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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star in Winchester Virginia notes post office listing as second class. It publishes daily except Sunday with subscription options and rates for mail and carrier delivery, advertising and memorials, including display ad deadlines and transient rates.
Mussolini told an International Conclave of War Veterans that Italy loves peace, then hours later declared Italy is on the march and will move straight to its objective. He urged continued forward momentum as 20,000 Avanguardia troops were reviewed and hailed.
The statement denounces the violent attack on Senator Long as un-American and unworthy of free citizens. It argues hatred does not justify murder and claims recall must be by ballots, not bullets, stressing democracy cannot be run by violence.
The text praises and critiques Senator Reynolds and his companions who toured Virginia in a land yacht during a congressional recess. Critics say the trip proves little while supporters tout its display of travel and expense.
Richmond Times Dispatch notes Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina travels in a homebuilt trailer boat on a 9000 mile, $100, 30 day tour to view landmarks. He plans speeches before the Flag Association and will pass out pamphlets on North Carolina. The voyage follows a grueling congressional session and includes two companions, limited cooking, and self supplied lodging.
W P Adams, the state’s largest farmer, explains his system of planting one sixth of his 6500 acre farm in clover each year and plowing it under as green manure. He calls it a six year cycle or sabbatical for crop rotation, emphasizing regularity and full-farm application.
A Paris and New York dressmaker argues American women blend in by copying trends. She says French styles aim to turn heads and invite individual notice, while uniform dress drains distinct appeal. Men also imitate trends to avoid standing out.
Alister Forbes, a Canadian rancher, testified in New York federal court about losing $30,000 in a confidence game linked to James C. McKay and Reno gamblers Graham. Forbes said he was led to believe McKay was a bank official and traveled from Victoria to Reno with steerer accomplices Lamonte and Stoneman to cover a horse bet.
The crushed body found along the Norfolk and Western Railroad near Antietam was identified as Opiga Hill of Keedysville about 30. Thomas Brenner of Keedysville identified Hill saying Hill lived with him two years and had not been seen since Sunday.
Leslie Eichel analyzes the 1936 Republican nomination race noting Borah as a central figure and predicting a clash between fielded candidates including Hoover Knox Landon and Vandenberg. The piece discusses Roosevelt era parallels and the push by conservatives to unite against Borah while considering a compromise alternative.
The text identifies Josiah Hornblower as America’s first team engineer arriving in 1753 with the first steam engine. It notes the Venus de Milo is housed at the Louvre in Paris and describes the Virgin Islands of the United States as a West Indies group of islands purchased from Denmark in 1917 for 25 million dollars.
Local fire companies launched a drive to purge the city of fire hazards. Also noted are leadership changes in Fraternal and American Legion groups, and large funeral attendances for mill riot victims in South Carolina.
Ten years ago in Cumberland Maryland two locals were seriously injured when their car crashed at the Cedar Creek bridge on Valley Pike. Mrs Joseph F Moore of Berryville wins Mayo Memorial trophy at Blue Ridge Country Club Journey. Mrs William A Kelly is buried here. Bowdoin MacMillan Byrd Arctic ship arrives in Greenland fueling port with only one ton of coal in bunkers. Miss Frances Conway Henderson of Bowling Green and Oscar McVeigh Carr of Boyce wed.
Twenty five years ago Mrs Mary T Bartlett died at her home 128 North Washington Street she was in her 91st year Local dealers could supply school books despite a state publisher contract dispute Miss Merenda Beryl Manuel of Stephens City marries Robert Lee Sowers of Warren County Walter Croft formerly of Winchester is seriously injured in a fall from a telephone pole at Shippensburg
Washington business leaders sigh over adjournment and await a possible congressional extra session if war expands in Europe. The neutrality act may fail to cover new crises. Russo American relations remain unsettled. Roosevelt faces a 1936 program and a Supreme Court review looms. Prices rise and labor tensions grow as strikes threaten various industries.
A mixed bulletin notes New York passenger Lupoff aboard the Dixie recalls how women on the stranded liner kept powder and lipstick handy despite fears from life belts. In Pittsburgh Earl Ciccerone is freed after a four year auto theft sentence while William Wallace claims conscience. Salamanca sixteenth men seek domestic science class amid crowded rooms. A Salmon river ditch blocks flow as a 20 pound salmon damns the channel and farmer Brown retrieves it.
Salmon Idaho farmer Shane Brown irrigating an alfalfa field contemplates an early harvest season still weeks away. Weather, water access, and crop readiness shape his workload as the growing cycle progresses in Idaho.
In Mexico's rural districts, Spanish is largely replaced by a traveler’s sign language. Those who know the symbols can convey main needs without speaking.
In Sedalia Missouri two thirds of Jefferson School teachers can usually tell the Murray twins apart. The Murray family includes Doris and Dean aged 12, Billy and Betty aged 6, and Ray and Joe aged 9. Parents J R Murray have two other sets of twins.
Betty Emarino and Anthony Capra plan to marry on September 29 in Chicago. Betty will move upstairs to wed Anthony, while his sister Rose Capra will move downstairs to marry Betty's brother Thomas Ennarino.
Early reports accused Egyptians of cannibalism after bone marks appeared in cemeteries. Later studies attributed the marks to beetle infestations, clearing the ancient population of cannibalism allegations.
Janet learns Miss Boisevain has died and Nita buries her. Blair Rodman is wounded and hidden in the stable while Rajah menaces the mansion. Janet fears a masked intruder remains inside as she plans a late escape guarded by Rajah’s watchful presence.
Jericho and Cleopatra Jericho, rich in balsam groves, were among the possessions of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, a gift from Anthony.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. September to date totals 3.95 inches, year to date 28.03 inches. The Winchester Laboratory 22 year record lists average annual rainfall 34.61 inches and monthly averages ranging from 1.94 to 3.88 inches with September 2.43 inches and October 2.90 inches.
Luffa is a gourd also called rag gourd and vegetable sponge. The young fruit is cooked like squash, eaten in soups or stews, and sometimes dried. In this country luffas are grown mainly for curios and ornaments. dried fruit fibers are bleached to make bath sponges and scrubbing pads.
The Twentieth Amendment ends the lame duck session by moving the first post election Congress to January 3 and shifts the President’s inauguration to January 20.
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