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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices: one year in advance four dollars fifty cents, six months two dollars twenty five cents, three months one dollar twenty cents, one month forty cents, and weekly senses ten cents.
In a review in Today Vincent Astor’s magazine Walt er Lippmann opposes a broad federal amendment to regulate industry and agriculture. He argues such a change cannot be drafted reliably and would threaten federalism. Moley will respond in the next issue advocating the amendment.
In Germany and other nations, government control of the press suppresses unfavorable coverage. Goebbels’ department alerts newspapers to suppress stories, seize property, and jail editors, while officials provide official interpretations. Despite censorship, circulation and mortality rise and foreign newspaper imports increase 43 percent, suggesting readers seek unfiltered facts.
The Waynesboro News-Virginian notes fears over infantile paralysis spreading from North Carolina into Virginia. It urges calm, adherence to health precautions, suspends Boy Scout meetings, and advises keeping children away from public gatherings while ensuring they stay engaged at home.
Scientists link recent U S and China floods to sun spot activity in 11 year cycles. As storms near peak, observers can spot dark sun spots in northern and southern hemispheres around 40 degrees from the equator. Predicting exact timing of earth weather remains uncertain amid solar storms and auroral displays.
The passage reflects on long term earth improvements tied to solar and geological records. It ponders why sun storms travel in belts, cause rain locally, and how the sun acts as an electric dynamo fueling life. It notes the sun may burn itself up like other stars and urges scientific study.
Survey shows minimal soil loss where strip cropping contour furrowing and buffer strips were used. Drainage ditches and check dams prevented gullying. crops in unprotected farms suffered severe damage including washed topsoil and drowned crops in lowlands. Less than ten bushels of potatoes lost overall.
One year ago Virginia banks created the Virginia Clearing House Association to decide uniform rules and service charges. Valley groups urged opening Skyline Drive by September 1. Austrians push Nazi forces from Jugoslav border as a new putsch looms. Paul Jackson of Front Royal is dead. A stratosphere balloon explodes at 11 miles up but the crew survives.
Five years ago Apple growers haul water to orchards to prevent permanent injury from drought. President Hoover spends a weekend at his Rapidan camp. Girl Scouts, 33 strong, encamp at Camp White Rock. Mrs. B. M. Carter laid to rest. Nancy Myra Mauch, 69, dies here.
Ten years ago promoters claimed the Appalachian scenic highway would gain popularity. The MacMillan Byrd Arctic expedition is trapped in ice 20 miles southwest of Cape York Melville Bay. Clarke County contributes to Memorial Hospital fund which totals 63.70 dollars. John Robinson circus is booked for this city tomorrow.
Twenty five years ago former judge Joseph T. Hoke of Kingwood West Virginia and companions are badly injured when their auto crashes into a telephone pole near Staunton. St Julian Wilson of the State highway commission inspects work on the Valley Turnpike near Strasburg. A New York realtor seeks information for 100 farms in Virginia. Pen Mar draws Presbyterians from multiple states for an all day gathering. Louis Leith, a well known rider, is injured in a fall at Manassas.
Army police guarded Fort Monmouth Highlands New Jersey as officers studied a secret mystery ray claimed to detect ships 50 miles at sea in fog and darkness. Signal corps technicians refused to confirm nightly tests for spotting ships and aircraft while visitors were barred from the fort and Navesink lighthouse. A large portable searchlight on a motor truck stood by the lighthouse area. First Railroad in Washington The Baltimore and Ohio began operations in Washington on August 25, 1835.
Washington coverage notes Agricultural Adjustment Administrator Chester Davis warns a Supreme Court ruling against taxing crop and meat processors could trigger a political clash. He cites concerns that funds would shift from processors to farmers, or onto consumers, challenging the legality of the transfer.
The piece argues tariffs mainly bar foreign goods to shield American industry while raising prices for consumers. It contrasts protection for industry with agriculture’s need for export markets and critiques Roosevelt administration relief efforts as failing to put people to work without intruding on private business.
Senators heard testimony about forged telegrams from York Pennsylvania aimed at defeating the Wheeler Rayburn bill. William F McDonald denied signing or authorizing messages while the clerk noted signatures from Insull era employees. The York Street Railway link to Insull holdings was confirmed by a senator, though ownership was unclear.
Flashes of life recount a Omaha officer, Leslie G. Chamberlin, who married his nurse after injury, returned to duty, then serious crash. A Minnesotan school incident features a shepherd dog freeing a child from a bell rope and a mother mascot in a classroom.
Chicago police sergeant John Barton has little sympathy for those who mock, recalling troubles started a year ago with the station mascot a Bengal cat named Mae West who sparked jokes and complaints.
A scanned trivia page asks questions about U S counties 3 072 Halley’s Comet and Kentucky borders. It notes Halley predicted returns in 1759 1835 1910 and forecasts the next appearance around 1986.
Three pairs of boots and a first aid kit vanish from the Collins Cove waterfront project. Watchman John Bruce tells police a “mysterious” man hung around the site at night. The suspect claims he was hired to observe the watchman, and police conclude the man was employed to monitor the watchman.
District Judge O F Goddard of Billings aged 82, veteran of the state constitutional convention, completed two qualifying rounds in the Montana amateur event in Great Falls with a 36 hole score of 232. John D Rockefeller Sr also plays golf, with a 96 noted.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours to 8 am on July 14 total 2.42 inches. Year to date 19.53 inches. Winchester Laboratory records report 22 year average annual rainfall 34.61 inches and monthly averages ranging from January 3.2 to December 2.3 inches.
Blair Rodman drives through a western Canada storm and seeks shelter at a mansion. A gaunt woman and a second stern resident confront him as he begs entry, amid candlelight and old world furnishings. The scene ends with Blair inside the vast drawing room and the fate of the night unresolved.
The excerpt describes the Grain Coast region of Liberia known for grains of paradise export. It explains crude rubber formation from latex in plant tissues. It notes Christian Bechter of Rutherfordton licensed to coin money and minting $2,241,840.50 in gold from 1831 to 1840.
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