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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1933
Page
5
A Winchester Virginia editorial from December 7 1933 argues railroads pay 7 5 million annually in state taxes for track upkeep while highways and buses avoid such taxation It contends funds should support rail infrastructure and warns continued policy will shift tax burden to individual residents and curb railroad business
Minnie A. Conrad Riley will offer for sale at her former home Montana Hall near White Post Virginia some of her household furniture and farming implements. The sale starts promptly at two o'clock P M. Minnie A. Conrad Riley. 12-7-31
Local apple growers urge use of Civil Works Administration funds to remove cedar trees across the Shenandoah Cumberland belt. Labor paid 100 percent, potential employment for thousands across four states. Winter start possible. cedar rust blamed on dense young cedars. no formal action yet.
Richmond Va Dec 71 A total of 5 292 persons have been put to work in Virginia by the civil works administration announced at state headquarters. 147 projects are under way in 22 counties and eight cities including Richmond Petersburg Charlottesville Harrisonburg Staunton Bedford Lynchburg and Roanoke. Localities are urged to apply for federal public works loans and grants as the program expands toward a 49 000 quota by December.
A philosopher asserts that beauty in the world belongs to all humanity and that art is the method by which people gain access to this vast estate. He argues art education opens the path to perceiving and possessing beauty.
A Washington dispatch reports renewed attention from the National Labor Board to the Berkeley Woolen Mills dispute in Martinsburg West Virginia. A Martinsburg citizens committee and labor activists presented new facts while noting Green has not yet reapplied for work after 25 years service and union activity.
The 68 foot Old-Time Covered Bridge over the Narragansett River at Cherryfield Maine is the sole remaining covered bridge on the Atlantic highway and dates to 1843 with pedestrian passageways. The library lists 63 rare books from the Fifteenth Century. The Franciscan Fathers of St Bonaventure College New York own 987 old books in their rare collection.
Thirty five forest fire lookout towers have been built or are under construction in Virginia by Civilian Conservation Corps crews led by State Forester Fred C. Pederson. Towers range from twenty one to one hundred feet and include inside staircases and ladders. A new Carter's Mountain tower near Monticello rises sixty feet and offers panoramic views of several counties.
Johnny Stephens 33 was exonerated by a coroner s jury in Atlanta after doctors ruled his aunt Miss Allie Stephens sixty died from cancer not a fatal blow. He had admitted wanting to end her suffering and struck her with a cracked flower pot when help seemed lost. Doctors testified she had widespread cancer and death was near.
The treasury reported that subscriptions to the 950 million dollar one year bond issue were nearly three times oversubscribed. In the first day of offers the 2 percent investment drew about 2.714 billion dollars in round numbers.
A brief look at how people chase quick health and wealth by following popular cures and flashy healers. The piece notes witch doctors, crystal gazers, and quacks as recurring responses to seeking prosperity.
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