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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
4
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A standard Associated Press rights notice appears, asserting exclusive re publication rights for AP dispatches and local news published in the paper. It outlines the entitlement for use of AP credited and non credited material.
A religious note quotes Luke 16 10 about faithfulness in small duties and integrity in lesser acts as a moral guide. The message emphasizes consistent conduct in everyday tasks.
Eighteen new polio cases push state total to 190 with cases concentrated in regions near Woodstock. Harrisonburg city council bans open air shows from July 21 to October 1 to reduce crowd exposure and transmission risk. paper urges Winchester to adopt similar ordinance.
Washington reports say treasury officials study a plan for one mill coins worth a tenth of a cent. It would take 1 000 mills to make a dollar and many question whether the public would accept such tiny currency. Some nations circulate coins of similar minuscule value, arguing small change fosters thrift.
Question and answer style explains rain and dew point. Rain happens when air is saturated and the temperature falls below the dew point. A snake sleeps with eyes open because it has no eyelids. A heliograph is a device that reflects sunlight for signaling.
The speaker argues that people resist small prices and pennies, preferring larger sums and quicker change. They note a bias against minor amounts like one cent and speculate on reactions to even smaller units such as one mill, suggesting the cultural pressure to spend.
The G men led by J Edgar Hoover declare gun molls as dangerous as their criminal partners. They condemn female accomplices as lazy vicious and seeking thrills. Authorities vow harsher action treating women as equally responsible in crime and blood profits.
The only U S location where waterfalls flow uphill is the Nuuanu valley behind Honolulu Hawaii The strong northeast trade winds entering Nuuvanu Pass blow the water upward and dissipate it into spray
Summary of precipitation data shows past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. with July to date 2.28 inches and year to date 19.39 inches. 22 year average total 34.61 inches and monthly averages listed from January to December in inches.
Eastern Panhandle orchardists will tour notable orchards in Maryland Pennsylvania and New York during the week of August 5. Led by WV Horticulture Society president John Y McDonald and University Farm expert L P Batter the semi private trip aims for up to twenty carloads with no advance payment required and individuals financing their own travel. Applications are at Martinsburg with C R Miller and McDonald Batter.
The West Virginia Highway Market Commission plans to mark sites linked to Confederate figures in the state. Among them is the Hardy county home of Capt. John McNeill in the South Branch Valley. McNeill led a company known as McNeill's Rangers famed for Civil War raids including the capture of Cumberland, Maryland.
Central Press reports New Deal advisers wary of a public push to “go to the country” via radio addresses. Critics fear portraying the administration as defensive and warn about overreaching beyond Congress and the Supreme Court.
Tammany fights Roosevelt era reforms on two fronts in Washington and New York as Mayor La Guardia presses for a municipal power plant. Tammany controls enough votes to block funding, while public sentiment shows broad support for the project and for La Guardia against Tammany.
Garenne narrates a lifetime of ambition and infidelity culminating in a hidden child liaison with Ai Lee and a forged paternity claim. He reveals his actions to Val and expresses guilt, while Val asserts support for Lia and vows independence from the past. The scene ends with Val about to check on Lia as the room remains dark.
In Memphis Judge Phil Wallace’s courtroom the jury box held an odd mystery when an empty chair remained after a recess. Bailiffs searched for the missing seat, only to discover a thirteenth chair had been moved into the box, causing the amusing enigma.
In Perry Georgia salesmen clash over seven scoop cones while courting customers. A lighthearted contest turns quirky as multiple patrons and a punchline tone highlight the lighter side of competition.
John Dillinger is slain in a federal operation in Chicago. The death is hailed by officials as a major blow to crime and lawlessness. The report notes other disasters including a Ossining bus crash with sixteen dead and a deadly Moselle river bridge collapse near Coblenz feared to kill about 150.
Ten years ago Martin H. Albin a St Paul lawyer and county native dies in a hospital in his adopted city at age 72. The snippet also notes the Shenandoah dirigible leaving Norfolk for southern drill grounds and mentions Russell Scott escaping gallows a third time for murder, plus a hospital fund drive and a marriage between Miss Ethel Fishpaw and Matthew W. Jones.
Twenty five years ago Rev Dr Henry Warren Rugz, grand master of the grand encampment of Knights Templar, died in Rhode Island. Miss Nannie Lee Janney of Leesburg was thrown across a fence by an unknown assailant in a fragmentary report.
A clerk questions the burglary charge as Hagerty pleads guilty. The incident drew political reaction over patriotism after Lucille the governor’s wife’s dog was killed by a coyote at the Marland estate in Ponca City. Also noted is Victor Van Meter hiring out his 700 turkeys to gobble grasshoppers, earning $2.50 daily with no turkey feed bill and net profit.
Alvin Johnston, 24, called his two dogs to him in Elkader Iowa and shot both animals before shooting himself. Coroner Leslie Oelke said no motive for the self inflicted death was disclosed.
Miss Claire Carpenter wins first prize at a spelling match. M. M. Lynch returns from a State Board of Education meeting. The state rules that all textbooks must have prices stamped on the covers.
The name SuaiS is noted as sometimes describing the orange litan, a Borneo native ape family member. It is described as four feet tall with a face and skull appearing almost human and a body largely covered in long red hair.
A historic note states George Washington repeatedly refused medicine for a cold preferring to let illness run its course. The account reflects early American attitudes toward medical treatment and personal stubbornness in public figures.
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