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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
4
A copyright and advertising rate notice lists monthly and yearly mail and carrier charges, plus classified word rates and display ad rules. It notes AP news use rights, office deadlines, and examples like stanzas and cards of thanks, with miscellaneous regional representations.
A biblical verse from Proverbs 28 13 emphasizes that those who confess and forsake their sins will receive mercy while those who hide them will not prosper. The text urges repentance and mercy as moral guidance.
The Senate agriculture committee heard Dr. Rexford Tugwell defend the Constitution while denying a drift toward a planned economy. The Washington Post questions his frankness, contrasting his remarks with previous writings and speeches.
The CWA program cost taxpayers one billion dollars. The phrase Tom Dick and Harry denotes ordinary people. A knot is a speed unit equal to one nautical mile per hour.
A college graduate advised to seek early sales work, with opinions from business leaders. A telephone executive warns against relying on family grafts, while another says relatives help. Merchants favor consumption goods over durable goods, and a railroad executive says take any job. A chamber secretary suggests surveying a city directory and contacting 50 potential employers.
The piece notes a lull in kidnapping after cases like June Robles and Gettle ended, with three Gettle abductors jailed and others convicted or punished. The Literary Digest cites the decline as evidence the racket is losing appeal as law enforcement intensifies.
A philanthropist proposes that any college graduate starting a business or professional career should first spend a year working on a farm. The idea is part of varied advice offered by business leaders to new entrants this month.
Warner Bros displays Viva Villa with Wallace Berry as Pancho Villa and a notable cast led by Fay Wray Leo Carrillo and Joseph Schildkraut. The three day engagement ends today along with a double feature including Search For Beauty and Madame Spy.
Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea star in Vina Delmar's poignant Chance At Heaven about youth, love, and choices under a fate filled sky. Shirley Temple headlines a two reel special Managed Money with Junior Coglan and Fox Movietone news.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. none. June to date 0.56 inches. year to date 10.32 inches. Winchester Laboratory 21 year average 34.71 inches per year. Monthly averages list values from January 2.41 to December 2.34 inches.
Joan Dudley, vacationing with her aunt Adelaide Delafield in Maine, becomes engaged to Drew Hallam. A log house dinner scene unfolds as Penelope Sears runs the house. Joan declares her plan to marry Hallam, while Aunt Adelaide plays matchmaker and warns of a possible elopement. The couple share a moonlit, aspirational moment in the forest as they anticipate a life together.
William C Grace former Congress member from Michigan spoke to the Lions Club at the George Washington Hotel urging support for the New Deal. He argued laissez faire failed and wealth concentration harmed society, calling for a new philosophy that values the common good and brotherhood. He noted 10 to 12 million people without adequate means two years prior and urged the club to back federal reforms as a nonpartisan path to prosperity.
Seventeen years ago Lionel Barrymore, eldest of the famed acting family, is pictured at the start of his motion picture career after success on stage and in vaudeville. The caption notes his return to directing and a sensational comeback following a period away from screen acting.
A year ago Strasburg Rotary Club was presented with a special charter on June 12. Common Council decided to take no action regarding a planned power plant. A North Arlington fire was blamed on incendiarism with eight or more deaths. Harold Rowe was elected president of the Epworth Leaguers at Market Street M. E. Church. John C. Carpenter of Chicago and Clarke County, noted traveler and writer, died from auto injuries.
Five years ago Winchester and Clarke county Garden Club will host the Garden Club of Virginia in Winchester on June 11 12 13. Mayor F A Shryock protests the budget and calls on citizens to attend a public meeting. Mr and Mrs Duffey of Middleburg announce the engagement of Eleanor to Charles D Sabin. Winchester Park Association forms with H Russell Potts elected president and aims to develop 100 acre Rouss Spring Park as a playground and athletic area.
Ten years ago Senator Glass emerged as the dominant figure at the Virginia state Democratic convention in Norfolk. The Rev Boyd V Switzer delivered the sermon to Handley graduates and Braddock Street M E Church South pastor. The George Washington Hotel is slated for formal opening June 16 amid political news from the era.
Twenty five years ago a new siding of the Cumberland Valley railroad extended east from Pughtown Road across Main and Market streets was completed. The Hampshire Southern line is located and staked with contractor supplies on site. Rev Edward Everette Hall, chaplain of the United States Senate, dies in Roxbury Massachusetts. The 43rd Methodist Sunday School convention is held at Front Royal. The Blue Ridge Hunt Club meets at Millwood.
A cane crafted from the paper of 3,000 love letters won a prize at a curio exhibition in Knoddishall England. The object highlights novel reuse of personal papers and drew attention from visitors to the event.
The report links Leah Minerva Dilley’s disappearance in Sharon, Pennsylvania, to the 1909 Billy Whitla kidnapping from Sharon. Authorities fear the four year old has been abducted and have begun a nationwide search following the case’s longtime notoriety in the area.
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