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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
4
Advertising and subscription terms for The Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester show rates for print and carrier delivery. The notice also confirms Associated Press rights and national representatives Frost Landis and Kohn in major cities.
The Page News and Courier of Luray Virginia marks its sixty fifth birthday with a special edition of over 40 pages. Editor Carl Lauck led the project with Norfolk editor C L Leach. the issue highlights descriptive material and half tone engravings as the paper continues as a Shenandoah Valley institution. Bill Wiggins, famed for his homely rural philosophy, is remembered as absent.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes the administration shipped Calvin Coolidge to California to open the Olympic games. It argues Coolidge rarely acts without necessity and mocks the idea of him abandoning a porch rocker for a political chore.
The speaker mocks political outsiders while praising post office officials as capable insiders. He notes the vice president and cabinet outrank a former president who wrote an article, arguing the administration should use existing Post Office talent like Walter Brown and Glover rather than an outsider seeking glory.
A Roanoke Times item notes traffic snarls in Atlantic City caused by Greta Garbo's pending visit. The News mocks such fuss while the Progress Index argues Garbo’s celebrity glare could outshine four presidential hopefuls, imagining her strolling the Boardwalk with interest from the public.
Morgantown editorial compares Virginia Governor’s 10 percent cut in legislative appropriations to West Virginia’s out of balance budget. It praises Virginia’s centralized, decisive budget management and urges study of Virginia’s system to improve the Mountain State’s fiscal discipline.
A brief notice lists admission prices for peptone at 35e and 40e. No further details provided about event or venue.
Three men from Newport Rhode Island John Russell Manuel Peters and Daniel Prenny were captured in Effingham Illinois after a chase from Moorefield Junction Hampshire county West Virginia. They will be returned to Romney for trial with E V Cox named in the burglary attempt at the post office. Local Winchester police chased the trio through the city before a passing auto stopped them.
Jay Bruce and companions pursue a log linked to a century old pearl heist in the South Seas. Pauo, a native princess, aids them while Livingston schemes to seize the sacred Eye of Nu jewel. Tense confrontations unfold as loyalties blur during a perilous voyage and island intrigue.
Larry threatens to hold a log book and use coercion while Livingston probes a coded radio link. Tom defuses the scene by arranging a morning radio sign in. Utato’s removal from Montonga signals shift in power as tension eases among the group.
A robbery spree ended with bandits fleeing after a police car was obstructed by a mobile device on National Avenue. Officers pursued but the suspects escaped in a waiting vehicle. No injuries reported.
The text explains that glacier movement peaks in summer as snow and ice melt. Movement depends on ice mass, slope and ground smoothness, and the ice surface angle. It compares glacier flow to a river with fastest motion in the center and upper layers.
Weather data shows precipitation in the past 24 hours at .61 inch and July to date at 1.39 inch. Year to date rainfall stands at 22.05 inches with normal monthly values recorded by the Winchester Research Laboratory over 19 years. Monthly totals are given for January through December.
The passage describes Bruges as a famed Belgian city known as the Venice of the North. It notes its canal lined streets, step roofs, and slow water, with elderly lace makers weaving near porches. Memling’s museum is housed in an old cloister in the town.
Notice identifies Roy Ross trading as Shir ley Shoppe at 158 N Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia as agent for Silverman and Duchin Inc. dated 7 7 121.
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