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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1935
Page
4
The Evening Star Entered at the post office at Winchester Virginia as second class matter. Published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Public Co. of Winchester Virginia.
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Classified advertising costs 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 0.75. Display ads due in office by 10 AM on publication day. Transient rate 0.42 per inch. Contract rates available. National reps: Devine Tenney Corp in multiple cities.
The piece states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish news dispatches and local news from this paper. It confirms reprint rights and ownership of both credited and uncredited material within the publication.
A brief reflection based on Luke 16 10 stressing that fidelity in small duties proves integrity for larger tasks and warns that injustice in minor matters signals greater faults. The note links daily conduct to spiritual accountability and personal character.
A Saturday Star piece notes widespread employment offers at the National Reemployment Service in Winchester while a labor shortage persists. Walter Shade states many unemployed refuse forty five cents per hour as insufficient, a view echoed across states reliant on relief. Calls to drop from the relief list anyone refusing reasonable pay are urged to curb government parasitism and aid recovery.
Dr. Douglas S. Freeman editor of the Richmond News Leader, argued fiscal conservatism and political prudence in a New York luncheon debate with Mayor LaGuardia before the Virginia Press Association. Freeman, a student of politics, praised Virginia policies while LaGuardia faced questions on relief and New York’s dependency on it amid unemployment issues.
Kinemacolor is a method of making moving pictures in color without artificial coloring. It was invented by Chrales Urban and G Albert Smith and first exhibited in London in 1909.
Mayor LaGuardia and Dr Freeman debate pace of postwar recovery. LaGuardia warns of political risk and urges rapid measures, while Freeman cautions against rushing the industrial adjustment and warns of credit loss. The piece discusses relief programs, labor laws, and the middle class’s role in rebuilding.
The Alexandria Gazette notes that during the low mood years public health stayed strong due to dietetics. Home economists and diet authorities studied affordable meals to include essential nutrients in relief baskets, boosting health and strength for recipients.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour end at 8 a.m. none. July to date 2.28 inches. year to date 19.39 inches. Average yearly rainfall over 22 years is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
The passage notes the public's focus on vitamins dairy vegetables and fruits before a downturn. It highlights better refrigeration and marketing enabling year round wholesome eating and shows a shift toward lighter diets. Programs like mid morning milk and crackers for undernourished children expanded as relief needs grew.
A satirical piece describes a jay walker who dodges traffic to save time but wastes it and risks harm. It contrasts him with a jay buyer who claims to source radios at half price from a mail order dealer. The essay lampoons the two as shrewd yet injurious types in urban life.
Central Press outlines five lobbyist classes including lawyers publicity society and lawmakers, plus the powerful administration with work relief funds. New York bureau notes Roosevelt era moves risk third party rise, possible Nye LaFollette strength, and Republican tactics to control the ship of state.
A homeless couple, the Summers, give birth to a son in a barn at Barnesville race track. They receive help from merchants and residents who bring furnishings, clothing, and food while the family rests on straw. The trio is photographed together in the scene.
Val Preston defends his marriage to Lia as pressure from Julia Lea and Garenne unravels a tangled family plot. Garenne explains years of plans and fears a public scandal while Lia endures a difficult adjustment as a storm gathers outside Bremerton. The scene sets up a continuation of the crisis.
Deputy Police Commissioner Harold Fowler envisions using blimps to direct New York traffic after surveying Sunday conditions from a gondola. He dismisses airplanes as too fast and favors lighter-than-air craft for steady flow control.
In Effingham a bee crawled into Ollie Coulter's shoe causing him to lose control and collide with another car. Three people were injured in the crash. In Pueblo Dr. Bruno De Rose and Frank Paladino, returning from a fishing trip, stopped after a sudden car lurch and found they had run over a carp on the road.
One year ago Representative A Willis Rob ertson spoke at the Middle town Grange picnic forecasting greater valley prosperity. Henry F Clemons of Gore reports being robbed by a motorist who gave him a lift. Gasoline prices drop from 20 9 to 19 cents per gallon fueling a local price war. Park Association seeks a thousand dollars income from a lawn party. Casper Rinker descendants schedule a Jordan Springs reunion on August 2.
Five years ago a whirlwind toppled a tree on Route 50 near Millwood severing telephone lines and blocking traffic. An acute water shortage hit tall valley towns. Winchester firemen prepared to host conventions of the Cumberland Valley and Virginia associations. Frank G. Walter, 24, scout for General Lee, died. Construction began on a new cattle shed at the fair grounds.
Ten years after Lee's surrender Seth W. Osborn of Columbus Ohio and a member of Company Co 193rd Ohio Regiment visits the city for the first time since the surrender. Walter Knox of Preston Georgia treats a bee sting. A hospital funds drive raises 6620 on opening day. Six workers are trapped in a Tennessee mine. Twenty five years ago borax was found in ice cream cones seized under the Pure
A chaotic Oakland incident ends with Daly, a 50-year-old man of unclear name, joking about a steam bath as fire crews evacuate. He is later jailed, facing a string of misdemeanors and a routine city-funded arrangement where he chauffeurs a doctor, boards with the city, and eats at the jail.
The United States War Department requires a concrete sidewalk along the front of the National Cemetery. Two shafts of 250 and 150 feet will be sunk at Gooney Manor copper mines near Front Royal. Local capital backs the project. Confederate Veteran picnic set for August 6 at Fishers Hill. John Carper, eight, dies in hospital after being kicked in the stomach by a colt.
Senator Borah warns that sending presidential candidate disputes to the Supreme Court would debase the court into a political body. He argues such a move would reward or punish justices and erode public faith in an impartial, nonpartisan judiciary.
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