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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
4
Public notice outlines pricing for classifieds at 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents and 1.50 for 4 stanzas memorials. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps listed in several cities.
The notice states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish dispatches and all local news published in the paper. It asserts control over reprinting and credits ownership of the content to AP.
Fragmentary text mixes religious phrases and misread lines. It echoes Psalm 71 17 and a cryptic line about a ramp and a right path, both garbled, with no clear modern news event or identifiable entities.
The piece argues Glass and Byrd deny leading or joining coalitions to nominate Roosevelt for four more years. It notes past coalitions in U S politics, cautions such efforts often fail, and suggests both senators will stay within the Democratic Party while coalitionists eye their influence.
The piece argues that Western shock at Japan's invasion of China ignores a Japanese view of independence. It suggests an educated Japanese might frame Japan as a hermit nation pursuing its own course despite foreign pressure.
Six questions test knowledge of cantaloupes origin and U S wars. Cantalupe Italy is cited as the melon’s name source. Wars listed include Revolution, 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I. The greatest U S flood occurred in 1927 along the Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans.
The speaker argues that China imitates Western methods to gain room, raw materials, and markets. He compares Chinese expansion to Britain in India, Hongkong, and France in ports, notes global concessions, and questions Western reform, citing Italy in Abyssinia and US in the Philippines.
Doctors warn bumpers injure pedestrians with severe fractures. The article notes that low hard bumpers concentrate impact, making leg injuries more serious as car styles evolve. Surgeons can often identify auto impact from X rays, urging design changes to better protect pedestrians.
The United States Civil Service Commission warns of a fraud order from the Post Office Department against the Bureau of Public Service Instruction in Philadelphia. Money orders and mail to the bureau will be returned. undeliverable items go to dead letters. The commission urges caution and invites inquiries about examinations at local post offices.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending 8 a.m. at 0.13 inches, June to date 2.64 inches, year to date 16.70 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory lists 22 year average annual precipitation as 34.61 inches and monthly averages by month from January to December ranging from 1.94 to 3.88 inches.
One year ago Miss Audrey Lee Luttrell became bride of William Rathman in a pretty ceremony at United Brethren Church officiated by Rev. George W. Stover. Also note political pressure on Congress to adjourn tonight. Stewart M. Campbell 99 dies at Chestnut Grove home. James I. Larrick 74 dies at Middletown from stroke of paralysis. Gas war continues here.
Rev Roy Luther Sloop weds Gertrude Bowers of Turtle Creek Pa. Frank M Boucher promoted by Warner Brothers to district manager for Maryland and cities including Winchester Martinsburg and Waynesboro. Winchester to award silver bowl to Rear Admiral Byrd on June 22. Ravenna bootleg feud leaves three dead and a dying victim. Raymond Borden of Strasburg loses left arm in Memorial Hospital auto crash.
Ten years ago reports note Virginia apple crop expected to be half of last season. Senator Robert M. La Follette dies in Washington from angina pectoris. General W. B. Freeman addresses Confederates at the Lee tomb in Lexington. Roald Amundsen returns to Spitzbergen after North Pole flight. Gov loses in Tea Pot Dome case in Wyoming upholding lease to Harry F. Sinclair and Mammoth Oil Co.
A light vote is recorded in the municipal election. A. W. Brown, courier for Gen. Lee, dies. The Gridiron club of Washington meets at Bolivar. Miss Nan Brown of Keyser will marry Mr. Frank McDonald of Berryville.
Fenton Gentry of Chattanooga Tennessee has been elected captain of the Oxford University track team becoming the first American to hold the honor. A Rhodes scholar, he previously graduated from the University of Virginia and will oversee team selection training and club facilities.
The White Hall Standard Training School opens Sunday June 23 at 2 30 p m for Christian workers in northern Frederick and parts of Berkeley counties with low tuition and broad church participation. Faculty include Rev A P Havermale Rev George E Owen Rev Franklin G Senger and others with courses on The Pupil The Old Testament and God's Nature. The program runs evenings with two 50 minute sessions and a 10 pm devotion and is accredited by the International Council of Religious Education.
The Big Bend refers to the Rio Grande arc forming a wide V between Texas and Mexico. It encloses Presidio and Brewster counties opposite Chihuahua and Coahuila. After El Paso the river traverses canyons, some up to 1750 feet deep in the Big Bend.
The story follows Lieutenant Valentine Preston who marries Lia Garenne after a Shanghai romance. Val faces a possible court martial for a coded refueling error, while Lia navigates social tensions at Bremerton in a circle including Captain Edding and Maurice Cordray, as their strained marriage unfolds during a Seattle visit and a formal dinner.
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