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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1933
Page
4
Daily Winchester Virginia paper outlines publishing schedule and Associated Press note. It lists subscription rates, classified 32 cents per word, memorials 1.50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks 75 cents, display ads 42 cents per inch with 10 A.M. deadline and contract rates.
A compact quotation from Proverbs 16 32 emphasizes restraint over force, noting that one who controls anger and spirit is greater than a conqueror who captures a city. The verse contrasts temperance with triumph.
Washington Post reports on the dedication of a monument commemorating the Zuider Zee extinction. A dam 18 miles long seals off the ocean from about 1,000,000 acres, expanding the Netherlands productive area below sea level. About 300,000 acres become a fresh water lake from the IJssel, with 600,000 acres reborn as garden plots and pastures for 300,000 people.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports a split over when the eighteenth amendment repeal takes effect. The Supreme Court has ruled that ratification is consummated when the thirty sixth state acts, regardless of a secretary of state proclamation, citing a 1919 consummation date and a 1929 proclamation delay as immaterial.
The motor car goes everywhere now with a car for every use. The latest and most romantic mode of transport promises new freedoms and broader horizons for buyers seeking style and practicality.
A description extols a motor tractor puller sixty nine feet long with a 385 horsepower diesel engine and eighteen wheels. Built of steel and insulated for desert heat it includes a fridge kitchen and baggage compartment. It carries 30 passengers and can traverse bridgeless rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates, evoking Xenophon Alexander Caesar and Marco Polo before noting today’s progress.
Applications for patents are increasing signaling recovery after a slump in inventiveness. Last year saw the lowest volume since 1908 with around 60 000 applications, while peak years reached about 90 000. The trend matters more than the exact numbers as inventors regain confidence in the Machine Age and industrial progress.
A year ago Boyd Richards received a ten year term in the state penitentiary while notes on appeal cloud the decision. Crowds cheered Roosevelt in Seana Pa and Wheeling W Va as Robert H Jenkins aged 32 of Millwood Clarke County was reported dead. Potomac and Shenandoah rivers rose at Harpers Ferry West Virginia with Senator Norris predicting a large Roosevelt vote.
Unusually warm dry conditions reduce apple yields by about one million barrels between Hagerstown Maryland and Staunton Mississippi. In Clarke County Berryville Miss Rose MacDonald elected president of Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club. Baltimore plans a large rally for Al Smith. Miss Mary Louise Barr marries Frank Howard Chandler Jr. and cousin Miss Alice Louise Carper marries Leonard J Langbein, both brides from Clarke County.
Senator J. Brad Beverley of Fauquier County condemns the bond proposal as unwise. The Valley Lutherans plan a mai n event in Woodstock while local Rotary members push for the Northwestern Grade project completion.
Harrisonburg Daily Independent reports the Allied advance across the Scheldt Canal as the war effort weighs on readers. The paper notes a $52 000 shortfall to reach the Liberty loan target and mentions flu and pneumonia affecting staff. Mrs H D Puller seeks volunteers to cook for flu patients while Jailor Lewis E Armel and his wife suffer with illness.
A fragmented clipping discusses how women might attract men using cosmetics and other remedies. It references Carter's products and mentions a mix of advice and promotional lines, with uncertain sources and dated language. The text resembles a sensational advice pamphlet rather than a coherent article.
Lizetta bets she can win Stuart Logan while Terrance Withington arrives at Tropica Beach and old confidences surface. Marion schemes with Stuart nearby as Lizetta ducks a party and contemplates romance amid social tensions and a looming dinner.
Bids opened in Washington for the Skyland Drive paving cover 17 miles from Thornton's Gap to Fishers Gap and 18.5 miles to Swift Run Gap. Keeley Construction Co. bid $230,233 and Ralph E. Mills Construction Co. bid $225,067, but awards hinge on reference checks and details. Funding comes from over $2 million set aside for road work in the Park, with added costs from a change to 7 inch top dressing.
Barracks to be built for winter at Camp Skyland near Luray Virginia began today with about 200 carpenters employed. The work covers five CCC camps within a fifteen mile radius as winter preparations proceed.
Page notes multiple camps in the area building quarters for troops including Camp George H Dern with five men and several officers buildings plus hospital offices. Work aims to finish in two weeks despite possible harsh weather. Camps Fechner Nira Beech Spring Roosevelt spread across local sites with Fechner moved to a lower windy area after a near demolish windstorm.
A reader reports long term pill use for constipation and claims switching to All Bran three times daily aids regularity. The letter promotes cereals and vegetables as a gentler alternative to medicines and advises two tablespoonfuls daily, with a note about seeking grocer guidance if relief is not found.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation ending at 8 am with no rainfall. October to date totals 1.17 inches, year to date 35.43 inches. Twenty year monthly averages list January 2.36, February 2.0, March 2.70, April 3.11, May 3.73, June 9.81, July 0.45, August 3.46, September 2.15, October 3.06, November 4.25, December 2.37 inches.
Trustees announce a public auction of the Arthurne store and residence property on the south side of Senseney Road in Winchester Virginia. The sale will be at the County Court House on Saturday November 4 1933 at 11 oclock A M. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with notes bearing 6 percent interest and secured by deed of trust and insured buildings.
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