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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star lists post office entry at Winchester Virginia as a second class matter and consolidates with the Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror. It outlines advance subscription prices for various terms and carrier options.
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A religious prayer fragment invokes the God of our fathers praising wisdom and might and asking for guidance about the king's matter as in Daniel 2 23 and supplicates God to be the God of their succeeding race.
A Virginia newspaper notes a church driven push to apply religion to social problems. It cites the State Board of Health led by Dr Enmion G Williams the Cooperative Education Association under Mr Montgomery and the Public Welfare Board under Mr Frank Bane as proof of religious backing and practical effort in social welfare.
A Virginia commission studies ways to raise rural living standards without new taxes. Governor Byrd opposes back-to-the-land reclamation and urges a stay-on-the-land push to keep farmers on suitable land amid rural abandonment.
A Virginia commission cites highway, school, and health improvements for rural areas. It notes gasoline tax support to counties, expanded state highway mileage, and plans for affordable farm electricity to raise living standards without extra tax burden. The piece ends with a Houston Post-Dispatch forecast of summer.
Mrs Edward Everett Gann faces social backlash in Washington as host to Vice President Curtis. Kellogg ruling denies precedence over ambassadors wives, Stimson weighs reversal, possible Hoover intervention. Husband Edward Gann remains low key, earning quiet sympathy amid the dispute.
New York imposes a 2 cent gasoline tax and Illinois reimposes a 3 cent levy after a court ruling. The move follows a trend toward universal fuel taxes to support highway construction and maintenance, despite opposition from automobile interests. The New York World criticizes opponents who resist sharing tax proceeds with cities and counties.
A humorous line reflects a shift from crude container theft to the more fashionable but expensive target of handbags. The quip notes changing times and the costliness of modern thefts, contrasting old improvised containers with luxury purses.
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