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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star publishes Associated Press news to supplement local Winchester reports. Exclusive AP dispatches are credited or not, with local items included in this edition.
Subscription rates listed by mail and carrier include annual, six month, and three month options with advance payments. National advertising representatives are Devine Tenney Corporation in New York Des Moines and Chicago. Christ for Christ appears in the header.
A concise aphorism from Proverbs on the impact of words, noting heaviness of heart yields to kindness. The verse emphasizes a good word can lift spirits and encourage minds.
A New York Times report notes Charles E. Mitchell presenting youth sentiment to the Senate finance committee on war reparations. It contrasts German conscripts with Allied debts, citing Civil War ruin and the idea of debt as a chain binding future generations.
London orthopedist P B Roth claims no evidence that high heels injure women and that they are comfortable when well fitted on smooth ground. The columnist counters that declaring them harmless may erode their charm and tempt women to abandon heels for flat shoes, altering fashionable behavior.
C A Donnel from the Chicago weather station notes a pattern of above normal winter temperatures following major crashes and depressions. He cites Dec Feb warmth after 1929, 1920 21 postwar dip, 1907 08 panic, and 1877 78 as recurring trends, and asks if parallels to water levels exist.
The 200th birthday year starts with a Fredericksburg broadcast of a grandfather clock tolling at midnight New Year Eve. The Kenmore Association arranges the event with Governor Pollard and Bloom as speakers for a 15 minute NBC program from Mary Washington’s home.
Miss Anna Lee Hershey of Hagerstown married Kenneth L. Morehouse, Detroit inventor, in a ring ceremony performed aboard a plane 2,000 feet above Hagerstown. Rev. C Mundey of Waynesboro Pa conducted the ceremony.
Arlene begs for the morning paper to confirm Bruce Durand engagement to Sybil Morse. Lois, betrayed by Aunt Eleanore’s manipulation, clings to Bruce and vows faith as they plan a quiet talk at noon and hopeful marriage, despite family pressure.
The wedding featured A. C. Poporiff, owner of Hagerstown Airport, as pilot. The bride, Julia Hershey, a 1925 Hagerstown High School graduate, is the daughter of Mrs. Julia Hershey. Groom Morehouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Morehouse of Sharon Connecticut, invented the Little Mystery Car and received a Hoover Medal on July 9 1929.
A critique contrasts seventies annual output under Louis XIV with today’s eleven thousand annual publications. The claim notes the enduring readership of the older works while questioning whether modern abundance sacrifices quality for quantity.
Mothers adopt a new Vicks plan to prevent colds and lessen severity and costs. The plan accompanies VapoRub and Nose & Throat Drops as a companion preventive product from the Vicks line.
The guide advises using Vicks Drops at the first sign of cold to prevent or shorten illness and VapoRub at night after a cold starts. It recommends Drops for daytime relief and warns against excessive internal dosing, especially for children.
Local druggists promote Vicks VapoRule and Nose Drops under a Vick Plan for better Control of Colds. Buyers may receive refunds if not satisfied with results, according to the offer.
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