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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
8
The name Lucasta links to Lucy Sacheverell, wife of Sir Richard Lovelace, the English cavalier poet, and Lovelace’s poems after her. it is presented as a Latin epithet in a Washington Star item.
Ten men and one woman from varied walks of life are trapped in a flood swept room with six hours to live. Iron doors keep water out but also air, forcing hostile rivals to confront mortality together in this tense drama. An all‑feature cast from old time stage circles.
Notables Anders Randolf Noah Beery Douglas Fairbanks Jr Dorothy Revier Ivan Simpson and Louis King headline an upcoming film showcase with prominent performances and notable careers highlighted in previews. The item previews star power and confirms cast presence in a program for cinephiles.
Governor Pollard received a letter from B C Moomaw Jr secretary Covington Chamber of Commerce noting Columbia Gas and Electric plans to buy rights of way for a new natural gas line from Lexington to the Potomac opposite Washington. Maps for Covington and Clifton Forge service lines are being prepared. The chamber praised the effort as it should ease unemployment and require substantial expenditure and labor.
Pathfinder Magazine notes oversized lightning bugs in Oregon that are painted black to hide as trains pass. The piece also cites a Mississippi River route of 1,188 miles from New Orleans to St Louis with channel addition totaling about 100 miles.
An American Magazine passage Reflects on human folly and the promise of a rich future as people compare current modest gains to the garden of the gods abundance. It contrasts young ambition with slow progress and hints at future fruit.
The weight of bank vault doors varies from 200 pounds to 40 tons or more. These doors are built from laminated steel with alternating layers of chrome steel and softer steel for strength.
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