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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1935
Page
8
The ostrich once said to bury its head in sand has no evidence from reliable observers. The bird may dig for food or inspect surroundings, but there is no verified instance of head burying in sand.
Survey of four Virginia festivals finds little immediate gain in gate receipts or deposits. Apple Blossom Winchester Piedmont Manassas Charlottesville tobacco festival South Boston yield mainly publicity value, hotel and restaurant trade, with no sharp rise in local deposits or sustained business surge despite large crowds.
A Missouri carpenter farmer known as Zenge received life imprisonment in Chicago for the mutilation killing of Dr. Walter J. Bauer. Prosecutors said jealousy over Bauer's marriage to Zenge's former sweetheart Louise Shaffer Bauer sparked the crime.
Atlantic Greyhound Lines official Arthur M. Hill presided at the formal dedication of the Roanoke terminal at 16 West Church Avenue. Attendants included Curtis D. Puckett and Mrs. E. E. Cuthbert family. Hill touted modern facilities and upcoming pullman coaches to connect Washington Knoxville and Shenandoah Valley routes.
D W Alex and an inspector from the Bureau of Aeronautics say Shepherd landing field four miles south of Martinsburg will qualify for a $75 000 grant for improvements funded by WPA. The grant is larger than proposed. funding covers lighting grading and an admin building. If approved as a mail station Central Air Lines would operate ten planes daily.
Weekend traffic along Skyline Drive and surrounding routes tied up Virginia roads as about 50 000 motorists in 15000 cars flooded the Shenandoah Valley. Partiers crowded hotels restaurants and private homes from Winchester to Roanoke with heavy Sunday and Saturday flows.
Long lines of cars jam Skyline Drive yesterday as thousands of visitors crowded the scenic route. At Massies Corner drivers stalled in a slow crawl toward Thornton's Gap while vendors near Sperryville sold apples in bags and bushels to waiting crowds.
Reports say Arthur Henderson veteran British political figure and president of the world disarmament conference faced serious condition after an operation in London. Authorities described his condition as worse and aid was mobilized for recovery efforts.
Italian forces under General Rudolfo Gragiani on the southern front claim a decisive victory in the Dagnerret region near the Webbe Shibéli river. They seized two cannon, machine guns, rifles, armored cars and many prisoners while unhurt pilots escaped after anti aircraft fire.
The Theodore Jackimier All-Stars have renamed to the Palace Theatre All-Stars and hired J. Carpenter as coach. They beat Berryville 39 to 0 in the first game under the new name with Clevenger W Anderson Hawkins Rhea Jackimier and C Anderson scoring touchdowns. Yeakle C Anderson and Jackimier added the extra points.
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