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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
4
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A brief newspaper line presents a Psalm verse with the Lord described as keeper and shade. The text emphasizes divine protection and scripture from Psalm 121:5. No further news details or context accompany the excerpt.
Minnesota farmers stage signs praising local milk and butter with roadside boards. The Michigan Milk Producers Association meeting urged farmers to lead in boosting dairy consumption, citing rural cash limits and children’s diet as factors.
A radio drama from New York features a cow escape and a fatal attack, prompting satire on how city institutions misread cow anatomy. The piece argues the cow could not gnaw a post and mocks the drama for errors about natural history.
The nation faces soaring lumber prices as forests burn nationwide. Fire swept 43,889,820 acres last year, with the United States enduring extensive wildfire damage across states, demanding improved prevention and management.
A fragment from a reading exercise poses questions about milk usage and costs in the US, with a reference to a 1906 disaster, the San Francisco earthquake, causing large losses and the origin of the term vulcanize linked to Vulcan.
Federal and state data show 40 166 900 acres unprotected and 3 722 920 acres with some protection. About 20.79 percent of unprotected land burned versus 1.09 percent on protected land, suggesting significant CCC camp labor is needed.
The excerpt notes Columbus as Ohio’s capital, Frances Perkins as U S labor secretary, and John Dillinger described as a famed criminal once labeled Public Enemy No 1. It contrasts fixed point of view with shifting narration and includes a French quotation about secrets and love.
A Richmond dispatch says Winchester may receive 10000 from state sources for an armory to house two National Guard units. Backers say the building could serve as a convention hall and market for farmers, attracting large gatherings and generating revenue as a paid investment.
Greenleaf interrogates Joel and Jensen after arrest for kidnapping and unlicensed radio activity. A hidden code book is recovered behind a door frame and a blank receipt book with burned worksheets points to hidden messages. Greenleaf plans a quick midnight move to seize more evidence and pursue the embassy link through Captain Duval.
Present and past rainfall figures show 23 inches for the year to date through December 23, with 35.35 inches year to date. The Winchester Laboratory 21-year average is 34.71 inches. Monthly averages range from 1.97 inches in February to 3.94 inches in May.
City council fails to pass a vote restricting peddlers in Winchester. Winchester Concert band plans a winter Palace concert series. Also noted are historical items on Lindbergh’s 1932 flight arrival in Natal and other archival notes from earlier decades.
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs Jonah L Cather entertained at Oak Grove near Round Hill for their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs John Cather. Peyton Harrison finds a possum on a chicken house roof and eats it. Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society stockholders attend their annual meeting. The Sarah Zane Firehorse driver will be appointed by a committee rather than elected.
An order in Frederick County circuit court confirms a $600 bid by E. H. White and E. W. Tevalt for the 236 acre Funkhouser farm spanning Frederick Virginia and Berkeley West Virginia. The sale settles the estate suit of H. N. Funkhouser administrator against C. W. (last name cut).
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