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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1935
Page
4
By Mail One year in advance six months in advance three months in advance one month in advance carrier by one year in advance four ninety five? twelve monthly rates and terms shown. Weekly ads and memorials priced per inch with a 25 cent minimum. National reps listed including Devine Tenney Corp in major cities.
A credit line states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use and reprint news dispatches credited to AP or not credited to the paper, and also reserves rights to local news published in the paper.
An aphoristic note extols a good name over riches, citing Proverbs. It emphasizes reputation and loving favor as superior assets in life. The fragmentary text hints at a moral or proverbial reflection rather than a news item or event.
The Romney Review critiques public hysteria surrounding the Hauptmann trial in Flemington and notes a protest culture applauding the suspect in New York. It accuses underworld figures and alibi witnesses of backing Hauptmann, who possessed Lindbergh money, as a suspected larger attempt to clear him despite kidnapping and murder allegations.
The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star discusses finding an unknown Victor Herbert operetta titled The Lavender Lady in a New York trunk. It notes Herbert’s ingratiating melodies and distinctive librettos, comparing his work to The Red Mill and Mlle Modiste, and ponders if the American public will embrace a full operetta again.
A warning piece recalls a loaded shotgun found by three visiting children. In a scuffle it discharged, critically wounding the youngest. The article urges separation of children from firearms to prevent such incidents.
The document notes an organizer in Salt Lake City laid out in 1847. It answers a parable about the prodigal son and states the Great Dismal Swamp spans about 1,500 square miles in North Carolina and Virginia. The passage mixes a biographical note with biblical reference and a geography fact.
The article argues that children should not handle loaded guns and should not access firearms. It asserts adults must teach that guns are not playthings and stresses applying safety rules at home. It notes that accidents from matches poisons and firearms are rare when parents enforce precautions and supervise children’s behavior.
Astronomers at Mt Wilson California report a newly discovered nebular universe of stars about three sextillion miles away. The distance equates to roughly 500 million light years, meaning light from the group left Earth long before Columbus. The finding expands human imagination about creation and the universe.
One year ago Col F W Brown a noted West Virginia attorney died in Jefferson County at age 78. Captain H B Grim also died recently at an advanced age. A fashion show was held at Handley High School.
Walter Crabtree is condemned to be hanged by the court at Rom ney West Virginia for the slaying of three persons. The report notes other local items including a February 11 banquet by Rouss fire company in honor of benefactor Charles Broadway Rouss.
Twenty five years ago Ralph Grigsby of Clarke County introduces a bill in the legislature to increase the pay of overseers of the poor. John W. Davis, a noted leather merchant, dies. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins building a bridge over Cedar Creek. Rev. Dr. J. P. Hyde suffers an injury from a fall. Prof. Fred Richens gives an organ recital at St. Johns Church in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Relief expenditures in Winchester for January reached 2483.18 dollars with 865.53 for direct relief and 1617.65 for work relief. Materials costs totaled 776.46 dollars. In the county total expenditures were 863.18 with 304.40 for work relief and 558.78 for direct relief. Bad weather kept work relief low and direct relief high. County cases total 78 representing 433 aided. city cases 208 representing 799 persons. County openings 33 with 11 closings. city openings 71 with 25 closings.
A short notice cites a 1935 copyright by Central Press Association claiming a humorous take on cranberry naming and a Queen of Sheba reference. The item reads as a playful copyright mention without broader context or events.
In a lively nightclub scene Leila toys with Jerry as a new plan forms. Red DeFries promotes excavations for a riverfront boulevard and future land grants while Mary Addison schemes through dance partners. The pair trade bold boasts and tease a possible quick marriage as the plot threads toward a cliffhanger.
Pleasant Grove and Mount Hebron light schedule with preaching at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Laurel Hill hosts Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and music at 6:30 p.m. Evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. Choir and music notes included. Attendance urged despite bad weather.
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8 a.m. none. February to date 0.09 inches. Year to date 4.01 inches. 22 year average from Winchester Laboratory records is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 1.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.61, December 2.30.
The Capitol presents a Saturday program with a Zane Grey western Home On The Range on screen starring Jackie Coogan Randolph Scott Evelyn Brent and others plus The Blue Ridge Mountaineers on stage. The cast includes Bell and Bauer Joe Morrison Moonshine Bill Hezzy and Moonshine Bill’s troupe with the Blue Ridge Milkmaids six mountain girls.
This week's Colonial double feature presents Range Riders with Buddy Roosevelt in an action western thriller and The Oil Raider starring Buster Crabbe in a sensational melodrama set in oil fields.
The county clerk records show several deeds. W L Riggleman transfers 2 acres near Salem Dunkard Church to Mary Co Conner for 90 dollars. Joseph Elmer Butler transfers 2 acres and buildings near Winchester to Harry W Butler for 200 dollars. Herbert S Larrick trustee transfers a house and lot at Gore to Western Frederick Bank for 380 dollars. M M Lynch, special commissioner, transfers 1 3 4 acres near Gore for 1000 dollars. J M Steck trustee transfers 29 1 2 acres with bearing orchard two miles NW of Stephens City to N J Wiggington for 4950 dollars. John W Harper transfers 24 acres near U S Route 50 to Clarence Haymaker et ax with life-care provision.
Bruce Largent and his wife transfer a percentage acre lot on Old Mill Road to James E. Helsley for 25 dollars. Rudolph sells a house and percentage acre lot in Stephens City to Evelyn Lemley for 800 dollars.
Hable's Palace and Will Rogers appear in The County Chairman at the Palace Theatre for final performances tonight. Frankie Darro stars in Burn Em Up Barnes, with Tim McCoy in The Westerner on Saturday plus vaudeville acts and a cartoon Jack's Shack.
Public sale notices list Robt Henry Farm on Saturday February 9 at 1 o clock. Also H H Kelley Farm sale Tuesday February 12 one and a half miles south of Bluemont listing horses cattle hogs. Mrs Blackburn Smith Farm Berryville February 19 stock and implements to be offered.
Stephens City South Stephens City M E Church schedule lists ministers and services. Reverend Floyd M. Lucas officiates with Mary Lemley leading Church School at 6 45. World Club meets at 6 45, Preaching at 7 30. Kernstown 10 Church School and 3 Preaching. Refuge, Church School at 2 Fairview Church School at 10.
A man in blue overalls stole a roadster from French Ramey in front of his meat market in Charles Town West Virginia. The thief drove off and the auto was found in the city on Tuesday.
An advertisement promises quick relief from gas indigestion and upset stomach. A tablespoon of Dave's Mentha-Pepsin allegedly vanishes gas within ten minutes, easing chest pressure and aiding breathing, with a guarantee by regular pharmacists and over 6,000 bottles sold.
At the home of the late E. C. Tabb five miles south Martinsburg and 17 miles north Winchester on Route 11, Tuesday February 12 1935 at 10 o clock. Auction of ten horses and colts 33 head cattle 18 head sheep full farming implements and harness 500 bushels of corn some hay barley and rye.
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