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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star published daily at Winchester Virginia with Sunday exceptions. Subscription rates listed include carrier annual $4.50, six months $2.25, three months $1.20, one month $0.40, and weekly $0.10.
Advertising rates per word with minimum 25 cents. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Advertising with border must be in office by 10 A M on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps Devine Tenney Corp with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce announces Virginia shrines will open on Wednesday and Thursday as part of the Autumn Travelogue. Key sites include Richmonds state capitol Battle Abbey St Johns Church Confederate Museum Westover Shirley and Edgar Allan Poes Shrine. Williamsburgs old capitol Governor s Palace Bruton Parish and the Wren Building.
The University News Letter notes Virginia loses more leaders to other states than it gains, with two replacements from other states for every five native Virginians who leave. It cites studies by Henry Cabot Lodge and Dumas Malone, situating Virginia among the top five states for producing leadership and highlighting Who's Who In America as a measure of native or resident high achievers.
A May event drew the largest New York crowd and first million-dollar gate since 1929. Telegraph wires, 300000 words to fans, 11000 via cable, 1000 reporters, 200 photographers. Ticket scalping peaked at 125. hotels, restaurants, and the Milk Fund profited. critics doubt the bout justified the spending.
Frank Roscoe of London, secretary of the Royal Society of Teachers, proposes a joint Anglo American patrol of world affairs. He says the two nations should act like a mature couple in a street quarrel, warning that if others misbehave they will intervene to restore order.
The piece argues that Americans approve of strong leadership and that the United States has acted as a global cop. It stresses we are too busy with internal problems and dealing with local crime to intervene in international turmoil.
One year ago a Spanish revolt claimed 110 lives. Mrs. E A Humston died suddenly of a stroke. Sarah Zane Fire Company enjoyed a shrimp dinner. The Tigers defeated St. Louis 10 to 4. Mrs. J Fred Laise died at Buncker Hill West Virginia.
Rev C J Clark of Brucetown marries Miss Moody Williams of Cambria in Roanoke. United Daughters of the Confederacy unveil a Lexinton tablet honoring Traveller the famed horse of General Lee. American Legion parade in Boston features 70 000 participants. Frederick County grand jury returns 10 true bills. President Hoover attends Kings Mountain sesquicentennial in North Carolina.
Pittsburgh wins 3 2 to take the series game two against Washington. The match details include key scoring and late efforts securing the victory at home.
Forecast predicts sleet and rain storms for October. Two hundred barrels of apples hauled on wagons drawn by a traction engine from Thomas W. Steck's Opequon farm. Wagons built in Martinsburg. Jewish residents observe Rosh Hoshanah. Piccadilly Braddock post office construction inspected and approved by federal officials. Mrs Lucy Dean injured in a fall at her home.
The Rev. C. V. Van Der Linden and Rev. J. D. Russell conducted services at Old Bethel Church for Mrs. Sarah Catherine Dove widow of Alvin P. Dove who died at her Shenandoah river area home in Warren County last Saturday. Pallbearers included her grandsons Alvin Dove and Roger Dove and James Ware G. E. Slifer. Survived by three sons Alvin Jr Roger and Joseph, a daughter Ada and sister Mrs A W Dove. another son Thomas J Dove had died three years earlier.
An American Legion Robert Y. Conrad Post 21 meeting is set for Friday October 11 at 8 PM in the Common Council room at Rouss City Hall. Commander Edwin C. Parker and Adjutant Arthur M. Field urge legionnaires to attend to discuss Armistice Day parade details, the mid day dinner, and reports from state and national conventions.
The Northern Virginia Power Company announces a three day electric show at its North Loudoun Street storeroom October 10 to 12. Hours are 2:30–5 p.m. and 7–9:30 p.m. Demonstrations will focus on home and farm electricity use with no sales solicitation.
A list details many electric items including a kettle that whistles, a car engine heater for cold starts, a goldfish heating plant, an automatic bottle warmer for 2 am, a compact electric workshop, soil heaters for year round growth, an electric fence with farm instructions, and electric toys like miniature ranges trains and welding sets.
A poem by Wilmer F. Shryock laments tyranny and war. It asks for divine mercy and urges recognition of liberty and sacrifice by brave men defending their homeland.
Banks will close Saturday October 12 Columbus Day a legal holiday. Orchardists with large payrolls are urged by bank officials to arrange paying staff a day early if possible.
Cordell Hull shows no firm stance on staying as secretary of state. He may run for his old Tennessee Senate seat regardless of Roosevelt's re election and urges a global recovery as a path to American prosperity. Hull is described as a liberal Republican style New Deal figure with a strong learning and a broad international view. Meanwhile General Hugh Johnson criticizes dole and public works and calls for a rapid, universal unemployment registry to identify jobs and unfit workers.
A Q and A style excerpt explains that no snake truly flies, but some arborescent species in Asia can glide. It notes the flying snake as a misnomer. It defines the sequin as a Venetian gold coin minted ca 1280 and worth nine shillings. It adds James Madison as the first U.S. president to wear long trousers as chief executive.
Past 24 hours ending 8 a m shows no new precipitation. October to date totals 0.60 inches for the period and year to date stands at 29.25 inches. Winchester Laboratory reports average annual precipitation over 22 years at 34.61 inches and monthly averages by month from January to December listed.
Orphaned Carol Kennedy seeks freedom after a fortune changes her plans and brings her into high society. At a cocktail party she meets Gary Crandall while Isobel warns her of his motives. Kathy’s engagement to Dr. Owen Craig deepens the love triangle as secrets threaten their lives.
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