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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1933
Page
4
A cryptic mixed item references Christ for All All for Christ in MLS and a proverb from Proverbs 13 3 about guarding the mouth. No clear event or dates. The fragment mentions Morning News item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror and a 10 percent consolidation.
The New York Board of Trade reports a broad upturn in conditions across 100 cities with gains in employment payrolls wages industrial output and sales. Percy C Magnus says the low mood is over and the country is on the road to recovery with a prospect of a period of stabilized prosperity ahead.
The article notes that more than 15 000 people departed New York by ship on a Saturday, a record for three years. It highlights varied travelers including teachers, tourists, business people, and speculators, with reflections on the era’s mood and lingering economic concerns.
The Portsmouth Star notes a sharp drop in militant atheists with the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism facing extinction for want of funds as its annual report shows a steady decline in membership during hard times.
The piece contrasts falling income with rising church membership claiming over 50 million Americans are communicants. It notes atheism seems easy in prosperity but when markets crash people reassess beliefs, making atheism a luxury and exposing human limits.
The report shows 24 hour precip none ending 8 am. July sum 2.84 inches year to date 22.89 inches. 20 year average 34.53 inches annually and monthly figures from January 2.36 through December 2.37 inches.
The body of Mrs Frances Orndorff of Cedar Creek Valley was found after a disappearance lasting more than six months. Frederick County Supervisors plan to dispose of county road equipment as state takes over roads. First Lieutenant George F Miller joins the Virginia State Police.
James Mayhew aged 40 is held in connection with a shooting at the home of Chester Wyman in Star Tannery. The incident prompted police action and ongoing investigation.
Ten years ago Louis Odgen a Baltimore newsman was killed in an auto accident at Kernstown Harding’s presidential party reached Wrangell Alaska Governor E Le Trinkle and party planned to attend a Moose parade here Towns Bus Line received a state charter to operate between this city and Staunton Advertisements for the early showing of the John Robinson cinema drew interest Reverend John W Reeves retired Methodist minister living at Front Royal died.
Fifteen years ago Claude Ryan of this town joined the navy and has now been promoted to Ensign. The Class 1 draft pool is exhausted and names for upcoming camp entry are printed. A federal ruling will ban wine and beer production within four months and whiskey within six months. The Federal Food Administration asks citizens to reduce picnic foods as a patriotic measure to save food for soldiers.
Pretty 18 year old Marian Buckley of Cleveland is missing from her Lakewood home, prompting a nationwide police search. She is daughter of H M Buckley, assistant superintendent of Cleveland schools, and a Wilmington College student in Wilmington, Ohio.
Tony confesses Virginia loves Michael after meeting him by the Oliphant house in Annapolis. Michael reveals he has bought the Oliphant house to keep her memory alive. They sail the Severn where Tony admits Virginia chose Michael, and Michael vows to find and win her back as Tony’s hopes fade.
Bob Steele presents The Gallant Fool in the West cattle country setting with thrills. A Mickey Mouse Cartoon chapter 4 of The Phantom of the West and a Musical Novelty complete the program. Humanity and Humanity a Fox feature star Ralph Morgan. Boots Mallory Alexander Kirkland Trene Ware appear later this week as Palace screens swing into summer of specials.
Warner Bros presents The Nuisance at the Capitol featuring Lee Tracy as a fast talking shyster ambulance chasing lawyer. The film follows his clever schemes against a street car company with faked evidence and courtroom trickery. It blends humor romance and drama with sensational accidents and sharp legal skirmishes.
Colonial Unknown Valley hosts Buck Jones in a romantic outdoor drama billed as a different Western. The feature showcases a distinctive screen persona in a vivid frontier setting.
Stephens City held Sunday evening Children’s Day exercises under E. J. Hicks as superintendent with Mrs. Harry Hicks and Lesley Holiday directing. The program featured recitations, songs, pantomimes, solos, duets, and an address by Rev. H. E. Richardson, with community committees listed.
Maxim Litvinov, Russia's foreign affairs commissar, features in a bold caricature by world famous artist Maxim Litvinov for Central Press. At the London conference he secured England's lift of the trade embargo and a cotton trade pact with the United States, plus a non aggression treaty with the Baltic states Poland and the Little Entente, easing western pressure on the Soviet frontier.
An editorial reprinted from The Warren Sentinel in Front Royal Warren County. The piece reflects on local civic space and community use of a public park as seen in the weekly publication.
The Sentinel urges arbitration of land valuation disputes between landowners and the State Conservation and Development Commission to transfer lands to the federal government and open Shenandoah National Park. It argues arbitration would cut delays from seven years of litigation, fix compensation, and allow timely park opening, urging officials to embrace the plan now.
Major Robert Kent Jr was cleared in a Blue Ridge Springs Hotel beer possession case. The judge dismissed charges after prescriptions covered purchase. State officer planned to seek Attorney General guidance on enforcement duties.
Richmond July 6 Justice TS Gray Haddon announced all 8.2 beer case hearings in police court will be continued until after the General Assembly special session in August. Justice H A Maurice said he will apply the same policy in South Richmond police court.
Indians once cultivated about 400 acres within the present boundaries of Delaware Ohio.
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