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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1935

Page

4

Advertising Rates and Terms for Classified Work

Advertising rates are nine cents per word with minimum 25 cents and cash with copy. Orials Mem 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. National reps Devine Tenney Corp New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.

Devine - Tenney Corp New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines Atlanta

News Agency Rights Notice

The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish reprints of its dispatches and all local news appearing in this paper. This notice reserves republication rights for AP and the newspaper's content.

Associated Press

The Fountain of Praise Psalm Passages

A devotional note cites Psalm 51 verses 15 to 16 urging praise to God and contrasting with sacrifice. It invites reflection on worship from a contrite heart rather than ritual offerings.

Fountain OF Praise

Domestic training at Vassar

Twenty eight students at Vassar take part in a strict 43 cent a day food experiment. The diet emphasizes calories and vitamins and serves as training for potential wartime shortages while linking protests to pacifist student influence. The piece notes a 23 cent per person daily cost from New York Dietetic Association data and jokes about divorce cures and overnutrition.

Danville Register Vassar New York Dietetic Association Beale Harris American College of Physicians Philadelphia Reno

Dionne quintuplets assets tally for Ontario estate

Dispatch from Ontario reports the Dionne quintuplets possess $151 187 in assets. They divide the sum five ways while the estate lists contracts worth $114 750 cash at $15 728 Ontario bonds $10 000 gifts $1 956 and other items.

Fredericksburg Free Lance Star Dionne Ontario Dionmes Dafoe Hospital Province of Ontario

School Days Quiz Answers and Noted Facts

The page provides quick questions and answers: Whooping cough is highly contagious after measles. The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Utah’s state capitol mirrors the design of the national capitol.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi National Capitol Capitol Utah

Quintuplet Path to Success Replaces Thrift Admonitions

A reflective line suggests rethinking success formulas and hints that future progress may favor individuals who act like quintuplets. It argues we might shelve traditional thrift and hard work in favor of new social strategies.

A Start on Grade Crossings

Railroad men cite 200000 grade crossings and 1500 fatalities last year. Full elimination would cost 15000000000, far above proposed funding. Prioritize the most dangerous sites, outfit others with better signals, and avoid grade crossings on major routes in new work.

Mussolini urges large families as cure for unemployment

The article critiques Il Duce's claim that bigger families boost production and reduce unemployment. It questions his push for population growth while preparing military expansion in Africa, noting the paradox of using births to ease labor markets versus conquering new colonies.

Europe Mussolini North America Il Duce Italy Abyssinia

Miss Betty Weakland to Attend Evangelistic Services

Public notices report a 17 year old Miss Betty Weakland scheduled for evangelistic services at Market and M E Church. Attendance in the feature parade reportedly reaches 120000 people.

John Hay Whitney Max Krol Betty Weakland M. E

Valley convocation in session at Orkney Springs

Five years ago the Valley Convocation of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia met at Orkney Springs. Miss Harriet Pearson of this city is chosen May Day queen. Miss Anna Hollingsworth dies at 86 in the local area. The Indian government arrests Mahatma Gandhi for civil resistance. Over $120 is stolen from the home of Mrs. John Cather. Harrisonburg State Teachers College hosts a queen ceremony.

Valley Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Orkney Springs Anna Hollingsworth Mahatma Gandi John Cather Harriet Pearson Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College

Valley district debating champs win at Bridgewater College

Fritts and Frances Jolliffe from Boyce High win the district debating championship at Bridgewater College and will represent Valley District at the state contest at the University of Virginia. Martinsburg High wins a VAL track meet championship. The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr Thaddeus Rich thrills Handley High School. Virginia photographer documents park area. Dad Ryan asks 45 local business leaders to give $100 each for Shenandoah Valley Inc.

United States Park Area Virginia Fritts Frances Jolliffe Boyce High School Bridgewater College University of Virginia Philadelphia Symphonic Orchestra Thaddeus Rich Handley High School Martinsburg High School Ryan Shenandoah Valley, Inc

Latane Dies After Auto Accident While Responding to Call

Twenty five years ago Dr Samuel P Latane died when his car struck him as he answered a call at night. Edward T Brown a B and O engineer on the Shenandoah division is promoted to the Philadelphia division. Newsprint price rises to nine dollars a ton due to strikes. William Bettis a teamster is injured by an automobile. Professor Charles G Maphis is elected secretary of the Virginia Education Commission.

