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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1935
Page
4
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Biblical excerpt from 1 John 2 5 emphasizing that those who keep God's word prove that the love of God is perfected within them in Christ.
President Roosevelt told Roy W. Howard that the administration’s basic program is nearly finished and that business may enjoy a breathing spell. He praised banking stabilization and the economy bill while noting past experiments and borrowing, urging continued faith in fiscal prudence and constitutional limits.
The New York Times notes storm clouds over potato control provisions in the AAA Amendment Act, law August 24, with about thirty pages of text, brief House debate, and minimal Senate discussion. Officials view the plan skeptically as it mirrors cotton and tobacco restraints, amid a 377 million bushel potato crop estimate.
The proposed bill would let the Secretary of Agriculture set a total countrywide potato crop and fix a national price matching 1919 to 1929 purchasing power. Farmers above five bushels face a tax of 45 cents a bushel on excess, with penalties for packaging and stamping violations. Critics call it unconstitutional and protest from New Jersey farmers.
A mob in Morris County New Jersey gathers at a nudist camp in Long Valley after a dispute with Will Searles. Police intervene as about a thousand residents watch, a dozen nudists are arrested, and the incident tests mob justice and public virtue.
A speech condemns persecution of outsiders and those who differ noting the mistreatment of cripples and the physically deformed. The speaker urges genuine tolerance beyond lip service and calls for acceptance of diverse students and allies.
Ellsworth Orndorff of Albemarle Va argues that playing baseball on Sunday desecrates the Sabbath and urges Winchester city officials to close the ball park. He cites a recent 3 to 2 win by the local team and calls for church petition to authorities to enforce Sabbath observance.
The text cites Lew Wallace as author of Ben Hur born in Brookville Indiana 1827 to 1905. It notes 7 400 000 children on relief making up forty percent of total needy. It also defines a geyser as a hot spring that ejects water into the air.
One year ago Virginia police were posted to stop flying squads of textile strikers aiming to enter Danville from North Carolina. Deaths occurred as textile strike disorders broke out in North Carolina and Georgia. The Soviet-American debt parley ended unsuccessfully. The Winchester Lions Club dedicated their first aid station on Route 11 near the Rainbow Nursery.
Five years ago the Frederick county Democrats present an unbroken front as the campaign for the November election opens. The piece notes local political momentum and sets a sense of the season’s contest.
Ten years ago a public meeting was called for September 14 to discuss development of a public park. Col William Mitchell, critical of methods blamed for the Shenandoah disaster, predicts his early arrest. A New York company will present Abies Irish Rose at a local theatre. Lewis N. Barton named commander of the Knights Templar. Water scarcity hampers Martinsburg firefighters in a blaze.
Twenty five years ago a four year high school course began for pupils at John Kerr School. The Clarke County W C T A met in Berryville. An auxiliary electric plant at Millville West Virginia began operation by the Winchester and Washington City Railroad Company. Fred L. Glaize narrowly escaped injury when his horse bolted on East Piccadilly Street. The Baltimore and Ohio announced plans to erect apple sheds locally.
A burglar entered Peer F. Vignes’s New York apartment, stole a typewriter, and ran up a 119 dollar long distance bill by dialing six cities. Huey Long is described as a trade puller, not because of money. A Longmont teacher’s voice interrupted a summer break.
Washington reports expose Everett Colson as a flawed public agent for Emperor Haile Selassie. The scheme to win U S and British oil support backfired, angering Anglo American opinion and drawing criticism of Standard Vacuum Oil and Francis M Rickett.
Dr James S McLester used his AMA inaugural address to argue nutrition shapes future history. He urged public education on nutritive value and noted 20 million Americans may lack adequate food. Lee Baking Co adds Vitamin D to O-Bay Vitex Bread, approved by Good Housekeeping, without price increase.
The passage labels a ruthless European adventurer as untrustworthy and reckless, noting his mere presence unsettles Europe, North Africa and Asia. It also references Colson as Blundering in good faith and Rickett as gambling on unknown aims, suggesting a hard-to-assess but significant figure.
The Church of Christ announces a Sunday evening Go To College service dedicated to young people heading to college. Pastor Rev. George Earle Owen notes three brief talks by F. L. Sargent Jr. returning to the University of Virginia, Bruce Shade bound for Cincinnati Industrial School, and Jamie Goode joining Virginia Polytechnic Institute. A dialogue on The Spirit of Education will be performed.
In Ol Mekon East Siberia locals claim the town sits at the world’s coldest point where water hurled from a bucket freezes solid before hitting the ground as temperatures plunge well below zero. The region’s usual temperature is minus 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Precipitation for the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. shows none. September year to date 3.95 inches, year to date 28.03 inches. Winchester Laboratory records 34.61 inches average annual rainfall over 22 years. Monthly averages listed. Separate note indicates cats: cheetah and tiger purr, puma does not. leopard, lion, lioness, ocelot, serval, caracal do not purr.
The receiver for the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Co. announced the sale of the bank building on Washington Street for $100,000. Charles J. Hoover of Chicago, representing a large Chicago firm, is the purchaser. A modern store building will be erected on the site. The bank building is among Hagerstown’s oldest structures.
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