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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1932
Page
4
Publication notes show The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia with Sunday editions and Associated Press service. Listing includes mailing rates and regional ad representation units in New York Des Moines and Chicago.
Fragmentary religious text cites Isaiah 11 6 about harmony between wolf and lamb and child leading. Confused lines mention Christ word lamp and pathways. No clear event or date present in readable text.
Dean Versteeve urged 227 Barnard College seniors to seek a rich personality through interesting lives and service to the state rather than wealth. She cited Homer Spinoza Rembrandt as examples of finding lasting interest amid adversity and affluence.
Charlottesville Progress notes that public fury over the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder has cooled little, while authorities renew an exhaustive nationwide search. Federal and state officers, better prepared, promise relentless investigation with vast resources to pursue every clue and secure justice.
The text advocates unwavering and persistent pursuit of kidnap suspects. It argues demands that perpetrators pay with their lives must continue and be enforced. It calls for calm, determined, ongoing effort without any relaxation until the case is fully resolved.
Norfolk pilot Lou Reichers nearly crossed the Atlantic in a high speed attempt before a wave washed him overboard. Captain Fried rescued him as the endeavor showed progress toward faster east west flights, though fuel and structural dangers persist. The season of ocean flying opens with cautions about risk and fleeting rewards.
The Star editor urges readers to take up beekeeping to use idle land and unemployment. Cites honey sources like clover and vetch, notes bee-friendly spray practices, and reports large bee shipments, including 200000 pounds, with prices rising. Encourages binocular study of bees and flowers. Charlottesville Va May 14 1932.
In Blacksburg Virginia on May 17 R L Leach of Front Royal secured grand championship honors at V P I dairy show with his Guernsey heifer V P I Actor Caroline Heiress. He also placed second with V P I Actor Flora Frivolity. Jersey champion was H M Hamilton of Swoope with V P I Oxford Lass Elizabeth. Holstein champion was D E Nofsinger of Fincastle with V P I Beeman Cream Haddon.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a vague health remark with mentions of a headache and a casual expense of ten cents. No clear people, places, or events are identifiable.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 6 am was 1.52 inches. May total 6.65 inches with year to date 16.83 inches. Normal monthly amounts from a 19 year Winchester Research Laboratory record are listed, including January 2.36, February 1.95, March 2.70, April 3.17, May 3.58, June 3.89, July 3.50, August 3.54, September 2.20, October 2.87, November 2.14, December 2.39 inches.
More than 200 uniformed Scouts from Shenandoah Area Council aided at Winchester Virginia’s Apple Blossom Festival. They served at first aid stations and information posts from multiple towns, earning praise for cheerfulness dependability and good turns from Red Cross officials and the festival director general.
Bob Harkness, known as El Coyote, fights Morales for ranchers’ freedom along the Mexican border. Ann Reed its secretive lover and spy, with Ted and Dr. Price nursing a wounded Bob back to health. The tale ends with Bob’s confession of his transformation and duty as the rebels’ defender.
W Irving Glover urged Missouri postmasters at a state convention to back Herbert Hoover. He said postmasters are part of the administration and should stand on the firing line, offering resignations to those unwilling to support Hoover. He asserted America has a leader and urged nonpartisan support for Hoover.
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