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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1930
Page
4
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A devotional note cites 2 Corinthians 7 10 on godly sorrow and salvation. It prays My God My life my friends I leave entirely to Thy care as a personal pledge of faith.
The Roanoke area sees a population shift from crowded city sections to quiet outlying suburbs due to highways and the automobile. F. Schlesinger notes cities splitting into clusters of smaller towns with suburbs offering schools and trading facilities. Homeowners moving outward pose both opportunity and civic responsibility for counties and cities.
Dr. Julius Klein, assistant secretary of the Department of Commerce, says Americans spend about three billion dollars on travel annually. He urges spending at home to stimulate local commerce as out-of-state autos and tourists increase in Norfolk and at shore resorts.
The article notes the push toward longer skirts by fashion but reports Madame resists Paris length rules. It contrasts women's sartorial freedom with male conformity and mocks adherence to changing modes as costly or irrational. It cites editorials on freedom and mentions Dartmouth shorts as a counterexample.
In eighteen annual statewide high school debates the question of appointing Circuit Court judges and Court of Appeals members by the governor will be central. About 2,600 pupils from 325 schools participated this session with preliminary winners from local, county, and district contests advancing to finals. Ben Beau Jefferson woke Crewe and Waverly win in their classes. readers can request further information from the University of Virginia Extension Department.
Major A Willis Robertson Virginia state fish and game chief condemns dynamiting in streams as wasteful and harmful. He urges public help to stop the practice, noting it ruins miles of waters and kills many small fish for each adult caught. He calls for strong local penalties to deter offenders.
For 30 years doctors have prescribed Vinci for mineral elements of iron calcium and cod liver oil. The ad promises sound sleep appetite and renewed energy for nervous wornout people with a big appetite and quick results from a single bottle at Baker's Drug Store.
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