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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1932
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia publishes daily except Sunday with affiliations to Morning News Item and Weekly editions. It lists Associated Press rights and typical subscription rates including monthly, quarterly and yearly terms.
A devotional fragment cites Psalm 64 verses asking for God to hear prayers and preserve life. It presents a retreative line invoking protection from the wicked as part of a religious text page.
In June the University of Glasgow will award Helen Keller the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Keller, blind and deaf since infancy, spoke of finding happiness in England and described cathedral stained glass, the scent of flowers, and the spring atmosphere as she travels with her teacher and companion.
The piece cites Prof Sumner H Slichter on growing small employers in the United States noting many plants employ five or fewer workers and that recovery may first lift small firms. It argues orders are increasing in number, not size, benefiting small outfits that may grow with overall business revival.
A retrospective look questions Ivar Kreuger the so calledSwedish Match King whose rise from match maker to industrial magnate earned him the title industrial Napoleon. His global loans profits and monopolies amazed investors until his death by his own hand two months ago ending a dramatic career.
The piece argues a man killed himself amid shame and fear, called a supreme swindler who used his own hand to destroy $100 000 in bonds as his empire collapsed. It notes Americans losing perhaps half a billion in his ventures and laments widespread disillusionment, urging a dependable industrial genius to believe in.
The New York Times frames a moral setback for Japan over Shanghai, noting a shift in foreign opinion that Japan seeks Manchuria and possibly broader aims in China. The Shanghai foray is seen as a supposed first step in a plan to conquer the Yangtze valley, a theory described as fantastic but widely publicized.
One year later Smediey the Quantico Marines bulldog mascot remains missing after vanishing during the apple fete. Other notes report a county man charged with trading livestock for moonshine, 300000 visitors to Winchester, and 400 delegates seeking housing for a state Christian Endeavor Convention.
Fifteen years ago a gift of one million six hundred dollars to the public school system was received from Judge John Handley. Winchester and Frederick County plan to contribute 100 men to the first U S Army draft. Mollie Creighton Tabb will wed Alexander P Lyon of Pittsburgh in June. Housewives urged to save old bottles for catsup this summer. Lieutenant W C Spillman drills the local home guards.
Troop No 2 Boy Scouts and the Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian Church plan a chicken dinner on May 20 at the Presbyterian Church model School Room. Dinner served 5:30 to 7:30 p m with tickets limited to 200, sold through organization members, no tickets at Sunday School. Proceeds support future activities. Rhinestones are artificial colorless gems used in cheap jewelry made from strass, named after Rhine where they were first produced.
A promotional claim for RU-MA medicine, targeting rheumatic pain, sore muscles, and inflamed joints. It asserts the body’s poisons cause rheumatism and promises day one relief, with a money back guarantee if swelling and lameness persist.
A Jersey visitor from Cape May praises the 1932 Apple Blossom Festival in Staunton Virginia. He notes the parade, floats, and town hospitality, hopes Jersey folks attend the 1933 festival, and asks for three festival papers with photos for a scrap book.
The text argues the work horse never fully replaced oxen camels or asses for farm labor in ancient times. It contrasts biblical usage with modern wartime needs noting horses play a large but not sole role in labor and transport historically.
A physician advertises a non surgical cure for piles promising immediate relief and permanent cure. The offer includes a money back guarantee and a free booklet by Dr. A Sommerwerck at 1365 Columbia Road NW Washington DC, claiming nine years of successful treatment with no refunds.
Ted Radcliffe discovers El Coyote is his close ally Bob, the border bandit, after a deadly camp incident. Bob is fatally wounded saving the cause as Ted speeds to Mendoza for aid while Ann Reed, the entertainer, tends him. Ted seeks Ann at Mendoza's for help.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. measured 1.52 inches. May rainfall reached 6.65 inches with year to date at 16.83 inches. Monthly means from a 19 year Winchester Research Lab record list January 2.36 inches and February 1.05 with March 2.70, April 3.17, May 3.58 inches.
Middletown and surrounding areas recount Mother's Day visits to families in Middlesex and Clarke counties. The piece notes a fatal accident near Fairfax harming Mrs Ira Gruver of Hyattsville on her way to the Apple Blossom Festival, plus numerous social calls involving Sperry, Shull, McInturff, Lauck, and Hammack families and visitors from Washington Winchester and Hyattsville.
The text argues water holds greater importance than fire for mankind stating that humans cannot live without water and that it is essential for all plant and animal life that sustains human food sources.
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