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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1933
Page
8
Rioting crowds attack the El Pais building in Havana as soldiers clash with demonstrators. The sacking and fire follow a pro government march, while the Cuban Federation of Labor plans a separate rally. Police quell the violence. Grau supporters cheer in the streets.
In Mexico the Federal District known as D. F. is part of the national division system. Mexico comprises 28 states plus one federal district and three territories, with Mexico City and 11 surrounding towns forming the district structure.
The Brookings Institute today opposed the Roosevelt monetary program and questioned the theory that commodity prices rise automatically when the gold price increases. It concludes there is no definite automatic rise in the general price level after depreciation of the currency, and no automatic control of that level by gold-price changes once a target is reached.
Monsignor Michael P. Foley an 81 year old pastor of St. Pauls Catholic Church and dean of priests in the Baltimore archdiocese died at his home after about a month of illness. Ordained 53 years ago he was made a monsignor by Cardinal Gibbons in 1914 and was a longtime temperance advocate and national prohibition supporter.
The surrender terms were drawn up in Yorktown Virginia at the Moore house on October 18 1781. A Cape Breton rail line posted profits after employees purchased it, signaling a successful turnaround.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation weighs direct loans to industry to meet payrolls and boost employment. Under President Roosevelt guidance, Jesse H. Jones and board members study legalization options, aiming to loosen credit beyond the NRA loan plan. The drive to sell government preferred stock and notes to banks seeks ready loan funds, with the corporation voting its holdings but not directing bank operations.
The principality of Monaco announced it will seek leave in the U S Supreme Court to sue Mississippi for principal and interest on $100,000 in state bonds in default for over 90 years. The case hinges on voiding a Mississippi constitutional provision added in 1875 prohibiting bond payments.
The Dome of the Rock, Kabbet es Sakhr a shrine built over a sacred rock in Jerusalem, is sometimes called the Mosque of Omar. Some authorities claim the holy of holies of the Temple of Jehovah stood on this rock.
President Eamon De Valera denounces British pressure and United Ireland party aims, stating the Irish Free State will not yield to unjust demands. In Westport the United Ireland leader Eoin O Duffy is arrested amid clashes as police and soldiers confront blue shirt supporters at a rally.
Abdul Khaliq convicted of assassinating King Nadir Shah on November 8 receives the death penalty and is reported executed. Accomplice Mahmud also sentenced to death while two others Ishaq and Abdullah get life terms amid a riot with police restraining the crowd.
A simple chemical test of ink, developed by a scientist connected with the Vienna police, determines the age of writing. The test offers a precise gauge by analyzing ink composition to date manuscripts.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh depart Miami for New York on the last leg of a 28 000 mile tour toward home The hydro monoplane carried 400 gallons of gasoline enough for about 1600 miles They took off at 948 am EST after a Miami Beach breakfast and airport preparations
Acting Secretary Phillips said an agreement is expected to clear tangle over France raising both American and its own tariff on apples pears ham and lard in exchange for a larger wine quota. Maurice Garreau-Dombasle will meet with State Department officials to iron out obstructions and misunderstandings. An early settlement could allow 80 000 bushels of apples to be exported to France in December and wine shipments beyond France's basic quota are paused until resolved.
Four persons died and eleven were injured as a tornado swept through two Caddo parish communities in the morning. The Grayson lumber camp west of Shreveport suffered major damage while the Soda Fountain plantation near Red River was hit harder, with cabins blown away and lines cut. Local residents described flying timbers and widespread wreckage as the storm struck.
Closing quotations in Chicago showed December at 82.5, May at 84, and July at 83.3. Baltimore spot wheat quoted at 87, Winchester spot wheat at 85, reported daily for The Star via Winchester Milling and Stickell Sales Corp. dealers in cash grain and futures.
Safe-crackers believed to be professionals forced entry through a small rear window of Micademus National Bank in Hagerstown Maryland and looted the outside depository of a few hundred dollars. An employee discovered the theft this morning.
The trial of George Crawford ended with a life sentence after defense chief Charley Houston argued an unidentified accomplice named Johnson bore sole responsibility. Authorities now pursue Crawford’s ally, believed to be in Richmond under an alias, to identify the true slayer of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Tisley and Mina Buckner.
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