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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
6
Proceeds from dances will aid the Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia, a sanitarium for infantile paralysis. President Roosevelt, a former patient, remains deeply interested in the institution and its work.
Valley leaders elected an executive committee and announced 1934 priorities amid praise for longtime stewardship. President Moore and Secretary Loth reported strong publicity gains with limited funds, while cautioning rising competition from new highways and urging continued regional advertising and park land purchases.
Judge Donald L. Weems heard a mix of cases in police court. J. N. Young, jailed then released, was rearrested within hours, facing a six month sentence and a 74.25 dollar fine for drunken theft. Arthur Russell pleaded guilty to stealing hides, claiming the devil influenced him, receiving a suspended six month term if he stays out of the city. Wesley Burks, 21, was dismissed after a knife incident with James Harden. John Preston, 14, was warned to stay off Fred Glaize's property after being accused of stealing wood.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable March 15 to stockholders of record February 15. The 1933 amount matches last year and maintains a long record of annual returns since 1847.
Closing quotations for Chicago May wheat 90 14 a bushel July 88 54 September 89 34. Baltimore spot wheat 96 12. Winchester spot wheat 93.
Audrey Phipps daughter of Henry Carnegie Phipps and a member of prominent American families is shown at the Phipps mansion in Palm Beach Florida after threats to kidnap her. She shelters inside the estate with two pet dogs acting as bodyguards behind a high fence.
U S stock prices rose again under bright skies with expectations of higher levels. Washington developments were watched as the President favored an amendment to a monetary bill creating a five man board while possibly accepting a time limit for the 2 billion fund. Brokers were calm though Capitol talk suggested possible federal stock regulation this session. Sterling opened at 5.00 dollars and British call money renewed at one percent.
Turopolje in Yugoslavia is a 13 000 resident commune where every inhabitant is born a nobleman or noblewoman with the right to bear a coat of arms. The unique tradition marks the town as the world’s only hereditary noble class community.
The House approved an appropriation bill totaling 284,747,000 dollars for the navy's next fiscal year and sent it to the Senate. It includes 33,619,334 dollars for ship construction to expand the fleet to treaty limits but does not fund replacement of aging ships slated for the London treaty expiry in 1936.
The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 produced the largest dustfall in history. Dust settled over a radius of about a thousand miles, reddening skies for three days worldwide as the volcanic dust dispersed and then gradually settled over years.
Oliver Jordan, head of the Jordan Line Steamships in New York, learns the Ferncliffes will dine with him at eight on Friday. His wife Millicent schemes social arrangements, Paula prepares for a job, and Paula’s fiancé Ernest Graves questions their engagement amid tensions.
Oliver Jordan seeks emergency funds as his shipping venture falters and the Vance Theatre stock remains locked. Carlotta Vance arrives, rekindling old ties and stirring plans as Dan Packard is approached for private financing amid a depression.
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