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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1934
Page
4
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Ida May Stull, 34, a long time coal miner in Cadiz, Ohio, fights state rules that say women cannot work underground. She loads five tons daily and prepared to lift a $300 mortgage, but inspectors ban her from the mine, pushing her back to household tasks.
The Cumberland Times laments widespread dishonesty in business and daily life, arguing it fuels crime and hinders recovery. It urges renewed trust and moral effort across schools, churches, communities, and families to prove that honesty pays.
The automotive sector shows a banner year ahead with Ford producing 57 500 cars in January, 10 791 above plan. Edsel Ford notes strongest demand in the South and industrial areas, with Pacific Coast gains and slower Middle West. Production limits the main obstacle for 1934, not sales, suggesting a revival similar to past recoveries.
Mrs Louise Falligant of Florida and Washington DC marries John Galleher of Leesburg in a ceremony at St Thomas Episcopal Church Washington. Handley High School wins the FFA basketball tournament for northern Virginia.
Property owners protest a bus terminal in a residential block on North Cameron Street. Captain Frank Hawks completes a new transcontinental non-stop flight in 18 hours 2 minutes 59 seconds. Standard Oil ad proclaims lessons from 59 years of gasoline making. Virginia road building plans spark Texas interest.
Capital police remove a flag dispute at the German embassy during funeral rites. The storm roils the Midwest causing fatalities and extensive property losses. Obituaries note the death of Matilda Keckley at 89 as the last family member, and Fannie Kennerly dies at 70 from pneumonia in White Post. E. L. Doheny claims McAdoo earned $150 000 in fees.
Albin Virginia February report notes Bethel Lutheran Church members and friends gave Rev C E Seastrunk and his wife generous gifts. Weather was cold but turnout was good. Mrs John Thwaite left for Florida for her annual winter trip of months. Church ladies sponsor oyster and chicken dinner February 9 in Sunday School room. Regular services held at Bethel and Grace Lutheran Winchester attend banquet Thursday. Mrs L A Hudson improving and hopes to be out soon.
Advertises Creomulsion as a seven in one cough remedy. Claims powerful yet harmless relief from coughs and colds with no narcotics. Guarantees on the spot money back if symptoms persist.
The piece argues the Securities Act faces a deadlock of opinion and proposes a code system. It would continue disclosures but add licensing, fair practice rules, and a code authority with possible sanctions. A three year presidentially approved code exemption would test the approach alongside the current act.
Captain Tiggie Turner finds Viola Norman poised to jump from the rail aboard a ship from India to England. He stops her and learns of her troubled marriage and pregnancy. Tiggie conceives a plan to help, proposes telling Spot Rutherford and his wife, and vows to keep Viola’s secret while seeking a path to safety and life.
Weather report shows present and past rainfall with 24 hour total ending 8 am at none. February to date 0.28 inches year to date 1.33 inches. Winchester Laboratory records give 21 year average 34.71 inches per year. Monthly averages listed for the year, January 2.36, February 2.70, March 3.11, April 3.73, May 3.81, June 3.45, July 3.45, August 2.15, September 3.06, October 2.25, November 2.37 inches.
Funeral services for Mrs Octavia Ann Burke 78 widow of John F P Burke of Warren County Virginia were held at 2 pm at Bennett s Chapel. Rev R Moorman Parker of Front Royal officiated with burial at Bennett s Chapel cemetery. She lived in Warren County most of her life and is survived by sons J Lee Lloyd J Bernard B Burke and George W Burke daughters Mrs Virginia Updike Mrs Mamie Peffer and Mrs J Hilliard Stokes brothers Richard Mitchell and J M Mitchell and sister Mrs Lillie Sant Myers.
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications by March 1 for the assistant farm manager post at El Reno Oklahoma in the United States Penitentiary Service Department of Justice. Salary is 2300 dollars yearly minus up to 15 percent economy deduction and 3 percent retirement deduction. Details available from J H Taylor secretary United States Civil Board of Examiners at the local post office.
Washington forecasts legal whisky at roughly 60 cents per drink, far above pre prohibition 15 cents. Higher legal prices may still fuel bootlegging unless enforcement, taxation, and quality options curb demand, with experts doubting the prospect of much cheaper legal whisky.
A New York financial assessment notes that despite a gold content shift to 69 to 70 percent and a two billion dollar stabilizing fund, volatility persists. The piece argues speculation rises as the dollar’s value leans on gold, with talks of further embargoes and a reliance on credit inflation to lure Big Business into the market.
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