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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1937
Page
3
Roger Babson analyzes American railroads amid rising taxes and labor costs. He cites lower rates, higher taxes, and regulatory burdens as drag factors while noting traffic recovery and potential rate increases by the ICC. He urges patient holding but cautions against long term public-industry holdings.
Governor Peery said it would be improper to intervene in any case still pending in court after W D Anderson protested the four year sentence given Glenn Perkins for fighting on the Covington picket line. The ruling followed Beatty’s three year term in Alleghany circuit court and notes 14 other union members awaiting trial.
Virginia state senator Saxon Holt of Newport News appeals to voters in a radio address to win the lieutenant governor race on his record. He cites 35 years in the Senate, a nine month school term, fair teacher salaries, a teacher retirement plan, and free textbooks. Holt contrasts his pro labor votes with his opponent Robert W. Daniel, who he says opposed pension and unemployment bills. Daniel, in Petersburg, rebuts claims of disloyalty and defends his Virginia birth and service.
The Stephens City Methodist Episcopal Church South will begin a week long Bible School session Monday morning and close with a picnic at Rouss Spring next Friday. All children are invited to attend. Teachers listed include Mrs. C L Golliday Mrs Le ...
Miss Alma Orndoff returned from Blacksburg where she attended the 4 H Club short course. The community extends sympathy to Mrs. W H H Orndoff on the death of her brother Mr William Smith of Pennsylvania. Mrs Orndoff and her son Ellsworth left to attend the funeral. Donald and Buddy Crim visit grandparents Floyd and Mrs Crim. Bethel Lutheran Church members anticipate the annual picnic next Thursday.
Virginia Attorney General A P Staples defended his record on a Richmond radio hookup claiming his three and a half years in office have been fair and nonpartisan. He said he and Gov candidate James H Price are personal friends and vowed cooperation if elected. He rejected charges of crime as a sign of failure, arguing higher convictions reflect tougher enforcement.
John Galleher, Virgin ia attorney general candidate, debates crime costs and leadership for curb ing the rise in crime. He accuses a Capitol Hill group of backing rival James H. Price and calls for a fresh start with a new governor and attorney general.
Virginia posted a total revenue increase of 15.86 million and expenditures rising 10.91 million for the year ending June 30. Major gains came from unemployment compensation taxes and the unemployment trust fund payments, ABC profits, beer taxes, gasoline taxes, and federal grants, while inheritance taxes fell from the prior year.
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