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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1931
Page
2
Daily sports column preview from The Star outlines local state and national sports coverage and invites readers to follow the sports desk for updates and results.
Philadelphia leads the AL with 54 wins and 22 losses while Washington sits 6 games back. New York and Cleveland trail with 42 and 38 wins respectively. In the NL St Louis holds the top spot, Boston and Brooklyn follow as schedules unfold. The day’s results include Philadelphia edging Boston 8 6 in 14 innings.
The Big Dipper revolves around the pole star once every 23 hours 56 minutes in a counterclockwise motion. The passage also notes a quotation on curiosity and references Vitus Bering’s discovery of Alaska and the naming of the Bering Sea and Strait in his honor.
A detective assists a prisoner in uncovering concealed facts, guiding the confession toward revealing the true American motive behind the case. The interaction highlights the tension between truth and manipulation in pursuit of justice.
Cumberland Lions Club hosts Lions from Frederick Maryland Winchester Virginia and Romney West Virginia at Central Y M C A. Hoye Riley president of Winchester club Charles F Seeger of Frederick and T W Berry of Romney spoke. District governor Richard F Simmons addressed Lions International growth. The meeting replaced the usual weekly luncheon.
Democrats of the twenty fifth state senatorial district will hold a convention at Front Royal on August 22 to nominate a candidate for the State Senate. Delegates are elected one per fifty votes cast in the last congressional race for John W. Fishburne. Ward Swank won’t seek re election. Owen Beard is the only declared candidate.
Virginia reports normal crop conditions with drought only affecting Georgia Alabama and Tennessee. July rainfall was light but June and earlier were near normal, giving crops a strong start. Cotton and corn near normal wheat expected heavy yields oats good potatoes and truck crops plentiful tobacco late but improving. Some alfalfa second cutting short and pastures browning in dry areas. apples fair to good with rain needed in parts.
Excavation for the $325 000 Virginia War Memorial at the southern end of Blanton avenue in Byrd Park Richmond will start Monday morning. Doyle and Russell the general contractors awarded the excavation sub contract to T L Black and Company of Richmond.
In a column praising rugged female campers, the piece contrasts practical, self reliant hygiene in the woods with disruptive urban habits. It urges maintaining high personal standards through soap water and regular washing, even while embracing nature.
The contract for the concrete foundation of a 243 foot tower will be let in a few days to allow subcontractors to proceed once excavation ends in three to four weeks. The final tower design to honor World War I dead was approved June 19, with the War Memorial Commission led by Bolling H. Handy having already awarded the general contract to Doyle and Russell on a cost plus fee basis.
The home demonstration agent outlines a week of county work with 4-H clubs. Activities include gardening and clothing instruction, club meetings, state short course planning, garden tours, and a county food sale assist. Events span Blacksburg Winchester Middletown and county advisory board.
Mrs. J. W. Miller and daughter visit Stephens City from Martinsburg. Several residents and visitors are listed with weekend trips to Washington Pittsburgh Chambersburg Harrisonburg and Chambersburg. A humorous line notes a plague of grasshoppers in Nevada and calls it grass widows.
The article critiques Philadelphia as a one-horse town, noting it once had more vitality but now relies on a single prominent business or figure, signaling economic stagnation.
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