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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1933
Page
4
A fragmented OCR style notice outlines The Evening Star Winchester and related papers with rates for subscriptions and classifieds. It lists multiple publications and Associated Press credit, plus advertising representation details across major cities.
A concise meditation on Proverbs 23 7, noting that a person is defined by inner thoughts and beliefs as reflected in the phrase as he thinketh in his heart so is he.
A Virginia Beach row over beach attire, led by Councilman H. A. Johnson, pushes a resolution mandating outfits that cover to the armpits. The column notes recurring annual contests over women's swimwear and mocks debates as moves in politics and public taste.
Richmond News Leader notes the death of Fatty Arbuckle in a nostalgic piece. It recalls his clumsy antics and iconic screen personas, mentioning Mabel Norman and a parade of silent film stars and era-defining titles.
Nostalgic line recalls Mack Sennett and his bathing beauties as Fatty Arbuckle’s death marks the end of an era and prompts questions about custard pies of the past.
Washington Post notes slavery abolished in Britain a century ago and Wilberforce’s death in 1833. It cites a projected League of Nations abolition commission targeting slave regimes in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and others, plus debt slavery and child adoption as debt relief.
One year ago tickets for a Byrd testimonial dinner at the George Washington Hotel are now on sale. Fourteen local hospital graduates received diplomas. Local police court collected 199 in fines from eleven arrested over the Fourth. Edward Campbell 45 of Kernstown died in the local hospital. Virginia Democracy organizes for the coming National election.
City officials report a severe cash shortage as the treasury holds only $1700. Bail is denied for Henry C. Robinson of Front Royal, charged with murdering John M. Johnson. A severe windstorm uprooted oaks in Clarke county. First summer Yellow Transparent apples from Martinsburg, West Virginia, brought $3 per barrel.
Severe hailstorm damages apples in the southwest section of Frederick county. The Winchester ball club swept a double header from the Woodstock outfit. The Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight title bout in Shelby Montana was a financial disaster. President Warren G Hardin stressed Americanism in Portland Oregon. Joseph A McCarthy 53 of Stephens City died from heart failure.
Fifteen years ago American troops fought with Austrians on the Somme. A Frederick County and Winchester Legal Advisory Board helped reclassify men. A new $100000 five story Colonial Hotel opened in Hagerstown. Robert Rodgers and Miss Lillie B. Clark were married. The Star celebrated its twenty second anniversary, founded July 4 1898, now entering its thirty seventh year of publication.
Miss Carol Gochenhour and mother visit Middletown from Philadelphia. Carl Haley and mother dine with Mae Ginn before heading home from a pastor's school in Front Royal. Local students from Harrisonburg State Teachers College spend weekends with relatives. Numerous relatives from Philadelphia Baltimore and Allentown visit Middletown. Boy Scouts plan a yard party on July 8 with contests from the Mackey show.
On a rain soaked voyage Rickey and Marty hatch a plan for a playful stage piece while Jane frets and Marty shares bold philosophies. Michael pursues Virginia unseen, returns to a shuttered Oliphant house, and Aunt Molly's farm promises intimate truth beyond Derekdale.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m shows none. July to date 2.84 inches and year to date 22.89 inches. Twenty year average monthly rainfall by Winchester Laboratory lists January 2.36 inches through December 2.37 inches.
Bracetown Virginia July 5 entries list visits by Vernon Shade and family to Winchester John De Haven, J R Smith with Charles Barr near Martinsburg, and Walter Matheyer’s family from Warren Pennsylvania. Others include Louise Snapp visiting Baltimore, Maude Clendening from Martinsburg Romney trip, and E Blackburn Moore, Berryville candidate, stopping by.
Czechoslovakia has more than 1 200 workmen's gymnastic organizations with nearly 150 000 members. The text notes the large scale of organized gymnastics among workers.
Quick relief advertised for sour stomach indigestion acidity and heartburn. Claims to counteract these conditions with Dr Emil's Adla Tablets available at Baker's Drug Store.
The listing shows prices for cracked corn bran mixed feed middlings screenings scratch feed and dairy products including creamery butter and butter fat. It notes local flour shelled corn corn meal and dairy feed. The column closes with a remark on Al Smith being made a doctor of laws and a provocative Q A about teaching housekeeping to young men and women.
In Martinsburg West Virginia on July 5 thieves pried open a large safe in the office of L H Caskey a contracting plumber and stole a small sum of cash and valuable papers. The bold theft occurred in early evening as pedestrians passed by the store and followed a second safe robbery in the area with five negroes held in connection with the first.
An agriculture column debunks common myths in farming from wood ashes and soap sprays to lime and Bordeaux mixture. It stresses acids in soil, warns against whitewashing trunks, and urges evidence based pest control and disease management for different crops.
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