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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1929

Page

4

Theater listings consolidate with weekly newspapers in Virginia

The Evening Star Publishing Co. announces consolidation of its Theater section with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror. The merger affects Virginia publications and expands coverage of local events and theater listings across the consolidated weekly editions.

Evening Star Publishing Co Theater Virginia Morning News Weekly News The Weekly Mirror

Rates for subscriptions and carrier delivery

Rates list for one year six months and three months subscriptions with advance payments and carrier delivery options. Prices shown include $3.50 for one year and $4.50 for one year by carrier, with other terms for shorter periods.

Prayer and moral admonitions from a historic masthead

The article presents a moral reflection with biblical quotes and a note about Associated Press republication rights. It contrasts the hope and warning in beginnings and city building with a biblical verse from Habakkuk 2 12 and a prayer invoking purity.

Millionaire Sinclair jailed for contempt sentence in Senate case

The article notes Harry F. Sinclair begins a three month jail term for contempt after refusing to answer a Senate committee, acknowledging he was not convicted for the Teapot Dome offense. It argues authorities can convict millionaires despite such high profile defense tactics.

Harry F. Sinclair United States Sinclair Supreme Court of the United States Teapot Dome Senate

French Morals Endangered by American Movies

A Richmond Times Dispatch column notes French fears that American films corrupt French youth. It argues French concerns stem from envy of Hollywood quality and cites protests by the League for the Defense of French Inspiration. The piece contrasts American and French productions and predicts European youth will be corrupted until French cinema improves.

Richmond Times-Dispatch United States France America League For the Defense Johnnie Mary Sach London Paris Hollywood Europe Doug Charlie

Not enough context to determine a headline

Fragment provides brief notion that something is popular abroad as in the United States. lacks clear event, people, or organization to identify a specific news item.

United States

Romantic Cops and the Myth of Policing Romance

A New York jury clears three men accused of a hold up after learning confessions came from beatings with a rubber hose. The piece critiques police brutality, contrasts romanticized lawmen with real thugs, and argues justice requires restraint and intelligence, not brass knuckles.

New York Stalia Mr. Hoover de King Aurora Hoover Scotland Yard Canadian Royal Mounted

Jefferson and the Hoovercrats in Albemarle County

In Albemarle County Virginia the local Democratic committee moved to readmit Hoover era Democrats to the party primaries. The decision, tied to Jeffersonian tolerance, preserves Smith support in the county and signals potential impact on the upcoming Virginia contest.

New York Times Virginia Hoover Albemarle County Monticello Jefferson University The Times Sunday Alfred E. Smith Thomas Jefferson Smith

Railroads agree to carry blind persons for a single fare

Forty one railroad companies within the New York to St Louis area will transport blind passengers and their guides for a single fare. The plan follows four years of effort by the American Foundation for the Blind. Senator Thomas D Schall sponsored an amendment allowing attendants to ride free without violating the antipass clause of the Interstate Commerce Act. More lines are expected to join.

New York Baltimore Chicago St. Louis American Foundation For the Blind Thomas D. Schall Minnesota

Middletown Social Notes Include Local Visits and Events

May 7 Middletown social notices list visitors from Detroit and Winchester and returning residents from Falls Church Hume and Gore. The community hears W C T A talks in Grace Church May 8 and updates on nursing stints in Falls Church and travels to North Carolina and Culpeper.

Middletown Carrie Lee Glaize Lebanon Church Funkhouser Edward Jesky Detroit Mich Alice McInturff Ray Everhart William Rogers Winchester Walter Edmonson Woodstock Virginia Hupman Falls Church Howard M. Hodge Lincoln Grace Church Wade Muse North Carolina Virginia Hilda Brown Hume Lem Brown Giles Miller Bealton Geroge Clark Robmann Elizabeth Miller Richmond T."a. Williams Gladys Line Washington John Fleming John L. Krider Gore Mae Ginn Pauline Hudee Culpeper, A

Mount Williams Social Notes Highlight Local Guests

Mount Williams Virginia on May 7 reports a sequence of Sunday gatherings at the homes of Mrs. Annie M. Orndorff and Elmer Ambrose with guests including W H Williams C J Heckley and Katherine Wallace. Other visitors attended burkhart and lindamood family events and a funeral at Lebanon Church.

Mount Williams Annie M. Orndorff W. H. Williams C. J. Heckley Katherine Wallace W. H. Himelright Harl Himelright Elmer Ambrose Ethel Cora Bly J. H. Burkhart Gertie Ethel Brewer Margaret Russell Cora Ethel Bly James and Taft Russell Howard James Brewer Zirkle Ralph Williams I. N. Wallace Israel Lindamood Lebanon Church Mary J. Ashwood Ernest and Winford Megus Rudolph Winchester A. L. Brewer Claude Wallace P. J. Wolverton

Local Market Report Highlights Wholesale and Retail Prices

Market notes show daily corrections for wheat, corn, and mixed feed. Retail lines list flour, scratch feed, creamery butter, and eggs with regional prices, alongside Baltimore wholesale figures and farm products like sheep and cattle.

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Hoover Democrats Move Washington to Cheaper Living

The Dallas News notes that Hoover Democrats are gradually leaving Washington for more affordable housing options, seeking lower costs while maintaining political duties.

Hoover Democrats Washington Dallas News

6006 A Speedy Cure Claim in Cold and Flu Remedy

The ad proclaims 6006 as a rapid remedy for colds grippe flu dengue bilious fever and malaria. It cites a Florida Times Union note contrasting U S intoxicant consumption with population figures.

What We Really Are Exchange

A reflection on inner truth over surface appearances, urging self examination to align actions with deeper nature. It argues that abandoning shallow self images for the central stream of power yields gifts in order: financial, physical, mental, then possibly spiritual, with potential partnership with the Creator.

Italy Fashion Law Sparks Old Relation to Knees

A fragment notes talk of a proposed law in Italy mandating below the knee skirts. A youthful speaker jokes about past knee fashion as a sign of changing norms.

Italy

Baker seeks Winchester City Treasurer post in August primary

W A Sandy Baker announces candidacy for City Treasurer of Winchester Virginia, pending August primary action. The notice names the candidate and date context.

Winchester

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