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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1932
Page
4
Publication note states daily edition with exceptions Sunday and accompanying Morning The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror.
A religious note quoting Psalm 47 7 declaring God as king of all the earth and calling for praise with understanding. The excerpt centers on worship and reverent adoration.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes Iowa Senator Dickinson chosen as Republican keynoter faces a demanding speech task. The long time agriculture advocate must inspire in a year voters doubt Hoover era gains, unlike past keynote figures who led with praise or scandal explanations.
The passage notes that Senator Dickinson will be obliged to recount Republican gifts to the agricultural West, including the Oral Farm Board and the Hawley Smoot tariff. The author expects his interpretation of their benefits with high interest.
Portsmouth Star notes a boys private school spelling contest with a gold medal for sciency spelling. Critics say college professors and high school teachers observe widespread weakness in grammar and spelling among students. The piece questions whether language study mirrors athletic competitions favoring a chosen few and urges targeted extra drill for strugglers.
The New York Evening Post reports Beethoven remains the top seller in music with his Minuet In G leading all compositions while other classical composers support publishers, outpacing jazz.
The piece notes jazz melodies fade quickly while Beethoven and other classics endure in sales since music publishing began. It lists Chopin W altz in D flat, Schumann Merry Peasant, Bach Bourree, Schubert Marchie Militaire, and top sellers Schubert Serenade, Brahms Lullaby, Schumann Two Grenadiers, with Edward MacDowell and Stephen Foster as leading American favorites.
Vatican Rome opens a railroad terminus marking a broader modernization of the papal state. The Vatican already has a telephone system with its own power plant and electric ovens elevators and vacuum cleaners and a radio station. Air travel is unlikely though a roof landing could be added.
A community debate at the Mt Pleasant school house debated heredity versus environment. Ernest and Ford Luttrell spoke for heredity while Arthur Luttrell and Wesley Shiley argued environment. The affirmative won and a pie social followed. Several local residents and visitors were noted in attendance and visits around town were mentioned.
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a safe, harmless weight loss aid for women. It cites a daily morning dose with hot water, dietary tweaks, and a four week bottle, with money back if unsatisfied after the first weeks. The note includes a church choir quip from a Vermont newspaper as a side mention.
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