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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1935
Page
4
Newspaper imprint states ent at the post office in Einieneee Virginia as a second class matter. Daily publication by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with standard postal designation.
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This notice states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to re publish all AP dispatches and any local news printed by the paper. It outlines copyright ownership and republication restrictions for the newspaper’s content.
A devotional line echoes Psalm 65 2, inviting all to come before God in prayer and seek mercy. The verse proclaims access to divine favor for every seeker through prayerful appeal.
In Los Angeles a wave of price cutting by retailers aimed at luring customers was countered by Safeway. The chain offered to buy cut rate items for cash from competitors and resell them at marked-up prices. Consumers profited as baiters lost money and raised prices to a normal level. The scheme was described as fighting the devil with fire.
The article contrasts the gardener’s struggle against weeds and pests in midsummer heat. It argues for early morning or evening work to keep plots clean and thriving, noting a well cared for garden signals faithfulness and industry in the gardener.
A reader asks who wrote the line It takes a heap of living in a house to make it home and is told the author is Edgar Guest. The piece then defines food as what, when eaten, builds tissue or yields energy and notes Egypt’s largest manufacturing industry as cigarette production in Cairo.
The text argues a boy should prove himself by doing garden work. A well maintained garden serves as a stronger recommendation than any paper credential, showing capability, initiative, and reliability through tangible effort.
The piece discusses meteorologists and long range weather forecasts, noting past predictions of extreme summers and winters. It questions the usefulness of forecasts if weather cannot be controlled, and imagines a future with climate mastery prompting relocation to another planet. It ends with a musing on ongoing uncertainty.
Present and past rainfall summaries show year to date 19.53 inches and a Winchester Laboratory average of 34.61 inches. Monthly figures include 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 inches.
Graphically told account of a movie barge wreck during a sea saga near San Miguel island. Twenty six people were thrown into the sea and photographer Robert Glenn Strong died after returning for his camera as the barge sank in a squall. District Attorney says no charges of negligence will be filed. Stars were not present at the scene.
The piece analyzes how President Roosevelt may frame informal talks on his post session tour. It notes a likely alignment with progressive blocs, potential cross party shifts in farm subsidies irrigation and power policies, and varying Republican reactions by region as the trip highlights New Deal priorities.
Val flees with Lia after a violent confrontation as Brad assaults Cordray. Lia confesses fear and disillusion, revealing a hidden Chinese heritage and a torn past. A dangerous pursuit through a garden ends with Lia dying from a wrist injury as Val rushes toward the Navy Yard for safety. The tragedy closes the scene.
A golf shot at Race Brook CC survives rough to reach the cup for a birdie on a par five. A Philadelphia child scene ends with a cat's bath by an SPCA agent after spraying hydrant water. In Racers Grant Pass Oregon a bicycle race entries list a mixed field including an octogenarian and a blind entrant. A Missouri hitchhiker tale describes a mule found on a railroad trestle saved via improvised sled rescue.
The article notes September 10 as the date for the reopening of local schools. Employment is reported as a prospect for about 1,000 people on Skyline Drive. The District Nurse Association earns roughly $609 from a yard party. James Probasco, alleged Dillinger aide, leaps to his death from a 19th story Chicago building just before officers’ questioning. Forty men begin work on relocating a channel in town.
Mrs Charles Cross dies of a heart attack. Nearly 3000 persons die in the Neapolitan earthquake zone. Frank G Weaver's diary reveals material on the last days of the Confederacy. National Guard units prepare for annual encampment at Virginia Beach on August 2. Mrs Charles D Bulla and party visit Mr and Mrs George W Haddox.
A New York Avenue church will host rites for W. J. Bryan. The observance follows a public notice of his death and details of funeral arrangements. The report notes the community mourning and the scheduled service.
Shenandoah Valley farmers harvest a large hay crop around the clock as Virginia plan a three day gathering at Petersburg from August 9 to 11. Two women staged a free for all in a department store while rain falling in the valley was valued at thousands of dollars. W G Solenberger was fatally injured in a runaway accident near Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
Eight years after their divorce Mr and Mrs Harry G Hurt remarried in Harrison New York this week Citizens report Hurt aged 60 from Dallas Texas and Mrs Hurt aged 58 from Narragansett Rhode Island both say this is their second marriage ending by a Florida divorce in 1927 Justice of the Peace C Charles Calao performed the ceremony
Rioters ripped the German flag from the Bremen's bow and tossed it overboard as detectives chased the trio. Edward Drollette, 34, was arrested after a struggle that left Detective Solomon beaten and gun lost. Passengers included Elisir Landi and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle as Governor Earle struggled through police lines.
The article reports Patton’s finances under scrutiny after a power company official’s son gave him a box of cigars. Carpenter denies any improper gifts and claims the cigars were the only item involved. Philip H. Gadsden accuses opponents of using terrorism and character assassination to defeat the Roosevelt utility bill.
Kenneth N. Gilpin the former president of Boyce State Bank and Henry P. Mitchell a director there were added to the Bank of Clarke County board after stockholders unanimously voted to amend the charter and increase director numbers in Berryville Virginia.
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