about one fourth of state tax revenue. It then defines a dum t Hav as a nosed bullet that expands on impact and causes lacerations.
Early attendance at dance halls and beer parlors emerges as a focal point in the report. The text notes social scenes and leisure venues affecting public life and cultural habits of the period.
Public opinion turns against hitchhiking as dangerous to youth and lawmakers respond. Virginia Connecticut New Jersey D C Pennsylvania Delaware Minnesota Wisconsin and others move to forbid or regulate soliciting rides with penalties from fines to imprisonment. Some recall horse and wagon days while others argue better policing would reduce crime.
Brief clippings report quirky local events and odd milestones. A school board faces bank pressure over December tax funds. A Culver family reunites for Christmas after years apart. A homing pigeon sets endurance records, while a bear encounter ends peacefully. A park kills fighting buffalo and auctions meat. A Caspian janitor’s life spans 22 years, and a Hopkins mayoral draw re seals reelection.
Maj. Gen Edward Wyre urges a canal from the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay head, while Senator Harry Byrd at Luray predicts a foreign market recovery as part of the Roosevelt program. First landowner payments begin for Shenandoah National Park project.
Greenleaf schemes to keep Jensen hidden and deploys a covert plan during a Washington dinner. He pressures Mrs Higgins to invite the Countess Thorland, risking diplomatic norms to secure crucial misdirection for a deadly spy operation. The secretary frets yet agrees to a secret favor.
Rainfall data show none in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. December to date 0.23 inches year to date 35.35 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 21 years includes January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
Congress mails congratulations to Admiral Byrd for the successful South Pole flight. A damaged item notes a local theater showing a film with whiskey branding and a fire on Washington Street. Rosa Fries dies of heart failure after long illness. Hoover calls for a special commission to study U S Haiti relations.
The City Council votes to replace steam with electric pumping to serve Winchester residents. The Girls' Athletic Club plans Christmas Eve carols for all who wish to hear them in town. Contributions pour into Winchester Memorial Hospital following a grocery appeal by the Women's Auxiliary. Grover C. Cooper to erect a gas station at Market and Scene streets' drive-in site.
Twenty five years ago pajamas enter women wardrobe while men abandon night shirts. The Anti Saloon League plans to push statewide prohibition in the General Assembly. Elks host Lodge of Sorrow led by J. A. Richards. A six reel moving picture is shown at erec tonight. Nosey of Berry s becomes manager of Battle town Inn at Berryville.
The Reliance Civic League sponsors a Luttrell Debating Club event at Reliance social hall on Tuesday December 11 at 7 30. Speakers Ernest Arthur Ford Luttrell and Wesley Shirley discuss whether the love of money influences the mind more than the love of women with local music and refreshments for attendees.
In England water diviners known as dowsers claim a practiced trade aided by the rumbo jumbe and hazelwood rod. The piece notes their organized profession and parallels with American practices.
The Trail Beyond starring John Wayne leads at the Palace Theatre today as the sole western feature with thrills and adventure. Supplementary films include Tailspin Tommy Gog-Gone Babies and Sky Larks. George Arliss returns in The Last Gentleman at the Palace Monday through Wednesday with Edna May Olver Janet Beecher Charlotte Henry and Ralph Morgan supporting.
A recipe note suggests making small fruit or mince turnovers as occasional treats for the family, offering a change from the usual family pie.
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