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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1932
Page
4
A local notice announces consolidation among The Evening Star publications from Winchester and surrounding papers. The plan merges The Weekly News The Weekly Times and related editions into a single Virginia edition under the Evening Star brand. Expected impact on circulation and editorial voice described by the publisher.
The notice lists subscription rates by mail and carrier with yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options and prices. It notes national advertising representatives in Frost Landis and Kohn with offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit.
A brief quotation echoes a biblical message about knowing truth as the path to freedom, attributed to a biblical verse. The fragment presents a moral invitation to seek honesty and liberty through understanding.
A look at 1931 migration figures reveals 11 747 moving from Dominions to England while 4 459 go the other way to Australia. The shift suggests economic distress abroad and relative relief in England influencing movement. The broader trend follows a decade of frontier rhetoric and government attempts to encourage settlement in the Empire's wilderness.
A New York Times article cites a Cornell researcher linking locust and grasshopper plagues to mob psychology. It argues crowding excites insects, raising body temperature and causing erratic jumping, drawing a parallel to political mobs in Congress or a convention.
The White Star Line launches its newest motor ship Georgic on a maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York this month. The 27 000 gross ton vessel uses 20 000 horsepower diesel engines and reaches eighteen knots with hidden radio equipment to avoid interference. The curved navigating bridge enhances the streamlined design. Tourist and third class cabins include elevators and hot and cold running water, marking a shift toward comfortable sea travel once reserved for higher classes.
Danville Virginia faces a water crisis as wigglers infest the city water system. The reservoir main intake was opened to release 4 000 treated wigglers into the river and the plant will take about 20 hours to flush the big container. A fire engine will scrub the interior brick bowl before it reopens.
Five Chicago youths led by Larry Holmes journey to Tahiti in search of a 100 year old log book and a pearl hidden in a statue head. Tension rises as Pauo the island princess and a rival Englishman, Livingston, pursue the log. The group faces secrets, romance, and danger aboard a tropical voyage.
Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 8 a m registered .18 inch. July to date .78 inch. Year to date 21.44 inches. Normal monthly amounts are listed from January through December as recorded by Winchester Laboratory detailing monthly totals.
Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of the Tennessee Episcopal Diocese condemns enforced abstinence as anti Christian in a public letter cited by Mrs. R. Brinkley Snowden of Memphis Prohibition Reform. He says prohibition breeds lawlessness and crime and questions public spending on spies and informers.
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