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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1934
Page
4
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A religious note quotes Psalm 37 3 urging trust in the Lord and acts of charity. The brief caption frames a sermon theme about dwelling in the land and being fed through faith and deeds.
Senators Bankhead Thomas and Smith announced Saturday a suspension of the 442 cent per pound cotton processing tax and a 30 cent per bushel wheat tax. They claim removing the taxes would raise farm prices 2 to 4 cents per pound for cotton and 15 to 30 cents per bushel for wheat. The move shifts tax burden back to farmers and questions the program’s success under the agricultural adjustment act.
The Department of Justice on request from San Francisco compared 436 police job applicants' fingerprints with federal criminal records revealing 34 with prior convictions. Since 1929 civil service fingerprint checks have screened many applicants, showing about one in thirteen with criminal histories. The incident suggests reforms for city police forces and cautions against hiring former criminals.
The Foreign Legion served France in World War I.
The Richmond Times Dispatch reviews Governor Peery’s use of emergency power to trim state appropriations by about 5 million, narrowing a June 30 deficit to 2.29 million. It praises prudent budget cuts while noting the unprecedented executive authority and its impact on salaries and services. The piece argues the move prevented bigger tax burdens and frames Virginia as better positioned as economic conditions improve.
A blast on an employment relief road project in Hemphill West Virginia sent rock fragments through rooftops and into cars. Officials cite an excessive dynamite charge as the cause and note blasting for roads has been refined to a near exact science with skilled crews available for unemployment projects.
Jack and Bobby Riley’s Service Station at the corner of Market and Gerard Streets advertises using eight different greases and the newest up to date equipment in the city.
The page presents a Q and A on nautical terms and titles. It asks if a penguin can fly and compares topgallant and royal sails with a knot versus a mile, plus notes on titles and a horoscope. The answer states royal is higher and the knot is longer.
Dan McManus discovers professor Donald Reeves slain in the English House on the university campus. Police officer Callaghan investigates as Dan recalls overheard quarrel and the heated atmosphere after a night of heat and unrest. The scene shows Reeves’s desk scattered with papers and a burning lamp as the doorway reveals the murder. TO BE CONTINUED.
Present and past rainfall data report no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. August to date totals 4.46 inches and year to date 22.45 inches. Average monthly and yearly figures from 21 years of Winchester Laboratory records are listed for each month with January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34 inches.
One year ago Whitney Redman and Allen colors win at Berryville Horse Show. Disciples of Christ close eighty fourth annual convention at Maurertown. Ford absent from auto code meeting. Beer sale bill expected to pass by midweek. Farm Bureau picnic at Jordan Springs attracts 600 to 1,000. Annual reunion at Old Stone Church near Greenspring draws about 1,000. Honeymoon Limited runs all week at Colonial. State Health Commissioner warns infantile paralysis can be stopped by killing all flies. Exploding oil stove causes damage at Hodgson and Brown store. Mrs Snowden B Kline prominent resident dies at Vaucluse section.
A bustling gathering marks the Ber ryville Horse Show drawing prominent social and sporting figures. The event underscores the era’s community interest in equestrian sport and social pageantry.
Advertising copy promotes Kellogg All-Bran as a remedy for common constipation. It claims bulk from fiber and iron in All-Bran aids regularity, suggests two tablespoonfuls daily, and notes serving as cereal or in recipes with a Battle Creek produced product.
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