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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1934
Page
4
Consolidated notice lists subscription prices for mail and carrier services, memorials and cards of thanks fees, and advertising rates including classified and display, with deadlines and minimum charges. National reps are Divine Tenney Corp for major cities.
A devotional call echoes Psalm 51 10 asking for a clean heart and a right spirit. The prayer emphasizes repentance and renewal within a faith community.
Attorney General Homer Cummings says Dillinger case ends a trail but not justice. He praises Melvin Purvis and the FBI for bringing Dillinger to bay and warns that integrated federal statutes now empower the Justice Department to pursue kidnaping and other crimes more effectively, signaling stronger action against organized criminals.
Professor Russell Weisman of Western Reserve University urges liberalizing policies and reciprocal trade. He argues high tariffs and exchange controls inflame mood and harms prosperity, calling for live and let live policies among leading nations to restore peaceful exchange and mutual well being.
The material lists three facts: national income fell from 83 billion dollars in 1929 to 39.4 billion in 1933. Hammerfest is a city in Norway noted as the northernmost city in the world. and the largest freshwater lake by volume is Lake Superior.
The text argues that ports and diverse goods will help all nations, though local objections may arise. Some cases could show national gains come at the expense of local interests, yet the overall balance is favorable.
The piece argues the nation's bread stock is sufficient to cover this year's deficit and provide a carryover for next year. It notes the challenge for farmers and government is balancing supply and price to prevent financial ruin in bad years and excess losses in good years, benefiting both farmers and consumers.
Throughout the report a string of brief items appears including a Berryville merchant beaten in an attempted holdup, John Gray Beverly marrying Mrs. Julia Smith Womack, Henry S. Stewart’s death at Elk Garden at 78, and Charles Urshel held for 75000 dollars ransom. Other notes cover a funeral, a valve incident, Soviet actions, cemetery curb work, a Capitol Theatre showing, mob tar and feather at Myersville, the Loeb Leopold trial, Page County robberies, Chicago barber wage talk, and a public sale advertisement for 2914.47 acres of mountain grazing land.
Twenty five years ago E M Humston suffers vertigo while Cy McDonald and teammates rout Chambersburg 6 2. Big audience sees Taft unveil Pennsylvania monument at Petersburg Virginia. Southern Bell asks subscribers to call by number not name per T B Byrd. Nearly 300 South Quarries workers in Martinsburg West Virginia seek 15 percent wage increase.
The Farm Credit Administration of Baltimore establishes a statistical department to study loan applications across its district which covers Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Puerto Rico. Chief statistician John Gauss from State College, Pa will oversee county productivity surveys and soil and livestock data to speed decision making.
Central el Pres Association Inc reports copyright notice for Scott's Scrapbook column. Indicates ownership and rights by aca Copyright an4 and requests proper attribution for reprint use.
The FDA warns that fat reducers sold as reducing agents contain dinitrophenol and related compounds. Rug racketeers push these drugs nationwide despite deaths. Officials say the FDA cannot regulate these products but urges public warning due to their dangerous metabolic speeding effects.
The report notes that fat burning drugs raise temperature, pulse and respiration and cause heavy sweating. Mr Campbell warns against use by people with chronic rheumatism alcoholism tuberculosis and heart liver or kidney diseases due to poisonous and harmful effects and possible blood forming organ disturbances.
Present and past rainfall year to date 17.18 inches. Average precipitation per year for the past 21 years recorded at Winchester Research Laboratory 34.71 inches. Monthly averages show January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34 inches.
In a stalled family Christmas narrative, Joan Dudley returns to the Maryland farm after news of an inheritance tests old loyalties. Giles confronts love and duty while Scripps confronts his past actions, and the children weigh how money might alter Joan.
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