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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
2
J. H. Meek of the State Division of Markets will confer with the State Wool Growers Association and the State Poultry Association to interest them in the exposition.
A quotation emphasizes silence as a powerful form of argument. It notes wisdom has no perfect substitute and that silence remains the most effective discovered method of reasoning.
In London Maiti satire, two actors clash over a producer’s demand to intensify a death scene. The exchange reveals tensions behind the scenes as the cast navigates creative direction.
A humorous anecdote from American Legion Weekly quips about gender as two categories. Johnny explains two genders masculine and feminine with subtypes temperate and intemperate for masculine and frigid and torrid for feminine, reflecting historic garbled science in a lighthearted panel.
New York June 27 A minority report on the League of Nations and the Ku Klux Klan issue will be presented at the Democratic National Convention. Newton D Baker Secretary of War under Wilson prepared an alternative plank advocating a nationwide referendum on American membership. The compromise draft sparked a heated debate in the committee room as members argued it was too weak or too strong. The two topics may not be ready for presentation when the convention opens at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A plan to run a bus service from several towns to Bridgewater was set today by state officials. The schedule covers June 27 to July 9 and involves regional transportation authorities in Richmond.
Washington reports the War Department base facilities at Norfolk Virginia valued around 17 million dollars are under executive order leased to the Municipality of Norfolk. The Shipping Board says the move puts the board in the War Department’s shoes as leaser while keeping the property surplus material and not for sale. Officials note private competition concerns if the government ran the docks directly.
The Naval Observatory states the moon can produce rainbows like the sun though fainter. Lunar rainbows are likely visible only near full moon phases.
About 300 years ago in Leyden a man swallowed a knife and surgeons held a brief service to pray for success before the operation. The incident marks the first documented surgical removal of a metal object swallowed.
Richmond June 27. A new Virginia law requires proof of paying the state capitation tax for the preceding year before obtaining any license other than marriage licenses. Effective July 1, citizens must show tax payment to secure dog hunting fishing and all other licenses as announced by the Commission of Fisheries via game and oyster departments.
A cashier doubts parental consent for marriage while the banker’s daughter jokes that her father will approve once he sees the books and wants to keep the money in the family.
Ten books he enjoyed most include two or three he deems trifling and omits from the list, noting they are too slight to deserve mention.
Historical note explains sugar extraction from sugar beets improved from twenty tons of beets per ton of sugar to six tons due to scientific production advances. The shift marks a major efficiency gain in beet sugar processing.
June 21 Hayfield Virginia. A severe hail and electrical storm ripped through the Gainesboro section. Lawrence Ruble, a farmer, suffered heavy damage including a damaged bank barn, wrecked garage, uprooted fruit trees, and destroyed wheat fields. Heavy rain and lightning accompanied the cyclone like winds damaging bridges, corn, and cotton.
The quotation notes that God occasionally places a great idea in a strong man. Established institutions resist new thoughts and its advocates may be persecuted, yet ideas endure by feeding on critics and surviving crucibles.
A court inquiry in New York sparks a humorous note as a wife mimics a slang line about growing wisdom. Reports describe a scientific measure: the thinnest human-visible thread is unimaginably small, requiring a thousand strands to match a hair’s width. Also noted is a Yellowstone camp fire method using kerosene-soaked sawdust in pails.
In Rhode Island a row over a so called gas attack in the Senate unfolds with Governor Williams and Lieut Governor Toupin confronting senators. The incident left several lawmakers overcome and warrants issued for absentees as Williams swore in ten spectators as special deputies amid claims of liquid bromine used in the attack.
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