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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
4
A cryptic AP masthead fragment notes the Associated Press is the exclamatory source for all news dispatches and credits, mentioning consolidation with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror and associated items in 119: 10% context.
A gospel verse emphasizes that not all who call Jesus Lord will enter heaven. Only those who perform the Father’s will in heaven are declared worthy. The message urges faithful obedience over mere words.
The 1931 Blue Book from the Manufacturers' Record praises the South for record 1930 achievements. It notes a $921,000,000 construction and engineering total, rail and port development gains, cement demand, electric energy growth, aeronautics expansion, and by‑product savings across sugar, cotton, and lumber industries.
Staunton News Leader calls for stricter enforcement of speeding and drunken driving laws. Editors urge stronger license checks and prison terms for reckless drivers, criticizing Virginia's allowance of unqualified operators and installment payments for fines.
Citizens now know the pattern of jury service with names appearing automatically every twenty years. If a person is deemed fit by investigation, they will serve when called. presiding judges outline the process and decision standards.
The text notes a policy allowing reporting at a convenient time, reducing service to a fortnight, and a guarantee against further calls for 20 days. The American Judicature Society reports two years of trials show the plan operates with great success.
The Internal Revenue Bureau reported 1931 totals: $1,026,443,530 for corporate income taxes, $833,758,110 for individuals, and $567,987,578 for miscellaneous taxes. Virginia sent back $113,761,372 to the IRS, up from $96,694,138 the prior year, with state payments of $16,157,273 in corporate taxes $3,049,480 in individual taxes and $94,554,618 in miscellaneous taxes mainly tobacco levies.
The Fort Worth, loaded with 300 gallons, carried Robbins and Jones toward Fairbanks then planned midair refueling over Solomon, 30 miles northeast of Nome, and again near Siberia. A tri motor refueling plane would supply 800 gallons to reach Seward Peninsula, Nome, and onward to Tokyo.
Public sale of city realty by Trustee for James H Lockhart involves two deeds of trust from February 1920 and July 1927. The sale of a corner lot at Piccadilly and Kent streets with a store and dwelling is set for August 10 1931 at 11 A M in front of the County Court House Winchester. Terms require one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by purchaser bonds bearing later date plus semi annual interest. Clerked details reference Deed Books 35 7 and 46 412.
The text notes a rapid refueling over Siberia causing no delay in the forthcoming flight. It emphasizes efficiency and swift mission timing amid extended aerial routes.
The Shenandoah National Bank qualified in probate court as administrator for the estate of the late Harry C. Fletcher who died intestate. Bond was posted by the bank in the penalty of $7,000.
Hans Luth ranks the German Bank chief who met the ambassador at the German embassy in London today. He left Berlin last night without announcing plans and crossed the channel by airplane. He will visit Paris and Brussels before Basel next Monday for a directors meeting of an international firm.
It was understood that Dr Luther met with financial centers to secure a credit between 250 million and 400 million dollars to bolster Germany's finances, weakened by heavy foreign withdrawals in the past two weeks.
Albany News reports that only about three percent of state prison inmates can play musical instruments, suggesting that justice has not fulfilled its duty toward saxophone players and other musicians within the system.
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