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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1932
Page
2
Lipppman outlines how House votes on beer show a shift toward repeal, with three main benefits: expected revenue, boosted trade, and prep for full repeal. He notes uncertainties about revenue, consequences for bootlegging, and the need for regulation after repeal, urging timely planning and informed policy.
The argument stresses rapid action to settle the question and shows that legalizing beer would demonstrate repeal is real. It asserts regulation must follow amendment and favors a two stage repeal approach to make liquor control tangible.
Post hospital in Orangeburg South Carolina displayed a yellowed Christmas menu from 67 years past showing generous rations for likely Union soldiers. The menu lists six courses including soup roast turkey goose chicken and a variety of vegetables with officials Henry Root N Pfeiffer W H Lathrop.
The excerpt lists bread items including soft wheat roe cake and hardtack and desserts such as rice pudding pump kin and apple pies with fresh peaches apples and nuts and raisins. Drinks include coffee noir au lait brandy gloria gin whiskey wines angelica port and sherry.
Connie Mack, praising Cobb as a great player on his seventieth birthday, lists Cobb as the greatest player. He also names Christy Mathewson as the greatest pitcher and identifies Ned Hanlon and John McGraw as the greatest managers. He cites the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs among the greatest teams.
Pittsburgh University coach Jock Sutherland, after a secret workout in slushy conditions, predicts USC will beat Pittsburgh worse than Notre Dame, possibly by three touchdowns, ahead of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on January 2.
The 1933 Army football schedule, released by Maj. P. B. Pleming, lists 100 games and features high-profile tests against Illinois, Yale, Harvard, Navy and Notre Dame. Key dates include September 30 Macon Georgia and November 25 Navy with a December 2 Notre Dame in New York.
County Treasurer Robert S. Smith announced his office in the County Courthouse will be open all day Monday for anyone wishing to transact business. He has a history of opening on Yuletide to assist rural residents in paying taxes in Winchester.
Judge Philip Williams appoints H M Stine’s son I Fred Stine as justice of the peace for Stonewall district. Term runs to December 31 1935 with a $500 bond requirement. Stine expected to qualify soon before Court Clerk C C Brannon.
Frederick County Clerk C C Brannon and Corporation Clerk Clark M Smith said offices would close Monday December 26 for a legal holiday and reopen Tuesday December 27. Amelia Earhart will launch a nationwide lecture tour advocating sex equality.
The article traces coffee from its Arabic root qahwah to Turkish kahveh and notes its long spelling evolution. It also mentions a warning system aboard a German liner about fire hazards from cigarette smoke and quips from Hi Ho of Chinatown about candor and counsel.
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