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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
9
Regional stations schedule varied segments including news features and music. Listings show call signs New York stations WEAP WUZI and others, with time blocks and program types across the day.
A long OCR style radio schedule lists stations as 668, 272.6, 1800, and many others with frequencies, city codes, and program blocks. It shows concert hours, orchestras, singers, house concerts, news, talk, and various music programs across cities like Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York Chicago Cleveland and more. The fragment reads like a timetable of daily broadcasts with times and program names but lacks clear narrative.
Warner Bros. pioneers Vitaphone to record sound with motion pictures creating a new era. Engineers with Western Electric solved timing amplification and projection issues and filmed dialogue with famed artists and the Metropolitan Opera. By 1926 Vitaphone reached near perfection and Warner Bros. produced a full program with Will H.ays and John Barrymore in a landmark New York debut. The venture spurred a theater chain expansion as independent managers adopted the system, proving Vitaphone a lasting innovation in entertainment.
The Senate passed the first deficiency bill with a $24,000,000 prohibition appropriation and $75,000 for tax refunds. Senator McKellar urged moving large tax refund cases to the Board of Tax Appeals, criticizing Treasury secrecy and citing a back tax refund case as evidence the board is impartial. Debates touched on board capacity and the handling of refunds amid ongoing treasury explanations.
Government reports on the Hidalgo election fight list seven dead and seven wounded from one clash with new reports saying 44 killed in various parts of the state. Official results have not been announced. Doctor Jose Parres, a gubernatorial candidate, accuses the state administration of law violations.
The passage notes Dr. Parres stating he polled a majority while supporting opponent Bartolome V. Lugo. It presents a disputed claim of electoral backing and counter claims of leader status.
The funeral of Mrs Himina Hatfield Frye 33 occurred after death Tuesday at her son Warry Fry near Clary Shenandoah County. Services were at the Lutheran Church Strasburg with ministers Bowden Zee East and Sepp. burial at Riverside Cemetery. She leaves six living children, twenty grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Virginia state officials announce forthcoming publication of spring studies from western Virginia. Data cover 400 springs across Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley up to Harrisonburg, detailing flow rate location and temperature. Findings aid locating water powered industries and river-basin surveys with USGS and Army engineers.
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