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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
4
Rates are consolidated with The Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror. The Associated Press grants exclusive rights to publish news dispatches credited or not and to all local news in this paper.
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A biblical verse from Psalm 16 5 highlights the Lord as portion and cup with lines fallen in pleasant places and a goodly heritage. The quotation emphasizes divine provision and favorable inheritance.
Citizens urge prompt action on Winchester streets badly in need of repair. With more tourists expected for Apple Blossom Festival, road conditions must improve. Gasoline tax and local licenses provide funds about ten thousand dollars yearly for main thoroughfares.
An article explains how a red sensitive dye in Williams’s film lets a camera see ships through fog, contrasting with light scattering in the sky and signaling the potential for infra red methods in aviation and astronomy.
The Friedrichsburg Free Lance Star notes Professor Einstein’s comparison of European and American schooling. It highlights American schools’ advantages in initiative and discipline among pupils, suggesting a notable shift in view due to the eminent scientist’s remarks.
In answer to questions from a reader the three wise men named are Melchior Gasper and Balthazar. The Field of the Cloth of Gold was a plain near Calais where Henry VIII met Francis I in 1520 with grand display by both courts. At World War I outbreak the Triple Alliance consisted of Germany Austria Hungary and Italy.
The text cites Dr. Einstein praising American schools for encouraging independence, personal initiative, and a love of learning, asserting this should be their chief purpose. It notes criticism facing U S schools but argues much of it is undeserved and highlights the positive aspects acknowledged by Einstein.
One year ago Miss Elizabeth Carson of Lynchburg was chosen as Apple Blossom princess to represent Harrisonburg State Teachers College. The paragraph notes unemployment legislation, a federal inspection bill for export apples, large brewer spending, and a bombing target in Detroit.
A Virginia news item recalls the late Governor Fred W M Holliday's art collection at the state library. Mentions railways, a marriage of Miss Pearl Headley and Russell A Miller in Washington. Also notes R Gray Williams's successful appendicitis operation and a dynamite find under the N and W railway depot. Demand for small apples grows in Europe.
A mix of past items lists the Lullaby at the Colonial Theatre and Laura La Plante with Hoot Gibson in Ride For Your Life. The New York San Francisco air mail service funding stands at 1.5 million. Also noted: 34th Infantry peace quota in Virginia, Waverly Farm subdivision, 298 acres in Middletown, and a six month Valley Pike overhaul.
Trustee Herbert S. Larrick offers at public auction the Berryville and Winchester Turnpike fronting property in Winchester Virginia. The sale on April 14 1934 at 11 AM includes a two story frame dwelling with terms one third cash and two equal yearly installments with interest and a deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneer C L Brumback. paw-4 wks-3-16, 23, 30 & 4-5.
Tiggie fights exhaustion through storms and cliffs in a night of wreck and wave. He crawls up a 30 foot rock wall by moonlight, reaching a narrow ledge then a ridge, clinging to life while awaiting help and recalling Viola. The tale ends with the cue TO BE CONTINUED.
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. shows none. March to date records 2.29 inches, year to date 4.65 inches. 21-year average total 34.71 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 3.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
The Fox Film epic Devil Tiger opened a two day engagement at Hable’s Palace. Review highlights include a stampede of thirty mammoth Indian elephants, a fierce lion versus tiger battle, a crocodile tiger duel, and a trapped explorer escaping a forty foot python. World of danger and education for all ages.
In Winchester area crowds urged to bring children or attend with them to see the relentless war drama Devil Tiger described as amazing. The film will be shown again at Hable's Palace today.
A naturalist notes that African natives regard elephant meat as a feast while white observers find it tasteless and unpleasantly gummy to the teeth. The remark contrasts cultural appetites and dietary judgments.
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