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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
4
A standard credit line states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to the news dispatches published in the paper, credited or not, and all local news printed therein.
The notice lists annual, six month, three month, and monthly subscription rates by mail and by carrier, with prices in dollars. It also names national advertising representatives Frost Landis and Kohn in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit.
A brief excerpt cites Galatians 5 22 23 listing love joy peace long suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness and temperance as the fruit of the Spirit with no law against them.
Ramsey MacDonald warns that American aid is vital to end global economic misery as reparations linger. The London press quotes Mussolini deriding democracy and calling for national saviors, warning of continued wars. The era of reparations is seen as fading, stirring concern among disarmament advocates.
The piece notes Atlanta authorities plan to try six young Communists under the 1866 insurrection statute, the only wartime law still on the books. It cites arrests in 1930 for peaceful demonstrations in Georgia, Texas, and broader fears of fascist intimidation amid protests and public denunciations by local leaders.
Fragmentary passage blames rising protest activity on officials and groups, arguing Georgia and Atlanta cannot harbor dangerous actors amid calls for flood response.
The Times-Picayune notes the 50 year mark between the assassination of France's President Paul Doumer and the Phoenix Park killing of Frederick Cavendish in Dublin May 6 1882. It recalls the Invincibles and their executions following the park murder.
Emma Howard Wight warns against ostentation as she retells the bee fable. A self important hen questions labor while the bee argues usefulness lies in quiet toil. The piece reflects on wisdom from nature and a Sheba Solomon anecdote about nature over art.
Loudoun County Circuit Court grants Middleburg authority to expand territorial boundaries by 230 acres, adding to 50 acres of the old section for a total of 280 acres. The expansion lies north and south of the Lee Jackson Highway to accomodate growth, police protection, and sanitary regulations. Presiding judges were J R H Alexander Philip Williams and Robert F Hutcheson. Mayor William J Lucks oversees the town expansion.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, says the Republican convention did not pledge nominees to any course on prohibition. He notes the plank supports enforcement, voids referendums without consent, and allows Congress to decide on an amendment with a substitute. He will comment further after the Democratic convention.
In Berryville Virginia the Duncan Memorial Methodist Church marked its fiftieth anniversary. Rev W J Young D D former Baltimore Conference member and Emory University professor preached at both services. The brick church, built in 1882, sits on the site of an earlier 1850 frame church with early pastors noted, including Rev Thomas Sewell and Bishop Wilson. Rev R L Eustler leads today.
An estimated federal tax increase would cost a married businessman with one child about $235 annually. He would groan at payment and likely howl if a fragile national budget caused bank failures that jeopardize his money.
Five Chicago youths on a ship to Tahiti uncover a mysterious passenger Miss Whitney linked to a ship log. The log’s lure and a lace scent hint at danger as they near the equator and a planned landfall at dawn.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ends at 8 a m is .02 inches. Year to date is 19.66 inches with 1.41 inches since the start of the calendar year. Monthly normals based on 19 years of records list January 2.36 inches February 1.95 March 2.70 April 3.17 May 3.58 June 3.89 July 3.50 August 3.54 September 2.20 October 2.87 November 2.14 December 2.39.
The page lists prices for dairy feed including cracked corn and Middlings, butter and country butter, eggs, and chickens. It also includes local and Baltimore wholesale market figures for hay, young chickens, sheep, steers, calves, lambs, hogs, and a dairy feed breakdown with percentage mixes and per unit costs.
An advertisement promotes Stanback as quick relief for headaches and other pains. The copy urges customers to visit a store and ask for Stanback, claiming immediate energizing effects.
A Federation of America study shows in 34 cities with strong or stable newspaper lineage during early 1931 business ran 8.3 percent above the national average. In another 34 cities with an 11.95 percent or greater drop, business barely matched national figures. Maintain your newspaper advertising, Mr. Merchant.
Readers debate whether pension graft can end while recalling postwar corruption patterns. The discussion weighs reforms versus entrenched interests and probes lessons from Reconstruction era governance.
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