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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1935
Page
4
A list of subscription options with prices for different term lengths and a note on mail delivery. Advertising rates are 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, plus display and obituary rulings. Contracts and national reps are noted with locations in New York and other cities.
The fragment includes a religious verse from Luke 11 11 and a date October 25 1935. It notes Associated Press rights for re publication. No clear news event or local names are identifiable in readable text.
The Associated Press reports a growing stack of damage claims for work relief injuries. Officials estimate 17,000 to 28,000,000 dollars needed to compensate all injuries across the program. The Federal Compensation Commission pays about 35,000 dollars monthly to CCC injuries and 60,000 dollars monthly to old CWA workers, with claims rising as more workers join.
An excerpt from Albert Shaw’s Virginia profile in The Review of Reviews lauds Virginia for low public debt and light taxation on farm lands. It notes a unique liquor control system, a businesslike state administration, and a generally stable, respectable image compared with other unsettled regions.
The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star discusses how newspapers use the word allege to shield against miscarriage of justice. It notes the justice system presumes innocence until proven guilty and explains why cautious wording protects defendants and avoids liability.
A facility highlights the Winchester Fire Department with four stations and motor apparatus. The piece notes the department's capacity to respond with multiple engines and trucks across the city.
The Covington Virginian editor urges reporters to report only what can be sworn to in court and to avoid stating definite facts about alleged crimes. He advises citing what individuals reported to police or officers and omitting unverified conclusions.
The Alexandria Gazette reports a campaign to make fingerprinting compulsory for all citizens, arguing for crime detection and broader identifications such as missing or amnesic individuals. Critics worry it may imply a stronger criminal emphasis and encourage evasion of marks.
The Farmville Herald notes Greece overthrew its republican system on October 10 and recalled King George II from exile. The piece contrasts American republican roots with European tradition, arguing Americans cannot easily grasp monarchist preference.
A quiz page asks how many square feet of skin a typical adult has, with the answer fourteen to eighteen. It also tests geography by naming Quoddy Head in Maine as the most easterly point in the United States and defines regicide as someone who kills a king or participates in the killing.
The record shows a 24 hour precipitation end at 8 a.m. none. October to date .71 inch, year to date 29.36 inches. Average yearly precipitation per the Winchester Laboratory is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 2.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30 inches.
The Rev. Mr. Johnson of the Episcopal Church, South in Lexington Virginia completed four years as pastor and was transferred at the Baltimore Annual Conference. He will lead Blacksburg Virginia, near Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as pastor with over 700 cadets of the institution nearby. He preached his farewell in Lexington and plans to move with his family Thursday of next week.
Mrs. Julia Fetzer Irvin wife of John W. Irvin former post master died after a ten day illness following a fall at home. She was born in Winchester and once co edited the Hampshire Review at Romney with her former husband Charles Poland. Survived by her husband and three sisters Susan Cookus Romney Sallie Van Ostrand Baltimore and B E Hathaway Whitestone.
The Winchester Institute will offer college courses to all and open on October 22. A rise in gasoline prices sweeps the eastern states as industry leaders convene. Eugene Meyer tells Lions and Kiwanis members that the retreat has ended and a counter-attack is near. Thomas Smallwood of Berrys Ferry dies after an automobile crash in local hospital.
Edwin Valentine, noted sculptor of the recumbent General Lee, dies in Richmond. National Christian Church at Thomas Circle Washington holds sunrise dedication with about 10 000 attendees including Shenandoah Valley visitors. Red Cross roll call names H B McCormac as chairman and Judge Weems appeals for support. Two federal agents charged with starting a forest fire by destroying mash barrels and held for Augusta county grand jury.
Joseph V. Kavanaugh argues that the fate of Mailworthy, famed trotter owned by his brother in Lexington, Kentucky, was due to other horses “pocketing” in two heats. Virginia horses win multiple events at the Hagerstown fair. Two thousand Confederate veterans are expected for a grand reunion in Norfolk. A. M. Baker, grand captain general of the Knights Templar, departs to inspect Staunton Commandery No. 8. Pittsburgh women urge officials to arrest impersonators of women on Halloween Eve.
Drake Well Memorial Park on Oil Creek in Venango County Pennsylvania marks the site of Colonel Edwin L. Drake’s first successful oil well. In 1931 the legislature accepted land gifted by the American Petroleum Institute and entrusted the site to the State Historical Commission.
A quirky New York item recounts Fordham football mascot Rameses VI chasing Mary Puccella on campus after she was seen dandelion digging, sending her to a hospital. In the city, three private watchmen were fined for unpermitted surveillance of prostitution. In Corpus Christi, a coroner’s inquest was completed during court by Justice Cullen Briggs when a man declared the verdict of natural death.
In Denver a man at the marriage license counter startled officials by declaring I am Mussolini as he presented his name, prompting a moment of astonishment before further remarks followed.
Edward Nelson of Marshall Minnesota reports finding a bottle corked by a potato that grew into the shape of a stopper while harvesting potatoes in a farm patch.
In Tracy Minnesota farmer Nels Erickson lost two toes after a gun on the ground was set off when his dog pawed the trigger. He told the doctor and his friends the sequence of events leading to the injury.
Secretary of State Hull and England's Sir Samuel Hoare independently urged that nations with surplus resources should grant access to shortages. The report notes Goebbels directives restricting German news and evidence of wartime radio censorship and a predicted rise in wheat prices for U.S. farmers and urban bread costs next year.
The text argues that surplus in the United States and imperial holdings in England and France, plus Russia and others, creates tensions. Belgium and Holland remain prosperous yet rely on colonies, while Italy, Japan, and postwar Germany suffer shortages. Hull and Hoare deem bottled up peoples dangerous, seeking what they lack.
The piece weighs whether the United States should rely more on foreign suppliers and domestic raw material production. It questions Yankee industrialism and suggests Americans refocus on raw materials while allowing foreign labor to help with processing and supply.
Carol Kennedy, newly wealthy and restless, abandons Connecticut for New York to find independence and love. She encounters Isobel Sloan, Gary Crandall, and Manfred Morris as Kathy Prentice probes her cousin's motives while Owen Craig remains a potential suitor amid a web of social climbs and theater ambitions.
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