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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star with Morning News item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror provide a compact wrap of regional notices and briefs. Read across the column for updates on local events society notices and short market items.
Rates list prices for various terms in advance. One year costs 3.50 with six months at 1.75 and three months at .90. Monthly rate is .30. An alternate section shows one year 4.50 six months 2.25 three months 1.70 and monthly 40 weekly ten.
An abbreviated AP news digest from May 6 1929 lists credited and local news data in a clipped page fragment. OCR unreadable segments obscure most specifics but indicate general wire service dissemination and local publication context.
The text presents a biblical quotation Nahum 1 15 about bringing good tidings and peace followed by a prayer invoking the holy ghost and anointer asking pastor and people to fulfill righteous will for all tribes on earth.
The article explains that Jouett Shouse is appointed chairman of a newly formed Democratic executive committee to run party affairs in Washington, signaling Abel Raskob’s practical abdication from active management. Raskob will keep an empty title and focus on reducing a $1.55 million deficit.
A Lynchburg column lauds Thomas A. Edison for worldwide fame and influence in science and invention. It notes public fascination with his birthdays, comments on luck and inspiration, and discusses plans to identify and guide promising youths toward college and future invention.
A reflective note questions whether selecting a genius is feasible, suggesting that even a genius may struggle to identify genius in others. The terse musing implies uncertainty about inherent talent versus recognition.
The Richmond News Leader notes meetings are shorter and more efficient today. It cites the Democratic central committee example of fifteen minute sessions and highlights improved technique in Virginia agricultural commissions and rural electrification bodies.
Figures from Metropolitan Life show higher alcoholism deaths in 1929 US than Canada where prohibition is repealed. In seven years 3672 US industrial policy deaths vs 41 in Canada, sparking debate with the Anti-Saloon League over life costs versus social policy.
President Hoover cites 70,000 federal workers in Washington with 25,000 in temporary, inadequate quarters. Departments occupy scattered buildings and rent costs exceed housing plan interest, prompting a front building program of about 200 million dollars. He praises plan to realize L Enfant’s vision for a dignified capital.
A dense listing of radio programs across major stations from New York to Richmond. It catalogs time slots for orchestras, opera programs, talk segments, and notable performers like Ben Pollack, Vaughn de Leath, and Frances Paperte, with station call letters and frequencies.
Berlin scientist warns Cumberland readers that the sun emits invisible depth rays that could destroy life if they penetrated the atmosphere. He notes the upper atmospheric oxygen shell converts them into harmless heat rays, urging awe at life’s durability amid cosmic dangers.
Daily market report lists wholesale prices for wheat flour cracked corn bran middlings and mixed feed plus livestock items such as hens broilers butter and milk products. Retail prices cover flour middlings bran scratch feed cracked corn eggs and general dairy items with regional figures and date uncertainty noted.
A playful note hints that the term talkies should be replaced with Lispies to reflect the Indianapolis News's style and persona. The remark centers on branding and linguistic humor within local film coverage.
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