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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for the Sunday edition and carrier options, plus advertising rates. It notes different rates for weekly and monthly publications, per-word classified charges, memorial verses, and display ad minimums. It also specifies prepayment, deadlines for display ads, and national ad reps in major cities.
A proverb quotation foregrounds moral virtue as a nation’s strength, warning that sin brings reproach and highlighting the call to uphold righteousness as guiding principle.
Boston's Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd prepares a second Antarctic voyage after flying oceans and poles. He envisions a polar continent beneath the ice with weather science and related fields guiding discovery, while President Roosevelt sends good wishes for the mission.
A fragment notes famine in Russia with mention of aid and a comparison to earlier cocoa rations, reflecting a period of hardship. The reference to Moscow and a large population underscores the scale of hunger during that year.
General Hugh 8 Johnson has handed a soft coal code to operators with a next week implementation. Union and non union operators express dissatisfaction and plan objections. The article questions why soft coal firms cannot coordinate on a code while other industries already have one and ponders fair competition and employee treatment concerns.
A year ago the New York Yankees won the first game of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs. Other notes include apples shipped from New York to England, WCTU membership growth, a convocation in Boyce considering missions, and local church and civic updates from Winchester and surrounding areas.
The Empire Theatre group seeks donations to purchase Monticello the Thomas Jefferson home to convert it into a historic shrine. Fifteen years earlier British and Belgian troops reportedly struck a severe blow to German armies. A Red Cross line shower is planned here next week. Over 100 soldiers from Camp Lee are due to assist with apple picking. H K Green and Brother announce their annual fall dress sale. An influenza epidemic has halted local draft of men.
The report shows precipitation data over 24 years ending 8 am with September to date 3.56 inches and year to date 34.26 inches. It lists average monthly rainfall from the 20-year record with January 2.36, February 2.0, March 2.70, April 9.11, May 3.73, June 3.81, July 8.45, August 3.45, September 2.15, October 3.06, November 2.25, December 2.37 inches.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia denied the appeal of Aetna Casualty and Surety Company to set aside the Warren County Circuit Court decree. The ruling requires Aetna to honor its bond for the late A L Warthen, treasurer of Warren County. The decision was delivered at Staunton.
Green Spring residents report visits and callers. Ralph Dix spent a night in Winchester with sister and brother-in-law the Andersons. Guy Webber and daughter Nancy visited Webber parents. Ethel Barrett of New York visiting relatives. Hazel and Ethel Dix Elsie Hensley and Douglas Anderson of Winchester visited William and Mrs Dix. Myrtle Catlett visited mother Bes sie Catlett. Dale Davis and Kenneth Strobridge of Winchester called on the Strobridge family.
William E. Potter known as Doc died at his daughter Bessie Potter Bailey’s home in Barterbrook Augusta county after a paralysis stroke. He was born in Staunton February 23 1854 and was brother to Rev Charles L. Potter formerly of this city. Funeral in Staunton with burial in Thornrose Cemetery. He was married to Emma Margaret Greiner of Salem who died 26 years ago and he served thirty years as an officer in Central Sunday School.
An Associated Press dispatch from Yakima Washington reports eighteen inches of snow in the Tipsoe Lake district with the storm spreading to Montana. Helena logged 40 degree weather and snow while Havre saw 38. Snow plows cleared the Naches highway to Seattle as a 28 mile per hour wind blew through Yakima Valley.
Washington reports the Byrd Antarctic Expedition era will gain the world s southernmost post office at Little America Antarctica. The Post Office Department ordered its establishment and issued commemorative stamps for Byrd s expedition. A 60 cent service charge will apply in addition to the three cent stamp.
Louise Garrett Casey 42 wife of A Merriman Casey stock broker of Baltimore died in Baltimore from typhoid fever. She is survived by her husband and five children. Funeral services were held in Baltimore and the body brought to Berryville for interment at Green Hill Cemetery with relatives from Clarke and Winchester in attendance.
Advice urging mothers to give Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to teen daughters to regulate health during the transition to womanhood. Promises improved well being and later gratitude as a healthy wife and mother. Sold at drug stores.
The ninth annual convention will be held in Williamsburg from October 10 to 12. It opens at 8 PM Tuesday October 10 in Bruton Church, with most meetings at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Fred Derby of Narbeth Pa will be guest of honor. Hospitality chair is Mrs. T C Hall. Hosted by Kate Curtis Circle of Williamsburg and York Warwick Circle of Yorktown. state president Mrs Henry S Eley will preside. The organization includes five adult and two junior circles in Clarke County with over 200 members performing relief work.
Newark man touts Kruschen Salts as curing neuritis after a year of pain in his left shoulder and arm. He reports a 10 pound weight loss during three months of use with no other treatment and urges readers to buy the remedy.
The Public Works Administration allotted 408000 to Prince Georges county Md for new school buildings and expansions. Of this total 103000 was a grant and the rest a loan. Work could start within 30 days and employ 160 men for a year. Allocations included 11000 for Nelson county Va and repairs for Rocky Mount Franklin county among others.
The Roanoke Times reports The American Legion backing a fight for adequate hospitalization and full compensation for disabled veterans. The V A, with presidential support, seeks the same. Congress recently pledged a square deal for disabled veterans and the Chicago convention will show Legion stance amid debate over immediate bonus payments.
A New York Times opinion notes that a returning traveler might see nothing alarming in Berlin or Munich and suggests that absence of observed horrors does not prove nothing happened. It recalls a previous English traveler from Russia who reported not noticing obvious turmoil.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference moved Rev. Charles Subock from Bunker Hill to East Harford Maryland due to a minister's death and illness. No successor named for his former post. Dr. Frank Steelman of Hagerstown will take the next regular appointment at Pitzer's Chapel and Gerardstown, while Rev Lubock also served White Hall.
A Temperance Committee statement argues Finland’s repeal of prohibition harmed the economy with a tax rise, unemployment, and crime increasing. It cites police actions, ongoing bootlegging, and failed foreign loans, urging voters to retain the Eighteenth Amendment in the United States.
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