Samuel P. Latane Edward T. Brown Shehandoah Philadelphia William Bettis Charles G. Maphis Virginia Education Commission

Palace and Capitol attract film fans with Laughing and Reckless

Hable's Palace shows Nine Big Super Laugh Makers in Spring Tonic at Palace today with Lew Ayres Claire Trevor and Zasu Pitts in a Fox production. The program includes a Fox News reel a cartoon and a novelty. Reckless a Goldwyn Mayer musical stars Jean Harlow and William Powell with a top supporting cast and musical numbers.

Lew Ayres Claire Trevor Zasu Pitts Palace Walter King Jack Haley Tala Birell Siegfried Rumann Goldwyn-Mayer Capitol Theatre

Reckless musical treat arrives on screen from Metro

Warner Bros presents Reckless at the Capitol with Harlow in a glamorous musical showcase. The 1935 production offers a lively screen adaptation, spotlighting Fontaine and the era's flair in a bustling studio release.

Harlow Metro

Gypsy Star Consuelo and the Follies Dream

Consuelo, a gypsy star, contemplates life with Stewart Blackmire while preparing for a Follies season. She wrestles with fame money and freedom as she faces an unsettling choice between dream and control amid interruptions from the theater world. The ring and glass symbolize shifting values on the road to stardom.

Consuelo Stewart Blackmire Marble Palace High Hill Maren Stewart California

Frederick County School Board Seeks PWA Support for Gainesboro Plan

The Frederick County School Board met in May at the office of Superintendent Leslie D. Kline to approve material orders for the Gainesboro district consolidated school between Gainesboro and Cross Junction. They plan construction soon and will send J. Fred Thwaite, Kline, and Walker McC. Bond to a Washington PWA meeting to learn about new grants and press for Route No. 7 as the arterial access to the new school.

Frederick County Leslie D. Kline Gainesboro Cross Junction PWA Washington, D. C J. Fred Thwaite Walker McC. Bond

Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Records

Past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. reported 0.77 inches. May to date 1.39 inches. Year to date 12.68 inches. Twenty two year average total 34.61 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.

Winchester Research Laboratory

13 Billion Dollars Paid to Life Insurance Beneficiaries

During five years of the depression more than 13 billion dollars was paid to life insurance beneficiaries and policyholders. The payments averaged about 2.7 billion annually and equaled roughly one tenth of all wages. Life in force at year end 1934 was about 98 billion dollars, touching about half the population. Life Insurance Week begins May 13 with plans in nearly 300 cities to boost public familiarity and stability of purchasing power.

National Association of Life Underwriters Theodore M. Riehle The Underwriters Association National Life Insurance Life Underwriters United States

Insurance underwriters show rising interest nationwide

The article notes increased interest from underwriters compared with last year, attributed to a general improvement in insurance buying across the United States. The trend signals stronger market activity and broader demand in the sector.

Public sale of house and lot in Frederick County Va

The trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester County Court House on Wednesday May 29 1935 at 11 o clock a m the property of A J Sager. The tract lies on the east side of the Winchester and Front Royal Turnpike in Frederick County Virginia containing five acres two roads and seven and one half square poles with a dwelling. One third cash with the balance in two equal yearly installments secured by bonds and deed of trust and insured buildings. Trustee Herbert S Larrick and auctioneer C I Brumback. 4-30-May 17-14-21-41

A. J. Sager Frederick County Winchester Winchester and Front Royal Herbert 5S. Larrick C. I. Brumback

Trustee's Sale of Valuable Farm in Frederick County

The National Valley Bank of Staunton as trustee will sell at public auction on May 18 1935 at 12 noon at the Frederick County courthouse front door in Winchester Virginia the 146 acre farm with seven room house barn granary and outbuildings on the Winchester Front Royal Road seven miles from Winchester. Cash sale with purchaser paying accrued taxes.

Winchester Front Royal Road Winchester Opequon Frederick County Virginia Russell E. Layman James Armel D. B National Valley Bank of Staunton

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