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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1935
Page
4
The notice outlines rates for classified ads at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and memorials at 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks cost 75 cents. Display ads with a border must be in the office by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate is 42 cents per inch with contract rates available.
A fragmentary line cites Job 22 21 and a cryptic text about Christ and peace. It presents as a stray religious reference with no clear event, date, or identifiable person or place. The readable portion centers on a biblical blessing and a puzzle like phrase.
The Institute of Public Affairs opened its ninth annual session in Charlottes ville with about two thousand attendees over two weeks. Prominent speakers include Governor Peery, Henry Breckenridge, Sumner Welles, and Virginius Dabney. The event features diverse views on politics, economics, education, and international relations.
Dr Alan Chester Valentine of Yale addressed Radcliffe College graduates urging women to avoid becoming Amazons and to spiritualize the world men have mechanized. He said education for women should prepare them to create a better world, not merely do men's work.
A quiz item notes the first English newspaper appeared in Amsterdam on December 2, 1620, with earlier English bulletins in England in 1462 and 1527 that were single sheets. It also asks about the Titanic’s sinking and a missing Shakespeare biography.
The speaker argues that women possess spiritual powers and intuition to humanize mechanical economies, criticizing men for simple demands and praising women's role in shaping society. He notes many self-made men owe their success to women and urges Radcliffe women to breathe a spirit into the material world for men to credit.
The Roanoke Times reports a French dispute between tennis star Jean Borotra and Paris sports writer Didier Poulain has been resolved amicably in a dawn conference between their seconds. The matter is dropped by mutual consent and no duel will occur.
Little Theatre names cast for Cradle Snatchers as community events celebrate Fourth of July nearby. Congressman Clifton Woodrum defends the New Deal in a House address. Elias N. Grimm dies in Baltimore at age 69. Roosevelt party sails toward Haiti Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Panama and Hawaii on long voyage. Star-Daily News-Record staff enjoy Fourth of July outing near Woodstock. A six pound stone is thrown from a city quarry toward East Germany and South Kent streets. Trapshooters gather in Richmond for state championship. Four city playgrounds draw many children. Blondell Jackson captured in Clarke County amid Fourth of July happenings.
Ten years ago Asa D Larrick a 69 year old fruit grower from Hampshire county West Virginia living in the city dies of paralysis. Mrs Coolidge narrowly escaped a state policemans motorcycle in Swampscott Massachusetts. A tornado tears through Mt Jackson Shenandoah county blowing a church roof and tossing a Shenandoah Caverns information stand. The body of Mary Yonley Barnes widow of Judge J Kent Barnes is being sent to Fort Smith Arkansas for burial. John C Knee 73 a Wardensville West Virginia native dies in Washington DC.
Twenty five years ago Winchester Normal School opened and welcomed a larger student body. Judge William A. Atkinson collapsed from heat while on duty. Glance A. Swanson is anticipated to be appointed Senator to succeed the late officeholder.
Senator John W. Daniel notes local option election significance while Winchester prepares for a cider and vinegar company to start operations this summer.
Present and past rainfall data cover the last 24 hours to date with year to date at 17.01 inches. The Winchester Laboratory 22 year record shows average annual precipitation of 34.61 inches and monthly averages from January to December listed as 2.35 1.94 2.81 3.16 3.88 3.60 2.39 3.35 2.43 2.90 2.51 2.30 inches respectively.
Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner handles a flurry of cases. Mark Few of Stephens City gets six months but with a suspended sentence if he refrains from liquor for a year. Floyd Nicholson, about 18, jailed 30 days for assault with a stone, following a fight at his brother’s Kernstown home. T. B. Apperson of Winston Salem receives 30 days, $100 fine, costs, and one year license revocation for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Fadeley McBryde found guilty of improper parking and fined 10 dollars. Brooke Lee fined 10 dollars for driving without an operator's permit.
Brucetown circuit M E Church Crums Fourth quarterly conference Saturday 10 30 a m presiding elder Dr W F Locke leads worship sermon and conference business officers for coming year to be elected church school 10 a m hardesty superintendent extra services noted with several church schools and prayer meetings all welcome to attend and hear Dr Locke
Val Preston and Lia quarrel on a Bremerton retreat as he drags her to a lake for a forced swim after a night of drinking. The couple clash over marriage, jealousy, and Lia's threats of divorce, exposing deep strains in their relationship.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1692 B offers a single flowing dress with a wide draped neckline and matching skirt yoke. Sizes 14 to 42 cover busts 32 to 42 with Size 16 needing 4 1 2 yards of 39 inch material. Send 15c for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Tomorrow: Smart little frock details.
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