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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1932
Page
6
The report notes rainfall totals over the past 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. and contrasts January to date with February, noting months October through December and 1931 similarities. It cites rainfall amounts and comparisons across months and years to outline trends.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson to discuss prohibition phases in an address Thursday night. Frank Foreman elected ident of the South End H Company. Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company charter recorded. Tax payments in Northern Virginia reported normal amid drought. Five years ago notes include water and sewer expenditures, railroad labor tensions, and marriages. Fifteen years ago items mention Nemo column, bank deposits, land sales, auto ownership, and weddings.
Mr. Maloney retires effective January 1 after serving the Cumberland Valley Railroad and its division as road foreman of engines and assistant trainmaster. His career began in 1883 on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, later holding engineman roles and service on several lines before joining Cumberland Valley in 1903. He joins the Pennsy Roll of Honor. his son Joseph M. Maloney works as a block operator on the division.
Two 17 and 16 year old girls confessed to taking part in a Chicago nightclub robbery during which a policeman was killed. Marcella Royce has smiled at arrest while Dorothy Evans shows deep remorse.
The term moratorium refers to emergency legislation authorizing a debtor or bank to defer specie payments or other payments for a set period. The concept centers on a temporary halt to financial obligations under legal authority.
Book Wisdom Library is more than a storehouse for books and acts as a community power house to energize the lives of people as noted by Woman's Home Companion.
Market notes show flour at 4.50 to 4.95 per unit and shelled corn around 0.60. Bran and mixed feed listed with small variations. Creamery and butter prices appear, with poultry and livestock categories including leghorns and turkeys noted.
Nationalist leaders were arrested by the score as civil disobedience actions began across India. The Associated Press reports widespread detentions as protests started.
The anti British boycott shows headway with Gandhi in Poona and protests in Benares and Jubbulpore where police fired on a mob and a forbidden parade led to a standstill. Shops are closed. Bombay exchanges suspend activity as Congress calls for halting orders worth millions in British machinery.
United States patent office records reveal diverse new ideas including a showplow a hen nest replacing straw and an improved sea wall. The filings reflect inventive approaches across agricultural housing and coastal protection with several noted inventors and organizations involved.
A historical note details Palestine as a small territory 140 miles wide in the north and 80 miles in the south, with a total area of 9,000 square miles.
The 1930 31 Virginia Department of Taxation annual report shows a rise in the valuation of bonds notes and other evidences of debt taxed in the state by 644 498 over the prior year Total valuation reached 255 842 054 with revenue at 1 278 219 11 compared to 1 275 995 63 last year The article notes the slight decline in intangible property and ends with a political aside on a Democratic House and Republican President.
A reflective line on how true greatness is shown through actions rather than mere ideas during challenging eras. It praises bold, practical leadership over theoretical plans.
The executor M M Lynch will sell at 10 A M on Thursday January 14 1932 at the late Mrs Aurelia Allamongs home near Stephenson Frederick County the household and kitchen items plus 1 cow 1 horse wagon wheel barrow garden tools and more Cash terms. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn with clerk C R McCann handling the sale.
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