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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
6
The Capitol Theatre hosted the first in a series of auctions last night drawing hundreds of dollars in theatre money. A Sessions electric clock from the White Palace Restaurant sold for 100 dollars and a fruit basket from Winchester Market brought 75 dollars amid other prize prices. Next Thursday night, June 23.
At 9 o'clock the second in the series of these nights will be held. Many more useful and valuable prizes will be auctioned off. These prizes are donated by Winchester's leading merchants and this auction money may be secured upon purchases at these stores.
Two boatloads of fishermen near Alloa Scotland tried to haul in what they mistook for a whale. They fired 18 shots over 18 hours as a 15 foot dolphin dragged boats downstream, killing the visitor when finally restrained.
A two day showing at the Palace features Hell's House a true story about adolescent youth and the wrong hero with Howard Higgin's writing and direction Pat O'Brien stars as the bootlegging hero Bette Davis plays the heartfelt love interest and Junior Durkin shines as the worshipful boy The program also includes Choo Choo Our Gang and The Shadow of the Eagle with a long Saturday schedule from 10 am to 11 pm.
Warner Bros Cap itol opens with Fox Studios romance drama Society Girl starring James Dunn and Peggy Shannon as leads. Shannon plays a free spirited heroine who shies from marriage while Dunn pursues a romance amid humorous misadventures and a vivid supporting turn by Spencer Tracy as the main adviser.
The Colonial Theatre presents Dancers in the Dark tonight at 7 30 and 9 00 with a blonde taxi dancer story of love and peril. Also featuring a Torchy Comedy and Fox Movietone News. Mystery Ranch arrives tomorrow with George O Brien in a Fox production directed by David Howard based on Stewart Edward White novel The Killer.
State Senator George W. Layman, sponsor of Virginia's Layman Act, backs a referendum on prohibition but opposes repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. He criticizes organized opposition and newspaper campaigns, saying any referendum plan must include a liquor control method acceptable to temperance supporters.
The Virginia forest tree nursery shipped 347,912 trees this spring, a 17 percent rise from 1931. Loblolly pine tops popularity as the nursery plans larger output next fall and spring for landowners seeking reforestation advice and plants. Visitors may tour the nursery, located a mile from Charlottesville on the Lynchburg road.
Washington Post Office Bulletin outlines stamp and envelope sales before rate changes take effect on July 1 for second class zones and July 6 for first class. Three cent stamps include the Washington Bicentennial issue and a purple Washington portrait stamp for stamped envelopes. Existing two cent stamps remain usable with a one cent additional stamp.
A laymen's service will be held at Boyce Methodist Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday June 19. Rev R L Moore announces speaker Rev J E Crawford of Nashville Tenn will discuss Stewardship Life. The pastor invites members and the public to attend.
Charles P. McVicar announces local participants for the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond June 21 to 24. Maids of honor include Misses Westwood Byrd Helen Barr Olivia Dellinger. chaperone Mrs George G Snarr. matron of honor Mrs Charles W Trenary. The forty second annual convention offers reduced rail fare via special rates.
Virginia farmers and agricultural leaders met in Richmond at the call of George W. Koiner to oppose any raise in Wickham mill tolls. The Wickham bill fixes tolls of one eighth for grain into flour and one sixteenth for hominy and malt. The Piedmont Millers Association plans to petition for higher tolls, which Koiner says the farmers must contest.
A court ordered sale of a six acre property near the North Frederick Turnpike five miles from Winchester Virginia. The two story four room house will be auctioned July 16 1932 in Winchester with terms: one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Bond with approved security noted by Clerk Co Brannon.
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