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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1934

Page

4

Advertising Rates Classified Memorials And Display Ad Details

Advertising rates for classified text are 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials cost 1.50 for four lines. Display advertising permits in-office submission with lamens rate of 42 cents per inch. National reps listed in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.

Isplay Applion Divine Tenney Corps York Chicago Detroit Pittsurgh Des Moines Atlanta

Psalm Verse Inspires Praise Above Life

A devotional note highlights Psalm 63:3 praising God’s loving kindness as surpassing life itself, promising continual worship with grateful lips.

Welcome to Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Message

Visitors are greeted at Winchester for the eleventh annual Apple Blossom Festival begun in 1924. The note highlights orchard beauty, local industry from orchards to canning, and hopes for pleasant weather and good times while thanking Providence for nature’s gifts.

Winchester W. A. Ryan Ond

Murder on the Increase in Major Cities

The article cites London with eight million population and 21 murders in 1933, with suicides and trials. If London were in the American group of 31 cities, it would have 860 murders last year, 43 times higher than actual. New York City shows a homicide rate 20 times London's, per Dr Hoffman’s figures.

New York Times London Frederick L. Hoffman New York City Hoffman

Gadget word evolution from naval tool to modern accessory

The text traces the term gadget from a wartime sailors tool to a broad category of tools and accessories. It notes widespread adoption via the British Royal Forces and cites employment figures tied to related industries, including steel and glass, reflecting broad industrial impact.

Ae Steel

Notable Murder Conviction Rates Across States

The text compares murder conviction rates, noting twenty of twenty-one murders resolved by self-harm or law in one area, versus New York with one conviction in every three murder indictments. First-degree murder verdicts occur in about one in ten indictments.

Tione—Accusetine Firearmae New York

Study Finds No Intelligence Gap Between Rich And Poor Children

Dr EthéI Kawin of the Institute for Juvenile Research reports that 62 Chicago Hill House nursery children and Winchetka public nursery children showed no average IQ difference on the Stanford Binet and Peabody tests. The study suggests poverty does not determine intelligence and counters birth-rate stereotypes about the poor.

Intélligéent Ag Ethél Kawin Institute For Uvéenile Chicago Mawin Hill House Winchetka

Queen Shenandoah X coronation and bank incident report

One year ago Miss Francoise May crowned Queen Shenandoah X while Miss Margaret B Hardy was accosted by three men and four women as she entered a local bank. The note also mentions an Apple Blossom gathering and an engagement between Miss Richmond and Mr Carter with connections to Gilliam James of Fauquier county.

Francoise May Shenandoah X Margaret B. Hardy Corona Grooper Fs Richmond Carter Gilliam James Ambler Fauquier

Show Boat at Capitol Theatre and Blossom Time at Empire Theatre

The Capitol Theatre features Show Boat while Blossom Time plays at the Empire Theatre. A tornado outbreak in Virginia and nearby counties causes multiple deaths across several southern states. Handley track team competes in the state meet in Charlottesville. Winchester students and groups participate in local events.

Capitol Theatre Virginia Woodville Pappahannock County Catlett Fauquier County Handley Charlottesville Winchester Winchester Presbyterial Charles Town W. Va George W. Stover Frederick County Edwin Harold Smith Richard Green Empire Theatre

Alumnae Association Banquet and Guests Noted in City

Miss Elizabeth Kern will respond to a toast at the annual reunion and banquet of the Alumnae Association of the Woman's College Baltimore Maryland on After College What The Girls of Episcopal Female Institute and Fort Loudoun Seminary will be guests of honor at a local baseball game with opposing teams. Teddy Roosevelt shoots and kills a large lion in Africa His fourth since arrival. New skating rinks mark first anniversary. Temperatures 35 and 36 degrees not thought to injure fruit. An error in names misstated Miss Laura Virginia Miller's marriage to Lester Hamilton Anderson. correction: Miss Neva Bell Lewis wed Anderson on April 28.

Elizabeth Kern Alumaae Association Woman’s College Baltimore Episcopal Female Institute Fort Loudoun Seminary Teddy Roosevelt Africa Laura Virginia Miller Lester Hamilton Anderson Neva Bell Lewis

Japan's undefined aims threaten naval arms limits

Lipppman argues Japan's post 1931 policy abandons prior limits and asserts it will judge China’s rights and its own actions. With Japan free to expand, old treaty restraints dissolve and the United States must reevaluate armament limits while seeking a new understanding to prevent instability in the East.

Japan United States Pacific China Orient Uni Ted New York Tribune Inc

Rainfall figures show May to date and year totals

Precipitation in the last 24 hours ends at 8 a.m. reads 0.36 inches. May to date totals reach 0.36 inches with year to date at 7.51 inches. Windsor Laboratory records provide average monthly and yearly rainfall benchmarks across 21 years, listing January through December values and notable monthly highs like July at 9.41 inches.

Japan Denies US China Policy Criticism as Closed Incident

Tokyo May 1 Japan, with Britain, treats the dispute over Japanese China policy as closed. A Japanese communique omits the American cabinet member’s remark on the nine power treaty and US rights under the pact, deeming the issue redeclaration of general principles.

Tokyo Japan Great Britain United States America

Girl Clawed By Pet Bear Awarded Damages

In Loudouf County Circuit Court Burenda Jones a 9 year old girl and daughter of Robert Jones of Arcola was awarded 4200 for scratches bruises and bites from a pet bear owned by Glascock a man who did not appear in court. The incident occurred September 23 as she boarded a school bus and the bear was driven off by a passerby and later sent out of the county.

Loudouf Countty Burenda Jones Robert Jones Cola Mas Glascock Glascock

Massanutten and Blue Ridge Fires Conquered by CCC Crew

Two forest blazes near Massanutten mountain and south of Simmon's Gap in the Blue Ridge were checked after hard battles. Grottoes CCC camp members helped containment. The Blue Ridge fire covered over 400 acres in Greene County, while the Massanutten fire threatened valuable timber.

Massanutten Mountain McGaheysville Simmon’s Gap Blue Ridge Mountain Blue Ridge Greene County

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