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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1930
Page
4
An item notes the Evening Star newspaper being entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class mail. It mentions the Evening Star Company of Winchester and per day postage details.
A damaged OCR fragment references National Advertising Representatives Devine Tenney Corp and positions in New York Des Moines. Details are unreadable but indicate a corporate advertising context.
A fragmented religious and news clipping displays a mix of biblical verse, prayer lines, and a note about Associated Press news use. The readable elements reference a sermon tone and a weekly publication header with scattered nonessential garbled text.
A discussion in Staunton News Leader questions the fairness of top executive pay at Bethlehem Steel and argues that wealth should be earned honestly or not at all. It asserts laborers once earned far less and that even a millionaire must give most of wealth to public betterment within a lifetime.
Newport News Daily Press notes the public health guidance on heat, branded as a hot weather comfort prescription. It urges dress lightly, drink cool beverages, guard temper, keep windows closed, avoid overeating, and watch for infected food, described as common horse sense.
The passage urges using discretion to beat heat or cold with light clothing and cool drinks. It emphasizes temperance and ordinary sense as universal factors in living well. The advice echoes a physician's succinct recipe for comfort applicable year round.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes Helen Wills Moody, the world’s top woman tennis player, refused a proposal to campaign with California Governor C. C. Young. Moody says she plays tennis for the game, not politics, and would separate sport from campaigning. The piece ends with well wishes to Moody and a jab at the governor’s team.
The St Louis Robin has logged 312 hours airborne seeking a new endurance flight record. A bull dog died after severe injuries from a ferocious tomcat. American apples show strong demand in Britain with transparents at 6.50 to 7.50 and Duchess at 5.50 to 6.62 per barrel. Wheat producers meet with the Farm Board on farm relief.
Five years ago on July 26 1925 politician and religious leader William Jean Bryan died suddenly in Dayton Tennessee. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Poison liquor is blamed for a serious condition of four men in the city. General Frederick Maurice told the Rotary Club that nations fear another war. Virginia law requiring autos to stop at railroad crossings is ignored with 305 cars crossing at Clearbrook without stopping.
Germany states the American ship Leelana was sunk by its submarines amid claims of contraband. Plans rise to widen Valley Pike due to heavy auto traffic. A three year old's shouting disturbed Plucks Alley. Four hundred thousand American horses have been shipped to European nations at war.
Jack Brown aged 34, recently released from Detroit house of correction, was shot and killed early today while in a car with Miss Evelyn Littlefield. Police said he was killed by an unnamed jealous suitor of Miss Littlefield.
Three bank robbers linked to a 1928 Home Trust Company robbery were hanged at 6 04 am for the murder of traffic patrolman James H Smith. The trio Tony Lollypop Mangiaracina Carl Nasello and John Messino stood upright as the nooses were set and refused to speak.
A concise recap of local and state sports with emphasis on upcoming games, notable performances, and brief standings updates. Includes names of teams and venues as read from the Star column, with a period style tone and compact phrasing.
Athletics overpower the Cleveland Indians 14 to 3 as three home runs and ten walks fuel a barrage. Jablonowski took the loss for Cleveland while Grove pitched well for the victors. Simons, Miller and Williams sparked the first triple steal, followed by Cochrane, Simmons and Foxx on the second.
The Maryland Polo Club will play two weekend matches against Fauquier Loudoun Polo Association in Middleburg Virginia. John Walter Smith Foster leads Maryland at No. 1 with Arthur Douglas Foster No. 2 Fife Symington No. 3 and W Wallace Lanahan at back.
The Prince of Wales' airplane, en route from London to Carnarvon, was forced to land in Birmingham due to a sudden storm. The landing was safe and the royal party resumed their journey back to London by air.
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