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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1935
Page
4
The fragment lists publication details for The Winchester Evening Star and related subscription pricing, including editor name F. Byrd Jr and mail and carrier rates for various prepaid periods, with garbled trailing text.
Classified rates two cents per word with minimum twenty five cents, memorials priced at one fifty for four stanzas, display ads due by 10 A.M., transient rate forty two cents per inch, contract rates on request. National reps Devine Tenney Corp in multiple cities. Bible verse from Philippians 4 8 included.
McCarthy Downs state auditor reports no criminal shortages among Virginia county treasurers for the year ending June 30 1934. The 100 treasurers statewide are praised for cooperation efficiency and duty in Frederick and Clarke counties Robert Smith and William Bradford singled out for exemplary service. Virginia seeks to maintain its lead in honest government.
Audrey Williams and Harry Hopkins' first assistant relief administrator say business must share work with workers to fix unemployment. They criticize a federal policy that pays prevailing wages to relief workers while discouraging private employment, noting expenditure cuts since June and calling for further reductions.
Richmond Times Dispatch notes the death of DeWolf Hopper the famed performer known for Koko in The Mikado and his celebrated Casey at the Bat. Hopper’s long career included more than 10 000 renditions making him the most authentic Koko and a master of dramatic declamation.
A nostalgic reminiscence traces Casey’s ill fated plate moment along with Richmond’s memory of Hopper. The veteran actor’s long career in sketch and dialect comedy is recalled as a fatherly figure of theater and baseball lore.
Stout predicts speedier progress in auto tech over five years with lighter quieter engines and better temperature control amid rising information. The piece notes cars influence housing recreation and sound insulation and argues obsolescence rising faster than wear. It also recounts Leonard Koenecke drunken flight incident and calls for sobriety rules in aviation.
From a naval base in Malta Britain aimed to control the troubled Mediterranean while protecting the route to the Orient. Report says the United States plans a Malta of the Pacific to perform a similar strategic role.
The text discusses fortifying a Pacific outpost off San Diego for navy convenience and California coast protection. It envisions a depot for the Pacific fleet with an emergency air field harbor improvements and several large guns as a natural development. A real peace movement could limit such construction to commerce and naval routine.
WN Va September 27 Middletown High moves from football to basketball and volleyball. Principal Orville Wake says insufficient boys and injuries justify the change. Basketball and volleyball will be offered to boys and girls with Wake coaching the boys and Mrs Powell coaching the girls as courts are prepared.
Peace officers from Maryland West Virginia and western Pennsylvania met in Connellsville to exchange ideas on policing discuss proposed laws and plan improved cross state cooperation for cracking down on crime.
Aged 75 Mrs Emma Strickler dies at White Post after lingering illness. Also noted: Anna Janney Silver dies after illness. Robert E Whitacre 65 dies at home. infant Donald Cochran crowned champion at Better Baby Festival. county school fair planned at Stephens City October 10 11.
The article notes Article VI forbids any religious test as a qualification for office or public trust in the United States. It highlights the separation of church and state principle embedded in the founding document.
Short humorous vignettes from cities coast to coast. A Philadelphia boy Ambers Scout twist. a World War veteran’s medal delay tied to a jail cell misread. a Cedar Rapids sheriff fined for using federal prisoners as drivers. a Jackson tale ends with a captain’s question about a missing item.
Oklahoma City senator T P Gore watched horse races at the state fair and picked a pair of winners while planning to run next year to succeed himself.
In Cheyenne a shepherd dog delivered an unlabeled laundry package to Dr. H. L. Goff, with no owner or canine markings identified. Elsewhere Oregon official D. Hood complains of too little work and suggests the budget job be given to a governor aide.
Central press report surveys Republican hopes for 1936 with Gov. Alfred M. Landon rising as Borah fades and Knox seen as possible but weak. Ickes faces uphill odds for a GOP bid while Hopkins and Roosevelt power dynamics shift in Washington and Boulder Dam trips loom.
Short quiz questions ask about country initials U S A and author quotes. The Union of South Africa is named as the country. Shakespeare is cited for a famous line. The President of the United States is listed as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.
Fresh northeast or north winds over the northern coast and bay areas with overcast skies and rain tonight through Saturday. In the Chesapeake Bay north of the Potomac river winds shift to fresh northerly over the next 24 hours.
About 5 800 CCC replacements from Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia to report at Fort Meade in October. Six thousand replacements from Pennsylvania will report to Le Hoyle in the same period. Quotas by state for junior and veteran replacements to Fort Meade are listed with Pennsylvania and Virginia leading.
Foundation of Mexico City traces its origin to an early settlement with stone structures and canals. The city, North America’s oldest metropolis, sits atop former indigenous streets and waterways.
Blair and Janet escape the Wanderer with Maurice Boisevain dead in stateroom A. Blair plans to wed in Seattle as Captain O’Malley halts the voyage and prepares to bury the dwarf-like killer after a tense dawn aboard the yacht.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. September to date totals 4.43 inches, year to date 28.57 inches. The 22 year average is 34.61 inches and monthly averages range from 1.94 to 3.88 inches with September at 2.43 inches.
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