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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia announces consolidation with Morning News Weekly Times Weekly Mir and other papers. The notice lists subscription rates and dates for various durations and notes Associated Press rights for dispatches and local news.
A religious text fragment cites John 10 37 28 about sheep hearing a shepherd and eternal life. It includes a brief prayer line praising Jesus as shepherd who loved the soul and sustains believers.
A plea urges readers to buy Christmas Seals again, noting past help to tuberculosis victims and children in need. The message frames the stamps as a means to bring happiness to givers and recipients, encouraging immediate purchase to make a real Christmas for all.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports a conflict over canned music in film. The American Federation of Musicians, about 140000 strong, argues the machine-made scores threaten jobs and money, while audiences increasingly favor talking pictures and singing screens.
A Norfolk Virginian Pilot item notes that young women at Hunter College New York largely oppose the newly decreed long skirts in a vocal campus debate. The piece highlights student votes against the fashion change and the stubborn stance of campus life.
The article debates long skirts as impractical and un economical while noting some favor femininity and style over comfort. It discusses how clothing signals wealth and status and questions Hunter College students’ ability to abolish the long skirt for economy. It also covers President Green’s wage policy and labor talks, praising pragmatic labor leadership amid market lows.
President Green of the American Federation of Labor pledged at a White House conference that organized labor would not press wage increases during the current period of economic uncertainty. Employers likewise promised not to cut wages during the same period, though remarks by Chairman Muster of the Conference for Progressive Labor follow.
The Ameri can Federation of Labor withdrew its backing in Brooklyn after alleging that communism was taught at the institution prompting political dispute and labor friction in the area.
Highview items note Mr and Mrs Philip Bowman and son Jimmie visited Leo Bowman, Frank Huffman of Stephens City with Amiss Lillard, Irvin Grim ill with a severe illness, Waldo Bennington family near Bartonville with C A Beaty, Martha Crouse with Edgar McGlaithery in Winchester, Garland Bray and daughter Avis called on J E White, Refuge Sunday school planning annual event.
A GE refrigerator features an entirely hermetically sealed mechanism housed in a steel casing mounted on top. This design protects internal components and maintains efficiency by preventing air and moisture intrusion.
Refuge Virginia notes report Mrs. Emma Lillard recovering enough to be out. Russell Ritenour spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Hampton Ritenour. Mrs Julius Keller and daughter Ellen Coe visited her parents Mr and Mrs L L Bowman for Thanksgiving. Master Irvin Grim remains at home. Mrs James Orndorff visited her parents Sunday. June of Martinsburg visited James Arndorff family. Mr and Mrs Frank Huffman and family of Stephens City with Amos Lillard and mother.
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