Business men not public enemies, says Miles B. Dean
Miles B. Dean of Winchester Virginia argues that business men are not public enemies in a 1935 letter to The Star. He criticizes Roosevelt era regulatory talk and launches a jab at politicians while naming three senators and noting budget concerns as the nation grows.
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Baditor
the Star
Mr. Roosevelt
AAA
Washington
Glass
Byrd
Tydings
St. Vitus
Lord Fauntleroy
United States
Woman Accused Of Attempting To Cremate Baby
Seward Alaska May 8 24 year old Mrs Charles Curtis wife of caretaker at the Abandoned Naval Radio station was jailed on a charge of attempting to burn alive a newborn girl found on the kitchen stove by her husband and a doctor. The infant was alive.
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Seward
Alaska
Charles Curtis
Naval Radio Station
Whitacre Area Residents Share Weekend and Health News
Whitacre area residents gather for family visits and festival events as several members travel to Martinsburg and Winchester. Updates note health improvements, funerals in Cumberland and ongoing arthritis treatment, with relatives from Monessen and Capon include visits and weekend stays.
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Whitacre
J. W. Whitacre
Anes
Ivan H
R. L. Pugh
Laura Ogden
Middl
R. E. L. Whitacre
Rebecca Pugh
Cumberland
George Kimble
Nain
W. Kimble
O. W. Dick
Ernest Pugh
Baltimore
Edgar Pugh
Winchester
Elmer Whitacre
Winona
W. Va
Florence Whitacre
O. H. Phillips
R. C. Phillips
Howard Phillips
W. C. Whitacre
Martinsburg
Harry S. Whitacre
G. C. Peacemaker
New Kerosene Refrigerator Tested by Miller and Anderson
For the past two weeks Miller and Anderson have tested an eight cubic foot Electrolux kerosene refrigerator. They evaluated performance and efficiency in the field study during the trial period.
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Miller
Anderson
Air-Cooled Kerosene Refrigerator Showrooms Highlight
Advertises an air cooled kerosene fridge with astonishing efficiency and odor free operation. It runs at 40 degrees and only needs a five gallon reservoir refilled every ten days to two weeks, with automatic controls across four models.
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Ieee
Jenny Lind Castle Sold To Garbo
In Stockholm on May 8 reports say the 200 year old Jenny Lind Castle once used by the singer was secretly sold to Greta Garbo. Aftonbladet claimed Garbo plans to return to Sweden as these reports circulate.
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Stockhom
Sweden
Jenny Lind
Greta Garbo
Aftonbladet
Garbo
County Farmers Prepare for the Wheat Vote
United States growers face two distressing years with a carry-over near 390 million bushels. Global wheat stocks total about 745 million bushels across the four leading exporters, up from 256 million a decade earlier, as world prices shift.
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United States
Wheat acreage and price trends during the Depression era
The article tracks U S and European wheat farming shifts from 1930s depression lows to postwar recovery. It notes farm price declines to 25–40 cents per bushel, wartime reseeding, tariff barriers, credit dependence, and the Agricultural Adjustment Program setting cooperators’ planting shares and acreage limits amid droughts and 1934 planting patterns.
Administrator's Sale At Winchester Courthouse
In front of County Court House Winchester Saturday May at 11 a m administrator sells bank stock and hotel stock, Virginia storage, Berryville horse show stock. Four and a half shares of F and M Bank & Trust Co., forty five shares George Washington Hotel, three shares Va Apple Cold Storage, one share Berryville Horse and Colt Show stock.
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County Court House
Winchester, Sone
F. “& M. Nat. Bank & Trust Co
George Washington
Berryville Horse and Colt
Farmers Gather in Harrisonburg to Back Wheat Referendum
Representatives from 12 counties met in Harrisonburg last Wednesday to discuss the wheat situation and outline referendum plans. The agricultural program received strong endorsement and organizers urged widespread information sharing to mobilize votes. Arrests connected to support for the current program were reported, involving R. L. Omps and J. H. Funkhouser of the Frederick County vent production control association.
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Harrisonburg
R. L. Omps
J. H. Funkhouser
Frederick County
Examinations for U S Civil Service Opened Across Agencies
The United States Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams across multiple agencies. Posts include Junior safety instructor at 1440 dollars yearly with Bureau of Mines, Administrative assistant to the Census Director at 5600, Principal transportation economist at 5600, and other roles such as naval architect scientific aid and various pathologist grades. Full details available from J H Taylor secretary at the local post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of the Census
Interstate Commerce Commission
Navy Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Northvege
Lewisburg
J. H. Taylor
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Girl Found Near Chalons Described As Wild
A girl discovered near Chalons France exhibited apelike behavior consuming live birds and rabbits and emitting only screams and howls with no speech. The case sparked headline attention as observers compare her to wild people.
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Chalons
France
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Whitacre Mention
Lula Loy
Harry Largent
O. H. Braithwaite
Braithwaite
Carl Parrill
Pennsylvania
Paul Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Marilyn Farmer
Leonard Fletcher
Ralph Johnson
Fred A. Whitacre
Annie Johnson
Hutzler
Ollowue
Europe
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Forign
Shenandoah Motor CO
Chevrolet
Masury
East Water Street
du Pont
Chivo
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Virginia
A Tae Duco
U.S. Civil Service
Lhcartz & Myers Tosacco Co
Donnie
By Les Forgrave
Central Press Associ
Bickers
Pan Pk Rounds Bickers Motor CO
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Republic Oil CO
City Oil & Gas
Myers
N. Cameron St
Wuick
U. 2
Vrumivarn O
Emivue
Vom
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