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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1934
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates by mail for various terms, and advertising rates including memorials and display ads. It specifies minimum charges, payment requirements, and deadlines. It mentions weekly editions and outlines national ad representatives in major cities.
A terse AP note indicates that Ted Press is excluded from using or distributing exclusive Associated Press material. The brief adds no further context about scope or duration.
A devotional fragment cites Micah 6 8 urging justice mercy and humility. The text frames righteous living as doing justly loving mercy and walking humbly with God. Repeated fragments suggest a religious instruction tone.
A New York incident involves a dead horse found on Koscialyzko street and a policeman misnaming the Polish hero Kosciuszko before re filing the report after dragging the body to Lewis street. The piece notes Polish pronunciation debates and echoes from Columbia University on transliteration and English spellings.
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. the Tennessee youth wanted for kidnapping Mrs. Bery Stoll is labeled as unable to resist wrongdoing by Dr. E. W. Cooke of the Tennessee Insane Hospitals. The doctor warns that failed self-control threatens society and borders on jungle law if temptation cannot be resisted.
The Secretary of State accuses nations of raising tariffs to gain leverage in reciprocal trade talks. He stops short of naming any country but labels the behavior as a serious threat to fair negotiations.
A quiz item asks which statute in New York aided making bullets for soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The answer cites the equestrian statue of King George III on Bowling Green. Other questions note Newton Booth Tarkington as author of Seventeen and identify the Guelphs and Ghibellines as rival medieval factions in the Holy Roman Empire.
The text argues that officials who use trickery and duplicity in diplomacy breed wars and crookedness. It says when governments fail to model honesty in international relations their citizens will not follow rules of decency in daily business.
Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres star in Servants Entrance at the Palace Theatre for three days next week. Gaynor plays a rich socialite seeking new experiences while Ayres is a chauffeur inventor pursuing a motorboat project. The film blends comedy and romance with strong support from Ned Sparks and others.
Weather data show past 24 hours ending 8 a m had no rainfall. October to date .45 inches and year to date 28.51 inches. Average 21-year precipitation at Winchester Laboratory is 34.71 inches. Monthly averages list January through December with varied totals, October at 3.00 inches and May highest at 3.94 inches.
Five downed fliers were rescued 600 miles at sea by seamen from the Washington under Captain Fried. Two sailors leaped into rough seas to string a line to the plane and pulled each man to safety before the wreck sank, demonstrating courage and seafaring duty.
Rev. Dr. W. F. Locke and Rev. Dr. Hubert Sydenstricker assume posts at Braddock Street M E Church South. Government plans to curb top executive salaries. Maryland Governor Ritchie orders inquiry into George Armwood lynching at Princess Anne. Winchester Bowling League to open Oct 26. Century Club studies Ireland this season. Five years ago a liquor cache was found near Hayfield. Winchester joins Edison Jubilee. National Fruit Company ships 60 carloads of apples in one day. Miss L Constance Wiley marries Revere P. Sale in Philadelphia.
Ten years ago the Shenandoah dirigible battled through a storm along the Pacific coast. Coal dealers are asked to file a slip with all sales. Captain Harry Marcy Smith of this county dies in a Panama airplane crash. Lower Valley gains prominence on a long scenic auto route favored by clubs and chambers across North Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia and Maryland. San Carlo Grand Opera billed for Empire Theatre appearances October 30 and 31.
Twenty five years ago the Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers 8-0 in the deciding seventh game to clinch the World Series. Other notes include a fatal pony incident near Harrisonburg and injuries from a train alighting at Kernstown. Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth David I. Eggleston dies of pneumonia. President Taft enjoyed a lavish San Antonio dinner during a cross country tour.
Joel Carter, a secretary in the Black Chamber, frets over secrecy and romance while navigating a Washington boarding house. She admires her boss Mr. Greenleaf, dreams of status, and observes wartime tension as she moves toward covert duties and possible romance. The scene sets a suspenseful, period atmosphere.
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