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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1935
Page
4
Classified pricing for word ads memorials and cards of thanks listed. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contract rates available. National reps listed in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.
A brief notice states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish AP dispatches and that the local paper carries the news under AP copyright terms.
A biblical verse note cites Nehemiah 9 17 describing God as ready to pardon gracious merciful slow to anger and of great kindness with a devotional tone. The fragment emphasizes divine mercy and patience.
The new year brings a payroll rise of three and a quarter million dollars monthly for U S railways, restoring part of the 1932 wage cut. The restoration stems from earlier agreements, not immediate earnings, and faces a long road to recoup losses totaling about 400 million.
The article notes popular wood pulp fiction has returned to the western range setting with heroes again on horseback and acting as detectives against gangsters. It cites over 100 titles monthly from New York houses, averaging 100000 words per issue and a mass readership that supports multi millionaire fortunes built on this cheap fiction.
The text presents a Q and A with sample queries about material lighter than cork and the US Canada boundary length. It cites a 3 898 mile boundary and mentions a wood called balso wood as lighter than cork.
The year end steel operations report shows capacity use at 39 percent, matching the national average for the year. Demand from auto and agricultural sectors provides current thrust while construction and railroad needs could spur further gains. iron and steel stocks remain notably low.
The Moose basketball squad invites all returning players and newcomers to a meeting at the Men's Athletic Club rooms on West Boscawen Street Monday at 7 45 PM. Key players Keller Baker Crowl Luby Tiedmann Dofflemyer Hawkins Crisman Sirbaugh and Mike Garber are urged to attend, with trials open for others. The schedule this winter includes a Moose team from Hagerstown Maryland.
Harold C. Sheetz becomes President of Kiwanis Club succeeding Garland R. Quarles. P. P. Pilcher addresses Rotarians on C. W. A. work as Valley Airways begins operations locally. Fred W. Forney re-elected captain of Friendship Fire Company for the 14th consecutive term.
Eagles Club of Clarksburg and Knights of Columbus Team of Cumberland are listed with other groups. Miss Grace Sale has returned to Bryn Mawr College after spending the holidays with her aunt Mrs. Melvin Green on South Washington Street in Tinsburg West Virginia.
Society notes announce the marriage of Miss Alice Amick to Harry J Roy. A Sunshine Revue is showing at the Colonial Theatre. New apartments at No 608 West Cork Street are ready for occupancy. A dental clinic opens at Handley High School under state health board control. Ernest Price, a Gainesboro farmer, has died.
Janice Meredith will show at the Empire Theatre next week. Harpers Ferry bridge over the Potomac river damaged by floods last spring is closed three weeks for repairs. Virginia State Chamber of Commerce says the Shenandoah National Park will require additional expenditures of 10,000,000 dollars by tourists in Virginia.
In Washington, D. C., two fathers press for post master appointments for their sons in Winchester. They criticize the Baltimore and Ohio railroad service to the city, likening it to a wheelbarrow line. Jonah Isaac Hollingsworth, 76, dies of pneumonia. The fourteenth annual fruit growers session opens in City Hall auditorium with related fruit show and convention activities.
Garland R. Quarles, Handley High School superintendent and principal, will speak Friday evening to Shenandoah county teachers in Woodstock after an informal chicken dinner. The program opens with National Education Association speakers and ends with a moving picture.
Last night proved one of the coldest of the winter as the mercury fell to 16 degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory, with slight variation noted in nearby November. This morning air was crisp and blue with no wind, and the temperature rose two degrees from yesterday.
Addison Johnston Hedges hosts a tea as a persistent policeman arrives to question Bet and Addy. Jane the Scottie disrupts the scene while Leila negotiates with the officer and couples, Yale ties, and Mounting tension ease through careful diplomacy.
Present and past rainfall data show none for the current date. Year to date total is 2. Average precipitation per month over 22 years ranges from 1.94 inches in February to 3.88 inches in May, with monthly values listed for January through December.
Finest Warner Bros presents Joan Crawford Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery in a new comedy adapted from the stage hit. Directed by W. 8. Van Dyke the film opens tomorrow with a special Sunday Midnite Show at Park Avenue settings noted for beauty. Supporting players include Billie Burke Charles Butterworth and Frances Drake. McNamee News Events and the Yacht Club Boys are short subjects.
Tim McCoy stars in The Prescott Kid at Hable's Palace Theatre today only. Western action filled feature features a lone bullet with his name. Also shown: Tajisnin Tommy and a Scrappy Cartoon. Grace Moore One Night of Love at Palace begins Monday with Italy Vienna settings and a strong supporting cast.
Sagerman of Tag Dayrsde reports $126.96 realized from the day’s work for the tuberculosis fund. Volunteers listed include Mrs. Talbot W Jenkins, Frances Page, Clara Beery, Doris Cunningham, Anne Quirk, Betsie Lovett, Nancy Swimley, Winifred Bailey, Virginia Cather, Mildred Sargent, and many company helpers from O Sullivan Rubber to Northern Virginia Power. Complimentary movie tickets from H H Hable and Tom Baldridge reward the volunteers for their efforts.
The Winchester Ministerial Association will meet Monday January 7 at 10 30 a m at the Handley Library Mrs H D Fuller president of the District Nurses Association will address the ministers on her organization's activities.
Police said 32 Illinois Emergency Relief Commission warehouse employees will face larceny charges after arrests on theft complaints. A ton of meat was reported stolen daily from the facility in Chicago.
The Colonial management presents a double feature with Lightning Strikes Twice starring Ben Lyon and Thelma Todd and Courage of the North led by John Preston and Willi Desmond. The final chapter of the Buck Jones serial The Red Rider completes the program.
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