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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists postal status as second class and publishes daily except Sunday. Subscription rates are shown: yearly 3.50, six months 1.75, three months 1.20, one month 0.30. A second column notes other rate structures and a weekly option.
The notice lists advertising terms with a cents word count heading and address. Minimum charge 26 cents. Cash must accompany copy. Memorials cost 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks 0.75. Display ads with border due by 10 a m on publication day. Transient rate 0.42 per inch. Contract rates available on application.
Devine Tenney Corp announces regional advertising representation for New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta to handle client campaigns across major markets.
The Associated Press states it holds exclusive rights to use and reprint all news dispatches and local news published in this paper, credited or not, and requires proper attribution.
A brief religious reflection cites James 3 5 comparing the tongue to a small flame that can ignite great fires. The excerpt argues language’s power to influence and warnings against careless speech.
Virginians celebrate Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as he assumes chairmanship of United States Steel Corporation’s finance committee effective January 1. The 35-year-old Virginian, former vice president of General Motors, is praised for merit over influence and described as public spirited with a liberal view on industrial issues.
Boston Transcript recalls January 19 as the birth anniversary of General Robert Edward Lee born in Virginia and long associated with the Old Dominion. The piece reflects on his life, Civil War era, and his standing among American leaders while noting changing historical views.
The piece honors Lee and his followers for courage and fortitude during the Civil War and rebuild of the South. It lauds the Confederate leaders as gallant despite defeat and condemns Northern carpetbaggers, praising the lost cause and its enduring ideals.
Christmas brought a varied range of multiple birth reports from around the world. Timotea Laines in Callander, Ontario, delivered quintuplets while Perricone brothers in Beaumont Texas and Morlock sisters in Lansing Michigan gained noted headlines with quadruplets and drums. The piece notes the growing public interest in multiple births and speculates on potential effects on birth rates.
The article notes Sec Ickes accepting the final land segment from Virginia to join Shenandoah National Park. It highlights the development of a major recreational area near Washington and nearby cities, emphasizing its beauty and historical allure. The piece reflects on the Blue Ridge region’s role in literature and culture and the park’s promise amid regional winter interest.
In a near empty Ohio State Senate chamber on December 26 with only two members present the president pro tempore extended the recess to December 30 after a lone senator moved the adjournment. The odd scene shows how parliamentary rules can govern a lengthy pause with no objection.
Dutch elm disease has been verified in Norfolk area and Brunswick Maryland near the Potomac from Loudoun county. State entomologist G T French recommends WPA grants to destroy all sick elm trees in Virginia municipalities to curb the danger.
Citizens with elms showing signs of ill health are urged to have the trees cut and burned to prevent spread. No treatment will help an elm infected by beetle flight and the policy applies to every nearby tree within reach.
Shirley Temple appears as the young Confederate in The Littlest Rebel at Capitol Theatre today and tomorrow. She shares top billing with John Beles Jack Holt Karen Morley and Bill Robinson in a story praised for dramatic moments and Temple’s display of talent amidst song dance and light comedy.
W. E. Carson will be honored at a dinner by Front Royal citizens as he retires from the Commission on Conservation and Development. The event marks the end of his long tenure and reflects local appreciation for his public service.
Five years ago Titness caused the death of Mrs Mary Hott Winefield daughter of Rev E Hott formerly of Winches or Marshall Joffre died in Paris funeral from Notre Dame plane from New York to Paris bearing first Trans Atlantic payload piloted by Lieut W S MacLaren and Mrs Beryle Hart T B Kennedy son of the vice president of the Pennsylvania nlse dies at Chambersburg Miss Sophie Baker hosts Century Club meeting.
Ten years ago Mrs. E. Lee Trinkle and her younger son escaped a mansion fire in Richmond while Clarence Unger, aged 14, died from burns in northern Frederick County. A Black man fled Memorial Hospital’s nurses’ home in Prince Carol, and unrest spread as Prince Carol abdicated. Fort Loudon reopened after the Christmas break in January.
Twenty five years ago Oklahoma's blind Senator Thomas Gore accuses government officials of misconduct and fraud in handling Indian lands. Frank Whalen Jr. is killed in a Baltimore railroad tunnel. Dr. Robert C. Randolph, Millwood physician, improves from typhoid fever. The Star editorial praises a Cumberland Winchester trolley plan as beneficial to the city. S Larrick and J W Hotitle sell 27 acres at Meadow Mills to Carrie A Painter for 4698.
Present and past rainfall figures show 1.27 inches for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. and 1.27 inches for January to date. The year to date remains 1.27 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages are listed from January to December ranging from 1.94 to 3.88 inches.
A school quiz lists how far planes can be seen up to 10 000 to 15 000 feet under favorable conditions. It describes a heavy collar or yoke used by Chinese convicts as a meat cage. It notes there are 71 000 dentists in the United States.
Tryon residents answer snow removal call to clear streets and salvage back water bills. In Montgomery Floyd Pate overflows appetite with a day of meals while moonlighting at the weather bureau. Faust in Somerset fires an antique musket, blunting his eye with a steel fragment. Herron loses trousers in a burglary while racing in Oklahoma City. A rainout cancels Dodge City’s Dust Bowl game, and a Kansas City ad mocks a general delivery rush.
In Illinois, Niles Center covers a 500000 gallon reservoir project with a circus tent and electric lights to enable 50 workers under cold and wet conditions. The improvised setup allows continued WPA funded construction despite severe weather.
Dr J W Manning proposes regional units merging today’s states, while Secretaries Ickes Wallace Roper and Perkins back decentralizing the capital with sub capitals in cities such as New York Boston Cincinnati and Chicago. The idea would require constitutional changes with possible cost to states and federal operations.
The column reflects on Bruno Hauptmann's trial as a public circus, doubt remains about guilt, and observers fear it will be judged as a blot on American jurisprudence. It notes mob emotion and imperfect procedure, while acknowledging the evidence leaning against Hauptmann.
The Handley Quartet from Handley School performs at 9 45 Sunday morning for the Open Door Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Members include George Guthridge Richard Goode Joseph Zuckerman and John Hottle with Miss Peer on accompaniment.
A New Brunswick postmaster secretly used his own portrait on a five cent stamp in 1860s era mail handling, replacing Queen Victoria in the design and costing him his job. The incident highlights strict postal image standards and the consequences for unauthorized portraits.
Lieutenant Larrabee probes the murder of Andrew Darien in a boarding house. Alice Penny learns she may inherit 200000, as investigators examine a hidden door, stolen carving knife, and a possible entrance by Mr. Withers, Hemingway, or others while tracking fingerprints and timing of death.
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