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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1933
Page
4
Office notices show The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia consolidates with The Morning News Item and The Weekly News in Bigchester. The announcement appears in postal records for news distribution and publication alignment.
The text details newspaper subscription prices, offering one year at 3.50, six months at 1.75, three months at 0.90, and one month at 0.30 in advance. An additional carrier option lists one year at 4.50, six months at 2.25, three months at 0.20, and one month at 0.40, with weekly rates noted as 110.
The first quarter showed a low industry level but March and April revived sales. Factories idle are repainting. housing opens up with buyers and tenants seeking fresh exteriors and interiors. Amateur painters surge as unemployed individuals buy paint to prepare for future work and restore homes.
The passage reflects on the fearsome cost of speed in aviation and asks whether gaining another mile per hour is worth a life, noting the tension between progress and safety.
Secretary Wallace warns against tampering with the foreign service noting the cost of 350000 dollars a year while urging revival of exports. The column recalls past share of wheat barley rye lard tobacco and cotton and argues tariff reduction currency stability and lower production costs are needed to regain foreign trade. It points to increased crop acreages and permanent loss of markets due to high barriers.
The Roanoke Times cites the Richmond News Leader on Memorial Day events at Indianapolis where three young lives were claimed in auto races. It notes repeated accidents at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the peril drivers face as fame or death ride beside every lap.
In New York Al Smith spoke to about 4000 children on keeping city streets clean. He framed cleanliness as a civic duty and public health issue, noting the costs of littering and the value of starting with youth for lasting public service.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ended at 8 a m is none. Year to date 6.81 inches. Twenty year average is 34.53 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.36, February 2.00, March 2.70, April 3.11, May 3.73, June 3.81, July 3.45, August 3.45, September 2.15, October 3.06, November 2.25, December 2.37.
One year ago Rev. Dr. Frank T. McFaden delivered the Confederate Memorial Day address here. Rev. Dr. Luther A. Thomas delivered the baccalaureate sermon to Handley High School seniors last evening. Mrs. Charlotte M. Jolliffe recently passed away suddenly at her home. Miss Mattie Louise Clevenger and Charles L. Shewbridge were married last Saturday. Sarah Zane Fire Company adopted resolutions of respect to Charles J. Athey and James Lowery.
Five years after the amendments to the Virginia constitution advocates claim wholesale bond issues will be prohibited. The Apple Blossom Festival subscribers are urged to remit promptly. The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club honors Elizabeth W. Conrad with a tribute. Miss Willa Cather, once of Frederick county, earned a Columbia University degree. The Colonial Serenaders, Winchester musicians, perform at the Colonial Theatre.
Ten years ago Bryarly Brothers, local insurance men, entertained at a banquet at the home of Mrs. Cobb. Drought has started in this section and a water shortage appears imminent as the city awaits increased water capacity at Rouss Spring. W. S. White led the Confederate Memorial Day parade as chief marshal today. Large crowds attend the American Legion Society Circus nightly at the Fair Grounds.
Relatives await word as two women identified as Miss Lillian Howard of Woodstock and Mrs Esther Shapiro of Orbisonia Pa are found near Miami Beach. Investigators believe they were murdered and dumped into a bay. The Miami coroner says bodies show dental work and had been in water about three weeks.
Dr. Logan Clendening surveys iced coffee iced tea iced cocoa kola and mate as stimulating drinks. Coffee tea and cocoa act via theobromines boosting mind heart and kidneys with increased blood flow. Mate, popular in South America, has strong caffeine content and a bitter taste. editor notes offer six pamphlets for 10 cents each with a self addressed return envelope.
A note reports that bamboo matting is extensively used as a sail material by natives of the East Indies, reflecting regional craft and trade practices.
The War Department audits all American Red Cross accounts, ensuring oversight of financial records and compliance with military oversight standards. This collaboration aligns humanitarian work with government accounting practices and maintains transparency in relief operations.
Virginia Oliphant and her brother Richard travel with Mary Lee Logan to a dimly lit New York brownstone after an antiques sale. Virginia navigates social pressure from Tony Bleecker and his mother while a gang pressures Richard for a story. The trio settles into a cluttered, faded capital of glamour as Virginia contemplates love and aging.
Meetings for commercial apple growers in Roanoke Levi and other towns featured Fred A Motz a U S Department of Agriculture specialist and London based expert. W S Campfield Virginia State Horticultural Society secretary and H A Teske of Virginia Tech attended. Motz outlined new laws on spray residues and urged careful washing of apples. Teske recommended calcium arsenate over lead arsenate to reduce lead in fruit. Talks covered orchard drop due to weather and pollination limits. Metz examined foreign markets London Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Berlin and competition from South America Canada and elsewhere. He noted British demand for Virginia fruit and hoped a new economic conference would ease trade tensions.
In 1560 Queen Elizabeth I was gifted her first pair of knitted silk stockings, marking an early royal adoption of finely crafted hosiery. The gesture highlighted the era’s growing interest in luxury textiles and courtly fashion.
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