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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Virginia Evening Star declares its second class post status and daily publication except Sundays. Subscription options include yearly and half yearly mail rates, quarterly and monthly mail rates, with carriage and weekly pricing listed.
An advertising rate card lists charges for classified ads at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, 1.50 for four stanzas of memorial poetry, 75 cents for cards of thanks, and 42 cents per inch for transient display ads. It notes payment must accompany copy, and office deadlines for border ads at 10 a m. plus national reps in several cities.
The Associated Press states exclusive rights to publish all AP news dispatches and any local news printed in this paper. It reserves reprint rights for credited and non credited material.
Verses from Isaiah 25 4 are quoted praising God as a strength to the poor and a refuge from storms and heat in distress. The passage extols protection for the needy and divine shelter during harsh times.
Fredericksburg officials share Natl Safety Council ideas to cut highway deaths. Capt G M Harrison lists driving rules including focus on the road, keeping control, signaling turns, avoiding cutting in, signaling before turns, and stopping for school buses.
The article warns drivers to turn around and go opposite direction on narrow roads and to avoid mixing gasoline and alcohol. It cites a 29 percent rise in drunken driving accidents in 1934 over 1933. It urges stopping before entering main roads, using brakes over the horn, gauging oncoming traffic before passing, and stresses the steering wheel as the most dangerous part of a car.
American ornithologists warn millions of sea birds are killed by oil pollution from burning vessels. Dr T Gilbert Pearson notes heavy sticky oil fouls feathers, washes up on beaches, and harms fish and water life, spoiling recreation and cleanliness. He urges engineers to burn waste oil instead of dumping it.
A New York City school official objects to singing The Star Spangled Banner in high schools calling it too militaristic and poor music. He notes the tune is hard to sing and words are easy to forget. He compares it unfavorably with My Country Tis of Thee and America the Beautiful.
A summary of past items notes the American Bakers' Association urging budget balance, Virginia FFA team winning a national contest in Kansas City, and local efforts for a modern fire alarm system. It also mentions a Paterson strike by silk and rayon dyers, a Martinsburg death from a ladder fall, and various social notes including marriages, church services, Red Cross, and a dental health report.
Ten years ago Lillian and Dorothy Gish headlined Romola at the Empire Theatre. Simple funeral rites are held for Richard Evelyn Byrd. Mrs Lovett is severely cut in an automobile accident near Frederick Maryland. Maria Worthington and Ida Spindle die the same day. James L Asher dies suddenly in Chicago.
Twenty five years ago Col William Ridgeley Griffith a 73 year old adventurer and soldier dies in Baltimore. Francis H Thomas age 22 dies in Rippon of typhoid fever. Former President Roosevelt calls a federal judge in Indianapolis a jackass and crook. Mrs Jackie Parker near Hayfield badly burned in M H Rosenberger home.
The Clarke County Vocational Fair held at Boyce features top displays from Berryville and Boyce high schools. Miss Margaretta Brown wins multiple prizes in canning and preserves while Miss Elizabeth Blackwell and Kitty Polhamus earn honors in crocheted and embroidered items.
A collage of vivid incidents spans Philadelphia, Seattle, Canton, Oxford, and Junction City. Burglaries yield a bizarre icebox reveal and a fatal duck incident. Confederate money looms as worthless wealth in Canton. A Miami University junior juggles work and study, while Geral Kerr in Junction City markets protective horse boots for polo mallets.
Chicago Eugene Nelson, released from Michigan City penitentiary, was pointed out by deputy chief Walter Storms to robbery victims as having been arrested “about 200 times.” Storms challenged the claim, replying “well maybe fifty times, but not any more.”
Raleigh Gamble, superintendent of street construction, admits uncertainty on where to begin WPA repair work as Governor's program commences. Gamble filed requisitions for sand, gravel, tools, and supplies. the initial shipment arrived Thursday, a box of twelve erasers.
Trucker Donald Hurd, driving toward Sumner Washington, felt satisfaction after an unexpected duck encounter during the trip. The brief item notes a roadside incident involving Hurd and a duck on the road.
Washington analysis weighs Republican chances in 1936 and 1938, noting a likely Democratic Senate majority even if Republicans win the White House. It discusses potential gridlock, strategy to limit Roosevelt’s 1932 vote, and the goal to capture Congress in 1938. A second dispatch from New York argues Ethiopia’s Lake Tsana issue could reshape cotton trade and British and Italian influence, warning of intensified imperial competition.
Mrs. Clay Carr and Mrs. J. R. Strode top embroidery classes with firsts in slip and luncheon set. Alice Cary Polhamus excels in embroidered scarf and cotton sack wearables. Daisie Reid Jolliffe and Miss Jolliffe win knitting spots while Miss Monique Lane and Miss Lillian Royston gain flower and furniture honors.
In sad remembrance of John W Parish who died October 27, 1932. His wife and daughter mourn a husband and father three years on. They miss him daily and hold him in memory as they hope to join him in God’s home above. Gone but not forgotten. 10-26-11
Orphan heiress Carol Kennedy travels from Connecticut to New York seeking happiness and independence. She encounters Dr. Owen Craig, fiance of her cousin Kathy, and meets Geary Crandall and Manfred Morris as she navigates society, romance, and hidden pasts. Horton Van Cleve, a patient’s name, surfaces signaling danger.
More than 30 volunteers battled a forest fire in the Chambersville area of Frederick County. Discovered yesterday afternoon, the blaze burned about 60 acres at its peak and damaged timber on land owned by J. B. Singhass John Larrick and Harry Russell among others before being controlled late yesterday.
Precipitation data show 24 hour ending 8 a.m. at .98 inches for October to date. Year to date total 29.57 inches. 22 year average total 34.61 inches. Monthly averages list 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.
A school dynamics entry lists three questions and answers. It notes fine Oriental rugs have from fifty to four hundred knots per square inch, with the Ispahan prayer rug from the eighteenth century having over one thousand knots per square inch. It identifies Vasco Nunez de Balboa as the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean and James Madison as the first “War President” of the United States.
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