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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1934
Page
4
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The piece argues for a balanced budget in Virginia, praising past fiscal restraint by Governor Pollard and the General Assembly. It warns against deficits and elevated taxes, urges temporary Revenue measures if needed, and favors maintaining low taxes, strong credit, and minimal debt while balancing the budget without broad tax increases.
Reader exercise asks how much farmers earn from wheat and why. It notes that flour prices pass a portion to the farmer and mentions Homer as a claimed birthplace of a famous poet, dating to the ninth century.
The passage argues that accumulating deficits will raise taxes and force bond issues, urging Virginians to maintain sound financial policy to avoid nationwide strain. It warns that departing from restraint leads to distress and long-term tax burdens.
A Virginia summary from the News Letter by Ben B. Laney notes the state ranks low overall among southern states for farm motorization but shows high vehicle density in trucking areas and near cities. Isle of Wight leads Virginia counties in farm autos and trucks, with Nansemond and Southampton also high. road improvements and less sharecropping influence the trend.
Under Vladimir Burov Soviet backing a new Moscow project proposes adding temperatures and odors to theater alongside lights colors sounds and movement. Spectators would be shielded from others to focus on the stage as odor driven drama explores realism without distractions.
Virginia residents decline to be named as intervenors in a suit concerning the future of a project or policy. The article notes sensitivities around public roles and civic participation in ongoing judicial matters.
The estate clubhouse could become a public or semi public center as a potential summer capital for the governor or a UVA alumni headquarters. Its grand design, fine approach and equipment attract formal gatherings despite low mood about its future.
In Annapolis Maryland on March 16 AP reports the body of George R. Mitchell found aboard his boat with a bullet wound and a nearby revolver. Police Magistrate Thomas Basil acting coroner ruled death by suicide after state he left a note to his daughter saying his nerves had got the best of him.
Friends may view the body of the late George W. Dyke at R T Jones Funeral Parlor on South Loudoun Street prior to the funeral. The funeral party will gather there Sunday at 1 PM and proceed to St John’s Lutheran Church at Mount Williams for services at 2 PM.
In a seaside cottage Spot faces a dire prognosis for Viola as Tiggie wrestles with faith and duty. An immediate operation looms, and Viola asks for farewell moments with Tiggie before her possible death.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour total ending 8 a m none. March to date 1.28 inches year to date 3.64 inches. Average 34.71 inches for two years at Winchester Laboratory. Monthly averages list January 2.36 to December 2.37 inches.
Capitol Theatre to present a four day run of It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert under Frank Capra direction. The film adapts Samuel Hopkins Adams cosmopolitan novelette and marks the first pairing of the duo for Columbia Pictures.
Claudette Colbert plays a young heiress daughter of Walter Connolly who disapproves of her marriage to Jameson Thoeas and is kidnapped by her banker father to a yacht off Florida. She escapes to New York incognito while a jobless newsman travels toward the same city and the romance develops.
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