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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
7
The Winchester motion picture houses announce upcoming bookings and previews. Industry critics weigh in on future releases and current showings as patrons await new attractions and returning favorites.
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery star in Private Lives at the Palace Theatre, directed by Sidney Franklin and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The reviewer calls it the season’s funniest comedy with lively performances and sharp wit. Ubangi features a small dog challenging a lion in a Belgian expedition tale, with Dr Daniel Davenport appearing in person for a one day engagement at the Palace.
Walter Huston leads The Ruling Voice at the Colonial Theatre in a dramatized true story of milk trusts. Loretta Young Doris Kenyon and David Manners star alongside a strong supporting cast in this melodramatic vehicle from First National.
During Shakespeare's era Puritan London authorities forbidden playhouses within the city. As a result all theaters operated outside the metropolis while a small fraction of bills introduced in congress become law, Collier's Weekly notes.
Staunton observed the memory of Woodrow Wilson with a two part tribute. Mrs. Wilson attended the Manse opening ceremony and the Wilson anniversary banquet at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. The Manse was dedicated as a national shrine and funeral rites are planned in Berryville and Charles Town.
Mrs Laura A Marks 75 widow of J W Marks of Berryville died at 10 15 p m Tuesday at her son Herbert T Marks home in Lyon Village Va near Washington where she had been visiting for the Christmas season. She was a daughter of Charles and Anna Dinkle of York Pa born there and had lived in Berryville with her family since marriage. She leaves two sons Her A Marks and another son cited in the clipping.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asked the State Corporation Commission for permission to discontinue the remaining passenger trains between Lexington and Harrisonburg citing no demand after a sixty day test. The carrier argued valley residents will not ride the service regardless of special offerings.
Capitol Theatre presents Peach O Reno with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey mixing new gags music and a Reno divorce mill plot in a lively return. Also Ben Lyon arrives Friday for Compromised a First National romantic drama starring Lyon Hob art and others about young love and marriage with Sidney Brock.
Representatives from Rockbridge county and Lexington oppose cuts, arguing passenger service is essential. The Baltimore and Ohio line in the valley faced reduced service since August 1930 by order of the commission. The petition lists R Gray Williams Rudolph Bumgardner W W Ackerly Frank Moore Greenlee D Letcher and W C Seibert among others. A 60 day test last summer offered two cent per mile fares and two extra trains, but failed to boost business. Newton D Baker laments faith in civilization and common people.
A fragment notes students honor a figure linked to authoritarian history as signs of social tension and economic concerns arise. The text hints at tax anxieties and public reaction while omitting clear names or dates.
Mrs. Fannie Goddard of Roanoke Virginia 78 credits Natex with curing her crippling rheumatism and stomach troubles after trying other remedies. She reports renewed strength sleep regular bowels and ability to do housework noting the medicine is unique and superior to substitutes.
A reflection notes a civilization near the bottom of its arc, characterized by an oversupply of everything except prisons and emergency medical facilities. The statement implies systemic neglect of public safety and urgent care infrastructure.
The piece notes Joshua Humphreys of Philadelphia designed Old Ironsides. Keel laid at Hartt's ship yard in Boston in 1794. It also includes a quip about a year's suspension of international debts and a journalist remark from the Buffalo Courier-Express.
A playful line notes children would not laugh if Marys lamb visited a school as they are too sophisticated to laugh at anything except a wicked old goat. The piece adds that the Burglars Union has issued no protest against people hoarding under mats and loose boards.
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