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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as a second class publication. It is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
Rates list for Mall publication include one year three dollars fifty cents in advance six months one dollar and seventy five cents three months ninety cents and one month thirty cents. Carrier options show six months two dollars and twenty five cents and weekly payments. The item notes Associated Press rights and consolidation with local papers.
The fragment cites a Bible verse about love casting out fear from John 4 18 and notes phrases Christ for All All for Christ or Rey. The text presents religious exhortation without a broader news context or identifiable events.
The Portsmouth Star critiques the idea that unemployed workers cause their distress and argues thrift alone cannot replace unemployment insurance. It highlights a banker’s view that individuals must provide for themselves, yet notes many lost their jobs through no fault of their own, making insurance a live issue.
The piece argues that contract bridge is facing sensational coverage and theatrical framing like golf and boxing as Ely Ferguson battles Work, Lenz and others using Culbertson’s system. It warns of future martyrs and heroes of the bridge table and gala celebrations, while noting uncertainty about benefits for professionals.
A member of the American Radio Commission announced a new invention expected to enhance radio communication. The claim suggests broad impact on receivers and broadcasts, with officials noting potential regulatory and technical implications.
A 1920s column touts an electric cocktail made from a hidden tube in a chair, offering a stimulant without alcohol. It describes dry and wet hosts using the device to energize guests, with cautions that excess electricity may also upset the party.
Chicago July 27. Farmers National Grain Corporation has expanded storage to absorb 55 million bushels as a wave of new wheat arrives. Milner, general manager of the National Cooperative Marketing Agency, notes 12 million bushels bought in early July from Texas and Oklahoma and more purchases as harvest moves northward into Kansas and Nebraska. Despite record wheat, no acute market congestion due to carryover held by the Grain Stabilization Corporation working to move old wheat out of the way of the new crop.
Market notes show fluctuating prices across flour dairy feed and grains with entries for butter, bran, middlings, and corn meal. Hogs calves lambs and cattle prices appear alongside general wholesale listings and regional variations. A closing prayer quote from Presbyterian andEchoes reflects the period's religious reflection.
Juan Esteben Montero was named premier and then became vice president as Chile’s government changed quickly after President Ibanez resigned. Montero’s cabinet faced debt, banking, and exchange issues with a partial debt moratorium and unemployment concerns shaping policy.
A slate of 1931 primary announcements from Virginia Frederick County lists T Russell Cather Jos Denny Boyd Richards Luther Pannett Floyd Brill B P Harrison E C Oates H Brumback Jacob Beav er Chas Rosenberger N Whitacre Holmes McAboy and Isa iah Croe. They seek Democratic primary support for state senate house of delegates sheriff Commonwealths attorney and various county posts with pledges to serve and protect county interests.
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