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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1934
Page
4
An item notes a consolidation involving The Morning Item The Weekly News and Weekly Times. Subscription rates listed by mail show one year in advance at 3.50 in the main listing with reduced rates for shorter terms. Advertising copy deadlines and national reps are also mentioned.
An archaic adage notes that without fuel or sustaining cause a fire dies. The proverb implies effort and resources govern persistence, suggesting nothing meaningful occurs without a continuing source or motive.
An Associated Press dispatch from New York reports a demand surge for merchandise despite pessimists in industrial production and freight, with department store sales in August higher than 1933. Prices near 1933 levels reduce distortions, and reports from Dutyana Street indicate sales above last year in many areas, especially agricultural regions in the South and Southwest, with strong food demand noted.
A report from the American Chemical Society meeting notes chemists debating the balance between peaceful science and potential use of chemicals in warfare. Philadelphia researchers claim a substance in development could render human tissues resistant to cancer, while others warn of dangerous implications and the need for ethical restraint.
The pygmies are described as a warlike race in equatorial Africa. The only U.S. vice president to resign was John C Calhoun under Andrew Jackson. The prompt includes an incomplete quote attributed to a speaker about Liberty.
The passage extols chemists as hidden heroes seeking discoveries to relieve suffering and improve humanity. It notes many work toward medical advances, likening arsenic’s historical use in disease treatment, while contrasting public monuments for soldiers with quiet recognition for scientists.
The President proclaims Fire Prevention Week starting October 7 urging citizens and authorities to study ways to cut fire losses caused by carelessness. The note follows the Morro Castle liner fire, highlighting lessons on prompt alarms, fire-fighting readiness, and cautions about ignition of clothing, forests, and buildings.
Staunton News Leader notes a chaint paper illustration showing a group of grass skirted dancers surrounding a figure labeled the King of Babylon. The item discusses an interpolated scene in the touring show The Green Pastures and contrasts it with the original reverent presentation featuring Negro spirituals and Bible themes.
The article notes Americans once had easy travel finances postwar while now foreign visitors especially Italians and Germans travel widely in the United States. It mentions travel routes from New York Washington Chicago to the Far West and back. It also tells of a German buyer purchasing an edge-of-town estate for 2.50 to help his sister and band.
Psychologists report experiments indicating women may enjoy jokes about men more than men do and men may prefer jokes about women. The study analyzes reactions, suggesting gender-specific humor preferences across various scenarios.
A collage of quick items recalls Miss Ruth Duvall's wedding in Congs bong N Jr to Crawford of Philadelphia. a late Mrs Emma Shull will probate. plans for a fruit carnival at Martinsburg W Va. an Appeals Court adjourns after 40 cases. a 12 cent registry stamp noted. queen coronation set for September 0 by Senator Harry F. A kidnap case suspect Drechel is captured asleep in Memphis. five years ago a big parade in Washington and other obits and local items are listed.
Tim learns a telegram ties the missing Bierce thesis to a Texas professor Reeves met and a rival, Windsor Hall in Sylvania. The inspector explains the motive may be revenge for a ruined chance at a teaching career and hints at a murder linked to university scandal. Tim recalls a third floor room as a lead.
Precipitation in the last 94 hours ending 6 p m shows none. September date totals are 2.57 inches year to date 23.46 inches. Average annual precipitation over 91 years recorded by Winchester Research Lab lists May 3 04 inches June 3 65 May and other months with varying totals. December 9 34 inches.
The notice corrects a misprint stating the Manassas daily festival would be Saturday. The festival will take place on Friday September 28, with Saturday reserved as the alternative date.
The American Cherokee alphabet, though 96 letters, forms one of the simplest language symbol sets. Many Cherokee children learn the full alphabet in a single day.
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