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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
4
The notice provides pricing for subscriptions by duration and carrier, memorial and card notices, classified and display ads with word and inch rates, and states cash with copy. It lists regional ad reps in major cities and sets deadlines for display ads.
A devotional fragment cites Isaiah 55 6 7 urging readers to seek the Lord while near and return to God for mercy and pardon and to forsake wicked thoughts. The excerpt emphasizes repentance and divine mercy.
A New York Times survey in early January finds retailers nationwide confident in a recovery, driven by fair competition codes that reduce price battles and boost forward orders. Executives across department stores, specialty shops, and chains note 70 percent of lines fall under code regulations, with furniture and housing markets poised for replacement buying as reemployment rises. Dun and Bradstreet reports stores raising budgets up to 20 percent and rebuilding inventories, signaling progress toward reemployment and business stabilization under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
John Garland Pollard will resign as Governor of Virginia at noon next Wednesday. The Roanoke World News notes his tenure faced chronic revenue shortfalls and persistent relief and negotiation challenges with the federal government, drawing comparisons to historic Virginia leaders.
Texas has for years led states in cotton production supplying one third of the nation’s output and about twenty percent of world cotton. The Kitchen Cabinet was the informal advisers of President Andrew Jackson. A board foot is a board one foot by one foot by one inch, with the board’s length in feet determining the total volume in units.
A biographical profile highlights Governor Pollard’s career from Richmond area lawyer and mayor to attorney general and governor. It notes his war work, FTC appointment, and push for education funding, while criticizing road funding cuts and political opposition, and praising his public-spirited leadership amid the 1930s fiscal strain.
The United Brethren Conference District Council will convene at Winchester U B Church on Wednesday January 17 at 7 30 pm. Rev A P Havermale and Rev O T Deever will lead as dignitaries from Dayton Ohio. Attendees include pastors official members and Sunday school teachers from Edinburg Toms Brook Reliance Winchester Circuit West Frederick and Winchester Station.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m. January to date total .91 inches. Year to date .91 inches. The Winchester Laboratory records 34.71 inches as the 21 year average. Monthly averages vary from 2.15 to 3.81 inches with January at 2.36 and June at 3.81 inches.
An affidavit reveals intimate telephone exchanges between Mrs Fay Webb Vallee and Gary Leon in New York. The NY Supreme Court denied Mrs Vallee’s request to restrain Rudy Vallee from pursuing a Mexican divorce. The affidavit alleges recordings via a dictaphone connected to the Vallee apartment line.
Edward Steele of Middletown is arrested for stealing a red rooster and eye injury from A. R. Cooley’s roost. Clinton P. Anderson of Albuquerque visits Leesburg Rotary Club January 25. H. B. McCormac elected Republican Executive Committee chairman. Japanese accuse Americans of arming China. Frances O. Woomer, 89, widow of a Union Army veteran, dies at home.
Advertisement offers two dozen Yuengling and two dozen Piels beer with free delivery. Phone number 1444 appears for orders. Ends with a cryptic code 12-14-e and 0. d.-tf.
Notices indicate several banks will close Friday January 19 1934 as a legal holiday. Maturing paper due that date may be paid Saturday January 20 1934 at each institution. Signatories include Harold G Brown John Sloat Geo Brushnell J Ayost and the Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co.
Raoul anxiously pursues a plan to free Clara after learning Big Paul may survive his knife wound. He manipulates Gorgeret through a dance hall meeting while keeping Zozette as a bargaining chip and plotting a course to avert police attention as night deepens.
The spring pattern book offers season's smartest models with practical easy-to-make designs. It covers juniors, youngsters, and women with larger figures in slenderizing styles. Readers can order through the Pattern Department of this newspaper. pattern feature explains ordering details.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court Win Chester Virginia on January 8 1934 an order of publication was issued for George B Forney executor of Samuel Mash estate and heirs including Rebecca J Walker Lucy Williams Millie Holland Amanda Briggs Lula Williams Della Addison Carrie Odgen and unknown heirs and creditors to appear within ten days after publication to protect interests. The order requires weekly publication for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star and posting at the courthouse front door with mailed copies to defendants.
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