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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1930
Page
4
The text lists mail subscription rates for various terms and carrier options, including annual and shorter advance payments. It notes Associated Press membership and exclusive rights to AP news dispatches, plus a national advertising representative network across New York Des Moines and Chicago.
A devotional fragment cites Paul’s insight that weakness strengthens faith and extols praise to God for life light labor and love. The text blends scriptural verse with a prayerful invocation for guidance along a lamp lit path.
The nation’s roaming harvesters begin their yearly trek from Texas to Canada as Delaware berries ripen. Thousands of families, with children in tow, join the migration to gather crops from wheat to melons, apples to grapes, seeking work amid widespread unemployment.
A New York World column reports on a national spelling contest with prizes up to $1,000. Local champions from many states participated, but many contestants misspell common words like albumen and georgette, prompting reflections on declines in spelling prowess and possible distractions from radio and film.
Postwar Germany once praised for full employment and booming industry now faces widespread hardship. Reports from Berlin indicate millions depend on dole payments and wartime labor forces shrinking, reflecting a fragile economy and rising distress.
The minister of labor estimates that nearly one quarter of Germans live on the backs of others as unproductive millions drain resources. Germany pays almost two billion dollars annually in reparations and loan interest, while many nations struggle in tough times alongside America’s weak business conditions.
The State Corporation Commission will raise liability insurance rates for workers compensation to reflect higher benefits enacted by the General Assembly. Increases set to take effect June 17, with an 8.4 percent rise among the adjustments. Employers may face higher costs to preserve policy protections as experts fine tune the final rate.
The item lists local wholesale and retail market prices for feed, meal, cotton seed, butter, hogs, and wheat with scattered figures. An editorial aside mentions small houses with folding rooms, attributed to Punch as a quotation.
The writer argues modern society suffers from rampant sin, materialism, and moral decay. He warns of impending global conflict, wars from air and sea, and drastic resource depletion within decades. He cites religious decline, divorces, and urban overpopulation as signs, urging a return to divine laws and agrarian toil. Alexander Spottswood Dandridge, Winchester, Va., June 3, 1930.
The Milwaukee dossier notes Bishop Cannon vows to abstain from speculation and predicts broad support as he asserts steady resolve amid public interest and commentary.
A lecture summary contrasts Politics as a dazzling yet speculative force with Economics as the practical engine of wealth. Owen D. Young argues economics underpins social science by detailing wealth earning and using activities.
A fragmented editorial note discusses the importance of groundwork in commerce and industry and notes that people lacking site training can now gain essential knowledge. It cites a Senate example as a cautionary model. The Indianapolis Star is referenced as the source.
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