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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1933
Page
4
Classified notice outlines subscription prices by mail and carrier with terms. Mentions Associated Press rights and national ad representatives Devine Tenney Corp in major cities.
A religious snippet cites Isaiah 9 about a child born and the government resting on his shoulders. It names him The Prince of Peace, reflecting a messianic expectation.
The article argues that prices are rising and will stay high, urging property owners and buyers to invest now in painting repairs and improvements. It claims delaying maintenance would worsen property deterioration and notes such spending could boost employment and recovery efforts.
The President signs a Home Loan bill as part of relief efforts to prevent life savings loss. It offers lower interest, allows three year payment suspensions, and envisions state administrators to clear loans while transitioning to bonds via a new Home Loan Bank. Details on guarantees for existing debts remain unclear.
One person died and another was severely injured in an automobile crash blamed on driver error. The report notes seven people crowded into the front and rumble seats, with one on the running board, highlighting overcrowding as a complicating factor and potential civil liability for owners.
A fragment notes that if passengers are in a car due to negligence the driver cannot operate safely, and that continuing to run poses grave risk in multiple ways.
A year ago Governor Roosevelt needed 86 more votes to win the Democratic nomination for president. Robbers struck three business places at Step hens City this week leaving no clues. Frederick county roads now under Virginia State Highway Department control. Local citizens burn the midnight oil as radio reports reach the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. NY Stock Exchange prices rise to higher levels.
Miss Eleanor Chiles of Kerns town married George W Small of Baltimore at Opequon Memorial Church. B Floyd Flickinger of Winchester wins a University of Virginia graduate study fellowship. Call money on the New York Stock Exchange rises to 10 percent. Senator Charles Curtis says he will not resign from the U S Senate now. General Pershing rents the Carter home in Clarke county for the summer.
A newspaper note cites 26 dollars per acre to grow wheat in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Graham F Blandy of Clarke County argues against floating road bonds in Virginia. Frederick County supervisors hire an undertaker to bury county dead at 30 dollars per person. Shenandoah coal dealers report about four percent profit per ton on fuel. Immigration records show 3090 foreigners admitted to the United States in recent days.
Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville unveiled a service flag. Winchester militia Company I under Captain Robert Y. Conrad arrived in France. Roanoke couple Dr W D rs and Miss Marian Stouffer wed recently. Washington reports suggest the government may seize telephone and telegraph firms. W E Jones named game warden for Winchester city.
The Interior Department announces Skyline Drive in the proposed Shenandoah National Park Virginia will not open this season. Land transfers and park establishment delays require lands to be acquired by Virginia and transferred to the United States before opening. The road remains closed except to engineers, land-acquisition officials, and emergency conservation camp personnel.
Canterbury Notes reports residents visits and local society events in Canturburg Virginia. Mrs R E Albin visited relatives in Painter home and Mrs Carrie Hudson returned from New Jersey while Mrs Henry Jenkins visited Stephens City. The Joe United Brethren Church plans a lawn social on July 1 on church grounds.
Tony and Virginia face a fierce crossfire of ambition and love as Tony’s mother Jane pushes for a match with his fortune. Old Anthony warns Tony against marrying the wrong woman while Marty flirts with control, leaving Rickey to cope with heartbreak and artistic impotence aboard the Van Duyne yacht.
The record lists past and present rainfall amounts with totals to date 20.06 inches and a past six hour reading of 1.57 inches. It includes average monthly precipitation over 60 years with values for January through December and notes laboratory figures.
Cross Junction notes record visits and guests including Marvin Grove and Ollie Parkeson in town, Harold Hobday from Berkeley Springs visiting Braithwaite family, Noble Whitacre and family in attendance, Kenneth Lewis visiting grandparents, Eldridge Baker with Martinsburg relatives, and other callers from Paw Paw and Cumberland with health updates for Mrs. Floyd Luttrell.
Mt Pleasant items list visits and family news around Winchester Charles Town and nearby areas. Sunday School and church services announced with times. Residents mentioned include the Wilsons Ritter Perry Perry Renner Smith and others with multiple visits and calls noted.
The article notes six vitamins named A B1 B2 C D and B with varying designations across countries. It explains the confusion from simultaneous discoveries and naming. Vitamin B is the latest identified, with wheat germ cited as a major source.
Notices state banks will close Tuesday July 4 1933 as a legal holiday and that all paper maturing July 4 can be paid on Wednesday July 5 1933. Signatures include J H Yost R Gray Williams Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank John Commercial Denk Geo B Bushnell and GEO Union Bank of Winchester.
Chicago reports a heat wave looming with prospects of lower yields boosting wheat, corn, and oats prices. Broad buying lifted grain futures with May deliveries around 1.01 to 1.00 per bushel and nearby gains of 1 to 2 cents. rains and heat fueled bullish unofficial crop expectations for Monday.
Egg receipts and prices from New York Chicago Philadelphia and Baltimore show steady markets on June 30 with mixed case counts. Regional cattle hog and sheep markets in Lancaster indicate slow trade and varied prices amid broader farm commodity activity.
Local wholesale and retail market listings show prices for shelled corn dairy feed and cracked corn. Butter, country butter, eggs, and mixed feeds are listed with varied per unit costs. Local cattle calves hogs and sheep lines are included with small price figures.
Jud Tunkins argues higher living costs for white collar workers could revive inexpensive celluloid collars and restore a frugal fashion option.
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