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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1934
Page
4
Historical notice states The Evening Star published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia with postal service affiliation in Virginia.
Article outlines reuse rights for AP dispatches and local news, stating exclusive republication entitlement for AP credited and non credited material published by the paper. It emphasizes AP ownership of news content and local items.
The notice lists subscription rates by mail and by carrier. Rates include one year in advance three dollars fifty cents, six months one dollar seventy five cents, three months in advance zero, and one month thirty cents. Carrier prices are one year four fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, and one month forty cents.
Notice lists pricing for classifieds memorials cards of thanks display ads and transient rates. It notes 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and requires cash with copy. Memorials charge 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines each. Display ads with border due by 10 AM publication day.
Devine Tenney Corp lists national advertising representatives in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta serving clients across major markets. The roster highlights the firm’s nationwide network for media placements and agency coordination.
A brief devotional note cites Ephesians 4 30 on the day of redemption urging reverence for the Holy Spirit by believers.
The text notes that carbon monoxide gas from automobile exhausts kills three Americans daily. It also includes trivia on vodka’s origin and the term for competing Chinese guerilla groups, mentioning a tong.
Holt explored American history and found several underage senators who took seats. Notable cases include Henry Clay at 29 years 7 months 7 days, Armistead Mason at 28 years 18 days, and John Eaton at 28 years 4 months 29 days. Clay reportedly told critics to ask constituents, implying age was not a disqualifier.
The Century of Progress exposition in Chicago is two months from closing with 70 percent of a 10 million dollar bond issue paid. Officials hope to pay bondholders in full, turning it into a record triumph despite adverse conditions. The nine millionth visitor joined twenty million last year as crowds enjoyed free exhibits and a $13.50 full view, with many paying little yet seeing all.
The Senate committee’s opening session casts renewed focus on Basil Zaharoff as a world arms promoter and munitions dealer. It cites $766,000 in commissions paid by an American firm from 1919 to 1930, and notes German Krupp and English Vickers links to wartime sales. The inquiry may push America away from foreign wars by exposing profits behind arms dealing and prompting peaceful solutions.
West Virginia Democrats nominated State Senator Holt for the U S Senate but critics note he is under the constitutional age for the Senate. He will not reach the required age of thirty for the next Congress, which convenes in six months.
A reader offers Q and A items on anatomy with The larynx as the organ carrying air to the heart via the artery question, the vein as the blood vessel returning blood. The appendix attaches to the caecum. A note explains that No good is a vulgarism when adjectival and Livy quotes on wealth. Horoscope notes describe affectionate but fearful traits.
Inspector Lee and reporter Tim Blade investigate the Center City University crime scene where a young instructor Donald Reeves is found dead. A vanished gun, an attic room on the English House third floor, and nervous staff, with fingerprints not matching any faculty, drive the probe as they explore the basement and back rooms.
Dr Gus W Dyer editor of Southern Agriculturist argues freight train trucks have no place on highways. He cites three reasons: no legitimate demand, freight could be moved by many small trucks or rail, and no public service difference. He warns railroad tax shifts to farmers as roads cost taxpayers more.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a.m. none. September to date five hundredths of an inch. Year to date twenty two inches and seventy two hundredths. Winchester Research Laboratory records 34.71 inches as the 21 year average annual precipitation. Monthly averages by month from 21 year data are listed.
A year ago J Howard Cather 51 a noted automobile dealer died. Local beer sales resumed after a 17 year gap. James W Hillyard longtime City Hall custodian injured returning from a ball game. Jewelry valued over 350 stolen from city councilman W W Dellingers home. Miss Frances Gross George and Charles Franklin Anderson wed in Middleburg by Rev D Campbell Mayers.
James B. Russell marks his eighty eighth birthday. Col Brantz M Roszel elected Commander of the Virginia Department of the American Legion at the annual Petersburg convention. New 36 passenger buses start routes to Washington D C. Two swindlers based in New York and Denver run a bank fraud scheme for 450000 dollars. Winchester Cold Storage expands to 475000 barrels to become the world s largest apple storage plant.
Lieut. Lowell H. Smith leads a world circling group arriving in Maine. Rotarian Tom Cooper returns from Europe and Egypt to share travel experiences with the club. Apple trade shows strong enthusiasm for the standard pack. Virginia Woolen Company buys Abrams Creek right to supply sewerage work. Mr and Mrs Charles H Consolvo honeymoon at the George Washington hotel.
Mrs. Arthur Leage elected president of the local W C T U. Four marriages listed in the Star include Stuart M. Perry and Miss Leona M. Steele. A $25,000 reward is offered by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for help capturing wreckers of the Royal Blue flyer near New Castle Pennsylvania. Benjamin H. Thomas, a Winchester native, becomes superintendent of the main line plant for General Electric Co. near Chicago. Ten thousand people attend the eleventh annual Confederate Veterans reunion by Neff Rice Camp United Confederate Veterans near New Market.
Doctors regularly prescribe the laxative ingredient in Feen-a-mint the chewing laxative for a thorough cleansing that is gentle. Chewing Feen-a-mint distributes the laxative evenly into the intestines and is safe for both children and adults. Delay is dangerous so start chewing to stay regular.
By virtue of execution in the matter of Harry Stotler versus Harry and Emma May Jones a public auction will be held on Saturday September 8 1934 at 10 A M at 325 E Kern Street Winchester Va to sell personal property including a three piece over stuffed living room suite piano four piece bedroom suite heater portable phonograph settee and two chairs to match chest of drawers and other miscellaneous items A J WIGGINTON Deputy Sheriff for H L McCann Sheriff.
Hable presents Peggy Shannon in Back Page as the main Palace feature for tonight with Clyde Beatty The Lost Jungle a Mickey McQuire comedy and a tintype. Tom Keene in Beyond The Rockies arrives Saturday for the only western show in town a thunder drama of six gun justice and outlaw takedown.
Warner Bros Capitol shows a double feature with Were Rich Again and Hat Coat and Glove plus a short Flying Hunters. It includes Edna May Oliver Bil le Burke Marion Nixon Reginald Denny and more. Tomorrow Personality Kid with Pat O Brien Glenda Farrell opens with action romance and boxing scenes.
Colonial Theatre presents a double feature headlined by Cimarron with Richard Dix and Irene Dunne and supported by Edna Mae Oliver and Roscoe Ates. The second film Adventure Girl stars Joan Lowell, author of The Cradle of The Deep, following a perilous voyage to the Spanish Main.
A local theater presents a double feature with a film short and a chapter 10 installment of The Vanishing Shadow. The program continues in uninterrupted sequence to the final fadeout.
The article outlines a parent driven health code for children including milk, vegetables, fruits, meat, bread and water, sleep and afternoon rest, fresh air and sunshine, and regular play. It stresses routine health checks, vaccines, dental visits, and the aim of ensuring happiness and security for the child.
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