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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
7
Louisville school attendance director Fred Hess said only one day in ten thousand was a hockey day in 1933 34, a figure the board of education doubted but Hess asserted as official.
Saxonburg resident Frank Siebert boasts a sunflower with a 35 foot bloom. The plant grew taller after a seed buried by a squirrel or bird sprouted in an apple tree knot hole, adding 12 feet to its height.
Grove City report notes Dan Stevenson of North Liberty raises his profile as details from a local event emerge. The fragment mentions Stevenson but lacks full context, leaving the scope of his involvement unclear.
Martin Joyce age 46, charged with numbers racketeering, appeared before Magistrate Anthony Lucas. When asked how long in the racket he replied a year and agreed a $50 fine. He paid and left.
Mrs. Helen Jenks Davis 34 of Goldsboro North Carolina died from heart failure attributed to fright after nearly colliding with another car. She collapsed at the wheel and died en route to a hospital in New Albany Indiana. Coroner Frank T Tyler made the determination based on the examination.
The piece credits Josie Corbera and Elliott Vincent with creating the stream lined fox trot. At the Chicago convention of dancing masters the dance starts free wheeling then glides into a knee action strut and ends with a hydraulic break.
Washington’s National Press Club is viewed as a key gauge of public opinion on war risk in Europe. The club’s 1934 membership blends foreign affairs authorities, former diplomats, military officers, and seasoned reporters shaping views on America’s potential involvement and trade credits. Roosevelt speech prompts business critics seek policy clarity and cautious conservatism amid rising relief costs and price controls.
The passage argues that preserving the profit system requires higher taxes on business, while firms demand the chance to earn. If opportunities are limited, a system change is inevitable, with nationalization of the credit structure already appearing to begin, reflecting a New York business perspective.
The piece notes conservative groups oppose the 21 million dollar GM dividend as labor could press for a larger slice of earnings. Wall Street speculates Du Pont interests, owning about 10 million GM shares, may have influenced the payout.
Hail damaged peach and apple crops in Timberville belt with total losses pegged at 50000 after a survey by rehardists. Storm affected about 1000 acres north of Timberville, with stones as large as a fist tearing bark, dropping fruit, and denting autos and home windows.
Uncle Eben condemns the idea of a game where everyone brings a loaded fire and waits to slip it into action. The remark critiques a method of play that risks violence and chaos.
State game warden F W Pingley warns that hunting rules will be enforced. Squirrel season opens Sept 1 with ten per day and a 150 season limit. Licenses required. fines range from 10 to 100 dollars for license violations and 10 to 50 dollars plus costs for out of season killings, plus possible jail.
The article lauds the Taras can archers as the world's greatest masters of archery. It notes their ability to split a grain of wheat at 30 feet using bows and arrows.
Miss Susanne Allemand, a French student, seeks fifty thousand dollars for great mental anguish after alleging Dr. John L. Campion of the University of Pennsylvania caused her to fall in love in his class and then broke the engagement.
Captiol opens a three day run of the Paramount comedy Shoot The Works featuring Jack Oakie Ben Bernie and his orchestra Dorothy Dell Arline Judge Alison Skipworth and Roscoe Karns. Bernie stars as a feud rival to a famed columnist with songs like With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming and A Bowl of Chop Suey and You. A McNamee News segment and Eddie Gribbon two reel My Mummie's Arms accompany the program.
Loretta Young stars in Born To Be Bad at the Palace for final showings tonight. The program includes Going Spanish and a Paramount Newsreel Call It Luck with Pat Patterson Herbert Mundin Charles Starrett and Gordon Westcott, plus further return of...
Buster Keaton appears in The Oud Ghost among Fox Movietone News footage and a Terrytown cartoon. The clip highlights Keaton's classic comic timing alongside the cartoon segment.
National Fruit Product Company seeks a $20,000 evaporator plant permit in Martinsburg on the Hannsville Distilling Company property. The expansion includes a cooperage shop for barrels, larger loading sheds, a pectin plant, and the former Cumberland Valley Fruit Products plant now used as a vinegar plant.
Small Island San Salvador in the Bahamas, near Columbus landing, is about three-quarters the size of Staten Island. It measures about 12 miles long and 5 to 7 miles wide. Ainese quote attributed to Hi Ho comments on power and envy, noting it makes some seem happy while others feel luckless by comparison.
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