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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1934
Page
4
Classified ads priced at 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum. Memorials four stanzas cost 1 50. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads require orders to be in by 10 A M. transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps listed in multiple cities.
A damaged OCR fragment presents biblical phrasing from Jeremiah and scattered capitalized phrases. It includes references to health peace truth and a formal call to God, with repeats and garbled names. The legible elements emphasize divine health abundance of peace and truth.
The Star offers its warm congratulations to Handley High School graduates for completing years of study. The piece praises the school’s standards and facilities and urges graduates to pursue future success with diligence and integrity. The community is invited to share in pride and best wishes for the graduates.
Frank R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun criticized Dr. Tugwell for seeming to repudiate his own convictions during the committee session. Kent argued the professor avoided clear standpoints, relied on ditched defenses, and appeared evasive rather than forthright.
A reader question and answer style item discusses school teacher wages owed in the county totaling about 107 million dollars. It also defines the solar plexus as a center of the sympathetic nervous system in the abdomen and explains Flag Day as the anniversary of the Constitutional Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes in 1777.
A reader asks whether Professor Tugwell remains a pink socialist or has shifted to a strong conservative, noting ongoing debate about his beliefs.
The piece notes Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics broke up teams after long win streaks dulled interest. It contrasts American League leaders Cleveland Detroit New York and National League leaders New York Chicago St Louis Pittsburgh, arguing long seasons require close competition to keep spectators engaged.
A reader seeks unbiased insight into Nazism in Germany. The reviewer names seven books that best approach a fair, factual portrayal despite fierce propaganda on all sides. The exchange highlights intellectual tolerance as a remedy for heated, prejudiced debate.
Rev. Snyder Alleman of Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City announces organist Leslie Golliday will give an 8 P M Sunday recital at the church. The program includes works by Elgar Cui Mendelssohn Schumann MacDowell and others with potential composer bios. Miss Cecilia Miller of Winchester will sing a group of songs. Public invited.
An old ad copy touts a home remedy to cleanse the kidneys and remove waste matter daily. It warns against strong “kidney cures” and promises relief from rheumatic pains and fevers by flushing the body's kidneys.
The report lists present and past rainfall figures. Precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. is none. June to date 0.66 inches. year to date 10.32 inches. 21-year average monthly values from Winchester Laboratory are shown for each month. The yearly totals and monthly averages reflect the long term pattern.
Admiral Louis McCoy Nurton completes 48 years of full U S Navy service and will retire this summer. Jack G Berry formerly of near Clearbrook and now at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland is drowned while swimming. A local resident is fined for obstructing a fire truck en route to a blaze. Edward E Stone scores hole in one on two straight days.
Joan Dudley vacationing with her aunt Adelaide Delafield in Maine becomes engaged to Drew Hallam. The group faces a stormy trip to Granitehead, with Penelope Sears and a hinted life of luxury versus thrift. Tensions rise as Drew questions motives while promising a future pilgrimage, and Nancy questions the engagement.
Washington report notes Henry P. Fletcher’s rise as a potential GOP force tied to Senator David A. Reed and the 1936 presidential nomination. It weighs Reed’s reelection prospects, Fletcher’s Hoover-era signals, and the GOP leadership’s distant horizons amid Wall Street’s shifting mood and Mexico’s economic standing.
A New York newspaper notes large weather maps and instruments draw daily interest. The drought sparks demand for weather displays in public building lobbies in key cities, indicating a shift toward public engagement with meteorology.
Winchester engineer Charles J. Garver sells his carburetor invention to a Washington firm for 50000 dollars. The note appears in a local business brief along with other city items on taxes divorces and upcoming sales.
A 1920s style reminiscence notes Fannie Ward as a famed stage and screen star. It recalls her Broadway Cupid role in Pippino, her early packed houses in New York theaters, and her status ahead of the modern flapper trend. Born 1875 in St Louis, she later starred in films after touring the stage.
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