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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1931
Page
5
Ann Carmichael flees Burney after a quarrel over jade purchases and a fraud claim. Burney faces a moral ruin when her checkbook stubs expose his misjudgments. She sails toward England while Burney contemplates his downfall and pursues one last effort to reconnect.
In Richmond Virginia the late Corporation Commission studies a motion to limit the small loan inquiry to financial operations. 47 companies submitted data as accountants prepare a report due October 1. Delegates include Charles W Crowde of Richmond. W H Cardwell defended the industry while H W Goodwin urged repeal of the small loan act.
A William Durant aphorism asserts that elected men are chosen not for maximum knowledge but for superior political skill, underscoring the influence of diplomacy over scholarly prowess.
Tax records from the State Corporation Commission show road taxes on motor vehicles under its supervision totaled 15 296.19 for the second quarter with gross receipts at 990 862 34. Passenger carriers paid one fifth of all taxes while sightseeing lines paid taxes up to one percent per vehicle mile. The final yearly road tax collection is projected near 58 000 dollars.
Sergeant H. T. Smith, in charge of the local recruiting office, reports word from the Baltimore station of Third Corps Area listing vacancies in the army. Hawaii: Engineers, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Infantry, Air Corps. Panama Canal Air Corps.
The text lists infantry, Coast Artillery, Field Artillery, Infantry Machine Gun and Auto Mechan categories with a requirement that applicants be high school graduates or have at least seventh grade schooling.
A seven-detective raid on the Belle Grove Inn near Baltimore netted a fully loaded machine gun and other weapons. Six men and four women were jailed for questioning, with DOJ agents alerted to probe Mann Act violations. All detainees were recent arrivals from other cities, some arriving just yesterday.
Joe E Brown stars in Broad Minded at the Capitol Theatre today and tomorrow. He plays a timid admirer of all ladies sent west with a playboy role portrayed by William Collier Jr. Ona Munson and Marjorie White are featured with direction by Mervyn LeRoy.
The fragment presents a stylistic, possibly historic line about global urgency. It lacks clear people, places, or events to identify a concrete news item for a proper summary.
Round Hill 4-H Club invites the public to a Yard Party at the Round Hill Presbyterian Church yard this Friday night August 7. All ages welcome and plans include community gathering and refreshments.
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