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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1927
Page
4
An item notes consolidation of Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror with subscription rate details. The announcement mentions ongoing distribution and branding across the merged publications, signaling a shift in editorial scope and accessibility for readers.
Bible Thought and Prayer presents daily Bible selections for parents to share with children. The message highlights God’s generosity and mercy from Psalm 8 and poses the question of what to render to the Lord for His kindness.
Staunton News Leader reports Bennet J. Doty, Memphis youth and former World War veteran, was pardoned by the French Legion after desertion. He had seventeen months of a eight year sentence left in a Syrian prison when American Legion officers appealed. The pardon raises questions as he is to be sent back to the desert to complete his term.
The piece contemplates Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s plans for a four day speech to the Turkish Grand Assembly from October 15 to 18. It notes radio illness among Turks and mocks long state broadcasts as a sign of dictatorial power with life tenure behind constitutional forms.
New York World reports President Coolidge plans a January Cuba visit to inaugurate the Sixth International Conference of American States as Washington shifts toward southern neighbors. The piece argues U S policy faltered due to lapses and material interests driving irreconcilable conflicts, urging firmer representation and restraint in dealings with Europe.
The piece criticizes U S attitudes as heavy handed and disrespectful to another country culture. It warns that ignoring customs and presuming superiority provokes anger and strains relations, likening it to a boxer overstepping bounds at a host’s table.
Governor Byrd writes that Virginia stands on the threshold of great development with a $100 million Allied Chemical plant ad campaign reaching 7 million readers. He cites labor, climate, power, transport, and tax policy as factors, noting a $20 million DuPont plant to be built in Richmond and broader industrial growth ahead.
The Cumberland Valley Athletic League met at Hagerstown High School with representatives from five cities. J. D. Zentmyer was reelected president, A. M. Jarman vice-president, and E. E B. Church secretary and treasurer. The group approved the basketball schedule, ordered next season's football card drafted, and noted Frederick High's forthcoming basketball debut.
B L Howell of Belle Haven Country Club shot 77 over 18 holes to win the Tri State Golf Association medal play championship at Winchester Golf Club. Weems 81 and Stone 83 followed. Belle Haven led the eight-man team with 715, Blue Ridge 740, Fountain Head 751.
Managers Owen J. Bush of the Pirates and Miller Huggins of the Yankees express strong confidence as the World Series starts in Pittsburgh. The Yankees rely on sluggers such as Ruth, Gehrig, and Meusel with Combs and Dugan, while the Pirates expect Waner, Harris, Grantham, and Waner to produce timely hitting. The pitching matchups feature Kremer for Pittsburgh against Hoyt for New York, with both sides projecting deep rotations and potential use of Shocker Pipgras Moore and other southpaws by the Yankees.
Assignments of ministers for Moorefield district were announced Monday in Roanoke at the Baltimore Conference session. Names include H V Wheeler presiding elder and C W Fink Moorefield, with several other pastors listed for towns such as Augusta Burlington Capon Bridge Cumberland Trinity Elk Garden and more. The compilation ends with a quoted Galveston News joke about bald heads.
A new French Process Face Powder named Mello Glo debuts at People's Drug Co. It claims to minimize pores, improve staying power, and impart a youthful peach tone for smoother skin.
Federal report from Martinsburg Shenandoah Cumberland Potomac districts notes warm rain and steady demand with about 30 carlot sales. Prices show modest gains on Jonathans Staymans Yorks and bulk per cwt, with corrections to last quotations and a clarified 2 1/2 inch up 2 1/2 cars $200 for Jonathans U S No 1 and Yorks at 2 3/4 inches up $1.65.
In Norfolk, the Associated Press reports that August and September weather, continuing into October, produced unusual natural events as a Nansemond apple tree reportedly bears a third crop this year.
An advertisement promotes Baalmann's Gas Tablets to prevent gas with claims of reducing stomach distension and anxiety, easing post-meal drowsiness, and improving breathing. It asserts circulation stays warm and urges purchase of the yellow package for $1 at drug stores.
The Board of Directors declares a regular quarterly dividend of 1.5 percent on the Cumulative 6% Preferred stock and 1.75 percent on the Cumulative 7% Preferred stock for the current quarter. Payments are due October 15, 1927 to holders of record at close of business October 1, 1927. Checks will be mailed. Transfer books will not close. Owen Shpeherd, Vice-President & Treasurer.
O L Baker of a Somerton Nansemond County farm notes an apple tree that bloomed three times this year and now bears a third crop of small fruit. Pear trees bloom in many county sections as temperatures stay well above normal for over a month. A witty caution about irate pedestrians and barbed wire ends the report.
A short item notes Deputy Sergeant Lee Barr serving as Deputy City Sergeant in Winchester Virginia. The record identifies the official title and location without additional context or events.
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