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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star entered at the post office in Winchester Virginia as second class. Published every day except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
Rates shown include one year in advance at 3.50 per month 4.50 for six months 2.26 for three months and 1.20 for one month. Advertising represented by Devine Tenney Corporation with offices in New York Des Moines and Chicago.
The Associated Press states exclusive rights to use all its news dispatches and local news published in this paper. It is consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
A devotional fragment features a Bible verse from Revelation 19 1 and a prayer inviting hymns of praise to recount divine triumph. The excerpt emphasizes worship and reverence within a religious page.
Despite gloom concerns, local firms reported Christmas bonuses and gifts to workers, signaling solid business foundations. The generous remembrances, though not proof of rising profits, reflect farsighted employers steering through storms and supporting wage earners amid ups and downs.
The Washington debutante party for Helen Eames Doherty showcases opulent hotels, multiple ballrooms, lavish costumes, music, and elite attendees. Critics note the contrast with poorer families and urge simpler living, suggesting funds could better serve culture and social advancement.
A fragment from the Petersburg Progress Index highlights an imagined German science development used to influence automobile design. The piece hints at unseen tech and a mysterious impact on cars, suggesting a marvel or conspiracy surrounding vehicular advancement.
The story notes that outside Germany, scientists fear reporting German potential research. It argues German scientists would not admit to any mystical power and that foreign correspondents spread sensational tales of German laboratories. It emphasizes Wilson's view of Germans as masters and defends German scientific prudence.
India remains the world’s leading bast fabric producer with a vast flax crop, though only the seed is utilized. The Star notes it does not assume responsibility for typographical errors in daily market reports.
Article from The Star discusses rural church stagnation linked to farm prosperity. It argues youth leave for cities seeking financial success, influenced by mortgages and hard farming. The piece urges farmers to prosper to sustain rural Sunday schools and churches. The poem quip about Mrs McCormick follows.
A yearago retrospective reports Virginia facing a strong outlook for 1930. Governor Byrd optimistic as industrial leaders project Virginia plants to produce over a billion dollars in 1930. New Year celebrations draw hundreds at the George Washington Hotel as the Kiwanis Club selects a successor.
Five years ago on January 1 1926 the will of Artemus Ward was recorded disposing of an estate valued around 4 000 000 An elaborate radio program linked the United States and England to usher in the New Year Several tragedies marked celebrations of 1925 1926 Jimmy Walker assumed the mayoralty of New York City described as a Tin Pan Alley product Miss Margaret Dorten wed Charles Elwood Smith
Nemo notes the New Year urges care where plants are placed. Winchester residents join an outsider sponsored furniture club feared as a swindle. John Franklin Kremer, a local merchant, dies of paralysis. Mayor Julian F. Ward receives many City Manager applications. Mr and Mrs Taylor Ritter host a party for Brill and Ritter female staff.
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sends New Year greetings to over 70,000 employees. He notes the world economic downturn linked to the war and expresses hope the depression is temporary, praising loyalty and cooperation and wishing health and happiness for the new year. The Duluth Herald adds a separate note about a married man recruiting women for odd jobs.
Aileen Gray shines as the lead in a celebrated premiere amid New York gossip. Vivienne, Jimmy Crane, and Max Klein attend the party after the show, while Klein plans press coverage and Channing hosts the celebratory event for Aileen.
The State Corporation Commission at Richmond announced the merger of Shenandoah Valley Theatre Corporation and Warner Brothers' Theatres, Inc. into a single consolidated entity named Warner Brothers' Theatres, Inc. A.M. Belcher of New York secured the merger. Shenandoah Valley Theatre had been owned by the Weinberg interests for years and controlled the Capitol.
The Virginia carriers will on January 15 1931 at 10 oclock A M in the Commissions court show classifications Supp 9 and 11 effective prior to January 15 1931 on interstate traffic. The new ratings will produce both advances and reductions in the current ratings. Signed E H Dulaney agent for lines in Southern Classification.
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