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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists its post office status as second class and provides subscription rates: Mall one year in advance three dollars and fifty cents, six months two dollars and twenty five cents, and monthly one dollar. Individual city and national ad representatives are named and the paper notes Associated Press news rights.
A Virginia horticultural survey notes apple demand lags citrus in rail dining car menus. The Virginia Horticultural Society seeks two cents per barrel from growers to fund a European and domestic ad campaign to boost apple sales and prevent overproduction.
Richmond Times-Dispatch asserts the city will host next year’s Governors’ Conference and Confederate Reunion. It highlights broad state reforms, revived schools, growth in highways, industry, favorable tax laws, and a progressive government model attracting foreign capital.
The piece portrays Richmond as a rejuvenated center of reform and social progress. It contrasts its political vitality with a broader public aim, inviting citizens to learn from two groups shaping a healthier civic order and a hopeful future.
Mrs H B Saunders first vice president of the Virginia branch King Daughters and Sons will be the honor guest at the Clarke county convention June 13 in Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Helping Hand Circle is hostess She organized a fresh air camp near Shirley Va for convalescent working women and is president of the Golden Rule Circle of Shirley Directors elected Berryville Chamber of Commerce for the year are F M Wray E P Berlin T S Crockett Edward McC Williams R N Dorsey L C Rackley Garland Williams W A Bradford J E Thoma Clifton Price G L Carter and H B Harris they will meet next Monday to elect officers and plan the year’s activities
Berryville society notes recount dinners and teas honoring house guests and relatives. Guests include Kenneth McDonald of San Francisco Hunter McDonald of Nashville Edward L. McDonald of Lexington Julia Davis Adams of New York and others from Berryville Charleston W V Lexington and Baltimore. Occasions feature a luncheon for Mrs Mills Kitchin and a tea at Hawthorne hosted by Miss Imogene Thomson with several Berryville and nearby guests.
After a 20 year dispute Florida lawmakers override Governor Carlton's veto to legalize racing and pari mutuel wagering. The act creates a state racing commission, allows local referendums in counties choosing tracks, imposes a three percent tax, and allocates revenue equally among counties.
William Gibbs McAdoo urged creation of a peace industries board or national economic council to stabilize industry and agriculture and curb waste and unemployment. The advisory body would study production and consumption, investigate sectors, and publicly report findings, funded with adequate appropriations, without legislative power. The dinner supported by the Economic Conservation Committee of America aimed to discuss conserving California fruit surpluses for the needy.
Washington reports District Attorney Leo A. RoVer said Fall cannot begin a year long bribery sentence while ill. Four doctors found him unable to travel from El Paso to Washington for the serving of his sentence. The next move rests with special prosecutor Atlee Pomerene not RoVer’s office.
A distress warrant sale in the Ritter Bros. vs Ralph Rinker case will occur Saturday June 13 1931 at 10 AM at 8 Loudoun Street rear of L. J. Hook’s auto shop Winchester. Items include shop tools engine motors electric drill lathe washing machine. Cash terms. Luther Pannet Sheriff Frederick County Va. Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers.
A group of four governors at French Lick Indiana posed for a photographer during the annual conference of state executives. From left to right are Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, and George White of Ohio, all recognized as presidential possibilities.
Announcements list numerous Frederick County Virginia candidates for sheriff commonwealths attorney treasurer commissioner of revenue supervisor and other offices. Names include T Russell Cather Jos S Denny Boyd R Richards Sott Pannett Floyd M Brill E C Oates H B Shall Co Brumback N Whitacre Holmes E McAboy Jacob H Beaver Merle Edwards Chas Rosenberger with August 4, 1931 primary and countywide pledges to serve and seek voter support.
Mount Olive church holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. sermon at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p.m. Mount Pleasant Va schedules Sunday school at 2 p.m. sermon 3 p.m. and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p.m. Red Bud church Sunday school at 2 p.m. sermon 8 p.m. A Children Day program will be rendered at Mount Pleasant Church W Va next at 10 a.m. Everyone welcome.
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