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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1935
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists postal status second class and daily publication excluding Sundays. It shows subscription rates three time frames and advertising rates including classified at 27 cents per word with 25 cent minimum and display ads 42 cents per inch with 10 am office deadline.
The text states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use and re publish all AP news dispatches and local news published in the paper. This notice asserts AP ownership and local reprint rights for its content.
A religious verse from 1 Peter 3 8 emphasizes unity compassion and brotherly love urging believers to be kind tender hearted and courteous reflecting a moral exhortation from the scripture.
A nurseful excerpt from J C Furnas’s booklet Better Off Dead portrays the grim aftermath of crashes with disabled survivors. It likens speed and recklessness to painful lifelong crippling, urging lessons to prevent more victims from joining a tragic legion.
Hayden Planetarium astronomer presents several scientific explanations for the Star of Bethlehem. He demonstrates potential alignments of Saturn Jupiter and Mars, a comet, or a nova, while noting the possibility of a miracle beyond science.
Ancient sky event described as three planets appearing very near each other to glow as a single light. The text notes this conjunction explains the Star of Bethlehem while accepting the symbolism remains beautiful.
Despite standardization cars look similar in form and function yet remain distinct in color, mechanism and build. Automotive experts estimate buyers can choose over 1.6 million design combinations with 25 million owners potentially enjoying unique details.
Emil Ludwig notes Americans value humor and can mock tyrants. The writer reflects on how political campaigns still feature wit and sarcasm in a nation that resists taking panaceas seriously. A dictator would fear mockery, he suggests, but Americans keep laughing things off.
Mercury reports Purcell McCue chosen president as the State Horticultural Society holds its convention. The Kern Hotel in Lansing sees five charred bodies removed, raising casualty totals. A tentative budget sets the assessment at 1.35, and a Father-and-Son banquet is planned in Middletown tonight.
Mary Lee Hicks is in Philadelphia after a three week disappearance. Army defeats Navy 6 to 0 at Yan kee Stadium. Handley hosts its annual football banquet. Mrs. Fred Simpson aged 33 and her 3 year old daughter die in a Wardensville West Virginia house fire. Nelson F. Richards is re appointed director general of the Apple Blossom Festival.
Ten years ago Market Street M E Church received a 3000 bequest from the late Hunter N Kern. Augustus Lukeman's design for the central group of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial drew high praise. Other items include a Ku Klux Klan incident in Fort Pierce and a murder found in Hell's Kitchen. Dr William H Wilmer buys property at Millwood near Ryton estate.
Present and past rainfall figures cover 24 hours ending 8 a m with .62 in and December to date at 1.34 in. Year to date stands at 34.68 in. The 22 year average is 34.61 in. Monthly averages include January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
John Galleher led a Virginia NEC briefing showing record state revenue with 141,288,734 paid to the federal government and 115,760,646 from Richmond cigarettes. RFC lending through Richmond topped 276,828,000 this year, HOLC and FHA programs aided thousands of Virginia homeowners and borrowers with millions in loans and tax relief while some applications were rejected.
Virginia Conservation Commission head Wilbur C Hall says state and federal authorities agree on evictions for Shenandoah National Park residents. Arno Cammerer, NPS director, notes humane approach allows staying until April 1 while resolving park transfer. About a dozen families affected. some resisted resettlement but now plan to leave by April 1.
Joel Owsley Cheek aged 83, renowned for building a large U S coffee industry through advertising and his belief that the harder the business the easier to hold, died in Jacksonville at his son Sean T. Cheek's home after four days of critical illness from pneumonia.
A notice states that children under three years old are exempt from the hotel or pension tax in France, clarifying the exemption for young guests and simplifying billing for households hosting infants.
Muscogon resident Leo Larsen mislaid 100 sticks of dynamite found after a swamp hunt. He reported the cache to officers but then could not recall the return route. High Stakes matter follows as Vann appeals a $25 plus costs in superior court following a county fine.
Spokane resident William E Hunt refused to pledge $2.50 weekly child support. Judge W A Huneke asked if he smokes and then ordered him to quit.
Topeka Kansas, Fred Hess, longtime head timekeeper at a local railway shop, reflected on a quarter century of meticulous record work. He coordinated clocks, schedules, and shift changes, ensuring precise timekeeping for daily operations.
The University of Minnesota examination paper reveals humorous student answers with playful twists on historical and literary references. Phrases include Grace Abounding as a friend, Julius Caesar described as bold, and humorous misquotes such as I take my religion for granite.
The picture titled Crime and Punishment drew an unusually attentive audience at Cook County Jail and left many with tears as the lights came on.
Well wishers at a St. Wenceslaus Church wedding in Pound Wisconsin caused the building to shake as bells rang. The sexton was told to ring more softly until funds can be raised for replastering the aging church.
Representative Wesley E. Disney of Oklahoma proposes a National Academy of Public Affairs to train youth for federal civil service. Veterans note skepticism over the survival of the merit system amid ongoing political patronage and staff disintegration since the pre New Deal era.
President Luther C. Steward of the National Federation of Federal Employes says the merit system faces its gravest danger under emergency administrations. He notes about 160000 new workers plus 560000 earlier hires, mostly political appointees, with turnover around 80 percent under New Deal administrations.
Christmas Seals cost only a penny each and fund the fight against tuberculosis. The disease kills more people aged 15 to 45 than any other illness, so buy Christmas Seals to decorate Christmas mail and support the campaign.
Alice Penny learns her carving knife is missing as Lucy Upham pushes her toward ousting Andrew Darien. At breakfast the next morning Darien lies dead in his bed with the knife buried in his heart and a hairpin nearby, as the house erupts in shock and questions begin.
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