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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1930
Page
4
The fragment lists publication details for The Evening Star in Virginia including subscription rates by mail and carrier. It mentions advertising representatives and AP news rights, reflecting standard newspaper boilerplate from the period.
A religious excerpt cites 2 Corinthians 9:7 urging cheerful giving and includes a short prayer to soften the heart. The text presents moral instruction on generosity and spiritual appeal within a Christian context.
The Heinz Company will establish a plant in Winchester, manufacturing apple products initially. The project is expected to boost apple growers by better prices, diversify farm output, and attract new residents, with further food product units possible in coming years.
The article notes summer lacks winter reminders like overshoes and stresses responsibility. It highlights the Boy Scouts Be Prepared section and public health concerns as infections rise with heat. It discusses how measures against illnesses shape summer health for the American people.
The article warns that flies spread illnesses from garbage to homes and food. It urges sanitation, screened houses, closed garbage cans, traps, and ongoing cleanliness to protect health and economy during summer.
The State Highway Commission will prosecute public utilities for trimming or destroying trees on highway rights of way without permits. Permits require supervision by an inspector and apply to partial cuts and total destruction alike, to protect Virginia’s historic roadside forests and soil stability. The article urges creation of a state planting engineer to curb ruthless clear cutting.
A coroner's jury in Nelson England finds that a Sedbergh School pupil killed himself amid humiliation from upper class bullies under the fag system. The jury urges abolition of fagging as a remedy. The article criticizes the British public school tradition of "making men" by degrading younger boys.
The New York Yankees swept Washington and Boston with a 6 5 win and a 7 3 victory on Decoration Day, sending Boston to a 13th straight loss while Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig homered in the day’s twin bill. Simmons powers Athletics over Senators in two games, closing the gap to one game. Detroit takes both Memorial Day games from Cleveland as Gehringer shines. White Sox and Browns split a double header. Robins seize NL lead with two wins over Phillies. Braves rally to sweep Giants in two, Cubs salvage two from Cardinals amid Hornsby injury news.
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway 23 year old Billy Arnold of Chicago led all but two laps to win the 500 mile race in 4:58.39.72 at 100.448 mph. William Cannon of Detroit finished second and Louie Schneider of Indianapolis was third as a crowd of 170,000 watched.
The article notes Louis Meyer of Southern California finished fourth with Wild Bill Cummings of Indianapolis fifth. Fourteen of thirty eight starters finished after a series of crashes on the north turn of the two and a half mile brick oval, causing one death and injuries to others. Paul Marshall of Detroit, mechanician for Cy Marshall of Indianapolis, died in the crash.
A cluttered OCR reading mentions a phrase about a land of the free and laws against keg selling, with scattered references to Macon Telegraph Arians, dry bands and Florida Times.
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