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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1936
Page
10
Col. William J. Bacon announced a successful operation on the outskirts of Memphis where reserve officers uncovered a 12 barrel still and 2000 gallons of mash after deploying forces to fix tactical problems.
American girl will perform a three day road show at the Academy Theatre Hagtratown starting Monday May 5 with two daily showings. The three hour musical features William Powell Myrna Loy Luise Rainer and celebrates Florenz Ziegfeld. Mail orders for reserve seats are being accepted with preferred mailed requests.
Yesterday's late afternoon and evening showers with a thunderstorm eased moisture shortages across northern Virginia. Farmers report subsoil moisture in apple and peach orchards, expect corn planting to resume, and note hay fields and gardens will benefit. About 0.27 inches fell in the last 24 hours.
A 48 page guide offers tests recipes for canning fruits vegetables meats and chicken. It covers jellies jams marmalades fruit butters pickles and preserves and how to bottle juices and can without sugar. The booklet promises scientific methods and cost savings on the food budget with order details including a ten cent fee.
The note from the Information Bureau requests ten cents for a booklet and sends it wrapped for mailing. The sender indicates the booklet by Ning and Preservation and mentions Washington D C and Frederic J. Haskin as director.
On Capitol Hill the TE debates a liquor tax administration bill. The Appropriations subcommittee hears Comptroller General McCarron about a 2 364 229 712 deficiency bill. The House considers omnibus claims bills while a pensions investigating committee hears Dr. F E Townsend. Yesterday the Senate ratified the 1936 London Naval treaty and the Appropriations subcommittee heard Secretary Ickes on deferment at noon, then adjourned in respect to the late New York Republican Representative Thomas.
Will Rogers star vehicle A Connecticut Yankee is re released at the Capitol Theatre through Wednesday. Directed by David Butler the 20th Century Fox comedy features Myrna Loy and Maureen O Sullivan with Rogers as a Connecticut town merchant transported to King Arthur s court.
Universal's 1936 Show Boat adapts Edna Ferber's classic starring Irene Dunne Allen Jones Helen Morgan Charles Winninger and Helen Westley. The Palace show runs Wednesday and Thursday with a Fox News reel supplement.
A nonchalant creature crossed a busy street in Charlotte drawing a crowd and prompting a fire department response. Fire crews identified the animal as an armadillo, a bony plated, clawed mammal native to South America and rarely seen north of Texas.
For sale a 36 by 48 inch platform fair banks scale with 2,500 pound capacity in good condition. Offered by the C. H. Musselman Company. Transaction date May 15. Local notice format indicates a classified sale item.
Delegates and alternates from Washington Amissville Flint Hill and Woodville districts gathered to pledge loyalty to Roosevelt and Senate leaders Glass Byrd and Robertson. Four resolutions endorsed Roosevelt’s renomination, Byrd and Glass, and Robertson for re election. The six county votes will be cast as a whole. James H. Fletcher chaired, Carroll Menefee secured the minutes.
In Long Beach California Superior Court Judge Frank G. Swain, after a jury debated a damage case, swam a lagoon near the courthouse. A bailiff called to the judge to bring in the verdict, and Swain accepted it in dripping trunks before resuming his swim.
The State Conservation and Development Commission reported April traffic on Skyline Drive reaching 169189 visitors in 52358 autos. Also noted were rising regional hotel patronage from Norfolk to Bristol and Alexandria to the North Carolina line, signaling Virginia’s growing tourism. The State Chamber of Commerce tied 1935 Virginia tourism to an $81 million annual value.
In Richmond on May 19 the Hastings Court ruled Sunday moving pictures a necessity, a test case by theatre officer Charles A. Somma. Commonwealth's Attorney T Gray Haddon said he would abide by the verdict and not seek to prohibit Sunday shows, guiding the Department of Public Safety accordingly.
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