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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1930
Page
4
Publication page lists multiple local papers and unusual subscription rates, including $1.78 annual advance figures and various monthly options. Names national ad reps Devine Tenney Corp cited for New York Des Moines Chicago markets.
The Associated Press states exclusive rights to publish its news dispatches and all local news in this paper. It asserts control over republication of material credited to AP or not.
A jumbled excerpt presents biblical verses from 2 Corinthians 6 14 15 and a brief prayer. The legible parts reference verse quotes and a call for righteous living within a faith community. The rest of the source is unclear and garbled.
The piece reflects on former New York police commissioner Whalen, praised for traffic flow and showy appearances but criticized for neglecting the underworld. It notes the unresolved Rothstein case and ongoing crime in New York, while Whalen reenters public life in Richmond with unchanged public image.
The Illinois State Department of Health urges bus drivers to pass strict physical exams similar to those for locomotive engineers ship captains and airplane pilots. With 20 000 passenger buses in Illinois and many more nationwide, snap judgments or visual impairments could cause catastrophe.
The Lynchburg Advance reports that seven members of Duke University's 1930 baseball team have signed with major league clubs. Five of the signees have already joined professional rosters as the majors rely on college talent for top material.
The article reflects on early ridicule faced by aspiring players and notes how college graduates rose to prominence in the American and National leagues. It asserts colleges will become an even more important source as many minor leagues disappear and others decline.
The nineteenth annual Shawnee District Sunday School Association convention will be held Wednesday at Kernstown Methodist Episcopal Church. Morning session opens at 10 00 and afternoon at 1 30 with lunch at the church. Programs include devotional services readings lectures on building the Sunday School and religious education. The day ends with committee reports and election of officers. The Soviet football team denied permission to tour England is noted as better at Russian than home talent.
Trustee James P. Reardon offers at public auction the 100 acre Armel farm in Frederick County near Winchester. Sale at noon on Thursday May 29 1930 in front of the Frederick County Court House. Terms require one third cash and balance in one and two years with two promissory bonds and six percent interest. Includes large barn outbuildings and homestead waiver of exemption.
Newfoundland imports show a 100000 hat total this year. The piece notes cautious interpretation of economic data and includes a quoted remark about laws governing thought and speech, attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly in Charlottesville tacked at union with the pe fe from the south. Votes from 92 pres showed 37 for union, 25 for postponing, one abstained. School of the Ozarks in Hollister Mo was chosen for next year’s meeting. Dr Neal L Anderson in Charlottesville urged a spiritual awakening in a mechanized era.
More than 20 000 Southern Presbyterians contributed to the dedication of the Church of the Pilgrims here today as leaders from across the South joined delegates at Charlottesville for the general assembly. Rev. William R. Dobyns, retiring moderator, gave the dedicatory sermon at the new Gothic edifice completed after three years of construction and funded since the 1920 assembly authorization.
Representative Collier of Mississippi argues the proposed eight cent per hundred pounds cement duty harms flood control work and road construction funded with over 300 million dollars. He notes limited cement imports would yield little revenue while increasing costs to protect lives and property from floods.
Ella Grimes aged 20 from Baltimore was banished from Winchester by the police court on Saturday. She was ordered to leave town by three o clock and was fleeing toward the Monumental City to avoid six months in jail in lieu of banishment.
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