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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1934
Page
4
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A brief meditation on Micah 6 8 urging justice mercy and humility before God. It highlights the ancestral divine requirement to act justly love mercy and walk humbly in faith.
The president outlines a permanent set of social and economic reforms tied to the New Deal while promising supervision over government powers but gradual retreat from dictatorial control. He argues recovery should shift from direct relief to work and private employment, appealing to loyal supporters.
A prominent Wall Street operator vanished, then reappeared in a dazed state claiming a 24 hour memory blank. The incident underscores a growing trend of nervous strain and mental exhaustion in society.
A reader questions whether apples have high nutritive value and learns that while mostly water they regulate the system. The St. Lawrence River runs about 750 miles. European debtors owe the United States over 11 billion dollars, with annual payments under one tenth of one percent.
A Washington official, after days of blankness, travels to Chicago amid a wave of exhaustion. Experts attribute the fatigue to overstrain from worry and fear rather than mere overwork and urge relaxation, cheerfulness, social leisure, and faith as remedies to prevent burnout.
Auction of Tex Guinan memorabilia drew few bidders as items like her bullet proof automobile sold for 80 dollars and a vanity bed went for 5 dollars. The sale, part of the late night club hostess’s legacy, yielded modest sums with storage costs looming.
Calvin Coolidge is found dead at his home by Mrs. Coolidge. Chief of police Hollis asks the mayor for more comfortable and spacious police quarters. Charles Hatfield of Connellsville Pa seriously injured after motorcycle crash near Hayfield on Northwestern grade. Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Mary Katherine Dick of Hedgesville W Va to Mr John W Whitacre of Whitacre on January 12.
The Chamber of Commerce announces a mid winter sale this month. Dr. Simon Long a renowned Lutheran minister and father of Mrs. R F Cline dies suddenly at his Chicago home. Dr A Murat Willis a famed surgeon dies by suicide after an operation at Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond. Edward Parry Browning a Handley faculty member marries Marion Barkley of Mayesville Kentucky. James N Moling is elected captain of the Sarah Zane and Lee M Lamp captains the Rouss firemen.
Policeman Hollis on his beat detects danger and averts a serious blaze at the Delco Electric Light Company plant setting a calm scene for the neighborhood. The scare prompts vigilant oversight of operations and potential safety reviews.
Walter Lipppman argues Mayor LaGuardia’s leadership could reform New York City by purging entrenched place-holders, granting powers to overhaul the municipal service, and rebuilding credit through confidence, expertise, and a clear plan. The essay urges decisive action on transport, housing, education, and justice.
The article warns that state legislature must grant city powers and accuses Tammany, the Governor, and upstate Republicans of risking obstruction. It portrays a high-stakes political showdown in New York, with a determined mayor ready to mobilize public support if bargains or timidity block progress.
Raoul, Clara, and Antonine elude Inspector Gorgeret as the Volnic chateau auction advances. Lupin-like gambits, hidden identities, and a planned inheritance drive Raoul to protect Clara while Big Paul schemes. Their duet of trust and danger deepens as they await the next revelation.
Present and past rainfall figures show 0.35 inches in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. January to date. Year to date 0.46 inches. The Winchester Laboratory records average 34.71 inches per year and monthly averages range from 2.36 inches in February to 3.83 inches in June based on 20 years of data.
Miles B. Dean of Winchester Virginia writes to recall President Roosevelt’s campaign promise to cut government expenses by twenty five percent. He criticizes agencies such as the Public Works Administration the Federal Emergency Housing Corporation and the Petroleum Administration Board as inefficient. The letter cites confusion over agency initials and urges economy in federal spending.
The Star editor catalogs New Deal agencies from CCC to TVA critiquing costs and motives. He ridicules programs like the NRA and FCA, notes vast employment and spending, and questions taxpayer value and efficiency, with sharp, satirical tone. He mentions Johnson and likens policy to uprooting crops and destroying livestock.
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