Spain's wage woes and breadline life described in Madrid column
Jan 18 Madrid in Mackenzie's column notes Spain's low daily wages from a dollar to 1.85, with rationed goods expensive on black markets. It chronicles high costs for eggs butter meat oil and flour, widespread hunger among the poor, and families relying on bread and soup, while fruit and fish remain plentiful in rural areas.
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Madrid
Spain
Decenehan
Mack
Papa
Mama
Mexico
Worker Paid in Food Undercuts Wage System
A worker receives portions of wages as food and is charged the standard price for the meals. This arrangement highlights a barter style pay practice and its cost implications for the laborer.
Room Without Bath
Police investigated a report that a motorist was slumped beneath the wheel of a parked automobile for two days. They learned the traveler from Lafayette Indiana, a traveling salesman, was tired and using his car as a bed after failing to find a hotel room for two nights.
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Danville
Lafayette
Ind
Widower Dawron Winslow Marries 63 Year-Old Mary Larson
In Los Angeles on January 18, 93 year old Dawron Halsey Winslow and 63 year old Mary Dorothea Larson obtained a marriage license in Santa Ana. The piece notes the unlikely match and includes a phonetic Q and A about the phrase cold blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dawron Halsey Winslow
Mary Dorothea Larson
Santa Ana
WANTED and FOR SALE Classified Ads Mix of Needs and Offers
Classified column lists WANTED items including safe services housing room and board rentals and work, plus FOR SALE items like a 1934 Chevrolet coupe farm property radios stoves and furniture. Also notices for stray sow and farm-related needs with contact methods and dates.
Orchard and Farm Worker Wanted in Hamburg Pa
Wanted experienced married man to operate a forty acre orchard and seventy five acre general farm with one full time helper or on a partnership basis. Apply to Earl Sheble R F D No 2 Hamburg Pa 1 18 25 21 31
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sheble
R. FP
Hamburg
For Sale Notices from Millwood and Bartonsville Area
Pure bred range raised turkey tam for breeding purposes. Phone 31 W Boyce. B B McKay Millwood Va. (1 16 31) 109 acre farm one mile west of Bartonsville Station see Harry J Flowers. (18 101) Modern six room house with garage and outbuildings apply 427 Highland Ave. (16 31) RCA cabinet radio excellent condition price reasonable call 4167.
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Berryville
Winchester
Geo. N. Morgan
Boyce
B. B. McKay
Millwood
Bartonsville Station
Harry J. Flowers
Highland Ave
R.C.A. Cabinet Radio
Lost Elgin watch with black band at Palace Theatre
Lost ladies gold Elgin watch with black card band reported after Wednesday night performance at Palace Theatre. Reward offered. Contact Inwood 19 F 23. Dated January 18, 1931.
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Elgin
Palace Theatre
Inwood
For Rent Options Near Winchester and Kernstown
Advertises a 150 acre farm for rent seven miles from Winchester on a state road with water, plus a furnished two room apartment in Kernstown. Contact numbers 5545 and 3044 provided for inquiries and scheduling.
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Desirable Farm
Winchester
State Road
Kernstown
No Action Taken On Garbage Collections
Sanitary Inspector Gibson Baker reported at the January City Council meeting that cooperation from restaurants is good but street trash remains due to garbage in improper containers. He warned health certificates show 15 to 20 percent more disease cases than last summer and urged prompt action on more frequent trash pickups, though no decision was reached.
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Gibson Baker
Baker
C. R. Anderson
Barney To Head Local Savings Bond Drive
Wendell Barney of Winchester Frederick county will continue to head the local War Finance Committee now Savings Bond Division. The focus remains on encouraging citizen investment in Savings Bonds and payroll savings where possible. Virginia posted strong Victory Loan results with 112 percent state average for E bonds and Winchester at 140 percent of its E quota. Rappahannock led with 270 percent. Clarke and others followed in state rankings.
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Wendell Barney
Winchester- Frederick County
Barney
Virginia
Winchester
Rappahannock
Clarke
Colors of the Army Commendation Ribbon
The ribbon is a silk band one and three eighths inches wide with white stripes and myrtle green bands. The first Allied surface ship to enter Tokyo Bay during the war was the USS Revenge 110, which led a mine sweep formation.
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Tokyo Bay
Revange
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Warner Bros
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H. C. Sheetz & Son
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Hansbrough & Carter
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Roy P. Duvall
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Geo. W. Kurtz
American Locksmith Co
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D. C
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George Washington Hotel
W. E. Touchstone
Capitol Theatre Office
Union News Co
Winchester Steam Laundry
Box J
Middleburg
Keplinger
Chevrolet Garage
E. H. Warner
Fada
Call
Beacon Electrical Supply Co
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
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Jonah Good
Grimes
Armstrong Co
Piccadilly
Guy E. Stayer
Middletown
Fordson Tractor
Austin
White Palace
P. O
FE. U. Richards
Mountain Falls
Milking Machines
Checkerboard Feed Store
Barr
M. A. Wiley
Hayfield
Brooks’ Drug Store
Baker's Restaurant
Berryville Ave
Miller Streit
Berkeley Spring Road
J. E. Kalbach & Son
Ro AS
Dionne
Kes
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Winchester, VA
Dial
General Insurance
Hable
Taam Glee
Saeed Frazee
Brad Taylor
Harry Langdon
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Earl L. Mason
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