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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
4
Notice states The Evening Star is a daily paper except Sundays published by The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia. It mentions consolidation with The Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and lists Associated Press affiliations and reprint rights.
The notice itemizes subscription prices in advance for one year six months three months and one month with separate carrier rates. It also lists weekly rates and names Frost Landis and Kohn as national advertising representatives covering New York Atlanta Chicago and Detroit.
A devotional fragment quotes Psalm 37 4 urging delight in the Lord to fulfill desires of the heart, reflecting religious guidance and personal faith.
The Baltimore Evening Sun reports Virginia sold 3.44 million dollars in refinancing bonds and certificates at 3.90 percent as a balanced budget and small debt attract buyers. The piece warns that graft by officials could topple demand if a Chicago style machine fueled malfeasance appeared, noting political scandals would threaten investor confidence.
An experienced Virginia mining engineer suggests relieving overcrowded prisons by employing convicts in gold mining in the state. He cites prior gold activity in Goochland and nearby counties along the James River and proposes landowner agreements to cover costs, with war‑time slate quarry workers possibly finding work in this sector amid slack building demand.
The cyanide method revolutionizes gold mining by enabling profits from very poor ore deposits. It is applied in Virginia to render the industry profitable and productive where earlier methods failed.
The Staunton News Leader denounces the Washington bonus parade as a misguided, hungry crowd misled by greedy leaders and vote hungry demagogues in Congress. Observers describe a silent march with faces of desperation and some showing a grim satisfaction.
The Waynesboro Virginian argues wider roads may not guarantee safety after the Jefferson Highway segment between Waynesboro and Staunton. It notes five lives lost since its completion and says slow driving and careful handling are safer, urging common courtesy to reduce accidents and improve driving peace.
Mrs. Cornelia Russell Shade was buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery after services at Gainesboro Methodist Church South. The funeral included a long list of relatives as pallbearers and a large crowd that gathered at the grave site.
A Swedish statistician finds the first year of marriage less critical than popular belief while the danger of separation peaks between the fifth and tenth years. A woman society leader calls the cook book the most interesting, though she does not name the source.
The five aboard a liner to Australia reach Tahiti and encounter the Whitney girl feared for a log book about a pearl. Holmes suspects a hidden clue while Pilly and Tom bicker, and the group senses a future full of adventure and danger.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. was 0.38 inches. June to date totals 4.4 inches and year to date 18.69 inches. Monthly normals from a 19 year record show January 20.36 inches, February 1.95, March 2.70, April 3.17, May 3.58, June 3.89, July 3.50, August 3.54, September 2.20, October 2.87, November 2.14, December 2.39.
Market report lists wholesale dairy and feed items with prices in multiple sections. Includes cracked corn, shelled corn, middlings, scratch feed, mixed feed and butter prices, with entries for both local and Baltimore wholesale markets.
Poetic tribute recalling the Scottish Brigade who fought in Belgium for democracy. Evokes mountain air, vigor, and memory of soldiers gassed in war. Calls for keeping the memory bright as part of manhood's fight and loyalty to Scotland.
A Federation of America study shows in 34 cities with stronger newspaper lineage in early 1931 business ran 8.3 percent above the national average. In 34 cities with large declines, business barely matched the average. Maintain your newspaper advertising, Mr. Merchant.
William Howard Taft became the first civil governor of the Philippines after President McKinley appointed him to lead the civil government commission in 1900 and he assumed office on July 4, 1901.
Public sale scheduled for Thursday June 16 1932 of the deceased R T Luttrell s property in Winchester Virginia with items including cows hens kettles sewing machine organ beds furniture and household goods. Terms under 5 cash and credit 6 months for larger sums with note secured by Farmers and Merchants National Bank Trust Co. executors J W Luttrell Eotha G Dailey and auctioneer Howard Luttrell.
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