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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1935
Page
4
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A devotional fragment quotes Psalm 37 5 and 7 urging trust in God commit your way to the Lord and rest in him while waiting patiently for his guidance the lines reflect pious counsel and biblical exhortation
The President proposes higher income and inheritance taxes and a graduated corporate rate from 10 3 4 to 16 3 4 per cent, replacing the current 13 3 4 per cent. No rates are fixed yet for individuals or inheritances, but the plan signals redistribution. Congress will act now, aiming to settle before adjournment, giving business a clearer forecast despite harsh requirements.
Congressional reception of loud speakers splits members with tenors and soft voices praising the novelty while deep basses and loud orators condemn the device. The public may suffer as chatter rises, and speakers are emboldened to voice more, especially those once barely audible.
The Packer reports that the House has sent a three card flush to the fresh fruit and vegetable distributive industry and a full house to the canners. Only the United States Senate stands between this industry and amendments whose discriminatory nature could impose the greatest working handicap yet faced by producers and distributors of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The passage presents quiz style questions about the State of Franklin, a nonfunctional early state in the area now Tennessee, and defines a blind alley job as a dead end occupation. It notes the first post office was established in 1639 and reports there are over 46,000 post offices in the United States.
The House committee pushed a flawed bill granting the Secretary orders to regulate all fresh fruits and vegetables except apples and canners. The Packer warns producers face lower prices in fresh channels, while canners gain exemptions. Senators may strip discriminatory features or the bill may be deemed unconstitutional.
The Roanoke World-News reports Virginia State Treasurer A B Gathright was questioned about 40000 spurious Kendall bonds found in New York. forged after the Readjuster era, these unsigned engravings were once to be used by the Kendall Bank Note Company. since never executed, they pose no state obligation yet officials trace and destroy them to protect investors.
The Fourth of July brings a clash of views as many enjoy a festive holiday while others endure loud fireworks and noise. The piece recalls early celebrations with bonfires and illuminations and notes today’s skies filled with skyrockets and torpedoes and the persistence of illegal fireworks despite past reform for safety.
A Chicago Tribune note explains latex converts to rubber more efficiently by adding acetic acid to form a white sticky clot. The rubber is pressed into slabs, dried, and prepared for shipment to the manufacturer, replacing the old evaporative method.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending 8 a.m. at 0.03 inches. June to date totals are 2.95 inches. year to date 17.01 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages span January through December with values from 2.35 to 8.39 inches, led by July at 8.39 inches.
One year ago, kin of Max Krol voiced dissatisfaction with efforts to obtain relief from a venire facial ruling. Sanford Adams of Gainesboro dies while swimming. Admiral Byrd narrowly escapes carbon monoxide in Little America. Merchants want Route 11 kept on Main Street amid electrical and wind storms affecting city and county.
Admiral Byrd travels to New York where a warm reception awaits him with greetings from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. The text notes a drastic need for interbus lines control and highlights an exhibition of flowers in Upperville from Clarke, Fauquier, and Loudoun. R Gray Williams speaks for the city at Handley High School as Admiral Nurton is named head of the Boston Navy Yard.
Five persons graduate from the school of nursing at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Winchester Lions plan cooperation with other groups to combat tuberculosis. Henry Ford pays crew wages on freight ers at 100 percent above other ships. The British counsel in Canton warns Chinese after riots. Officers warn a Gypsy band camping in the city to leave due to unsanitary camp conditions.
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Alice Brown Little, age seventeen, was murdered in Cumberland Maryland. Frances Peyton Gibson daughter of Rt Rev Robert Atkinson Gibson Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and Mrs Gibson of Richmond married Rev Edmund Lee Woodward of Richmond. William Grim father of Lewis Grim who died from injuries on an electric light pole sues the Winchester and Washington City Railway Company for ten thousand dollars. Max Moses native Russian now living here secures naturalization papers. Emma C Sonner aged fifty six stricken while visiting dies at her Strasburg home without regaining consciousness.
Wigs became a vogue in France, Italy, and England in the late 1500s with French court ladies often wearing blond wigs by 1560. Louis XIII popularized long curled wigs as he was bald, influencing the court. Under Louis XIV wigs grew to monumental sizes and even some ecclesiastics wore them before the style shifted toward the queue later in the eighteenth century.
The text describes Columbus originally seeking support from Spain England and France for his Atlantic voyage with his brother to approach the English king. A subsequent message from England came inviting discussion just after Columbus had already agreed with Spain for the trip.
In brief we identify the painter as John Singer Sargent, who died in London in 1925 famed for portraits. Aristophanes is defined as the most celebrated ancient Athenian comic writer contemporary with Socrates and Plato. The cue about Jesus doctrine points to Paul, key in breaking Jewish orthodoxy.
A compact sampler of jokes and witticisms on business luck, insurance, and household roles. It riffs on profits, fate, carpentry, and a six word love story, ending with a quip about debt. Notable line names include Dr Theodore Ames and Reverend T A Knot.
Val Cordray's shipyard curiosity and Lia's birthday gifts spark tension as Val confronts Lia and Cordray at a seaside gathering. Jan sees strain in the flirtation while Val contemplates the party Cordray has invited them to attend. The scene ends with plans for a celebratory dinner in Lia's honor.
A notable quotation from Robert G. Ingersoll proclaims that a just God is the noblest work of man, reflecting 19th century secular moral philosophy and public discourse on religion and virtue.
Trustee by authority of a Deed of Trust dated April 26 1932 offers at public auction in front of Winchester Court House Virginia on Saturday July 13 1935 at 11 oclock AM four land parcels in Frederick County northwest of Winchester totaling 50 30 109 and 2 acres with residences and outbuildings. Debt secured 1500 with interest from April 26 1932. Terms: one third cash sale day, balance in two equal notes due in one and two years at 6 interest, with deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall.
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