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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
4
In this notice the paper details advertising costs including 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials at 1.50 for four stanzas, and 75 cent cards of thanks. Display ads with borders must be in by 10 A M on publication day. transient rate 42 cents per inch. contracts on application with national reps listed.
The text presents a Bible verse from Psalm 60 10 11 and a note about AP news rights. No news event is described and no persons or organizations beyond the Associated Press are named.
Staunton News-Leader reports ongoing efforts to recruit local memberships for the State Chamber of Commerce. Secretary B C Moomaw praised Robert Nelson for national publicity strengthening Virginia's appeal, urging continued use of news value, timely imagery, and display ads to attract the growing tourist business and capitalize on Virginia’s natural advantages.
The Alexandria Gazette notes widespread confusion caused by daylight saving time with travelers at railroad stations unsure whether trains depart on 3 54 8 54 or the local standard time. Officials offer tips but many commuters still misread timetables and clocks.
Some parents fear their children learn too slowly while others worry they learn too fast. Some youngsters equal older peers mentally. They excel in class yet often face laughter on the playground. Frequently published in this column.
The article states Pennsylvania was not named for William Penn the Quaker founder but for his father Admiral Sir William Penn who died in 1670. It also asks for the two famous American evangelists of the 19th century.
A scholar far ahead in book knowledge benefits from manual work and studying human conduct. The method used to guide a boy on the football field may teach more than the battles of great wars.
Berryville Virginia May 9 the town council voted to name the fire company the Enders Fire Department in memory of John H rs whose efforts left the town with firefighting equipment. The old Hardesty livery stable on East Main street will be rebuilt to house the equipment and town property.
Five men lined up inside the Broadway branch of the Quassaick County Institute for Savings today and escaped in a car with about 14 400 dollars in cash. The bank sits roughly three miles north of the city.
The body of Frank Estill Rose, four, who disappeared from his father's Covington home, a local bank official, was found floating in a vat at the De ford Company's idle tannery in Covington Virginia.
The okapi a giraffe like animal was discovered in 1809 by H H Johnston in the Smeliki forest Central Africa The Jumbo Clam a clam that weighs twice as much as a man grows in the South seas.
Amelia Earhart, refreshed after rest and breakfast, calls her nonstop flight from Mexico City to Newark uneventful and enjoyable. She notes her most disquieting moment occurred during takeoff from the high altitude Mexican airport 7000 feet above sea level.
George Keeler aged 10 of Strasburg rests comfortably in Memorial Hospital after suffering an eight broken pelvis when struck by a bicycle by a man named Doc of Strasburg. The injury occurred earlier today.
Marie McKeever, ally of tri state gang leader Robert Mais, was ordered extradited to Baltimore by Federal Judge George A. Welsh to face charges of possessing rifles and ammunition stolen from Hyattsville National Guard armory. She had been in custody since January after a New York roundup of gang leaders Mass and Walter Legenza and two henchmen.
The article notes the official golf season starting with a Saturday tournament led by E C Goss. The rules allow winter and summer play, with out of bounds on adjacent fairways. The Golf Activities committee includes Edward C Gis, E C Parker, and Lester D Arnold. On May 18 the first Bi-State League match will be at Winchester Gold Club, with Purcellville Martinsburg Alexandria and Winchester as teams. Last year Belle Haven CC of Alexandria won the league trophy. A new swimming pool is planned to open soon, with pool committee members listed.
In a quip, Jud Tunkins says a man who never finds fault earns a reputation for being too dumb to know what’s going on. A separate note mentions Greenland ice fields nearly four thousand feet thick.
A fragment from a Chinatown column quotes Hi Ho the sage about a neighbor H Hat offering help since the candidate campaign began. The borrowed umbrella becomes a lingering symbol amid local tensions and chatter.
Baltimore prepares for the Preakness at Pimlico as controversy simmers over a veto override on the Patman bonus. Rear Admiral Byrd and Antarctic crew arrive in Washington to face charges of rifles and stolen goods from a national armory. Fortyth-eight naval patrol planes await takeoff to Midway. House of Lords and Commons meet to toast a Berlin victory with a planned aerial flyover.
Chicago May 9 closing grain prices list May Wheat at 95 3-4 to 7-8 July 96 to 96 1-8 Sept 96 1-2 to 5-8 Corn May 8 3-4 July 82 1-8 to 1-4 Sept 77 to 77 1-8 Oats May 46 1-2 July 38 1-4 Sept 36 3-8 Rye May 57 1-2 July 57 3-4 Sept 59 1-8 Barley May 62 July 59 Sept Lard May 12.87 July 13.96 Sept 13.07 os Bellies May 16.70 July 16.67 Chicago Cash Grain CHICAGO May 9 Cash
Wheat and corn prices listed for futures and spot at Baltimore and Winchester markets. No. 3 red wheat at 97 plus 1-2, No. 3 mixed corn at 90 1-2, No. 2 yellow at 91 1-2, No. 3 white at 92 1-2 to 93 1-2. White corn 95 cents per bushel, brand new barrel prices 4.75 for white, 4.50 for yellow. All quotes based on mill deliveries.
Closing prices today for Allied Chemical American Can American Smelters American Tel Tel Atch Topeka is Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Gas General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward NY Central Penn Railroad Standard Oil of NJ Union Pacific U S Steel Woolworth.
Harry Gilbert Grimm has been adjudged bankrupt by Judge John Paul of Harrisonburg. Transcript recorded in Corporation Court. case referred to Edward C. Martz, Esquire, referee in bankruptcy. A notice of homestead exemption for A Randolph in the amount of 378 dollars filed.
City records show a document from Mayor Anderson and City Manager Field stating no claim to a narrow ground strip at the south side of the bus terminal parking area after a church fence removal. The strip was paved as a courtesy to the city to avoid an unpaved and unsatisfactory area.
Thomas P. Abbott of Baltimore leads a coalition of over 3,000 Maryland retail dealers who vow to contest in court the one cent gross receipts tax imposed by the 1935 Legislature in Baltimore on May 9.
Abram Garfield settles in the Western Reserve then dies of a fever leaving his wife and four children including James Garfield, who would become the twentieth president. The text notes glass as tough, noting quick cooling in lensmaking and resistance to breaking on impact.
President Roosevelt urges continued work to revise the criminal law to aid crime solution. Chief Justice Hughes calls for simplified federal procedure to speed decisions and reduce technicalities, urging faster prosecution of criminal appeals.
The air ministry launched a campaign in Berlin to have every resident fly over the city at least once as part of a wider effort to boost aviation. The move aligns with the third Reich’s plan to steer supply and demand through government intervention.
Washington May 9 The House rejected 78 to 44 an amendment by Representative Hollister to remove a section allowing the Federal Reserve Board to set reserve requirements for member banks. The vote came after a brief discussion as the omnibus banking bill moved toward final passage and a final vote was anticipated before adjournment.
Austin Texas May 9 Governor James V Allred refused to intervene in the execution of Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer. The Court of Criminal Appeals had just denied a writ of habeas corpus. The two men are scheduled for electrocution shortly after midnight tonight.
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