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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
2
Car dealer touts PACKARD values for buyers investing $1000 or more, noting late-model, well cared-for cars from 1920s. Listings include 1928 Packard 6 Sedan and 1927 Packard 6 Club Sedan, with other models advertised as similarly pristine and guaranteed.
Baltimore youth John A. Cygon, famed for pranks with the Naval Academy elevator and lights, has offers from several firms to turn his talents into remunerative work. He plans to enter West Point after accepting an Army appointment from President Hoover and taking the March exam.
In New Orleans a Whit ney Trust and Savings Bank branch was robbed by four or five men in white hoods and long coats. Pierre N. Rizan the bank watch man was killed. Albert Brownson a 35 year old teller and another bank employee Dietrich were wounded. The robbers fled after taking the money.
Over ten thousand workers have died in English mines across ten years prompting renewed safety appeals. Officials cite hardships in the industry as unions demand stronger enforcement and improved oversight.
Vinton Va January 1 The Peoples Bank of Vinton which closed December 20 will reopen tomorrow. Bank examiners and bankers cooperated to arrange the restart. The bank is capitalized at 100000 and holds more than 500000 in deposits.
Pearl composition distinguishes cultured from natural pearls by cross section. cut and examine the cross-section to tell them apart.
The undersigned offer dwellings apartments and desirable building lots for sale or rent. For details contact Fred L Glaize Jr or Shirley Carter. Also listed are two furnished rooms at 31 Peyton Street and two furnished or unfurnished rooms at 44 West Water Street.
WANTED FOR RENT 230 acre farm for money rent Possession given March 1 1931 Apply to Mrs Varina D Hale two miles east of Stephens City Va WANTED By practical nurse case in private family Write M S C c o Star WANTED To purchase Potomac Edison 7% preferred stock Write Box 380 City WANTED To buy orchard lands Describe fully State lowest cash price Address Orchards c o Star
A Raleigh visit by Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, stirs talk on adopting a 6 cent gas tax in North Carolina. The piece recalls past road tax histories in North Carolina and Virginia, noting NC already uses 5 cents while neighboring states like South Carolina, Georgia and Florida levy 6 cents. Daniels comments reflect support for the proposal as a regional trend.
A Baltimore region veteran, aged and frail, carried a heavy sack of silver to the bank and deposited 108 dollars in cash after years of looting and attacks by marauders. The elderly man endured bruises from past visits but persisted in saving despite danger.
Telegrams from London to South America set permanent rates at three and a half cents for standard messages and up to fifty cents per word for cables to Chile and other nations.
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