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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1932
Page
2
At the Palace this afternoon Courageous starring Robert Montgomery and Evans draws praise for natural romance and strong performances. The program continues today and Tuesday with additional short features boosting the appeal of the wholesome love story.
The Continental Congress elected a presiding officer each year. In 1781 John Hanson was chosen as President of the United States in Congress Assembled, a title not equating to a president or acting president. No provision existed for a President before March 1789.
Howard Hughes presents The Age For Love at the Colonial today only a United Artists picture praised as among the year’s best. Frank Lloyd directed based on Ernest Pascal novel with Rob Sherwood dialogue. Billy Dove returns to the screen amid praise as a top actress. Convicted with Aileen Privele and Jameson Thomas screens tomorrow and Wednesday. a safety note on football follows in the election sleuth.
The Capitol presents Barbara Stanwyck in Forbidden, hailed as her greatest performance as Lulu torn between love and duty. Adolphe Menjou co stars as Bog Grover, a lawyer whose flirtation escalates into a fatal love triangle alongside a wife's crippling accident.
Local theatres the Capitol and Colonial announce a February program featuring new films and special events. Capitol will screen Forbidden with Adolph Men and Ralph Bellamy, Scene from King Vidor, I Surrender Dear with Crosby, Pretty Puppies with Ford Sterling, and Ex Rooster with Chic Sale, plus newsreels. Colonial joins with Age For Love starring Billie Dove and 7% Marks the Spot with Lew Cody, promising fresh pictures never before shown locally.
The oldest tree in the world, a giant club moss from the Devonian era, was restored to natural size from a single fossil found in New York state and is on display at the New York State Museum. A note adds a curious aside about a typical American from the Minneapolis Star.
A warrant was issued in Leesburg Virginia for Alex Grayson a 35 year old colored man and former employee of Central Garage Middleburg as an accessory in the January 13 murder of Mrs Spencer Ilsley matron and her maid Mrs Mina Buckner. Grayson lives opposite the Isley cottage and will be questioned again as investigations continue.
A fragmented OCR style item presents garbled phrases about Dear Noah, permanent waves, ocean waves, and city names like Washington, Lafayette, and St. Paul. The readable bits hint at a literary or dramatic header with unclear authorial notes and misordered lines.
A reader from Winchester Virginia dated February 1 1932 urges city fathers to retire an ineffective leader and provide modern amenities for a young man. The letter pleads for strong civic action to avoid social and health decline and calls for decisive leadership.
Local wholesale and retail market listings show prices for butter eggs flour corn and livestock with scattered figures. Additional notes discuss shell jackets for bullets and a church audience joke about applause during sermons.
Preparations for a February 4 sale and dinner at Burnt Factory Church near neighbors donate and consign articles for a table of dishes fruit fancy work red plants and other housewife interests plus a chicken pie oyster and vegetable dinner. Contributors include Mrs J H Ashwood Bailey Brothers the Boyces Ms Lily Lula Boyce Mr and Mrs Strother Boyd Mr and Mrs George Braithwaite and many others.
The Commandery No. Mi dnights Templar will hold an inspection at their asylum Friday February 5 starting at 8 p m. Frank G. Payne grand captain general of the Grand Commandery of Virginia will conduct the inspection. Winchester and Clarke Frederick and Warren county members are expected to attend.
The remark suggests humility about wealth, noting Hoover’s confession implies many may not be millionaires either. It frames a broader reflection on financial status and public perception.
Aetna Life Insurance Company and other Virginia workers' comp insurers seek approval from the State Corporation Commission to amend qualification and inspection rules of the Industrial Compensation Rating Schedule effective March 1, 1932. Proposals set minimum premiums and payrolls for manufacturing risks and adjust inspection frequency by premium level with an interim survey option. Hearing scheduled February 26, 1932 at 10 A.M. in Richmond. interested parties may review filings at state offices.
Three orders of the Justice of the Peace Court grant mechanics liens to Harry W. Ebert versus McGargee Goodnow and Perdue authorizing a public sale at Winchester Garage on North Braddock Street. At ten o clock a.m. the sale includes a Ford Coupe motor 962933 a Whippet Roadster motor 350045 and a Chevrolet automobile motor 122513 with cash terms.
Local ad for Fair Play Store offers delivery of lean pork shoulders breakfast bacon fresh pork side meat all pork sausage all meat Weiners sirloin steaks fresh dressed haddock. No further details or dates provided.
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