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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1934
Page
8
The government trade census begins with eight questions for all business firms. It seeks an actual description of the business, merchandise or services, employee counts, salaries, operating expenses, net sales, inventory, and credit sales for 1933. Data are confidential but will enable comparison with 1929 and aid economic planning and employment analysis.
C W A administrator W E Edwards reports Willard Day requests the county board redo school project applications removing excavation and foundation work. The revised plan will focus on ground grading wells and sanitary appliances with work expected to start soon. Eugene Chiles notes a weekly payroll near 700 dollars for county workers across six projects, employing about 100 men. Frederick county C W A payrolls exceed 1500 dollars.
Magistrate Guy Van Amringe endorsed Mayor LaGuardia's crackdown on gambling in New York. He warned that patrons of gambling games may face disorderly conduct sentences in the future, a shift from the long standing practice of immunity unless caught gambling.
United States sailors landed at Foochow China to guard American lives and property amid disorder during the evacuation of the rebel capital by the retreating Nineteenth Route Army. Naval parties from the Tulsa joined Gordon Burke in protecting nationals as Nationalist Marines withdrew to the gunboat. British and Japanese forces were present to offer protection as tensions rose.
Armed with sub machine guns, three men broke in through a skylight at 7 30 a m, restrained the manager and six employees, waited for opening hours, then forced the vault and escaped with about $20,000 from the Corn Exchange National Bank at Sixtieth and Ludlow streets in West Philadelphia.
In Elkton Maryland a car was forced off the road and hit a telephone pole. Mrs Jesse Taylor Baker 40 of Wilmington Delaware died from injuries. Four others were injured and admitted to Elkton hospital James Larry 39 Harry Gelbert 32 Helen Stevens 25 and Mrs Nora Stevens 40 were listed as patients.
Havana reports the rebel junta named Carlos Hevia secretary of agriculture as Cuba's new president after Ramon Grau San Martin resigned. Cabinet ministers and officers debated Mendieta and Hevia with Batista backing Mendieta, while troops at Camp Columbia mounted three inch guns.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on January 15 the United States Anthracite Miners Union strike failed to halt production. Surveys showed about 20 000 men working across northern collieries with limited capacity at many sites. Pickets and police clashed lightly at outposts while union headquarters claimed twelve collieries in the Arnold group reported 12 000 men out of work.
Closing quotations from Chicago show May at 91 1 2 cents July 89 3 4 and September 91 1 2. Baltimore spot wheat at 96 cents Winchester spot 92 cents highest locally in months. President's message to Congress on flexible dollar cited as market influence. New York stocks broadened on the news.
Local fans will see Ed Lee, former S. V. A. star and 18 point per game scorer with Company I last season, lead the Cadets against Berryville at Handley gym Tuesday night. The Berryville squad brings balance for a fast game. head referee Mike Garber will start the 8 15 tip.
The Senate banking committee approved the administration bill to guarantee principal and interest on farm mortgage bonds by 9 to 3. The measure backs $2,000,000,000 of farm mortgage bonds authorized by the last Congress with few changes.
The C W A first aid institute in the County Court room completed sessions on Saturday with sixteen graduates receiving certificates. Instructor Taylor Barr led topics from first aid to artificial respiration and injuries, with graduates from Winchester Shenandoah and Frederick counties. Barr will teach a similar course in Berryville for C W A men from nearby counties.
Vice-Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu said he does not know if he was quoted correctly in a Gendai Monthly Magazine interview. The admiral, commander of Japan's combined fleets, reportedly warned of America's hostile policy toward Japan. He added he has not read the interview and cannot confirm its accuracy.
The Senate confirmed Sumner Welles of Maryland as assistant secretary of state after withholding action at Senator Borah’s request. Borah then announced he did not wish to delay confirmation any longer.
Baby Sue Trammell, five months old, is to leave Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for home today after surgery on her brain. Surgeon Dr. Walter E. Dandy called her condition very good and said she would travel by train with her mother, while her father returned to Houston. She arrived in Baltimore in a record 1,400 mile air dash from Houston on December 27 accompanied by speed flier James R. Wedell.
In Geneva on January 15 the League of Nations Council opened its seventy eighth session with France urging Germany to participate in Saar plebiscite preparations. Count Rene Massigli pressed for Germans to be represented and noted minutes should go to Berlin. Mussolini reaffirmed loyalty to the League as Germany and Japan chairs were vacant and Argentina joined as a new member.
Governor Pollard warns of falling revenues proposes targeted school aid for poorer counties and potential broader funding to richer areas later. Assembly set for busy week with liquor control hearings redistricting debates and economy committee bills aiming to save about 1 million. Peery plans to restore 1932 school funding and raise state income through utility and transport tax reforms.
The document outlines Governor Peery’s tax agenda including utilities transit tax, chain store tax, and updated income and merchant licenses. Proposals add heavy highway user levy, reduce personal exemptions, tax all dividends, cap donations deductions, and shift retail licenses to a sales based rate while maintaining minimums.
Notice to the public that Railway Express Agency Inc. will apply to the State Corporation Commission in Richmond on February 19, 1934 at 10:00 A M for authority to revise express rates between Staunton Virginia and points in the state. The proposal may raise or lower rates and interested parties must appear and present evidence. Signed H R Van Denberg Superintendent. 21 1 15 22
The document estimates chain store tax at 50000 dollars and inheritance tax reductions cutting exemptions by 50 percent to net 110000 dollars. It notes miscellaneous items including a gift tax near federal level, a soft drink tax, a license tax on threats based on gross receipts, all expected to yield about 300000 dollars.
Several Winchester and Shenandoah banks announce closure on Friday January 19 1934 a legal holiday. Shenandoah Valley National Bank will reopen Saturday January 20 and honor maturities. Other institutions listed include Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co with cashiers Harold G Brown John I Sloat Geo B Bushnell Jah Yost.
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