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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper masthead shows affiliations with The Associated Press and local editions. It lists subscription rates and advertising representatives in New York Des Moines and Chicago.
A fragment from Psalm 33 12 proclaims blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and whose people are chosen for His heritage, reflecting a devotional line amid scattered text.
In Tampa, Florida, cigar makers struck after readers dismissed by operators for reading communist material. The piece notes Spanish and Cuban workers talk freely, with readers providing English and Spanish literature. management argues for limits during work hours, raising questions about freedom of speech and worker rights.
In recent months Reich advances strengthen the Nazi regime. The system may work where people distrust current conditions. Crowd psychology favors high handed leaders who offer no promises over blunt policy makers.
The article notes Theodo Wharton died in Hollywood recently. Wharton created and filmed the first serials and brought Pearl White to the screen. He introduced stars Crane Wilbur Milton Sills Irene Castle and Marguerite Snow. His fortune faded and he was buried by the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
The article argues that unaffected incomes should spend as before to stimulate sales and employment. It warns against pessimism and urges prudent spending to sustain profits and prices until the downturn ends. It emphasizes that those not hit by the downturn could aid the economy by reasonable spending.
An interview quote claims a new political method in Germany aims to install a post government through scattaestine means and then execute it after winning the election. It asserts Hitler seeks to consolidate real control and mobilize effort, noting the system appears effective as local elections proceed.
Grimes Virginia reports the White Hall Mitey met at Mrs. Charles Hensell's home. Visitors include Miss Mary Newcomb of Winchester and Mr. P. E. Lindamood of Stephens City. Local residents Kern and Kerns visited. Oscar Leight lost ten turkeys to theft. C. S. Shepard and family from Winchester visited. Judge T. W. Harrison and son Burr P. Harrison were noted visitors.
Chester residents prepare for Christmas with cake and mince pies baking, turkey butchering, and selecting cedar trees for Santa Claus amid seasonal bustle.
Ken neth Miller Ile Miller John Saum and Leslie Coffelt from Washington visited over the weekend with their parents. Ruby Rowland of Stephens City visited her sister Mrs Edgar Loving last week. Lester Miller of Washington recuperating at Cedar Creek. Christmas Eve exercises planned by Christian Church Sunday School. Ray Miller home from Ohio after years away. Herbert Stokes moved from Oxanda to Calico near Strasburg. Nina Crabill returned home after visiting uncle Milt Hockman near Lebanon Church. Erma Richardson returned to Baltimore after a stay at home.
Mrs. Leidig Hoffman of Hagerstown Maryland died December 9 after a visit to Weyersburg Pa. Survived by husband J Aaron Hoffman and children Roy Bruce Jacob W Hoffman Mrs Samuel Shank Martha and Fern Bard. Funeral at Falling Spring Church near Chambersburg Pa conducted by Rev Nalt. Burial beside church cemetery.
The Motion Picture Houses of Winchester present advance bookings and current screenings with forthcoming titles and critical notes. Industry listings highlight new releases and audience impressions for the local cinema season.
Hable's Palace screens The Pay Off a Radio Pictures drama directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars. The film presents a high class crook story emphasizing devotion and sacrifice with suspenseful scenes and a memorable climax. Tomorrow Jack Perrin and Starlight debut The Sheriff’s Secret from Robert J. Horner, promising familiar appeal. James P. Morgan also brings tense comedy drama with thrills and laughs.
Helen Mayes stars in The Sin of Madelon Claudet at Capitol Theatre, an engrossing CAPITOL release praised as among the most entertaining pictures seen recently. The work marks Miss Hayes first screen appearance with a noted Broadway pedigree, while Jack Holt and Ralph Graves headline A Curious Affair as a comedy subplot. The Cotton context hints at broad economic themes echoed in the Arkansas Gazette notice.
The Colonial presents Universal drama Homicide Squad featuring Leo Carrillo as gang leader Louie Grenado and Mary Brian as the heroine. Noah Beery and others deliver strong supporting roles in a tale of racketeers and a captain pursuing a killer. Sundown Trail follows tomorrow with Tom Keene in Freighters of Destiny, a romance of early West wagon freighters.
Grover C. Shoemaker of York Pennsylvania was ordered held for the Shenandoah Circuit Court grand jury by Magistrate Gilbert E. Pence at Woodstock on a hit-and-run charge. He is accused in the fatal injury of Harry Biderman.
Witnesses say Shoemaker, driving at least fifty miles an hour, struck Biderman near Strasburg last Saturday night and fled the scene. He was released on three thousand five hundred bail pending grand jury action. Officers tracked him to the northern limits of New Market and turned him over to Sheriff Sheetz. He initially denied taking a back street but later admitted the charge.
True Stories of Real Scouts recounts a Sequois National Park fire where signals 8 S O S were ignored until a lone Scout read them and alerted the group, enabling a rescue. Troops 3 5 7 and 8 report meetings at local churches and Handley School with plans for Christmas baskets and service pins.
All days from December 18 to 27 inclusive have about nine hours of daylight. Winter arrives Tuesday December 22 at 2 30 p m Eastern time 1 30 p m Central time.
Hygela Magazine says dried yeast works as well as fresh yeast for pellagra. It notes that liver extract canned salmon and canned lean meat also help, as long as cooked for several hours to preserve the antipellagra vitamin.
The Nashville Southern Lumberman reports bankers have been holding four billion dollars in frozen assets, a finding that explains their perceived cold stance. The disclosure highlights a massive untapped pool of funds and potential implications for markets and creditors.
In sad memory of Anna Lee Fries who died August 18 1931 at four months old. Family recalls her dear memory as we visit her grave with flowers and cherish the hope of reunion with angels in a better land.
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