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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1929

Page

4

Winchester Newspapers Publish and Associated Press Rights

The Evening Star lists its consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mir and notes daily publication except Sunday. It states Associated Press content is exclusive for news dispatches and mentions publication details and pricing.

Morning News Weekly Times The Evening Star Publish. 1 Co Winchester Virginia Associated Press

Dialogs and doubts on air fatalities debate

A fragment discusses remarks by a general on airplane fatalities. It cites opinions that pilots and passengers rarely die in flight but mostly when crashing to the ground or in mid air collisions, noting the piece as a bold assertion to be tested by experts.

Army Aoew Atronautice Air Service Liber Schenl

Publicity over Marriage Picks Headlines and Publicity Stunts

The piece criticizes sensational publicity stunts around weddings such as a New York couple leaping from a plane and a Cleveland-Waco ceremony by long distance telephone. It argues marriage should not be a tool for headlines and condemns seeking fame over decency.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Tey Cleveland Waco Texas

Franklin on Colds Exchange in Early Letter

Ben Franklin discusses weather and air quality noting that those living in forests barns or with open windows do not catch cold. He attributes colds to impure air and lack of exhalation and ventilation in a reflective excerpt from a 18th century exchange.

Ben Franklin

Drafty houses breed sickness in mountain homes study says

The article notes that worse housing, not better, brings more colds and coughs. A federal commission found Kentucky mountaineers were healthier in shacks with wind exposure than in tight modern homes. Blessed is the family with four drafty houses if no one sits in draft when overheated.

Kentuck

Favors Further Simplification of Tax System

Newport News reports committee counsel J Vaughan Gary of Richmond and Tipton R Snavely of the University of Virginia back tax simplification. The study urges slower changes but calls for expansion, noting Virginia counties spend 7.1 million dollars yearly on highways with about half from the state and urges state county planning and highway department supervision of gasoline tax funds.

Newport News J. Vaughan Gary Richmond Tipton R. Snavely University of Virginia Virginia State Highway Department

Ambush Victims Die After Shootout Near Danville

Deputy Sheriff Bernard Puryear and Officer Nacke Ucke died from wounds suffered in an ambush while removing three prisoners from a still about three miles from Danville. Sheriff Diehl said the names of the three prisoners are unknown and held in Boydton jail. An unknown assailant opened fire as the group neared the still.

Associated Press Danville Bernard Puryear Mecklenburg County Nacke Ucke Oxford N. C Deihl Diehl Boydton J. T. Chaney Co. O. Mullen

Ford Reveals New Model A Body Designs and Colors

Bickers Motor Company announces Tuesday presentation of redesigned Model A bodies with new color options. No mechanical changes. emphasis on modern lines, larger fenders, and a rust resistant steel radiator shell.

Ford Bickers Motor Company

Miss Eve Seeks Real Jewel World at Mountain Spring

Miss Eve sprawls by a crystal spring, gazing into its emerald water with envy at its imagined jewels. She admires her smooth skin and daydreams of youth she senses slipping away after leaving New York.

New York

Question of Honor in the Sierra Retreat

Anne encounters a rugged stranger at a lodge in the Sierras while a seasoned prospector and his dog loom as a distraction. A tense, flirtatious exchange ends with a warning from Sheb and hints of a future rival for Anne’s heart as Moree pursues two ambitions.

Hoise Emily Leon Morse Morse Sierras Anne Rue de la Paix Annne Japheth Sheb Sung

Automobile body styling details in early open cars

The article describes visual features of vintage car bodies including narrow side lines, a curved juncture at the center, a black enamel tie rod supporting license and headlights, one piece cowl construction reducing squeaks, standard cow lights on some models, compact welded wheel spokes for strength, smaller wheel diameter and larger balloon tires for comfort, and color options. Noted emphasis on Tudor sedan, coupes, and open cars.

Emall

Stuffy gym notches chilly fans in Indianapolis Star note

In a brief, quirky line the Indianapolis Star remarks that gym air can be stuffy yet fans ignore the discomfort as they sit through a basketball game. The quip hints at fan dedication amid cramped conditions in local venues.

Indianapolis Star

Guaranteed relief for rheumatism and neuralgia described

An advertisement promotes Q-673 and Q1623 as a guaranteed prescription for rheumatism, neuritis, arthritis, sciatica, and scembago. It claims thousands benefited, urges trial, and lists Baker's Drug Store Winchester Gardner's Pharmacy Boyce as reliable merchants.

Baker's Drug Store Winchester Gardner's Pharmacy Boyce

Warren Hanter Kills Big Elk Near Front Royal

Robert Leach Jr, a well known local, shot and killed a 1000 pound elk on a farm near Shenandoah National Park. Armed with an army rifle he fired four times after spotting the animal about two weeks earlier. The elk hunting season closes tomorrow and Mr J Wilbur Warner of Hagerstown, Md was in Winchester on business.

Front Royal Robert Leach, Jr Leach Hubert Dilger Shenandoah National Park J. Wilbur Warner Hagerstown, Md Winchester

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Evening Star Winichester Mai Rey John Franklin Uestion of Anné Gothills Nobuddy Annie Missy Ruth Cross Moree Geo. Washington East Water Street Stromberg - Carlson A. C Cecter Stromberg Radio Shop S. Main Street Brooks Vapore Brooks’ Pharmacy Warren Hanter Baker's Cut Rate Drug Store Winchester Printers & Stationers, Lic H. J. Mowrey Majestic Atwater Kent H. J. Mowrey Jeweler West Piccadilly Street C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Corp Winchester Berry Ville Dixie Fire Farmers & Merchants National Bank and Trust Co City of J. H. Yost MO. S. Solenberger & Co., Inc Loudoun Street Whitman Parker Coty Hudnut Irwin Drug Company North Braddock Street
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