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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1934
Page
4
A historical notice outlines mailing and carrier subscription prices for The Evening Star Winchester including 1 year 3.50 by mail and 1 year 4.50 by carrier. Advertising rates list 2 cents per word for classifieds with 25 cent minimum and display ads 42 cents per inch with 10 A M deadline. Memorials priced 150 for 4 stanzas. National reps listed.
The readable text contains a biblical verse from Romans 10 9 about salvation and two garbled phrases referencing Shepard AE Fensivatey. No clear event or location is identifiable.
Former Virginia governor Trinkle, now president of Shenandoah Life Insurance, says he is not a candidate for public office and would not join any anti Byrd movement. He notes the Norfolk story misuses his name and emphasizes Byrd’s unopposed Senate re-election and strong Democratic support.
A vivid fragment urges action on a severed scene of a fallen soldier in an alley, picturing a Christmas tree blaze and a bedraggled corpse. It hints at disposal options and the need to remove the body from the area.
The piece urges readers to remove forgotten Christmas trees from alleys. It warns they are fire hazards and eye sores, not sentimental keepsakes, and calls for disposing them responsibly rather than letting them linger.
The Lagny railroad crash shows wooden coaches failing under steel, producing 201 deaths. Officials blame the running train for ignoring signals amid fog and time pressures, while questions remain about safety devices and system duties.
One year ago Mrs. Victor C. Kline aged 32 from Harrisburg Pa fell from the fourth story of the George Washington Hotel sustaining serious injuries. William Allen aged 67 died from a paralytic stroke. Joseph A Rodeffer aged 82 died at his daughter Mrs Ethel Stump’s home in Stephenson. Charles Welch aged 22 of Middletown was shot while stealing gas from an automobile. Cumberland Valley artists to stage art exhibit at Hagerstown Md Feb 1.
Five years ago Mrs Texie Lee E Brown formerly of Gainesboro was killed in an automobile crash while returning to her home in Xenia Ohio. Robert Beverley age 72 dies at his Essex County residence. Nate Williams a Black man is held on $1000 bail in an attempted murder of Dorothy Clifford. Essex Challenger is advertised at $695. A Negro murderer surrenders at Eoca Miss and a posse is involved.
Ten years ago the Virginia Children’s Home Society asked city and county governments for three years of support totaling $3,000. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. McCann hosted a dinner party. A steeplejack fell during sleep on stairs. Miss Geneva Violet Luttrell and Mr. Harry M. Seabright were married in a ring ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church by Rev. Robert B. Nelson. Bonus agitators bombard Virginia legislators in the House of Representatives.
Fifteen years ago Bolsheviks bombed homes of Philadelphia court officials. Fred H. Hable forms stock company to open Rialto Theatre here next summer. Barn and 11 head of stock burn on the J Luther Williams farm. New Year 1919 was heralded here last night. Bernice Humston of Clarke County is tendered a shower. engagement to Clyde Levi announced.
Winchester craftsman John W. Neil, a lifelong Democrat, carves an NRA eagle on native pine with a jack knife and plans to send it to President Roosevelt as a New Year gift. His noted works include an artillery caisson and the Wytschaete France scene from 1918, and since 1926 he has carved a key to the city of Winchester each spring for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival queen.
Fragmentary note states wood from Fort Loudoun was erected in 1785 by George Washington who served as co colonel of the Virginia. The text mentions military association and historic landmarking.
Virginia motor vehicle records show private passenger car registrations drop 7.84 percent from 298 307 to 274 924 and other car registrations fall 17.25 percent to 43 378. Total registrations for the year reach 318 302 versus 350 726 last year while gasoline consumption for eight months rises 2.08 percent to 155 072 364.
The text notes a decline in private passenger car registrations by about two percent and a dip of just over one percent for other motor vehicles. It records a general downward trend in vehicle registrations.
W A Metzger Leesburg attorney is named county trial justice under a new Loudoun system that limits justices of the peace to warrants and acknowledgments. He will hear civil and criminal cases daily in Leesburg with the juvenile and domestic relations judge role merged. Lucas Phillips is named substitute trial justice.
Raoul of the Quai Voltairé manipulates Inspector Gorgeret and a Paris crowd to chase Big Paul and The Arab after a brutal auction at Volnic. At the Blue Casino Raoul plots a final move as the hunt closes in, with Antonine and d Erlemont tangled in the Volnic mystery.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour total ending 8 am none. December to date 2.01 inches, year to date 38.40 inches. Twenty year average 34.53 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.36, February 2.70, March 2.41, April 4.11, May 3.73, June 3.81, July 3.45, August 3.45, September 2.18, October 3.06, November 4.25, December 2.37 inches.
Dr. A C Randolph master hounds of the Piedmont Hunt suffered a broken right leg in a coasting accident at the Llangollen estate of John Hay Whitney. He was helped to the Whitney home and later to his Upperville residence where doctors said he rests comfortably.
A Greenville Tennessee man’s truck overturned on U S Highway 11 near New Market. About 170 cases and 40 kegs valued at 1000 dollars were destroyed by fire while some 5.5 beer bottles and kegs survived, residents and motorists sampled the wreck. The drivers Richards and Willet, both of Greenville, were uninjured.
The Union Bank of Winchester sues New Amsterdam Casualty Company in Frederick County circuit court for 5000 damages after the insurer refused to pay a forged check loss of 2004.85 from 1932 33. The bank had a 5000 forgery policy taken June 11 1932 covering three years. Co D Lockhart allegedly forged Howard Good's name on checks between Nov 9 1932 and July 8 1933. The bank demanded restitution August 17 1933 and the insurer refused.
Raymond Fletcher, 24, of Warrenton, shot himself with a shotgun Saturday night at his uncle Craven King's home. Coroner Dr. George H. Davis ruled death by own action. motive not disclosed. Fletcher was married and separated from his wife.
The national capital sent New Year's greetings to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd whose ships search the Antarctic ice fields. The message included word and music from the Byrd expedition with Frank P. Participating, Noyes AP president, Henry L. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy, and the George Washington University Glee Club.
Bonefish from tropical seas is praised as an excellent food fish. Natives in districts where it is caught have a method to loosen bones so they can be drawn out easily after cooking.
Secretary Wallace contends that prolonged overproduction drives prices down and harms farmers, leading to eventual crises and renewed profit only after scarcity returns. The piece also notes World News from New York with Bible exhibitions and historic old Bibles valued in the millions.
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