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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
4
The paper features general news content with Associated Press note and subscription rates. A biblical quotation from Samuel prompts readers to fear the Lord and serve him with all their heart, framed amid ads and standard notices.
An editor notes 2,000,000 people have returned to rural living as the economy falters. He argues the value lies in farming’s chores and self sufficiency. Renewed contact with Mother Earth, planting seeds, tending animals, and home ownership offer healing and purpose during hard times.
A House committee backed measure would levy a big fine or imprisonment for transporting in interstate or foreign commerce any product made by workers employed more than six hours daily five days a week. The constitutionality and wisdom are questioned as potentially unenforceable and of dubious benefit to labor. It speculates on future working hours.
The piece argues shoppers should abandon the habit of buying cheap items as price pressure harms workers and retailers. It contends quality at moderate prices is obtainable, and well made garments endure, providing comfort and dignity rather than temporary value.
A collage of brief items recalls events from one to fifteen years ago in Winchester and Frederick County. Highlights include Herndon High School basketball champions, Walter L. Main Circus chase, Virginia gas tax totals, police court fines, and acts of war preparedness in 1918 and 1927.
Twenty five years ago most stock sold for a new skating rink to be built here. Shenandoah Valley Cadets held a fine dress parade viewed by many. William S. Cather of Winchester died of pneumonia. Winchester public schools overcrowded. Northwestern Frederick county residents seek rural postal route.
Reynolds Store notes a busy slate of visits and calls across Gainesboro and Winchester. Families including the Shenk and Omps households are mentioned with relatives and friends visiting, shopping, or calling, while local road improvements are noted as the state works on county routes.
The remark notes a potential upside from foreign loan losses as a spur for domestic lending by bankers. It suggests that after these losses, banks may redirect funds to local lending opportunities.
Rainfall data show 0.15 inches in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m. date in February totaling 0.31 inch for the month to date 3.83 inches year to date. Average monthly rainfall from 20 year records lists January 2.36 inches February 2.0 inches March 2.70 inches April 3.11 May 3.73 June 3.81 July 3.45 August 3.45 September 2.15 October 3.06 November 2.37 inches.
Pal at a weekly notes column mentions Mr and Mrs J P Carbaugh. Guard plans future home with daughter Mrsoe Sue Pratt of Binghamton N Y spends time with Aunt Mrs Emma Samsell. Mrs R A Lemley indisposed at home. Will Stauffer of Newport News VA visits near town. Raymond Ewings children recovering from illness. Mrs Julian Gregory indisposed at home of mother Mrs Guy Trussell. Mrs Chloe Graber and son Billie visit Ida Guard. Mrs Snyder Alleman spent weekend with…
A bottle drifted to Ireland from the U S fisheries department in Washington with a postcard inside asking to be returned. It landed in Malin Head County Donegal and was returned to sender after a local boy found it. In Australia a tornado at Gympie lifted buildings wrecked railway cars and scattered sheets of galvanized iron across the town.
Araminta Williams pursues a stage career amid romance with Janney Breckenridge and pressure from Barney Tyson. Jealous sisters and revelations drive choices as political dreams rise for Barney while Araminta seeks independence and honest love. Oliver King challenges Leontine’s hopes in a political-marital tangle set around Maryland and New York theater.
Mrs Archibald Cary Randolph of Old Welbourne dies in Emergency Hospital Washington after months ill. Christ Church Millwood hosts postponed mite-box fund event and notes social arrivals, with Lady Gilpin returning from Colorado Springs. Members attend auxiliary meeting at Mount Airy. Hunt meets planned at The Moorings and Annefield. Juliette Jones returns to Washington after short stay.
Mrs. Sarah Pearson, 90, of Indianapolis, says Abraham Lincoln avoided work as a youth and preferred reading to splitting rails. She notes the Lincolns lived near Charlestown, Illinois, and claims Thomas Lincoln tried various methods to spur Abe to labor.
Virginia's budget balancing plan, praised by Governor Pollard and the General Assembly, is recommended to President-elect Roosevelt and advisers for potential national adoption. The plan allows the state to cut appropriations to avoid deficits, keeping Virginia with a balanced books record and strong credit.
A list of upcoming sales dates and details across Clarke, Frederick, Jefferson, and Berkeley counties including Berryville, Welltown, Crums Church, and Summit Point. Items include stock, cattle, hogs, implements, household goods, and farm equipment with sale sites on local farms, homes, and estates.
The text notes many plans to balance the budget exist, but few include proposals to raise taxes.
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