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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1935
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists subscription prices by mail and carrier including annual, half year and quarterly options. Rates show $3.50 yearly mail $4.50 yearly by carrier and smaller intervals for six months three months and one month.
Classified ads cost 27 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Cash with copy. Memo stanza ads 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 am on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contracts available. National reps Devine Tenney Corp in several major cities.
A newspaper includes a religous verse and a legal notice style credit from the Associated Press. The page emphasizes copyright and rights to AP dispatches with a biblical quotation suggestive of a devotional insert.
In a column from Elizabeth City, the Virginia highway patrol is praised for intelligence and courtesy after a Virginia driver, Saunders, was stopped for 60 mph on a wet Richmond Petersburg turnpike. The piece contrasts polite admonition with potential ticketing and questions the patrol’s approach.
A Maryland State Senator proposes a simple plan to protect husbands from their wives debts by requiring the husband to sign for any obligations. The idea aims to curb excessive spending and uphold the view that a family budget should be a partnership with equal voice, addressing alimony and breach of promise concerns.
A public notice describes a small experiment where two two year olds with equal health were raised differently. One received intense training including skating, the other did not. After two years they showed different skills but later balanced out as bodies changed, suggesting early training effects fade with growth.
A farmer near Belleville Ontario trapped a few starlings dyed the lower half of their bodies bright yellow and released them. The freaks repelled other starlings causing a temporary local reduction but experts warned the tactic is not a permanent solution as birds molt and flocks move elsewhere.
The piece argues for governments owning unsold works after an artist dies to curb later surges in price. Citing Van Gogh and Parisen Lost as examples, it notes authors and artists often receive little during life while collectors gain when appreciation arrives posthumously.
Present and past rainfall data include 24 hour totals ending 8 a.m. on the October date 1.92 inches and year totals 30.51 inches. Average annual precipitation over 92 years is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages based on 22 years show January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30 inches.
Questions and answers note Kathleen Norris as author of Certain People of Importance. Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanizing rubber after dropping a rubber and sulfur mix on a hot stove. The franking privilege allows members of the legislative branch to send mail free by signing it.
The Boston terrier and four other breeds originated on this continent namely the Labrador retriever the Newfoundland the Mexican Hairless and the Chihuahua. Of 96 other recognized breeds in the United States each hails from other points of the earth.
The Aut omobile Club of Virginia reports tourists spent 41.8 million dollars in Virginia in 1934. State leaders say attractive roads draw visitors, while billboards offend tourists who spend money.
One year ago a housing program opened with Arthur M. Field as chairman to boost the building trades. Winchester Memorial hospital offered group hospitalization to Winchester and Shenandoah Valley residents.
Authorities raid filling stations stores and eateries across the county seeking slot machines. Legionnaires in Winchester and Frederick county commend the Winchester chapter of the American Red Cross. Major Walter L. Simpson resigns as superintendent of Winchester Memorial hospital. Donald Ferree and Albert Klaber of York Pennsylvania die riding a motorcycle near Harrisonburg Virginia. Captain George Dufay, Belgian war veteran and world traveler, visits Winchester seeking autographs.
Ten years ago reports say Norway maintains a strong market for American apples despite tariffs. The Elks accept an invitation to host the 1926 state convention in Winchester. Rev. Dr. Walter Mitchell is named bishop of the Arizona missionary district. A severe cold wave grips the north central states. Randolph-Macon and Handley play to a scoreless tie in their annual football clash.
Obituaries note the death of Thomas F. Grim a noted hotel and liveryman in town. A fatal train collision near Martinsburg claims 18 year old Clinton Berry. Sugar Grove schoolhouse in Hampshire County West Virginia is destroyed by fire. The auditorium hosts a performance of Yankee Doodle Boy.
The Supreme Court scheduled Hoosac Mills case arguments for December 9 after a late change, delaying a Christmas decision on processing taxes. Justices added a new eminent domain case from Louisville, while Hauptmann’s Lindbergh kidnap murder conviction record was reviewed ahead of a possible year end ruling.
A string of brief items reports Stewart brothers in Durham collision with police failing to assign guilt. Leon Drummond freed after a Dover key fix. Wilson family facing eviction amid unemployment. Ollie Clark’s dog helps when thieves take car parts. Jack Ortwig learns aviation on grandma Florence Ferris’s first flight. Chicago police chiefs ordered to wear full uniforms on duty.
Miss Miriam Lowenberg of the Iowa State College Nursery School suggests letting children wear aprons and help prepare meals. After the cooking fun, a child takes pride in the result and forgets about rejecting such foods.
A Washington D C writer explains how federal and two state taxes can exceed England's single tax, creating a threefold burden for residents who split time across California and New York. The piece discusses the law of diminishing returns and critiques the feasibility of a shared wealth program under multiple tax authorities.
New Dealers back Republican mayoral candidates in both cities. Cleveland sees Harold Burton as the better man against Ray T. Miller, with Burton anti Old Guard Republican. Detroit’s Frank Couzens, son of Senator James Couzens, is poised for a walkover. Both cities heavily influence their states in the 1936 race.
Diet advice from Dr. Logan Clendening outlines protective foods for reducing diets, including milk, meat or beans, butter, an egg, raw fruits and vegetables, several cooked vegetables, and whole grains. Readers’ questions cover olive oil, potatoes, nervousness, orange juice, hair removal, and nail growth.
Orphan heiress Carol Kennedy leaves Connecticut for freedom in New York after a fortune changes her life. She meets theater producer Manfred Morris and playboy Gary Crandall, then encounters Dr. Owen Craig, her cousin’s fiancée, as intrigue grows around Miss Miranda Van Cleve and a hidden past.
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