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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1934
Page
4
The notice lists AP reprint rights and newspaper rates for subscriptions classifieds and memorials. It includes durations for one year six months and one month with carrier and in ad rates. Also shows memorials display ad rules and national advertising reps and deadlines for border ads.
A biblical verse from Psalm 68 5 proclaims God as protector of orphans and judge for widows in His holy habitation with a call to reverent faith.
Richmond News Leader notes Virginia's nine representatives all supported the president against the veto and credits them with upholding national economy aims. The piece contrasts Virginia Democrats and Republicans, praising wartime veterans and the Patman bill for soldiers bonuses.
Will Hays, at the annual Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America meeting, admitted public taste had been underrated. He faulted producers for chasing paying audiences with degrading pictures and noted the rise of decent films gaining wider appeal.
A fragment from a school exercise lists nations linked to foods: beef and potatoes to England and Ireland, beer to Germany, oatmeal to Scotland, spaghetti to Italy, plus a question about a vine fabric from flax.
Producers rush for priority rights to Dickens novels and plan screen versions of Austen Thackeray Swift Goldsmith Sheridan Rostand and Kipling works. Seventy two titles are now deemed suitable for children eight to twelve, up from fifty one in 1932, signaling a hopeful trend despite anxieties over adaptation choices.
Viola and Tiggie drift toward marriage while hiding their relationship from others. Viola fears exposure and deception but finds comfort in Tiggie’s steadfast support as they plan a future in which she regains strength. Their bond grows amid longing, fear, and whispered vows.
Present and past rainfall data show 0.1 inches for the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. and 0.1 inches April to date with 4.99 inches year to date. Two year averages list monthly values from January through December, with January 2.41 inches and December 2.34 inches, among others.
One year ago Corporation court grand jury heard eviction 12 persons. George I Pitt dies in Memorial Hospital. Miss Mary Warden Boyd and Miss Westwood Beverley Byrd named maids of honor to Queen Shenandoah X. Seventy three naval air officers and Akron crew lost as air ship dives into the Atlantic.
Two men in a 1932 maroon Chevrolet sedan robbed John L. Deighton’s Valley Pike station north of Middletown about two post meridiem. Attendant Gordon Ridings, 19, was forced to surrender $20. No arrests reported.
An advertisement extols Feen-a-mint chewing gum laxative as safe and pleasant tasting for kids. It claims universal maternal approval, thorough action distributed through the intestines, and no stomach upset, urging timely use for constipation with a price of 15c and 25c at druggists.
A columnist argues that the alleged Wall Street conspiracy behind the New Deal is myth and that the real issue is policy confusion and deflation. He critiques advisers as fragmented, notes conflicts between NRA controls and farm price aims, and contends overproduction drives regimentation, not communism.
Jud Tunkins argues that the masses are intelligent but can be confused when asked to settle too many things at once. He emphasizes the limits of common sense under complex pressure.
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