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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1932
Page
4
Consolidated The Weekly Times Mirror lists subscription prices and an Associated Press credit note. It lists one year and shorter terms prepaid and carrier rates, along with national ad representatives Frost Landis and Kohn in major cities.
A devotional verse is cited from Psalm 84 11 affirming that the Lord is a sun and shield who bestows grace and glory and withholds no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
The article argues the weak economy forces patients to delay care while some avoid illness through frugal habits. It notes fewer patients but slower recovery, and praises personal hygiene measures such as avoiding the drinking cup, cleaner glasses, regular hours, better diet, and seeking care only for serious ailments as factors in a lower death rate during tough times.
Petersburg Progress Index reports on the Ottawa conference where Britain pledges tariff free access for natural products from dominions while demanding lower duties for British manufactured goods. Dominions gain duty free or reduced tariffs for many British items to boost imperial trade, with Canada allowing 200 British commodities duty free to aid domestic competition.
The Ottawa conference yielded agreements that could deal a severe blow to United States trade. It remains unclear if the proposed policy to make the British Empire self-contained will be permanent. Dominion supplies of raw materials seem insufficient in volume and variety to meet normal factory demand.
The Kansas City Star recalls General Bragg of New York delivering a pivotal seconding speech for Grover Cleveland amid Tammany opposition. Bragg’s lines, voiced in a tremulous voice, echo Cleveland’s popular support among young voters in his state and his admired character and integrity.
Baseball standings show New York leading the American League with 90 wins and a .703 average while Philadelphia sits at 79 and .612. National League leaders include Chicago at 73-51 and Pittsburgh at 66-60 with daily results noting Boston at Pittsburgh postponed on wet grounds and other matchups. Home run and hitting leaders list Foxx Ruth Gehrig Averill Simmons Ott, with Waner brothers highlighted for consistency in batting above .300.
A Seventh Ohio District Court of Appeals ruling says the Youngs town Sheet and Tube board did not rely on the auditor's figures but would not have understood them even if they had.
In a tale of ancient glory the czarina's red rubies spark political intrigue. Federoff hides the gems after fleeing a burning castle, while Prince Marinov's granddaughter claims ownership. Ten years later Federoff reappears to smuggle the gems from Russia as Severn and Wynter probe a silent Beggar's Court residence where a poisoned watchdog warns of danger.
Jim Wynter and Sant discover a cryptic message in dust on a floor mirror and a torn joker with the word silver. police are called after Severn disappears from Beggar's Court. servants say Severn let them go out, while Wynter sees a night cry for help and follows a moving light into the fog.
Report shows no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 am. August-to-date 1.72 inches, year-to-date 26.14 inches. Normal monthly average is 16 inches per month, derived from 19 years of records. Monthly figures listed: January 236, February 1.95, March 2.70, April 3.17, May 3.58, June 3.39, July 3.50, August 3.54, September 2.20, October 2.87, November 2.14, December 2.39.
Market report lists local wholesale prices for grains and feeds including flour raffs cracked corn middlings and screenings. Butter and eggs prices appear with country and creamery butter noted. hogs, steers and leghorn hens show several price ranges as of the previous day close.
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