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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
4
The notice consolidates multiple papers with Associated Press rights and lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery. It outlines advertising rates for classifieds and display ads, including per word, minimum charges, and deadlines, plus contact details for national representatives.
A religious excerpt presents 2 Chronicles 15 2 urging readers to seek the Lord to be found by him and warning that forsaking him leads to his forsaking. The brief message emphasizes faithfulness and divine presence.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital annual report details X ray expansion with Mayo Clinic doctor Dr Ellsworth Johnson, lab improvements led by the Junior Auxiliary, and 497 major plus 542 minor operations with 68 deaths. Charity patients reach 31 percent, yet a small deficit of 2883 remains, reflecting efficient management under Superintendent Lilian Anderson.
The article notes rising liberal and radical attitudes among American clergy. Kirby Page cites 20,000 ministers responding to a War and Economic Injustice poll, with about three quarters opposing war and most favoring private capitalism or rugged individualism.
May 18 celebrated as Peace Day marking the 1899 opening of the first Hague Peace Conference called by Tsar Nicholas II. It established the Permanent Court of Arbitration and shaped early international law.
A drought plagued region endures dust storms spanning from Minnesota to Washington and beyond. Wind erosion damages crops, exposes roots, and coats young shoots. farmers near Dalhart Texas use late fall weeds and windbreaks to save soil, with forestation proposed as a lasting remedy.
Winchester hosts the Ninety Sixth annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Assembly on May 21. Other items note a Virginia Classis session, local deaths, a murder confession, and historical notes spanning five, ten, twenty five years ago with local figures and events.
The text notes maize may have been known in the Orient as imperial grain. It suggests Spaniards carried the grain from South and Central America home to Europe, from which it spread eastward.
Past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. shows zero precipitation. May to date totals 1.66 inches, year to date 8.81 inches. Winchester Laboratory records 34.71 inches average annual rainfall. Monthly Averages: January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 3.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34 inches.
The Capitol Theatre in Winchester showcases a two for one double feature today Good Dame with Frederic March and Sylvia Sidney and Lets Fall In Love with Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Tomorrow the desert drama The Lost Patrol stars Boris Karloff Wallace Ford Reginald Denny and others in a tense tale of survival and struggle.
The Prohibition party held its first national convention in Columbus Ohio in 1872. The total national vote for candidates James Black and John Russell was 5607, with 2100 in Ohio, showing the state’s early role in temperance activity. The Cairn terrier is claimed to be the original Scottish terrier and a Highland dog breed ancestor. Gas illumination began in the United States in 1821 using a 1.4 inch diameter well near a gas spring to light Fre denia New York streets.
Tom Tyler stars as a Cattle Association investigator in Tracy Rides a western action romance at the Colonial Theatre. Virginia Brown Faire Edmund Cobe and Charles K French support him as the program also includes Private Treasure chapter 6 and a two reel comedy Corn On The Cobb with Harry Gribbon.
Chester Morris stars in King For a Night at Universal Palace releasing laughs and tears in the life of an overnight idol. The film promises gripping drama and a popular appeal with audiences this week.
By authority of a deed of trust dated February 11 1933 for Taylor M Rudolph the trustee will sell at public auction at 11 AM on Tuesday May 29 1934 at Rudolphs farm in Frederick County Virginia the assets including a Marquette automobile tractor nine milk cows seven young cattle one bull seven red shoats and an orchard sprayer. Cash terms. Auctioneers B P Dunn and Duval.
Round trip seven dollars per passenger for Nationals home games. Accommodations for three or six passengers. Planes depart Winchester at 1 30 p m and return at 6 30 p m. Four reservations phone 700 W Valley Airways.
Chester Morris headlines a Palace Theatre program with Helen Twelvetrees Alice White John Miljan and Grant Mitchell in a stark tale of love betrayal and tragedy. Director Kurt Neumann and William Anthony McGuire contribute to a gripping climax. Also on today and Saturday Bob Steele in Mystery Squadron Chapter 10 and Tom Keene in Buddies.
A sun dog or parbellon appears near the sun when sunlight passes through thin ice crystal clouds. Halos form from refraction in these crystals. Sun dogs may show color and occur year round since upper atmospheric temperatures stay below freezing even in warm weather.
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